Lanterfanten

 I don't know the exact english word for Lanterfant.

The word Lanterfant and lanterfanten has several meanings. 

One is that you're wasting your precious time, by doing nothing in particular and that you're being lazy and that you ought to or do better do some useful work. 

The other one is more freeing...when you 'lanterfant' and do nothing in particular, relax and rest, kind of letting go of doing useful meaningful things, like obligations, things that should be done...that makes space for more creative things...and this state of being, opens up possibilities you never thought of.

It has to do with enjoying...and delight.

Anyway, pictures speak more than 1000 words...

Happy squirrel

Squirrel discovered the nuts I placed for him on a table. It looks, he is quite surprised and happy with this unexpected treat. I smashed the nuts on purpose, so that he stays on the table for a while to eat them...

So nice to seem him eating...and enjoying his nuts.
 

Nuts for squirrel

 I discovered recently a walnut tree nearby. so I go there to collect some nuts under this tree.

It seemed to me a nice idea to help squirrel for wintertime...and feed him some nuts when he forgot his strorage places...or?

No I don't think he will forget...but somehow, just for fun to get him around... its just so much delight to see him every time seeking for more yummy nuts.

Squirrel again

I think he is amazing...such beauty roaming around in my garden...

looking for his treasures...I think he himself is the treasure... 

(when you click the images, they appear much sharper and you can even see all the drops on the grass! )

squirrels

Squirrels are extremely busy. Running to and fro with nuts in their beaks, going along my window. so very kind for me to watch, but mostly they are already gone before I'm able to grab my camera.

It's such a great sight...They are now all in the business of making storage places all over the place. 

Or planting nut-trees everywhere, depending if they can remember where they keep em. 

Unknown eggs

 What is this?

While uprooting a plant, (Campanula) I noticed at the foot of the plant some eggs!

They were more than 20. Some fell down to the earth and I thought better not to touch them anymore.

They are small, maybe 1,5 mm. Some other eggs stayed on the roots of the plant, so I took them with me for making a photo. 

I think I put them back to where I found them. But whose eggs are these? Are they from a butterfly? if yes which one? or maybe from an insect? who can tell? Please let me know if you know or have an idea.

Nut time!

 The nuts are ripe at the neighbour's nut-tree! At least, squirrel thinks so, carrying the nuts still in the bolsters in his beak to safety-storage-places in my garden.

I have saved some 'last-year-nuts' for him as well. Yesterday I threw some into my pond, as I love playing games with squirrels, This is a fishing game. They have to fish the nuts out of the water. That mostly is not a problem at all, because the nuts float to the side and are easily picked out of the water. Today some nuts didn't float to the side...so for squirrel a challenge to pick them... 

He is so cute and smart as well, though today it seemed to be a little difficult...the nuts were too far away and out of reach. He was kind of irritated that the nuts were out of reach. I could tell by the agitation of his swiping tail, rapidly going left and right ...!

Look at his bravery!

Finally he got them all....when the nuts floated closer to the side within reach... 

Robins

 

It's hard to tell which robin is the adult and which one is the juvenile.

The young one has gotten all his adult-like feathers now. I don't see the difference anymore.

This one looks like the adult one. However I'm not sure. They chase away each other now, to defend territory and who's boss over it.

(see also earlier posts about the young robin)

(and here another one)

Dove dive

 The doves are having a great time.

Plunging into the water to get really wet.

Young robins feathers

Ten days later, and now robins orange/red fiery feathers are breaking out much more!

Its amazing how quick that is changing!

He is so cute and beautiful!