raindrop

It has been raining almost all day.
One raindrop has been collected on a half-eaten-away-leaf of a rose.

random beauty

some random beauty in my garden.

very small butterfly

Last days I saw them flying, more than one.
but when I came closer, to have a better look
this very small butterfly flies away before I can see.

I tried to chase him today... without being very successful
Only later this day he perched on one the flowers of lady's mantle (vrouwenmantel)(Alchemilla).
where he posed a while for a close by shot.
Only he did not want to show his inside wings.
another one rested on the hairy stem of a papaver.
I have no idea what kind of butterfly this is.

roses

The roses are blossoming

One of the roses in front of my kitchen is in the beginning pure white,
but after a couple of days the roses start coloring with pinkish spots all over
which makes them even more elegant and fragile
with a blush beyond words

rain drops

As it rained several times today,
the buds of the delphiniums (ridders) got covered with beautiful drops.

delphinium

buds of hope

delphiniums

Its time for delphiniums (riddersporen) to blossom.
They are one of my favorites.

Even in the bud they are so delightful
kind of fragile...dancing buds, waving in the wind
The perfect blues, purple-shades and lilacs in all varieties are awesome.
Bumbles & bees going in and out of the blues.

fly-catchers

The baby-fly-catchers are growing very quickly
I guess the nest wil soon be empty...
so catching up on them, before they are all gone.

Father flycather has a special dinner today

He has ladybird on the menu
if you click the image for better view,
you can clearly see its a cream-spot ladybird (roomvlek lieveheersbeestje).
and some other winged specie.

new hair-do

After bath....having a new hair-do.
its that easy!

screaming flycatchers

The baby-flycatchers are screaming all day
I can even hear them in my house, while the nest-box is far at the street-side.
I saw the young yesterday coming up in the hole.
that means they have grown very much last couple of days.

I sat in hiding a while...waiting what prey the parent would bring and
if the young would show themselves again.
I was lucky.
Lots of screaming open beaks!
which were filled quickly by father.

sad finch-news

Yesterday when I went to sleep,
the baby-finch was full alive...
When I entered this morning my living-room,
the little baby-bird was no more.
so sorry for that.
again I am confronted... how fragile life is.

Bibi has house-arrest now....
I' m sure when I let him out, he will go back to the place where he found his prey-treasures.

finch baby

This morning Bibi (cat) came home with a small little something in his beak
as always, he first drops his prey on the grass.
kind of showing off what he has caught...
if it is a mouse I leave it..but when it is bird...!!!!!!!!!!
I yell at him and take away his treasure.

This time it was disaster..it was a bird.

The bird was rather unharmed......but way too young to leave the nest.
Bibi must have found the nest somewhere...and taken this bird out.
At such a time I hate cats...cruel monsters...they are!

I took the bird inside in my hand
what to do next???? is the question.
1 to find the nest...and put it inside.
3 do nothing...the bird will die definitely
4 try to feed it and see if he can survive.

I decided for the last option...
finding the nest or finding the garden seems impossible with too many options.

So now I am a finch-mother...
I put him inside a glass box in the old great-tit-nest.
tried to feed the bird with a pair of tweezers.

That goes rather well, the bird opens his beak...as I come close with my tweezers full of insect-pate
feeding the little birdy at regular times.
I hope he will survive..
The bird looks like a little finch...

If anyone has suggestions..how...be a good finchmom..please react..and tell

Bumble in blue

Bumble in blue