What in the name of Beetlejuice ARE these things?
They're zebra morphs of 'squat lobsters', likely in genus Allogalathea.
They're not true lobsters & are more closely related to hermit crabs.
Now which one is white with black stripes & which is black with white stripes?
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Rain and sunshine have the greens around the lagoon looking proud 📷 💚 …
I'm being gifted a daily orchid along my walks.
This one is a Yellow Bee orchid.
Brazil has created the South Atlantic’s largest marine protected area, spanning about one million hectares. Supported by Conservation International, the reserve—roughly the size of Jamaica—aims to safeguard biodiversity, fisheries, and critical ocean ecosystems.
Today's beauty from my mountain trail... a Lady orchid
I'm on a writing retreat in the French Pyrenees.
This short suggests why.
Hooray, my first orchid of the year.
A narrow-leaved helleborine by my Pyrenean oath.
On the roof of Ipswich's Railway Station... an oyster catcher!
I loved folks' happy excitement when I pointed it out.
"Your voice is one of many. If you didn't share your voice, you wouldn't start a chant."
Great wisdom from the young.
Conservation International helped secure a million-hectare marine park, two decades in the making.
From two weeks inside the French Pyrenees, bathed in the song of nightingales, some thoughts from my window. Why might writers gain from a retreat in Nature? open.substack.com/pub/martingo...
All writing, of course, is a retreat – the writer heads inwards, opening buried vistas.
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Martin Goodman
Martin Goodman
Martin Goodman
WATCH — @aoc.bsky.social: “What law would you want to make?”
🔥 SMART KID: “🇺🇸 needs to let people go to the doctor free, because in other places they have it free.”
#MedicareForAllNOW
