Little Hermit Crab

Little Hermit Crab, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea. They are not closely related to true crabs.

Most frequently hermit crabs use the shells of sea snails; the tip of the hermit crab's abdomen is adapted to clasp strongly onto the columella of the snail shell. As the hermit crab grows in size, it has to find a larger shell and abandon the previous one.

This habit of living in a second hand shell gives rise to the popular name "hermit crab", by analogy to a hermit who lives alone.

- Wikipedia

More of the Little Yellow Bird

Little Yellow Bird, originally uploaded by haechoo.

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

Little Yellow Bird

Little Yellow Bird, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Yellow bird, up high in banana tree.
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me.

Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
You're more lucky than me.

I also had a pretty girl, she's not with me today.
They're all the same those pretty girls.
Take tenderness, then they fly away.
Yellow Bird, yellow bird.

Did your lady friend leave the nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad.
You can fly away, in the sky away.
You're more lucky than me.

Wish that I were a yellow bird, I'd fly away with you.
But I am not a yellow bird, So here I sit.
Nothing I can do.
Yellow bird, yellow bird.

- Traditional Jamaican Folk Song

What are you looking at?

What are you looking at?, originally uploaded by haechoo.

It's OK to look back at the past - just don't stare at it.

Cormorant Fishing

Cormorant Fishing, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Traditional fishing method in which fishermen use trained cormorants to fish in rivers.

To control the birds, the fishermen tie a snare near the base of the bird's throat. Though this prevents the birds from swallowing larger fish, which are held in their throat, the birds are still able to swallow smaller fish. When a cormorant has caught a fish in its throat, the fisherman brings the bird back to the boat and has the bird spit the fish back up. Though cormorant fishing used to be a successful fishing industry, its primary use today is to serve the tourism industry.

(wikipedia)

Cormorant Fishing, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Watchfulness

Watchfulness, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.

- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Curious Visitor

Curious Visitor, originally uploaded by haechoo.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Approaching Aggression...

Aggressive Approach, originally uploaded by haechoo.

In the land of the Giants

In the land of the Giants, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Some things you miss because they're so
tiny you overlook them. But some things you
don't see because they're so huge.

- Robert Pirsig

People we meet - (1)

A man and his bird, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Perth - A man and his pet bird.

Mating Snails?

Mating Snails, originally uploaded by haechoo.

Here's a fun and interesting shot. At first, I thought they were mating, but not too sure whether they are "rightly" positioned for such a thing.
Or perhaps the top snail just got too stuck on the other! ;P

Meet Prince

Anxiety, originally uploaded by haechoo.

This is my dog of 12 years. His name is Prince. Sometimes the best subjects are the very ones which enter your life in the subtlest ways. Just got to see through a different looking glass, and the once ordinary subject can actually be the one which describes a thousand emotions.

Our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.
- Charles H. Spurgeon