and all Commonwealth war graves of fallen New Zealand soldier have the silver fern engraved on their tombstones

only ever so slightly

It does seem like all our lizards have possessive tendencies and this lizard is no exception

Patience is a virtue

Trochilus Ramme:egetræsramme and all Commonwealth war gravesThe hummingbirds brilliant throat colour is caused by iridescence in the arrangements of its feathers and not feather pigmentation. Either way they are incandescently beautiful. Trochilus is one of the illustrative tables from Kunstformen der Natur (known in English also as Art Forms in Nature) by highly renowned Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel published between 1899 and 1904. Printed with Japanese archival ink on a matte Hahnemhle paper in our own studio in