Tiny Baby Tokek Gecko

This lizard is absolutely tiny. The line it is standing on is the grouting in between the tiles in our kitchen! Despite its tiny size, this Tokek was extraordinarily fierce and astonishingly cute!

The Monkeys Who Care – Alas Kedaton

I spotted these female Macaque monkeys co-parenting this very young baby at the Alas Kedaton monkey forest attraction in Tabanan Regency. It was heart-warming to see how much these little hairy ladies cared for the baby. The forest has been out of use for many months during the pandemic and they are being fed by local. Some of them still behave politely, gently taking food from an outstretched hand but some have become even more aggressive than usual! I love to see them but I do have a healthy respect for them.

The Monkeys Who Care – Alas Kedaton

I spotted these female Macaque monkeys co-parenting this very young baby at the Alas Kedaton monkey forest attraction in Tabanan Regency. It was heart-warming to see how much these little hairy ladies cared for the baby. The forest has been out of use for many months during the pandemic and they are being fed by local. Some of them still behave politely, gently taking food from an outstretched hand but some have become even more aggressive than usual! I love to see them but I do have a healthy respect for them.

Banana Hawk Moth

This Hawk Moth is an astonishing mimic of a banana leaf. And it's SO FLUFFY!

Piglet Gate

There is a smallholding a few minutes from our house and they often have very cute piglets! We take them handfuls of grass and other leaves and they are always so very cute. I don't know how people can eat them!

Bitten Off More Than It Could Chew

Astonishing that this mantis thought it could eat a butterfly. I didn’t stick around to find out in case I might have been next!

The Monkey Who Stole Our Crisps

We were sitting in our car having a little picnic when this monkey jumped in through our window and snatched the bag of crisps from my son and ran off. I was concerned that the crisps might not be a sensible dietary choice for a monkey so I followed him but he let me know, very articulately, with a flash of his sharp teeth, that he was keeping them!

Feeding Time, Monkey Forest, Ubud

I'm not sure what's distracting this baby monkey from his lunch but it does seem to be fascinating. Cropped image.

The Staring Monkey, Monkey Forest, Ubud (colour)

What do you do when a macaque fixates on you? Make sure there's a lot of glass between you and it!

Mother and Baby, Monkey Forest, Ubud

The sweetness between a mother and her baby transcends the species boundary.

Dragonfly on a Stump

I love dragonflies!

Sunset Calf Pantai Nyani

This was a particularly magnificent sunset after a lovely walk and although we ended up walking back along roads in the pitch black it was worth it. The mountains in the far distance are in national park the far west of Bali.