Kilometers of silk!

The ten year old structure was coming apart and needed maintenance.

We're hoping the sun will come out soon, so it's time to set up the shading fabric. How did Celal set this up, on his own?

The Mandala strawbale building will be used for the meetings and also for sleeping. Has it ever been used since COVID upset the world in 2020, putting everything on hold? I mean by humans... In our absence, thousands of creatures have. The spider webs... kilometers of silk, spun by hundreds of spiders...

A colony of PyrrhocorisHad occupied the unused lock space. What a species; I've seen then active at every month of the year, even between patches of snow in December. None ar alive now.

We disturbed another young resident, curled up between a window and its frame, until my broom threatened. Not so much to eat inside, so I moved you outside...

Outside the Mandala building, sunning itself on a plant, this praying mantis wa spotted by Ink. It certainly also watched us, trying to predict what we might do.

Under the viaduct, the landfill soil is hosting quite a range of species. 14 samples pressed for later analysis.