Just imagine being two inches tall, opening your eyes, turning on your torch and coming face to face with … Assuming you are still with me you’d quickly become entranced by those amazing blue-green opalesque eyes and what at first seemed ugly becomes beautiful. You can spot a gurnard perch from quite a distance at […]
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It’s ironic how such dainty little white and yellow flowers have taken on the omen of death. Still, here they are all congregated in a suspiciously defined patch of open grass amid the old graves of Greyfriar’s Kirkyard, Edinburgh. You can of course look at those little white and yellow daisies see them for what […]
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“I’ve found a place I’d like you to see; It’s a surprise but I think you will find it very interesting.” So I put my trust in Andy and allowed him to lead us back towards the castle. Suddenly amidst the busy architecture of the Edinburgh old town an alley led from the street up […]
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There are many fishes local to a region that you will never find in an aquarium or in the fish markets or even in National Geographic. They are either poisonous, uninteresting, commercially unviable or just plain ugly. The poor Little Scorpionfish (Maxillicosta scabriceps) seems to fall into all categories. Those eyes however are magnificent and […]
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The afternoon sunlight caught my germinating chili plants in the window sill and I just had to capture it! It’s silly of course. Light can’t be captured but hopefully you get the same feeling I did. Now looking forward to the hot fruits of these little beauties in the months ahead. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Hot […]
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