Monday, July 28, 2025

Swirling, twirling






This morning I noticed a leaf from my favorite rose, dancing and twirling around, dangling on a spiders thread.
Just a beautiful moving still-life in nature. Like a poem.

It feels this morning, that autumn has made a little step forward, wanting slowly to take over.
I somehow want to hold on summer. The warm temperatures and the long sunny shiny days I love more.
As well as the bright summer-colors of all the flowers.
Though autumn might have that too, however it slowly wants to fade it all into greys and dulled colors.
I need to fix my eyes on todays beauty.
 

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Polly finds a berry


Again I published a new book on Amazon.

'Polly finds a berry.'

It's about a little brown rabbit, named Polly.

Polly does not know what to do..he feels so very bored.
He walks around without any purpose en accidentally 
bumps upon a berry. 
Later he finds more berries!
He carries all the berries home and builds a very unusual party.

You can find it on Amazon. here is the link for amazon.nl 

or find it on amazon for your country

 This book is not only for children, although it might seem
that way. It’s for those with a childlike spirit and for those 
who may have lost that.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

New BOOkS! Mole and White Rabbit, Mol en Witte Konijn



Again I published a new book on Amazon!!!!
actually two books. @ translations...english and dutch.

Mole and White Rabbit (english version)  

Mole is doing some cleaning up in his house, trying to be more tidy.

He ends up making a mess and he is very angry with himself, always being so stupid.
He gets an unexpected visitor, who is coming to tell him...

This book is not only for children, although it might seem that way.
It's for those with a childlike spirit and for those who might have lost it.

 

Mol en Witte Konijn (Dutch version)

Mol is bezig met zijn huis schoon te maken om het allemaal wat netter te maken.
Hij maakt er echter een puinhoop van en hij wordt ontzettend kwaad op zichzelf, dat hij altijd zo stom is en stom doet.
Dan komt er onverwachts iemand op bezoek, die hem komt vertellen dat...

Dit boek is voor alle leeftijden, voor iedereen met een 'childlike spirit'
en voor wie het kind in zichzelf misschien even kwijt is.

Find your Amazon store from your country, which is the best way to purchase this book. 

here is a link from our dutch store  

and here from the amazon.com

Monday, July 07, 2025

new books 2

 

Search for destiny is a story about Ohri searching for meaning and his destiny in life.
After a lot of wandering around and searching, he finally finds...his true identity.

 

Emil snail has pain everywhere, in his neck, his back, legs and his tentacles.
He goes for help to Hedge Hog.
Hedge Hog has a very helpful interesting solution... 
 

  Rabbit has a flat tyre. He arrives at Hog's place to find some help. 
Hog sees that there is more than only a flat tyre.
He helps him out to discover the real solution and live relaxed.
 
 
 
 
Konijn heeft een lekke band. Uitgeput komt hij bij egel aan om hulp te vragen.
Egel ziet dat er veel meer aan de hand is dan alleen een lekke band.
Ontdek, hoe Egel hem verder helpt.
 
 
Find on Amazon. I included some text to see what's about the story in the book. 
fully illustrated...

Sunday, July 06, 2025

New Books


 Yesterday, I published 4 new books on Amazon. 

To my amazement the next day they are already available to order.

Search for destiny, 
A new house for Emil, 
Hog and Rabbit, 
Egel en Konijn (dutch translation)

Go to your nearby Amazon shop in your own country to get.

I put here the link for Amazon in my country, the Netherlands. You will find it on your country's Amazon. Type my name in the search place: Henny Netjes and then you will get directed to the books.


and here are the ones I published about 1,5 year ago.
Time,
Tijd (Dutch translation)
Frogg and Leopold
Bluetail & C-Horse


 



Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Woodpigeon






 


Did you know that wood pigeons can swim?
Here is the proof. 

I've seen them doing this many times.
First they stir the waters, in order to try to get wet. When hat is not helping enough, they let themselves fall into the water and quickly try to jump out again. 

Then they start all over again.
So much fun to watch!
 

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Dandelion


 Some months ago, I picked a dandelion-seed-ball and tried to dry it in my studio.

The sun tonight was playing around on the seeds. ..so beautiful...! (click image to enlarge)

Who can ever design such a fragile awesome beauty, just for ordinary seeds...so delightful.

If one thinks there is no Creator, who created this all...here is proof!
No man can can ever imitate this, nor create this with all AI together in our world.
And this is only a dandelion-seed-ball ...what about all other?

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Colored clouds






While relaxing in my garden and having my lunch, looking around.
I suddenly discovered that I have many colored clouds in my garden...

Pink, blue, white, light-yellow, lilac and of course all the greens.
It's just a lovely thought, being surrounded by all these colored clouds! 

Friday, June 20, 2025

Song trush




 This young Song trush is having a great time while bathing.

You can see by his looks, how much he is enjoying it. 

Friday, June 13, 2025

Bullfinch




 What about this extremely amazing color combination.

The foxgloves happens to blossom right beside the birdbath...and then a bullfinch male, (goudvink) comes to have a bath!

So beautiful! 

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Hawfinch

 



 

I seems to me that the hawfinch, appelvink has young. 

I see him gathering food and flying away with a full beak.

I the basket above (hanging in the tree) are sunflower seeds. So to me it looks like he is picking up these seeds, the other birds spilled over the basket. 

Because he is a rare bird here, its great to have this bird having a nest close by. 

Appelvink. Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes

 

Sunday, June 08, 2025

raining



 It's been raining almost all day yesterday.

Big splashes and drops of rain jumping up and down in the birdbath. 
As if the raindrops maybe wanted  to have a warm bath too.
Maybe that's it... raindrops trying to have a warm bath...why not?

Friday, June 06, 2025

Te voet post

Recently I made another stamp for my brother in law.
During new-year he had made his best wishes cards and drawn a stamp on the enveloppe.

And then delivered the mail himself, without delivering it  through the regular snailmail-deliveryservice.

He wrote on the stamp, Te voet post, Mail by foot.

I found that very funny, so I made for him some stamps with his drawing on it. 
 

Thursday, June 05, 2025

Stamp

When you have followed my blog for quite some time, you might know that I love stamps. 

Recently I had some stamps made for my sister as a birthday present. 

I asked her to let me know what should be the theme and subject for the stamp. She came up with this. In the area were my parents and their grandparents family were born, there is growing a very rare flower. not in other places in our country, as far as I know.

When I was a child these flowers were already very rare, and at that time we were told not to pick them because they are protected. So now many decades later, they are very, very rare. I have very lovely memories of that time.

Its the wilde kivietsbloem ( (Fritillaria meleagris) (Checkered Lilyflower.)

They are beautiful lovely flowers in white and purple-ish colors. only growing in wet meadow lands.
I asked her to sent me a stamp in the mail. 
So here it is!

Friday, May 30, 2025

Proof copy of my books


 I just ordered 4 proof copies of 4 books I made.

Like the other ones they will be available on Amazon 

Have been working quite some time editing and making the stories available for sale.
I took me a while since I did the last books some 1,5 years ago.

A lot of back-lash and obstacles hindered me to get me on the go again with these books. But now I did. You can also read them in my blog, where I originally created them. 

Because they get lost in the archives. I wanted them more available for people.

I soon hope to publish them after I have approved them.