Author Archives: lembrechtsjonas

Summer in the field

Posted on June 22, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Just two pictures as a friendly reminder that summer has arrived! It becomes visible everywhere, in fields and forests, through birds and insects. I love summer in the fields, it reminds me that biodiversity is not as dead as it might … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Agriculture, Belgium, Countryside, Ecology, Fields, Fieldwork, Flowers, Gardens, Nature photography, PhD, Photography, Plants, Summer | 1 Comment

Like a phoenix

Posted on June 21, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

You might remember the obscure pictures of the old abandoned greenhouse we found in the forest at the university (from this post). We had two highly efficient days of cleaning, destroying, throwing out and removing the old stuff that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Field ecology, Fieldwork, Garden, Gardening, Greenhouse, Lost places, Nature, Photography, Science | Leave a comment

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 →