Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Residing at the castle

Posted on June 16, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

They provide a beautiful example of a marriage between nature and culture, between history and conservation: castle parks. I realised this more than ever earlier this week, when I (almost accidentally) stumbled upon a beautiful little park with the ruins of … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Architecture, Belgium, Biodiversity, Buildings, Castle, Conservation, Ecology, Europe, Hiking, Lost place, Nature, Nature photography, Park, Photography, Ruins, Science | 3 Comments

A suspicious amount of green tea

Posted on June 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

That I seemed to love tea, the cashier of my local supermarket noticed. A fairly unusual conversation starter, where it not that he could impossibly ignore the obvious fact: I had a cart with only green tea, 140 tea bags … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Drinking, Ecology, Food, Food photography, Green, Party, Photography, Science, Summer, Sunset, Tea bag index, Teaching | 4 Comments

Soft with a rough edge

Posted on June 11, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

This is the last post about last weeks’ mountain ecologist meeting in Flen in Southern Sweden. Find a (new!) picture gallery here or click on it on the right of my website. I experienced southern Sweden as a soft place. Soft rolling … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Adventure, Agriculture, Beauty, Ecology, Europe, Hiking, Landscapes, Nature, PhD, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Spring, Sweden, Travel, Walking | 2 Comments

Summer is coming

Posted on June 9, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

While I visited the little Swedish village of Flen for our international meeting, spring slowly turned into summer. The early plant species of the season were still in full glory everywhere, but the next generation was already taking their positions. This marks the most diverse … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweden | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Gardens, Hiking, Insects, Nature, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Scandinavia, Science, Spring, Sweden, Travel, Travelling | Leave a comment

Standing on the shoulders of giants

Posted on June 8, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Ekenäs Herrgård is an old mansion in the south of Sweden, close to the village of Flen and on a one hour drive, with a cute old black train, from the capital Stockholm. We were so lucky to have a meeting … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Architecture, Ecology, Flen, Mansion, Meeting, Mountains, Nature, PhD, Photography, Plant invasion, Scandinavia, Science, Sweden, Travel, Travelling | 1 Comment

Flen

Posted on June 2, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Tomorrow morning I will be on a plane again. A short trip this time, 3 days up and down to the south of Sweden, where we have a meeting with the MIREN-network (all our colleagues from all over the world who … Continue reading →