Bumblebee Pilot Training

Posted on May 28, 2014

Memorial Day offered a chance to visit the beautiful Heritage Museum and Gardens located in Sandwich, Massachusetts. This Cape Cod place, besides some very interesting indoor museums, features many colorful flowers attracting not only insects such as bumblebees but also a wide variety of photographers such as me.

Many flowers can be found at the Heritage Museum in Sandwich, Cape Cod – HansNagl.com

Sticking my nose and camera deep into all kinds of bushes I was able to take some colorful photographs.

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Many flowers can be found at the Heritage Museum in Sandwich, Cape Cod – HansNagl.com

In the middle of all the exciting photographing I was even able to join a bumblebee on her trip. Later, looking at the photos I sometimes thought to really fly behind Miss Bumblebee learning something new about plants, pollens and proper flower landing procedures. Here are some bumblebee photos.

Flying behind a Bumblebee just receiving clearance for landing approach. Hans Nagl.com

This one looks very suitable for a lesson about pollens and plants, – HansNagl.com

OK, I see, this is how it gets done. Next time I’ll try by myself….maybe

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Around the Cape – Inspirations and Photos

Posted on March 27, 2014

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Highland Light near Truro (Winter) – Cape Cod

Highland Light near Truro (Winter) – Cape Cod, Catching the last rays of light. Provincetown is visible in the background on the right.

Highland Light near Truro (Summer) – Cape Cod

Head of the Meadow Beach (Summer) – Truro – Cape Cod

Head of the Meadow Beach (Summer)- Truro – Cape Cod – An enjoyable evening watching the sunset.

Head of the Meadow Beach (Winter) – Truro – Cape Cod

Head of the Meadow Beach (Winter), Truro – Cape Cod –

Head of the Meadow Beach (Summer) – Truro – Cape Cod

Head of the Meadow Beach (Winter), Truro – Cape Cod – Dunes – a geological snapshot

For many children growing up in Austria, surrounded by mountains, a future life close to the sea is mostly a far-fetched exotic idea. The thunder of waves, the changing colors of the oceans, the sounds of fishing boats’ diesel engines, seagulls sailing high in blue skies, the taste of saltwater, witnessing four seasons are impressions belonging to the world of dreamers or people far away already living there. During my Austrian childhood I was very interested in movies produced by Jacques Cousteau, the famous French diver, and the adventures of the Calypso submarine, as well as Vienna born Hans Hass, who courageously researched shark behavior. These stories about the sea introduced a foreign world to me, mysterious, yet touchable, possible to reach, somewhere, sometimes in the future.

: Nantucket (Summer) – Massachusetts

: Nantucket (Summer) – Massachusetts – leaving Nantucket

: Nantucket (Summer) – Massachusetts

: Nantucket (Summer) – Massachusetts

I now live very close to the sea near Cape Cod and with great interest enjoy all the curiosities mother nature has to offer probably inspired by my childhood experiences. Photos are my pocket moments of great impressions. Here are a couple which I found in my archives. Sometimes I took almost identical photos at different times during the year. I tried to place those side-by-side sometimes creating a very strong contrast between, for example, situations in the summer vs. in winter.

I will attempt to add more photos in the future including other places and seasons around the Cape. (If you would like to have a copy of a photo shown here, then please send me an email via the form at the end of this photo gallery. Thank you very much. )

The impossible missions are the only ones which succeed.
– Jacques Cousteau

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Very silent place

Provincetown (Fall), Cape Cod

Provincetown (Fall), Cape Cod – A very busy place

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Sometimes it is tough to remove snow.

Provincetown (Fall), Cape Cod – Gallery Cat looking at the latest art

Provincetown, Cape Cod (Winter) – waiting for the spring

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod (Winter) – Sleeping, busy streets

Provincetown (Fall), Cape Cod – Pilgrim Monument – Biking in the Dunes the colors are stunning.

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Pilgrim Monument

National Seashore (Fall), Cape Cod – Beautiful clear, warm days.

Provincetown (Summer), Cape Cod – Sunset colors seem to be the softest at this place

Provincetown (Fall), Cape Cod – The Wood End Lighthouse is a symbol of perseverance through the seasons without fail sending its beacon into the night.

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Seagulls playing in the wind.

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Freezing cold winds allowing only for a few photos

Provincetown (Summer), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Summer), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Summer), Cape Cod

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – between dunes and frozen salt water marshes – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Fall), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Fall), Cape Cod – Near wood End Lighthouse.

Provincetown (Fall), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Wood End Lighthouse

Provincetown (Winter), Cape Cod – Cross Country Skiing after a blizzard along the sea was an amazing, unforgettable experience. The ground was solid frozen with snow allowing for tracks not damaging this fragile nature.