Just like dragonflies, they cannot walk with their 6 legs. Instead they use them for catching prey and for perching when at rest. If you look closely at their legs you will notice they are covered with small, sharp-looking bristles. These help in trapping prey in mid-air. natureformysoul.com

The damselfly looks like a dragonfly but its behavior is different, holding its wings parallel to its body when at rest, the dragonfly adult holding its wings perpendicular. Smaller than a dragonfly, its eyes set apart while the dragonfly’s almost always touch! Incomplete metamorphosis doesn’t hamper much, molting several times an adult emerges. Words: K.Botka [Click photo to view more…]

In nature, everything has a job. The job of the fog is to beautify further the existing beauties. Mehmet Murat ildan.

On a crisp cold March night, looking south across the lake the distinctive constellation Orion dominates the sky. Orion, also known in old Irish mythology known as Nuadu of the Silver Hand. Nuada was the first king of the Tuatha Dé Danann – also god of the sea, healing, and warfare, linked to the Roman [Click photo to view more…]

On a cold February morning the gulls are almost tame, as they try to take the food that the locals give to the swans.

The dawn’s cold clear blue winter sky gives way to shades of pink and orange as the sun climbs slowly behind the hills. on one of the shortest days of the year.

“Life. This morning the sun made me adore it. It had, behind the dripping pine trees, the oriental brightness, orange and crimson, of a living being, a rose and an apple, in the physical and ideal fusion of a true and daily paradise.” ― Juan Ramón Jiménez, Time and Space: A Poetic Autobiography

“Autumn is a cunning muse who steals by degrees my warmth and light. So distracted by her glorious painting of colours, I scarcely realise my losses until the last fiery leaf has fallen to the ground and the final pumpkin shrinks. Autumn departs with a cold kiss, leaving me to suffer the frigid grasp of [Click photo to view more…]

This beautiful flower/weed stood out while walking along the shore in late October. In Christian lore, Angelica manifested as a cure for the plague in an Archangel’s dream, becoming for that reason, one of the most important healing herbs. The leaf stalks have traditionally been used as a celery substitute, while the leaves are aromatic and [Click photo to view more…]

Over the weekend, post-tropical cyclone Ophelia hit Ireland, with wind gusts of up to 150 km/hr. Very few tropical cyclones travel this far northeast. Ophelia started out in the North Atlantic as a tropical cyclone that increased in strength as it travelled northeast, briefly becoming a Category 3 hurricane. According to the New York Times [Click photo to view more…]