sparrows

I love sparrows...
they are so curious...so always being together, doing together things.
I don't have them in my garden...(though in my opinion enough space to hide).
how can I convince them...

In my friends garden S&A there is always a group of sparrows tweeting & flying off and on.
So when I was visiting them yesterday I took some shots of their lovely sparrows.

cake and tea 14

(continuing story Emil)

When they arrived on the spot where Emil lived,
they were rather tired of all effort.
So they first took a break
having cake and tea while resting and wondering how the new house would look like.

Emil said he would like to have a window in his new house, and a glass door,
so that he could look through the window while it was raining or cold,
and looking at the stars at night.
Hedge Hog thought that was a grand idea...

moving tools 13

(continuig story E.Snail)

Emil was very exited...at the same time some quite nervous
about all that happened..so quickly.

They decided to move the tools, to where Emil lived. (in the middle of the wood)
HedgeHog took all the tools in the drawer on his solid back,
and off they went!

passion-drops

A few days ago, it had rained over night,
some beautiful drops had formed in the passion flower-curls.
I always love these twirlingcurls...going circling on everything nearby.

tools for Emil 12

(Continuig story E.Snail)

Again a silence fell,
At first, HedgeHog did not know what to say about this impressing problem.

Then he said, while he walked over to his drawer;
I have some tools here,
You may want to use some of these, for building a bigger house.

cocoon 2

This morning, when I awoke I checked the second caterpillar,
to see what had happened to him.

To my surprize he had not waited for me,
during the night he went in cocoon too...
I put the two outside for better conditions...to be in their natural circumstances.
I hope having some beautiful butterflies next year.

Today I found another caterpillar climbing the wall of my house.
first I thought to let him go...
but maybe to see him transforming would be another chance.
So I collected him in my box to watch over him.

What Now...Emil 11

(continuing story Emil)
A deep silence fell for a moment, after these words...

Emil turned around, staring at his purple-bue house.
Both stared at his house for a while...thinking....being puzzled...
what to do?

Finally Emil said; "Making me smaller is not an option...
I need a bigger house, then."

calculation E.Snail 10

(Continuing story E.Snail)

After being puzzled, Hedge Hog sat down together with Emil.
He wrote some things again....thought for a while...
making some calculations...while Emil looked curious what he was doing.

Then Hedge Hog said:
"either you have grown too big,
or your house is too small..."!
One of them does not fit.

cocoon 1

This morning when I awoke
I immediately checked on the caterpillars.

One had already transformed in cocoon!

the other one, still sitting motionless....waiting.....

caterpillars

I could not resist the temptation...
to collect the caterpillars in a box.
for watching the cocooning process.

One of the 3 had already glued himself under the window-sill,
the other two were still running to find a perfect spot.
that was in my little box... ;-)

I put a glass on top so they could not escape.
This morning I found, they had glued themselves ón the glass.
and you can clearly see a small rope around their middle,
which they have been spinning overnight.
now is the waiting for the transformation..to go cocooning...

as I have followed this process some years ago...
you can follow the whole transformation in more detail of a Swallowtail
go to post labeled: save the Queen...

measuring Emil Snail 9

(continuing story E.Snail)

Have you been in a fight recently?

asked HedgeHog, while he measured-&-magnified his tentacles again,
because they seemed to change size, every time again and again....
which puzzled him greatly.

Emil said he had n't...bearing all the discomfort patiently.

Measuring Emil Snail 8

(Continuing story Emil Snail)

Then Hedge Hog fetched a ruler,
& started to measure Emil's house.

He mumbled something about numbers
wrote some things down on a note,
Thought for a while....deeply.

climbing walls

I don't know....did these caterpillars told each other?
3 different (though looking the same)...are all making up a journey on the walls of my house.
I think they plan to go in cocoon.

as I found one some years ago doing the same thing.
I will keep an eye on them.
It is probably the caterpillar of a Small White (klein koolwitje)

breaking open

Overnight there are 3 new toadstools....(the red ones)
breaking out...

these small beginnings seem to have inmense power
comparing the pile of earth besides them=same size as the small toadstool.

Examination Emil Snail 7

Continuing story Emil Snail)

Hedge Hog examined him carefully with a magnifying-glass,
He looked at his bruised and hurting spots
● in his neck,
● at his back
● legs....
● eyes...
to see if he could find some cause.

red

It is definitely autumn
now the red toalstools are showing themselves in full reds again

E.Snail 6

(continuing story Emil Snail)

As he had done so many exercising to ease the discomfort,
the pain and hurts did not go away.

He decided to search for help.
so he went to see Hedge Hog..who happened to know almost everything.

E.Snail 5

( Continuing story E.Snail)

he tried to do some exercising, by stretching and bending ....
● 10 times every morning,
● 10 times every afternoon,
● and 10 times before going to sleep,
to ease the stiffness and pain,

that did not help very much.

E.Snail 4

One morning, when he awoke,...

He had a stiff neck,
his back was aching,
also his eyes were hurting.

He did not feel very well...

E.Snail 3

Continuing story E.Snail

When its getting dark...Emil goes inside his purple-blue house, under the oak
to have some sleep.

george's kittens

Georges kittens have grown tremendously.
see post of 3 weeks ago when they were few days old
they are the cutest of the cutest!
such a lovely sweet adorable young kittens...

Emil Snail

E.Snail, (His friends call him Emil)
lives in a purple-blue house in the middle of the wood.

music-notes in the sky

Starlings like Music-notes in the sky...
singing and tweeting and composing each line diffently...
changing all the time their concert in another tune.