Photographystory tellingWhat is a storywildlife potography
It began, as so many philosophical disputes do in our house, with a photograph and a cup of tea. Dina had spread several of her wildlife photographs across the table: seals staring thoughtfully into the mist, a hare frozen mid-leap in the twilight, fungi glowing mysteriously like tiny forest lanterns. Selma studied them with the ...
“What on earth is going on?” – This question floats through our kitchen like a soap bubble. We were just about to crack open a bottle of our finest, because over 400 new followers in just one week! A record! Normally, it takes us months to achieve that. Siri and Selma are immediately in agreement: ...
UncategorizedBartholomew RobertsDaniel Defoeder edle WildeDie SchatzinselFluch der KaribikHenry AveryJack SparrowJames F. CooperJean-Jacques RousseauPiratenPiraten der KaribikPiratesRobert Louis StevensonTreasure Island
Siri and Selma have recently become fascinated by pirates after seeing Barbara’s post https://aigantaigh.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/neues-logbuch-neuer-kurs-meine-neue-uber-mich-seite/Klausbernd, alias Masterchen, sets them straight: Siri und Selma schwärmen seit neuestem für Piraten, nachdem sie Barbaras Post https://aigantaigh.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/neues-logbuch-neuer-kurs-meine-neue-uber-mich-seite/gesehen haben. Klausbernd alias Masterchen klärt sie auf: You know, the credo of mass society is: “Away from the norm!” Who could embody this attitude ...
UncategorizedBrown HareDartford WarblerElif Shafak The GazeJonathan Strange & Mr Norrellnature photographyNorfolk WhiskySusanna ClarkeThe English Distillery
“Could you please have a think about what we could blog about?”Dina: “What about my early morning visit to the hares? Or my first Dartford Warbler building a nest?”Goodness me! We really are never spared anything.What on earth are you supposed to blog about when you haven’t experienced anything spectacular?No exhibitions. No trips. No dramatic ...
BookiesBook vending machineBooksElif ShafakHary MulischOrhan PamukPeak Districtsecond hand booksTurkish LiteratureWorld Book Day
We wish you all a wonderful World Book Day! A day when you can officially do what we do all the time anyway: love books, buy books, read books, and stack books. Today we celebrate this cultural treasure that transports us to other countries without leaving the sofa, and lets us travel through centuries without ...
Just as we were packing the car and getting ready for the Peak District, Selma’s Fairyphone vibrated heavily on the rooftop of our Volvo, and Siri just managed to rescue it in time. “It’s an email from the WordPress.com team. We did pay the yearly subscription, didn’t we?““Yes, we did“, Dina-Hanne said, “let’s get on ...
Photographyallgemeinartistic editinghikingISMJanine WildeMENatureSheClicksSunsettravelWiveton Church
In our work-obsessed civilisation, laziness is anathema. For centuries, philosophers, politicians and self-help gurus have criticised idleness. Solon, the founder of Athenian democracy, supposedly said that ‘laziness is the mother of all evil‘. One suspects that Solon had never owned a camera, or considered his carbon footprint.Like everything else, photography has swallowed the productivity myth ...
Since I have been asked many times (and many book lovers are now doing it), I am providing a list of all the books I read in 2025. I read fiction and non-fiction, with Knausgård, Harvey and Shafak being my favourite fiction writers. Knausgård is an old acquaintance, Elif Shafak is a new discovery. I ...
Uncategorizedday dreamingDescartesdreamingdreamlandE.T.A. HoffmannEdgar Allan PoeJohn Lennon
That daydreaming mode turns out to be restorative. It’s like hitting the reset button in your brain. And you don’t typically get into that daydreaming mode by texting and Facebooking. You get in it by disengaging.Daniel Levitin We’re off to daydream landWhen Siri and Selma suddenly disappear, there’s no need to worry. No, they haven’t ...
