MULTIPLY The Dare: The Bug

Did someone say about daring to show a bug. My photo section on the computer and Flickr are crawling with them. One of my hobbies, if it flies, creeps or crawls, then take a photo. I took this photo two days ago.

It is now the month of June and time for our June Bugs to go on their marriage flight. They are very punctual. About 09.15 in the evening you see them swarming from the ground up to the higher places. About 30 minutes later they have found what they are looking for and the spicy bit starts. They live as a weevil in the ground for a year or so. Eventually they go through their metamorphosis and are then fully grown June bugs. Their only purposes as a bug seems to meet another bug (of the opposite sex of course) and after high life in the trees the ladies lay their eggs and die.

I would say a short but happy life probably. By the way they have really ugly children but I will spare you with a photo. I am sure their mothers love them.

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MULTIPLY I dare you: Local Park

The village I live in is surrounded by forests and green fields. The near bye town of Solothurn also has its shares of green areas. I decided to visit another village, the village of Zuchwil which is about a five minute car journey from where I live on the other side of the River Aare. When I first arrived in this area I was working for a company in Zuchwil, part of the Robert Bosch concern. It was there I met my husband. We got married and moved into the town. It was then that Zuchwil started developing. More apartments were built, a swimming pool was made on the bank of the river together with a large sports ground and ice rink. Eventually one of the largest gardening centers moved in. As well as building a restaurant they made a large gardening center open to the public. It is a wonderful place to relax and just walk through seeing all the various flowers and trees. There is also a lake with ducks. Here are some photos of the park.

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MULTIPLY I dare you: The highest tower in Solothurn

The only towers where I live are in the near bye town of Solothurn and belong to the old historic buildings. The highest tower I know of in Solothurn is that in our St. Urs cathederal. It is usually open during the day and I once made the effort to climb to the top. If you look at the photo you can see people standing on the iron balcony high up on the tower.

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The way to the top is not exactly comfortable. First of all there is a spiral stone stair case.

After a while the stone changes to wood and the staircase goes through part of the belfry. If you happen to be unlucky the bells will start ringing as you walk past which can be slightly deafening.

The final steps are also wooden and very narrow. I was wearing high heeled shoes with a rather long point at the front, not the ideal shoes for climbing this tower.

Eventually I arrived at the top to be rewarded with a view over a town and its river, the Aare

as well as the old arsenal which is now used as a museum for armory

and looking towards North we have the first chain of the seven chains of the Jura Mountains

That is our highest tower in town. Some of the larger towns in Switzerland do have higher towers, such as Zürich or Bern, but Solothurn is a small market town, one of the oldest towns in Switzerland.

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