speckled wood

In dutch a The Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)(bont zandoogje) is called sand-eye.
at closer inspection, this one has no sand in the eyes...
but can see clearly.

twirling around

A phlox-flower has been caught in a spiders thread..
the wind gently twirling the flower round and around...
millions of times

dew wrap

This morning I inspected again spiders web,
to see how the morning dew had covered his wraps
and if he has wrapped some more prey..

Spider was not at home...
gone out.....having left alone his house and provisions.
which now had been beautiful covered with morning-dew...
to be seen from both sides.

happy wrap

Didn't I look good this morning?
This afternoon I saw another wrapped package in the web of the spider.
Or maybe he has caught today another happy wrappy.

spider wrap

I saw it happen,
a spider turning his prey round and around...
Quickly spinning his prey around, like a spinning-wheel.

This what I was wondering about...questioning, how the spider managed to get the thread so perfectly around the insect, so many times.
Even legs and wings were sealed for conservation.

Now the mystery was revealed right before my eyes.
When I tried to make a photo,
The spider just decided it was enough wrappings around his parcel,
he walked away..sat down a few inches further...watching his stored meal.
(click-click wrappings for closer inspection)

new airy book for 5770

I always use a scratch-book to make notes,
writing down ideas... writing down thoughts I don't want to loose
or making my own thoughts more clear.
little drawings...doodles..or whatever I think is important to have noted.

I wanted my new book a special look
to make it different from the ones I already have jotted full.

In the mood of "carrying the sky" on your shoulders
(see post a few days ago, 3 Sept) and (Sept 2, snail-house)
This idea keeps working in my mind...this light airy sky...
Living a life without heavy burdens on your shoulders is an art of life.
most of time, problems, worries, stress... anxious thoughts...trouble most joy and fun in life.
I want to learn more to let go...to live with airy sky on my shoulders.

Now every day the book (full of air) helps to remind me everyday.
And I just saw Jewish New-year just starts this weekend..becoming 5770
a good moment to begin with this book.

berries

The lilies of the valley have gotten beautiful red berries...
some are already eaten...
who is eating the berries?

snails

I don't have to search a longtime...
within seconds I find lots of snails in the garden.
sleeping or eating a little something...
or going for a walk on a stem of a plant.

baby kittens

My friends M.'s cat George has baby's
six tiny ini-mini... mjieuw mijiieew...screaming little kittens
such a delight to see..
I love baby-kittens..reminding me of the time when I was a child...
spending lots of hours...days... with my cats having babies.
such a precious moments..
little sucking sounds...of the baby's without drinking... even in their sleep.

ladybirds exercises

As two of my friends were helping me today doing some gardening
a ladybird had landed on R's back.
doing some exercising for flying,
stretching his wings...more than once before taking off.

I could not catch him sharp with my cam...only blurred.
later he sat on M's back continuing doing his exercises
until the last shot...which happened to be sharp...
then he took off victoriously.

robin

Robin bathing between roses-leaves

squirreltime

Wall nuts are ripe!
I saw squirrel sitting high up in a tree...
having his favorite breakfast.
the way he sat is so lovely...so at ease and happy sitting there.
turning his nut round and around.

when I tried to come a little closer..he felt disturbed.
I heard him thinking...
"Intruder...stalker...you...disturbing my happy-meal".

spiders-package

In my garden I saw a spider...having wrapped his food so perfectly,
seen from both sides back and forth.
(if you click the images, to enlarge, you can see those thin layers of tread..perfectly wrapped all around it)

Though spiders are not really my favorites...
I could not preserve it better...
no Tupperware can compete with this.

Shepherds-purse

A while ago, this summer, I made&ordered some stamps for one of my friends birthday.
showing & sowing some heart-shaped weed-seeds called: Shepherds-purse.

Today...surprise.... in my mailbox was her snail-mail with this stamp-seeds in return.

Cats........!

Bibi's language...

blackbird

Blackbird is molting...as well as most other birds.
Most birds keep in hiding...
nowhere to be seen
someplace unnoticed...as they go thru this change of feathers.
They look lovely now...with this not so tight & perfectly fitting coat.

robin molting

I didn't see robin for a while,
until a few days ago, that I heard him...ticking,
alarmsounds...for something that needed to be alarmed.

He is still molting, making new feathers for coming colder time.

a sky-house

(continuing thoughts on snail-post sept 1 and on yesterdays post)
read those first, otherwise you won't understand..if you already do with them reading first...

A lighter house would be more comfortable...for the snail,
not so heavyweight...as all the world is on your shoulders.
Nobody would be able to carry that much weight...to much worry...stress...
too much a heavy burden.
so a light-house would be fine

though a lighthouse has not the right kind of shape,
not being round...enough.

I wanted something light...airy
a house of sky...
a sky-castle would not get any construction-licence to build...they only exist in dreams.

so that's why I painted him air and clouds, as a sky-house.
carrying a piece of Heaven where ever he is going
& having Heaven to be his dwellingplace.

hedgehog smacking

Hedgehog came again....
running...
for his favorite dinner.

listen to his cracking, smacking...crunching sounds...while he is enjoying Tommy and Bibi's meal.

snail-house

At first thought I wanted to paint him.... the world as his house.
always at home on every place in the world would be nice...
(Photoshop helps a great deal experimenting...for try-out.)

But at second thought,
it might be a little too heavy...
carrying all the world on your shoulders would be a great heavy weight.
I would not want to carry it myself...
So I dropped the world/earth-house.

snail-on-wheels

Last saterday, my friend F. came along,
she had brought me a present...
a snail on wheels...
as you roll the snail...his house on his back starts rolling together with the wheels,
which gives a very funny sight...his house turning, rolling around.
She commented that, she left it plain, so that I paint the snail myself.

So, ...I'm thinking about it....
see also my blog about snailracing (august 12 2005)