Category Archives: Random

Dark Bush-Cricket (female)

This monster was spotted in the garden yesterday. Not knowing if it was native or not she was carefully captured, photographed and released back into the garden where found. A quick web search revealed it to be a fairly common variety of cricket – Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera). The large horn shaped bit at the…

Rekorderlig Cider

Is not b****y cider. What has really annoyed me is actually liking and buying this Scandinavian made drink – made with Strawberrys and Lime, called Rekorderlig. Only a picture of three strawberries, two mint leaves and a slice of lime accompany the name, more writing and the title of PREMIUM STRAWBERRY-LIME CIDER. What no apples?…

Giant Daisy

Using a macro shot and some photo-shopping… Download a 2560 x 1600 image based on the above design here.

137 Steps

It was that time of year again last week, but not the same time of year as it was the year before – confused? Well, as a child I could not get my head round why it was that Jesus died on a different day each year. 137 steps up are the number of vertical…

Holt (Australia)

I have noticed quite a few hits on this website from countrys across the planet so I have decided to investigate to see if these visits are anything to do with Holt being in the URL. So first stop is Australia – now I last set foot in Oz during the summer of 1997after spending…