June 9 we had the annual BioBlitz, according to Wikipedia: ”… an intense period of biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area. Groups of scientists, naturalists and volunteers conduct an intensive field study over a continuous time period (e.g., usually 24 hours). There is a public component […]Read Post ›
I was fortunate enough to join an excursion with the local biologists here in town (I am a member of the organization too). By bus we went to the east coast and to the south of Skane: Haväng, Stenshuvud, Fyledalen. We had a great day, despite the heat, and the interesting finds were numerous. I […]Read Post ›
Strange – Summer in May – 30 degrees C today Late evening biking by the sea – not a cloud in four weeks Swimmers everywhere, enjoying the coolness of it Past the old Blekinge cottages – just have to stop for a photo. Love these… Picking buttercups Back at our own beach – 23 degrees […]Read Post ›
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Books or Paper
For Cee – photographers! Yesterday’s meeting with the non-profit association of biologists where I live, was held outdoors – a glorious spring evening. On walking back to the cars, I caught a lovely lady photographing in the silent light. She is using a cellphone – which is, I guess, the most popular way of photographing […]Read Post ›
It is not April 1, but May 1. So…this animal really exists. But, do you know what species this animal is and the strange story behind it?
Today I went to Health Sciences Centre, Lund, to attend the press invitation to the Gerontology Award of 2018. My friend, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, introduced us to PhD students and their research in gerontology, and also to the award winning lady, Dagny Carlsson, aged 105. Just imagine…she was born the same year Titanic went down… […]Read Post ›
I cannot stop thinking of the school shooting in Florida. I just – know, this Must be stopped. There must be and end to this. What are we doing to our young? I don’t have any solutions – but someone Must have. Someone is payed to have. We all know that there is something very, […]Read Post ›
Magnificent Gran Canaria. Thinking of climate changes and how the tiniest changes in temperature will give massive domino effects. And already do. On everything living. There are examples all around you, if you just take the time to see them. Then imagine… Just look at, for example, the importance of water – Some simple pictures […]Read Post ›
Where I live we got twice as much rain this autumn as usual. Everywhere the brooks, lakes and rivers are flooded. The farmers could not bring in their crops, and they have not been able to sow new ones. The farmland has been transformed into vast lakes. The ocean rises and takes down houses close […]Read Post ›
