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Sierra de Guara - a trip to the pre-Pyrenees

Žiga Humar, 26. 7. 2018

The only constant in our life is change. The kind we bring on ourselves or the kind brought on to us by others. It's important to find our feet to at ...

A demonstration of a battle in the garden

Dario Cortese, 13. 7. 2018

Now then. Things are about to get serious. To the front line and ... attaaack! A bomb here, a machine gun there, a knife between the teeth and let's e ...

The last minute

Arne Hodalič, 29. 6. 2018

If we hypothetically shrank the entire 4.5-billion-year history of our planet into one year, human kind would emerge only in the last three minutes of ...

In Love With the Field

Matej Moškon, 15. 6. 2018

God created rainy days to allow gardeners to do household chores   Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not a vegetarian, I love meat. I would ...

Viva Mexico!

Jasna Tuta, 31. 5. 2018

When I'm searching for ideas for the Hive, I usually start by browsing through photos. I'm looking for one that will inspire me or bring back a memory ...

The Trenta Valley and the Bovec Pockets Dessert

Klemen Košir, 17. 5. 2018

Our family spent this year’s winter holidays in the Trenta valley. The weather was, typical for the Julian Alps region, unpredictable and fickle. The ...

The mysterious world of Karst lakes

dr. Petra Draškovič Pelc, 4. 5. 2018

Lake Cerknica was (besides Lake Kočevje, of course :-)) my first thought whenever I planned a weekend getaway or an afternoon trip to the countryside ...

The wild side of the sea coast

Dario Cortese, 19. 4. 2018

Who would have thought that sea beet growing by the sea loves salty soil so much that it doesn't even grow on any other soil as a self-sown plant? And ...

A donkey only steps on ice once!

Arne Hodalič, 5. 4. 2018

The title is a literal translation of a Slovenian saying, while its English equivalent would be “once bitten, twice shy” or “fool me once, shame on yo ...