<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:56:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@bluespider/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #10 - The Bee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bees play an important role in maintaining the ecosystem on the planet. Without them, there would not be enough pollination to create new batches of plants and trees without which we would not have adequate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post-10-the-bee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post-10-the-bee</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:13:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovfFSUkXTsWxTVNDZcF1sdg1SNjEDqrTRaH29hMTr2pPJ6bUZKAhvyt3EBdFMTePFnxWoJ1vAUBqbVmErrP8ERLCn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #9 - Dew]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found this plant in the wilderness which had dew all over it. You can see the fine fur-like texture much easily due to the dew drops that had formed on the leaf.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/i/@bluespider/photography-post-9-dew</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/i/@bluespider/photography-post-9-dew</guid><category><![CDATA[i]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:13:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovTVfRGWpurWwwFnttJaqmgMZCe4dhim1Nw7SyoAeBfSFhYQihN3bCNwdLdfKaL9p23Q7XcHKEsY97kxR2z311gu4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #8 - Chrysanthemum Macro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reverting back from bugs to flowers again, this shot was taken in late winter (or pre-spring, depending on how you see it) years ago. I was still not accustomed to the macro feature on my W320 (which usually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--8---chrysanth-2018-6-3-19-57-52</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--8---chrysanth-2018-6-3-19-57-52</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:28:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKW2YWaVHBnRiCXhba6GXgK5Qh8A5CaLsASdKgHZswWDPWDBUWkVKs7ESS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #7 - Yet Another Bug]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another one of my bug friends, this one emits a horrible stink if disturbed. So you would understand why I didn't try to perform the handheld stunt like in the previous case. This is a young one and they]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--7---yet-anoth-2018-6-2-20-7-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--7---yet-anoth-2018-6-2-20-7-21</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:38:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKX5ZTpfUukqJ1EM4KVuEFiP5g6q9r3ub8wWXCNaEFnyHAaUh2vxAAZ9Sn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #6 - Leopard Lacewing Caterpillar]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know what you might be thinking. Who in their right mind would consider picking up this prickly little creature in their hand, right? The answer, rather obviously, is me. And in case you might be wondering,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--6---leopard-l-2018-6-1-16-37-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--6---leopard-l-2018-6-1-16-37-17</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:07:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKWF4ngK2jEkYtJGMSKkuxjCKaXcKGpYH3nTUERw3a5pN69oWm2MVV8unE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literary Post #1 - The funeral (fiction)]]></title><description><![CDATA[He looked at himself. His face looked calm, rested. His hair was still a bit ruffled, and that unruly strand was back on his forehead. Not that it mattered anyway. He wasn’t the athletic type, and a layer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@bluespider/literary-post-1-the-funeral-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@bluespider/literary-post-1-the-funeral-fiction</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2018 16:34:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonWToSX8tGXNY8jeXKSedJ2aRhGRj6HDecqrec945RVnR5S5hEriEVvc7drt5ShAZo148yNQyeWVHEiyFFEz1ydgf5JvrUDawFiFTk8gwXU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #5 - A Bug's Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deviating from the flowers and plants to bugs, here is one of the first crawler friend that I managed to capture. As is visible in the pic, it was taken on a misty morning. The little guy was quite unafraid]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--5---a-bug-s-l-2018-6-0-1-21-59</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--5---a-bug-s-l-2018-6-0-1-21-59</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:52:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKhsUyFejF76PRQT4sbWWWXntmPSmXJNfoD4LnFDT8vKVtwW8XMcFmwAeJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #4 - The Pink Flames]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most common flowers at my university, the Dahlia can grab your attention on any given day simply on the merit of its sheer size. It would take a blind man to miss out on these delightful blooms.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--4---the-pink--2018-6-0-0-40-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--4---the-pink--2018-6-0-0-40-11</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKWeH5zVgw1NseFya1N8SXrtiYw46Amq6LJbi9fJgXM1i7vzCWsJngipCN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #3 - Mushroom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Found this huge mushroom right outside my hostel early one morning in 2010 on a holiday. I watched it grow and wither away across the span of just four days, which was kind of sad. But like Vision said,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--3---mushroom-2018-6-6-21-42-47</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@bluespider/photography-post--3---mushroom-2018-6-6-21-42-47</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 16:13:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKWeDfQ4kbA8C56qS1d8aKJnwvwnV15Aamu4sXFwZN45TdYEkTTqowH3GS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography Post #2 - Cherry Blossom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another one of my early 2010 clicks. It is no coincidence that I took quite a lot of pics at around the same time. 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This is supposed to be my introduction post, so I'll tell you a bit about myself and also list out the kind of content you can expect from my account going forward. 🙂 I won't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@bluespider/and-so-it-begins</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@bluespider/and-so-it-begins</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bluespider]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 04:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9VgAYiZGKmjT76ZcHoAtbXj7oY5E8bL4xb8TTecfmne6LQ2A7jh8BMuTSg88QfUf3hMNq2njuq74a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>