This is why I love the forest just up the hill at the back of my house. It’s another world entirely. So alive.
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Ladybird and ants on thistle
Ladybird (ladybug) and ants on a thistle beside an abandoned road. Eastern Slovakia.
Red deer hind jumping
A Red deer hind jumps across a logging track in front of me. Eastern Slovakia.
Storks flying
Storks flying over a freshly mowed field, Eastern Slovakia. The sheer number and size of them are reminiscent of the Jurassic period…
Hunting tower on hill
Evening falls in the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Slovakia. A lone hunting tower sits atop a hill in the distance
Red Squirrel
This is one of the red squirrels which live in my garden by the stream. Some of them are melanistic.
Breakfast in Bardejov
I had coffee in the centre of Bardejov this morning and watched the world slowly go by. I mulled things over and wrote down a few notes in my Moleskine.
Carpathian Forest View
The view from a break in the treeline along an old logging trail in the hills near my home. Eastern Slovakia. I love the forest so deeply.
Forest cabin
An old cabin in a meadow, in the forest, beside a stream. Eastern Slovakia. Idyllic
Slovak traditional costume, Bardejov
This was a lucky snap shot of some young people in traditional dress in the UNESCO town of Bardejov in Slovakia. This was the same day as Svidnik’s Ukranian Festival so it’s likely they were on their way there to dance (or just returning from it)