"Afflictive emotions — our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear — can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you also realize they can ultimately be abandoned." ~Tenzin Gyatso
Inspirational Sky Photography: My latest Video:
“Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped.
But then I have also learned that because of pain,
I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing.
We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces.” C. JoBell C
“Acknowledging the good that
you already have in your life
is the foundation for all
abundance.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth:
Awakening to Your Life's
Purpose
Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta Nymphalidae (Brush-footed
Butterflies)
The Red Admiral has a very erratic, rapid flight, flight time from July to October.
The Admiral lives in the mild areas of Central Europe,
throughout the year. Due to the climate change it hibernates increasingly also in northeast. In mild
winter also young larvae or pupae can survive.
The Admiral is often observed on fallen fruit in the fall while
vacuuming.
The caterpillars live on the nettle.
Red Admirals prefer sap flows on trees, fermenting fruit,
and bird droppings; visiting flowers only when these are not available. Then
they will nectar at common milkweed, red clover, aster, and alfalfa, among
others.
In northern Europe, it is one of the last butterflies to be
seen before winter sets in.
In my Video you can see this beautiful butterfly suckling the last nectar on flowering butterfly bush and having a rest on the ground:
The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as
the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as
the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic
music that transcends cultures all over the world.
~Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Enjoy my new video about this awesome little creature!
Snails are invertebrates, which are animals with no
backbones. The shell on the snail helps protect it, and also reduces the loss
of water by evaporation. Shells have many different shapes, sizes, and colours.
Snails do not breathe through their mouths, instead they have a breathing hole
under their shells.
As the snail grows, so does its calcium carbonate shell. The
shell grows additively, by the addition of new calcium carbonate, which is
secreted by glands located in the snail's mantle. The new material is added to
the edge of the shell aperture (the opening of the shell). Therefore the centre
of the shell's spiral was made when the snail was younger, and the outer part
when the snail was older. When the snail reaches full adult size, it may build
a thickened lip around the shell aperture. At this point the snail stops
growing, and begins reproducing. A snails "foot" is a muscle which
allows it to move slowly across the ground. The foot puts out ('exudes') slime,
which eases the snail's movement, leaving a trail. Snails can absorb mineral
nutrients through their foot by simply sitting on a rock containing it.
The head is attached to the foot. The mouth is like a cheese
grater. It is called a radula. It is used for cutting food. On the radula there
are little teeth. On the head there are 15 mm stalks. At the end of the stalks
are snail’s eyes, though they do not see very well.
Snails are invertebrates, which are animals with no
backbones. The shell on the snail helps protect it, and also reduces the loss
of water by evaporation. Shells have many different shapes, sizes, and colours.
Snails do not breathe through their mouths, instead they have a breathing hole
under their shells.
A snails "foot" is a muscle which allows it to
move slowly across the ground. The foot puts out ('exudes') slime, which eases
the snail's movement, leaving a trail. Snails can absorb mineral nutrients
through their foot by simply sitting on a rock containing it.
The snail family is big and believed aprox. 200,000 species
of mollusks (incl. Snails), 50,000
classified.
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