A huge step for a farmer … 73 Cows is an award-winning short documentary about the journey and personal conflict of Jay Wilde a beef farmer and vegetarian. Jay is the first farmer in the UK to embark upon transitioning from beef farming to entirely…
Suddenly it is busy again in our atelier and store! It was very quiet for a few months but now we see visitors on a regular basis. Great! Soon we will go on holiday and our atelier and store will be closed. This time it’s…
Rubia the dog we adopted only 5 weeks ago is doing great. In only a short time she went from a frightened, trembling little creature, to a happy dog wagging her tail all the time. Here she is in front of our house. Since one…
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…
For those who didn’t really believe me … as you can see our atelier is really situated in the middle of nowhere … This picture was taken last week. Our atelier is located to the right of the farm tucked away behind trees. Our atelier looks absolutely…
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…
Every year, in March, it is one of the first plants who stick their heads above the soil. Bear’s Garlic, a wonderful herb – bulb – and a protected plant. Bear’s Garlic is found in moist deciduous forests on calcareous soil in the Southern part of The…
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…
