Insects Bar

Especially during the dry period
in early summer, uncounted insects
appreciated this safe place
to quench their thirst or
simply enjoy a refreshing bath.

 

Brave new peace of mind

Not even daisies stand a chance here.
An advertisement reads:
Lawn Robot gives you freedom
and peace-of-mind,
with smart home technology.
Well, if our neighbours
find peace-of-mind in such a sight ...

I do prefer daisies.

The invisible beneath the visible

Borage, dahlias and
marigold, marigold, marigold.
Who would guess
that a year's worth of potatoes grow here,
along with various types
of onions, tomatoes, peppers,
plus kohlrabi, carrots, etc.?

Holidays

Recently, rain allowed them lots of leisure.

Special relationship

And then there is this lady.
She would not fly away when I come,
but simply wait ...

... until I have refilled the feeder again.

Bon appétit!

 

Young sparrows at Seanhenge

Two young sparrows:
What's that?

Three young sparrows:
Perhaps digestable?

Six young sparrows:
Yummie!

In the meantime
some adults help themselves
in the nearby apple tree ...

... and the other restaurant,

 

whilst this tit enjoys 
not being disturbed.

Sunny September

At least not much rain promised
for this weekend.
We shall see.

 

August ending

Peace of the night.

 

Summer in Seanhenge

Reading, writing, relaxing or contemplating, ...

while sitting on the terrace with a cup of coffee ...

I do often thankfully feel ...

my horizon widened.

 

Harbingers of spring

Busy visitor
Mason bee meets daffodil
Harbingers of spring

Friday is Skyday

20:18

Friday is Skyday

. . .

 

Rewarded patience

To welcome today's partial solar eclipse, ...

... the astrophysicist had prepared everything.

But alas: Clouds, clouds, ...

... clouds ...

But then!

And the cherry on top:
An extraordinary marvellous sunspot.

Farewell to dear guests

So many swallows this year
spent summer in and around Seanhenge.

Spectacular to see them
hunting their evening meal.

Meanwhile the last one
left one of the five nests
alone under our roofs

Speeding southwards.
See you again
next spring.

Plumbees

No rain.
Plums fall by the thousands from the trees.
What saddens us delights the bees.

August beginning

Once again I feel relieved
that Fortune favours fools,
or as a German saying goes,
"Die dümmsten Bauern
ernten die größten Kartoffeln."
/
"The dumbest farmers
harvest the biggest potatoes".

Sometimes a saying
can be a great comfort.

Skyflyer

Interesting face.

 

Sunday idyll

Whilst I was picking black currants,
the sky turned dark,
and behind my back painted this picture.

Busy days for Mr Blackbird

 

Busy days for Mr Blackbird
with three kids demanding to be fed.
My pleasure to support him with suppling food.

Hunger for life

Sometimes ...

 

there is no need for words ...