Following my last post on my weblog (view from our studio), I was approached on FaceBook by an imker. He asked me where the picture was taken and whether there was more giant balsemien in our garden. Well to make a long story short, this…
Have I showed you this photo before? Probably so. The photo is taken shortly after we got Fons from a dog shelter. Fons was very easy going, he even liked to be a model and he sat perfectly still until the photo was taken. We picked…
As you can see in the picture Jan worked really hard today. At the end of the day the ring was almost finished. To be seen for the first time at Sieraad Art Fair, from 10 t/m 13 November in Amsterdam. It was a beautiful…
Wig aka Beethoven … my old Silkie chicken … The last few days it was hot … very hot. Today started a little cooler. Look at those ladies sitting on their small bench … Have a good weekend!
Every night around the time I’m preparing dinner I let the chickens free from their coop. They can walk freely around the yard and eat the grass. But the thing they like the most is standing in front of the kitchen door hoping for a snack.
I found two sites full of beautiful birdhouses for you. This time of year you hear the sound of young birds from all birdhouses. I placed two tit houses on the wall of the studio and two houses for sparrows are on the barn. Both bird couples are…
The good life in the country. An impression … In the past few days the weather was just wonderful. Blue skies and great temperatures. Suddenly we could eat outside! In the photo you see two of my pigeons sitting on a branch in the cherry tree. The Hostas in…
A Hawthorn is obviously an ideal place for a bird to build a nest. It’s a tangle of branches who have small thorns on them. An almost impenetrable fortress. For years magpies have build their nest, in our Hawthorn. A big tall construction with several floors. Two years…
The swan guards its nest … On our long Sunday walk with the dogs we came across this swans couple. The female is probably busy laying eggs. So we kept the dogs on a leach and after taking the picture we walked on. We made…
The first signs have arrived … it feels like spring! This photo of willow catkins is from the weblog of Mary Jo Hoffman. This blog posts one nature image, daily. In my pigeon coop spring already arrived. This young pigeon is a few hours old. The other egg…
