A friend told me once that people tend to have a recurring theme in their dreams. I don't know if that is true for all people, but have found that is certainly true for me. I don't speak of unusually exiting dreams, not to mention prophetic or life-changing dreams, just your common everynight dreams.
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I spent last weekend in Stuttgart, the city where I spent my youth. My father and my brother still live there, and we had a party for my father's 70. birthday ( Read more... )

I polished the piece of amber with the flies inside and scanned it. Here are some photos which I hope you'll enjoy. First in natural size, then as much enlarged as my scanner could do so you can see the flies. They have the actual size of a fruitfly.

First, the upper side and underside of the amber drop:


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You will be relieved to hear that trhis is the final installment of my travel photos.

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Sheep are a common sight at the North Sea. Many are kept on the dykes to keep the grass short. If you hike or ride your bycicle along the dyke, you have to pass various self-closing gates that keep the flocks apart. Those gates work by gravity, meaning they will you a smack on your behind or on the back light of your bycicle if you are loose your ( Read more... )

I have found a new hobby: Amber polishing.
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... meaning more pic spam.
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Well, I'm back, as Sam said. And here, as promised, is my report from Tolkien Thing.

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