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An empty snail shell that I found in our side yard. I had noticed it there a day or two before, and I was happy that it was still in the same spot when I made the time to take a picture of it.
Seem to be running into a lot of snails out in the world.
I'm sure if I was some sort of prescient I'd fondle some meaning out of the coincidence, but mostly it's just curiouser and curiouser.
Detail of a portion of a miniature Japanese Fairy garden with a sedum, elfin Thyme, Hot and Spicy Oregano, String of Pearls, a rock, some lichen and some driftwood.
Early fall I made my first terrarium. I decided to use moss as the only plant. I love moss. I don't know why I love moss, I just do.* I have never made a terrarium before. I collect rocks and bits of nature so this is one view. There are 2 miniature Chinese pottery pieces that I bought in Chicago's China Town, a bridge and a Temple. The rocks are supposed to represent mountains.
Sadly a flood somehow occured and the whole garden became mush. I was terribly busy and couldn't fix it for weeks. I lost lots of the moss (I got it from our back yard). It gave me an opportunity to re-landscape it and the Temple that had originally ended up to high is now in a better spot. However I lost a lot of the moss... Time, I hope, will help it to become pretty*...
I was staring out my back door one early spring day and I noticed some small birds flying in and out of my clothes pin holder. Uh-Oh they are building a nest in my clothes pin holder, so I went out there to bring it inside, I found a ton of little sticks inside. I pulled them out and reached into the corner and felt it, a full nest. :( I had destroyed their nest. I quickly went inside and found an old pillow case, I made it into the rough shape of the clothes pin holder and hung it up where the holder was and placed the nest carefully in the back corner, exactly where they had it in the pin holder. . After about a week, I saw them again. They had accepted my pillowcase. I listened as the little baby birds squeaked for mom, I was out there on the patio with a friend and her daughter when the birds left the nest clumsily and magically. I have watched them fly with a group of other birds and graze in my yard. I hardly see them anymore. Here is their nest. I am buying some nice birdhouses for next spring and not leaving my clothes pin holder out all winter.
Lone, empty snail shell illuminated by the morning light on a large lake- side rock caught my eye. Obviously not much going on. :)
How unusual. An Osmia with a red abdomen. Very rare. Also as a cool aside. This one also nests in snail shells. Collected by Jelle Devalez on the Aegean islands of Greece. Pictures taken by Maggie Yuan. Shopping by Elizabeth Garcia.
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Early fall I made my first terrarium. I decided to use moss as the only plant. I love moss. I don't know why I love moss, I just do.* I have never made a terrarium before. I collect rocks and bits of nature so this is one view. There are 2 miniature Chinese pottery pieces that I bought in Chicagos China Town, a bridge and a Temple. This rock is supposed to represent a mountain.
Sadly a flood somehow occured and the whole garden became mush. I was terribly busy and couldn't fix it for weeks. I lost lots of the moss (I got it from our back yard). It gave me an opportunity to re-landscape it and the Temple that had originally ended up to high is now in a better spot. However I lost a lot of the moss... Time, I hope, will help it to become pretty*...
This is a very small snail the shell of which is only about 8mm in diameter. · Eine sehr kleine Schnecke mit nur etwa 8mm Hausdurchmesser.
Geographic location: Southern Germany. Habitat: meadow besides a rivulet. Color of body: some dark gray, some light brown, don't know about this one, it was too frightened. Size of housing: 8mm (0.32 inches) in diameter.
AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105 mm 1:2,8G
Nikon D300s, ISO 200, f/5, 1/800s
This is a water colour picture...almost...I´ve used some white to cover some places and giving some more light on the shell and help to form it...I was very pleased by snail-shells at that moment...it´s also an older picture.....but the picture is no direct picture of a shell....I´ve constructed one but I´ve been looking at several shells, I had......
The size of this drawing is 35,5 cm. x 35.5 cm.