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Category: Beautiful

  • More Flowers and Insects

    A clip from May 9th, 2026. Summer has been blasting hot and busy, and the annual fire season has begun, but here flowers are getting scarce many having gone to seed and dried. I have managed to get more material, but not really processed it, having been preoccupied with getting my Etsy sales channel to EU shape (unless something dramatic happens, over halfway though). However, I have some older clips ready for those times when I need to post something quickly.

    Not sure what the purple flowers are but they smell and look kind of like mint. The white flowers are one of the many jasmine smelling species. The big black insect looks like a carpenter bee but I could be wrong.

    As for posting, I have also a couple drafts of longer posts that have been waiting for suitable time and reference checks and links, years have taught me not to trust my little bubble brain before publishing. Unless it is listed under Speculative writings or at least Unorthodox Ideas. Wettenhovi-Aspa tag is for deriving meanings from extremely implausible, if not chance associations. Maybe I should one of these days try reductio ad absurdum, but it is very difficult to parody modern world. Which is why I prefer to just do news commentary, as grim as it may from time to time get.

  • Bees in Lavender

    A GIF of lavender on July 17th, with a couple of bees.

  • July 16th, 2026

    Been busy, but managed to get some photography and short video clips, joined three together into a short silent video (standard stabilization artefacts apply), two clips of giant white poppies, probably Romneya or Matilija poppies which are native to California, and one clip of bees foraging in lavender.

    I like the floppy petals of the poppies. The lavender and bees seem to be an all year feature – when one lavender bed withers, another seems to begin to bloom somewhere else, if not immediately, then soon.

    Not all flowers are showy – here is Plantago (I don’t know the species, but it’s not Plantago major based on the narrow .leaves). I would love to process some day a photo of a Plantago flower from close up, they are quite funky to look at but difficult to photograph so as to show it.

  • Skipper Butterfly and Flowers, July 10th, 2026

    While walking with intention to snap photos of urban vegetation, I noticed a skipper butterfly within videoing distance. Quickly, a clip before it flies away! It did not. I took a second clip. The butterfly had slightly shifted. I waited and took three more clips in case the butterfly would do something interesting. It id not. It was mostly concentrating on florettes. Eventually, I continued my walk and left the butterfly at it.

    A bit of a slow paced video, but maybe somebody will find it ASMR despite the stabilization errors. Maybe I should invest on gimbal, but that would be one extra thing to carry for a rare moment (that will without gimbal be shaky or distorted depending on whether the original or the stabilized clips are used.)

    Sucking nectar. Occasionally shifting position.

    Some yellow flowers from July 10th, 2026, image cropped and colors adjusted brighter.

  • Tree Bark, An Art Video

    Testing variations on a photo of tree bark (2026, June 2nd). I was thinking about uploading this or a shorter version to Etsy under my shop profile as an enticement for people to look at my designs. Also to Pinterest, if the video is short enough, and a higher resolution version into YouTube (as of June 28th, 2026, my previous art video about yellow flowers had had massive 7 views total – popularity eludes me.)

    Be forewarned, this video is over 2 minutes long.

  • Midsummer Day

    Still eschewing traditional celebrations.

    Decided instead to make an art video illustrating some variations in a theme, based on a photograph of some yellow flowers (looks like they are related to agaves or aloes) taken in Berkeley, CA, June 2nd, 2026. Just as a demonstration of the types of designs I have so far usually used for PlanktonPunkt Designs.

    I am planning to make more of these, occasionally (the next one will probably be about tree bark), and post them here, Pinterest and/or YouTube.

  • Midsummer in Finland

    Nearly slipped by me – apparently it is no longer 24th of June (6 months from Christmas Eve, on St. John’s Day) but by government edict on Saturday closest to Summer Solstice. So, this year Friday, 19th of June is Juhannusaatto, a Midsummer Eve’s celebration in that peculiar country.

    An example of June 19th flowers in Berkeley, CA

    National traditions of Midsummer Eve include retreat to country cottage, preferably along lake or sea shore, having a barbeque (hot dogs and chicken are popular, pork and fish, and more rarely beef work, too), having a communal bonfire party and/or more private sauna are also typical, as is getting drunk. Government typically publishes PSAs warning about traffic accidents (due to the massive exodus emptying cities to summer cottages, some drivers already under influence) and boating accidents or other forms of drowning (don’t drink and boat, or drink and swim.)

    My photos today are from urban California, so the Finnish lake video with swaying birch branches and sunlight glimmering on water (taken on late May, not on Midsummer Eve) is from last year.

    Lake in Finland, May 28th, 2025

  • Jigsaw Puzzle

    It has been some time since my last jigsaw puzzles, so I thought I should add a couple.

    A photo of tree bark, manipulated for color saturation, tone, brightness and contrast. It is amazing how colorful some trees are once properly appreciated. 80 pieces.

    And here is a lily. I like the metallic shine of the Plastic wrap filter but I don’t think this can be easily converted into good looking physical item. 117 pieces.

  • Some May Beauty

    Selected and edited from video clips taken 2026 May 09.

    Purple flowers in wind

    Birch branches swaying in wind.

    May 9th 2026 was an average day with some wind and sunshine. And flowers. And insects. And birds. I did not get much done but got some video clips I checked tonight, and photos I am working on to see which ones I can convert into something useful and/or fun, if I have time.

    P.S. I am having some weirdness with video editor – hopefully the birch branches will be visible to all, once I have published this post.

  • Busy Bumblebee

    A cute bumblebee seen 2026 April 18 among flowers in Berkeley, CA.

    Working hard.