pool shenanigans with small cousins.
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analogue wednesday #235
the minox has been out of commission for awhile now, much to my dismay. the boy’s canon ae-1 is great, but it’s not a tiny camera that fits in every pocket. so i took it to the doctor and the diagnose was… a spent battery. really?! i was very sceptic when i put a roll back into it a few weeks ago while in the north, going around shooting random things in the in-law’s farm.
it seems to work though! sadly, the only roll i had at hand was an 800 iso, so there’s grain like pixels in these photos. i don’t mind though — i’m just glad to have my favorite camera back. hurray!
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the grasshopper
lately i’ve been making a lot of posts about the garden… sometimes it feels like the only thing interesting going on around here, since we still don’t go out all that much. so here’s another green tidbit: we have a grasshopper! it’s actually the second generation of grasshoppers we have in this particular mint vase, which they seem to be very fond of. they’re super camouflaged and i only noticed it by chance, when suspicious droppings started to appear all around the vase…
i looked up and whoa! there it was, the color just as green as the mint it had been eating!
at this stage they’re called nymphs and have not yet developed wings. they eat a lot though, and mostly stay around the plant where they were born. one day, they’ll molt, shedding their skin.
they do this a few times, becoming bigger with each molt, and finally spreading those wings! it might not be the cutest pet out there, but it’s still interesting to see it grow and change…
…even if it means we have to share the mint! :|
july was perfectly summery and nice. we spent 2 weeks of it up in braga, in my old university apartment. it felt strange to be back and i still don’t quite love the city… but some things have changed, and seeing it now as an adult also feels different. definitely an interesting experience!
this month we had lots of catching up with friends and family outside, lots of walks (trying to get some more movement in my sedentary life), tomatoes and chameleons, postcrossing’s 15th anniversary (!!!!), my brother’s new puppy…
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garden visitors
we found this little guy on our garden last week, and i was squealing so much that i think i probably scared him away…
but… IT’S A CHAMELEON! (insert 1000 heart eyes emojis) such a treat! the whole ria formosa park is supposed to be a safe haven for them, but with increased construction in the area, places for chameleons to thrive have been fragmented and keep shrinking. these days, it’s almost impossible to find them outside of specific conservation areas, so we were thrilled that this little guy has deemed our little garden worthy of a visit — i hope he’ll come around again, and bring the family!
little pale praying mantis, watch out! there’s a new predator in town!