Cuteness overload

If the World feels too big at times, think about how vast it must be for this little fellow. This tiny tiny little zebra spider is the size of a lentil (that is the corner of a swab container box for reference). Yet it can jump at almost one meter per second, making it a very fast and ferocious hunter, After getting fed up with my photo session, it went on running and jumping around, preying, and ended up feeding on an even smaller spiderling hiding in a nearby wall. Dangerously cute!

Zebra spider, salticus scenicus

Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland

September, 2020

The dune guardians

A long stretch of a well kept pine forest, with its roots holding the sand dunes together, is what stands between the might of the Ocean and all the flatland inland. Just trees...

Curracloe, Co. Wexford, Ireland

September, 2020

The Raven Forest Beach

A forest guarding an endless sandy strand covered in green algae, the contours of previous  tides waiting for an ocean to replenish it, the wind and the chattering birds close and afar, and a maze of trails leading  in and out of the shades…

Curracloe, Co. Wexford, Ireland

September, 2020

Chasing butterflies

 Chasing butterflies

A living painting! I find its scientific name quite appropriate, a daughter of a Greek river god.

Peacock butterfly, lepidoptera, aglaisio / inachisio 

And this one is a little sunset by itself.

Painted Lady, Cynthia cardui

Glengarriff, Co. Cork, Ireland

August, 2020

Nature is doing her best…

Let’s hope she doesn’t go for her worst.

Glengarriff, Co. Cork, Ireland

August, 2020