Damsels of the deep
19 May 2023 - Howard BirnstihlGetting up close and personal is something you can easily do with dragonflies, and with their slightly more elegant counterparts, damselflies.
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Do not read this … it’s disgusting!
13 Apr 2023 - Howard BirnstihlAll I can say about the grub in the accompanying pic is he’s a real show-off. And definitely not anal retentive.
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A fly on the wall
15 Mar 2023 - Howard BirnstihlOkay, so summer’s over and you’re sick of the sight and sound of flies buzzing around, following your every move, landing on your food, crawling around your eyes; getting in your hair. And here’s some bloke expecting you to read about them. Huh, some chance.
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A small inconvenience
16 Feb 2023 - Howard BirnstihlThe two suspicious characters hanging about at the top of the pic are mosquito larvae, commonly known as wrigglers, and their companion at the bottom is a red mite.
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Flights of fancy
14 Dec 2022 - Howard BirnstihlAs a photographer, one of the most helpful gadgets I ever designed for my local welding man to bring to fruition was a pipe with a clamp at one end and lateral hole at the other.
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