wrinkled red

wrinkled red
(one of the last poppy's in my garden)

curls and twists

The Wisteria is making twirls and twists

into beautiful corkscrews.

Reds

The reds are coming again.

blush

The little malus apples are beginning to get a lovely blush again.

Speckled Wood

A  Pararge Aegeria, (Speckled Wood), (Bont Zandoogje), is sitting in my flowers.
it is covered with lots of speckles, being perfectly camouflaged.

snail trace

A snail paced last night through my garden,
and left a shiny silvery trail behind.
(click image to enlarge to see how beautiful silvery pearly this trail is.)

Seven years

Actually it was yesterday, I was already almost in dreamland, when I remembered...
Oh yeh! Birthday today, It was too late to get out and celebrate,
and too sleepy to be honest.
So today I made a celebration and bought for iwings a present for happy blogging for 7 years!
so many miles flying through the web...I bought some glass air bubbles.

Mole 14

(CONTINUING STORY MOLE2)

Mole let these words sink in some more.
' It feels very good he said.
That I am loved just as I am.
It feels so good to be outside too!' he added.
'Much more light and not so dark.
Shall I get something to drink here outside'?
White Rabbit nodded...saying 'Yes!'

After a while they both sat down outside.
talking some more:

Mole said: 'I think I gone live outside.
and be just as I am...no more in hiding and afraid of me looking bad or ugly.
Thank you so much helping me OUT! '

Poppyseed container

In my garden I found this fragile lacy seed container of a Poppy.
Though ready for the garden bin, it still has such beauty.

Purples

Hundreds of purples are blossoming, having multiplied themselves,
without me noticing.
Aconitums, (Monnikskap), these are the more loose ones, which blossom this time of the year,
dangling graciously together with the surrounding grasses.

Weird

One week ago, I found a butterfly on the ground in my garden.
I picked it up, he seemed dead.
After a while looking carefully, and some more inspection, I decided he must be dead.
I unfolded his wings, and put him in a petri dish.
He was beautiful, even dead.

Today, One week later, my eye fell on the dish, and to my amazement the butterfly moved!
In shock, I put the butterfly outside, picked a butterflyflower, so that he could feed.
He is very weak...yet he is trying to drink some nectar from the flower.
Sigh...3 times.

young blackbird

The young blackbirds are growing very fast.
They can take care of themselves now, without screaming after mom.

jay

Beautiful jay, on my bird table...
My friend K. brought me some 'old 'bread,
and the birds are greatly happy with the yummy yummy snacks.

Young birds

A young coal-tit and a young blue-tit in my garden.

young Blackbird

The young blackbirds are learning quickly.
Still screaming for mom, to feed them,

yet able to feed themselves.

Holly Blue

Holly Blue, (Boom Blauwtje)(Celastrina argiolus)

on one of my plants (Pimpernel),(Sanguisorba).

It looks like he is laying eggs, but I am not sure..

Tomorrow I will check the plant...If I can find something that looks like egg...

Mole 13

(CONTINUING MOLE2)


Mole said finally:
'I think I start getting it,
that you really love me.
Are you sure?' he questioned again.
'How is this possible, I am so ugly and fat!'

'I don't think you are ugly at all,' White Rabbit said.
'I think you're beautiful.'

wren baby

Yesterday I heard a thump on my window, I saw something falling to the ground.
A bird! was my first thought.
I saw Bibi (cat) sitting near, running to the fallen bird.
I said, screaming 'NO!'
and ran also, to the door.
Bibi ran away with the bird under the garden bench.
Again I said 'NO! NO!'
Bibi ran away, bird in his beak, away from the bench to the grass.
I ran after him, saying again 'NO Bibi! NO, NO, NO!!'
Bibi stopped, sat down in the grass and dropped the little bird on the ground...(good cat)
I snatched the bird away as fast as I could.(relief..sigh)

Birdy still alive, vivid bright eyes...looking frightend by the double triple shock.
(window, cat, me)
A gorgeous tiny, tiny young wren sat in my hand, having a lovely very short tiny tail.
looking....staring at the tumbling, shaking world around him.

I opened my hand...
fffffr rrr rrrrr rrr r rrr  r r r r r r r t !

young blackbird

You can hear him from a far distance,

squeeEEEACK! squEEEEACK!...SSSQUEEEACK!

A screaming young blackbird, screaming, yelling for food.
He is beautiful...in his spotted, speckled coat and wide yellow beak.

Mole traces

A Mole has visited my garden.
I think it's kind of funny, because of my writing a story about Mole.
However today he came again, ruining my garden a bit more.
I am not sure anymore if I still like it...

It fits exactly

'It fits exactly' must Fluffy have thought,
when he choose my box with knitting wool to sleep in.
The wool in the box is very soft and fluffy kid mohair,
so that must be the reason to sleep on, I guess.
But if it fits...?
Cats always think different!

young treecreeper

Yesterday late, my neighbor A. came along through the rain.
In her hand sat a young bird, which had flown against the window.
I was happy to see the bird had vivid eyes...and when I held it in my hands I felt a slight trembling, like purring when you feel a cat's purr, but then more soft.
He was warm, and immediately recognized the bird by his beautiful long sharp beak for catching insects.
He was spotted on the back, dark brown/black spots surrounded by lighter brown..very, very small bird, long brown tail...
It was a young treecreeper....
such a beauty... such a beautiful bill.
A little later I thought he was able to fly again, so I opened my hand...
With his long toes and nails, he dangled a moment on my fingers and then sat for a while on top of my hand.
So that I could admire his very long toes with tiny sharp nails, with a very tight grip.

Then he flew away...to high a fir tree.

Peony's

One of my friends K.visited and brought the most amazing stunning delightful peony's
along with some other beautiful lovely things.
Its summer in my house...though outside its raining cats and dogs.

lake

There has formed a lake on a rose leaf.
It exactly shows how lovely summer weather is here.

Dutch summer

One of my friends M. sent me this....
I do hope the Error 404 will be fixed soon.

Mol 12

(CONTINUING MOLE2)
'I am sooo Ugly, stammered Mole behind his tears..I am so f..fat..
And nobody likes me... he sighed.
They all stare at me with those looks....
they all think I am...a big Fatty'   and...he continued sobbing a while, while his tears kept falling.
White rabbit hugged Mole so long till he became still and all his words calmed down.

Poppy

Purple poppy from both sides.

Mole 11

Mole sat down on the doormat, while his tears flowed like a flood.
White Rabbit put his arms around Mole and whispered in his ears 'I love you! '
Mole started crying even more louder....
and tried to say between his sobs.....I am soo...sooo

Mole 10

(CONTINUING MOLE2)

....'I just wanted to say I love you.'
Mole's eyes filled with tears...and then started sobbing loudly.
At first White Rabbit did not know what to say,
meanwhile grabbing Mole's glasses before they touched the ground.

Copycat

Fluffy never thought about sleeping in the bookcase,
I think he saw Bibi lying there a few days ago and that gave him this bright idea.
I wonder if Fluffy is a copycat.

MOLE 9

CONTINUING MOLE2
The red flower gave a sweet delightful scent.
Mole put his nose into the flower,
and it was as if the fragrance embraced him all over like a warm cloud.
White Rabbit said...

cats

Bibi discovered a new place to stay....in my bookcase on one of the shelves, on top of papers, behind my computer,
He likes to sit there when I am doing something on my computer....as kind of company.

Fluffy however...wants to sit/lay down exactly on the same place where I am drawing...
sometimes I can draw him a little to the side.