Land of Happy Sleepy » plant http://www.happysleepy.com Building pillows drift. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:19:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Mung bean sprout creatures http://www.happysleepy.com/2009/08/mung-bean-sprout-creatures/ http://www.happysleepy.com/2009/08/mung-bean-sprout-creatures/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:12:18 +0000 Magda http://www.happysleepy.com/2009/08/mung-bean-sprout-creatures/ The secret life of plants. I’ve been sprouting various beans all summer, and these guys are always littering the dining table, trying to escape en route from the sprouting jar to the plate.

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Photos by Marc Ngui.

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Trees trimmed of lower branches on the mountainside, Nepal

These photos are from just north of Kathmandu Valley, on the drive from the lookout at Nakargot back to Kathmandu.

Trees trimmed of lower branches on the mountainside, Nepal

Trees trimmed of lower branches on the mountainside, Nepal

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How lovely death can be, and how much more interesting than birth.

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How lovely death can be, and how much more interesting than birth.

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