Unboxing my flock

 

 

 

Last Saturday, my paintings returned back home from the exhibition. 
Being for three months in a nice place in the middle of my country.

I'm unboxing them again, from the tight place sitting in the cardboard boxes. 
There are more in smaller boxes

It's  a delight to see them again. 

Drops

 Beautiful drops sitting like diamonds on the leaves of the Nasturtium.
(click the images to see more detail)

Feather 2

 Feather with drops...

Feathers

 It's getting already dark outside.
I just managed to make some photo's, before it's too dark, as wintertime has already begun here.
The birds have showered lots of feathers all over the place. 
Is that because of the season as well...molting?
I don't know, but it's nice to find so many feathers 

More of my flock

 Some more birds of my flock.

beechnuts

 Its amazing how many beechnuts the beech in my garden has produced this year.
Its in the millions I think...too much to count at least. 
Not all are on the pile yet. many still lying everywhere around
and many more hanging in the tree, ready to fall.

I could plant a huge forest if I had the space and energy to do so.
Anyway it's a great harvest of nuts...what to do with them?

Jabobs sheep and my flock

I love drawing and painting speckled, streaked and spotted birds and animals...they are so awesome and special.

They often remind me of Jacob's sheep. The speckled, dotted, striped and black ones, 
that he had to work hard for.  In their culture those were the misfits the unworthy ones.

(If you read the story in Gen.30. Laban was abusing and cheating on his wages so many times.
The imperfect lambs were probably not worthy, for the yearly sacrificial lambs had to be without spot and wrinkle.Those sheep had the wrong DNA, not perfect.
These could not be sold because of that on the temple market.)

I love my spotted, speckled birds and striped birds and animals..I always see them as my flock.
 

Squiirel

A few days ago, to my great surprise, I noticed a new squirrel in my garden. 
As the wall nut tree of the neighbors is dead, squirrels have no reason anymore to show up in my garden...

No nuts, no squirrels. 

To me he looked like a young squirrel. beautiful dark chestnut color and no ear-tufts, as the ones I had last year. I read that they have no ear-tufts during hot summers. and will grow when its cold for warmer protection of the ears. That sounds logical.
He did not find any nuts..though he was seeking on the same places, as the nuts I had set out former times.
So I put out some nuts again, to invite him back.
He did!
Had my camera in the wrong settings, because of that, all blurry photo's, until I noticed my mistake.
So here is one view of him, cashing one of the nuts.

Cabbage white

 

Many Cabbage white butterflies sitting on the Verbena's.

Hare's tail 2

 I was wondering and playing around in my mind, thinking, how it would look like, 

a hare with a hare's tail of the hare's tail plant. 

Just for fun...playing. 

Hare's tail

 

I think I got this plant from a mix of butterfly seeds, I sowed at the beginning of this year.

It's a lovely flower, looking like a hare's tail. that's how the plant got its name.
It really surprised me, having this plant in one of my pots. 
and they have lots of tails the whole summer!
I love it!

Young robin

Recently I had several young robins in my garden. 
In the beginning the birds are brown,with speckled lighter dots all over.

So cute!
When they grow, slightly the red feathers are coming through. 
This one here, you can see the beginnings of the red breast feathers...so adorable!

 

Swimming dove

 

 

 

 

 

It's so interesting to see that one of the doves in my garden really can swim.
He drops himself into the deep water on purpose.
He flaps his wings in the water and moves himself forward as a skilled swimmer.
So nice to see!
It always gives me joy when I see him doing that.

Passie flora

 

At the beginning of the year I bought a new Passion flower. Last years plant did not survive.

I like the flower and I planted it between the ivy so that I could keep an eye on it. 
The plant flourished really well and to my amazement it made a seed/fruit. 

In the beginning it was green but over time and lots of sunshine it changed into brilliant orange.
I'm very surprised by this fruit ball hanging there. 
 

I'm sorry I did not made many posts, lately, due to severe back aching too much and surviving on painkillers to help me through the day.
I hope it will get better again.

Drops

 After a rain shower,
I noticed these beautiful drops sitting under the garden hose.