Fiddled about with the idea of creating a Google Quiz for my students (the idea of having to log in to Student Learning Space FOR them was too hard to stomach) when I hit upon the brainwave of using my photos as resource materials for the quiz. Five...
Over the weekend, I opted to disconnect from screens, crypto charts, and all the digital fervor. I went where I used to long before β the zoo. It seemed like an ancillary thought at first, yet the experience proved to be rejuvenating, enlightening, a...
For some time now, when I go for walks to the same spot where I feed the birds, I've noticed a decreasing number of these creatures. Both sparrows and tits winter in our climate zone, so the idea of an early migration to warmer climes is out of t...
The butterfly shown in the photo is the popular Maniola Jurtina. It's a fairly common butterfly from the family Nymphalidae, found almost everywhere in the world, from the Iberian Peninsula to Japan. But what's interesting here isn't its ubiqu...
It's only been two days without family dogs, compared to my entire life with them. Already, I'm noticing dog-related habits of mine that are unnecessary, such as closing gates behind me and driving up the driveway slowly in case there's a dog on it....
The last of my parents' dogs is dead and they are devastated, having decided that they're too old to have any more dogs going forward. The vet came around and stopped his heart this afternoon. It's been almost a year (nine months) since his partner p...
Like every year, or rather every season, I go for a long walk through the ChorzΓ³w Ethnographic Park, also known as the popular ChorzΓ³w open-air museum, meaning I go out into the countryside. You'd think that constantly visiting this place mig...
Β Walking in the woods is pure pleasure: fresh air, often delicious undergrowth, and contact with nature. Well, I'll write about that contact, because sometimes it can be dangerous, but not always. My recent trip to the forest yielded a wealth of...