Office I

I've been busy reorganizing my "office".

Nim has been busy bullying the Antartica tree fern.

Extended

We've been extending our windowsill so Nim could lie down comfortably.

In just two more days she'll have to share this extra space with a friend :)

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Lunch

Today I've been eating smoked salmon again.

A few months ago I read a horrible article about farmed salmon.

Containing a high amount of antibiotocs and forced to swim in their own filth. 

 It definately made me decide to stop eating salmon. 

Today I've been eating biological farmed smoked salmon from Sweden with Wasabi rocket salad.

And it tasted really good!

I've just been reading it takes more than 5 pounds of wild fish to grow 1 pound of farmed salmon :(
From now on I'll be only eating sustainable caught wild fish.

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Scent

If only you could smell this.......

Interior

I've been gradually changing my working space.

We bought a secondhand PHE table which will be my new desk.

But first the kenderman had to sand it and I had to oil and soap it.

Here you can't see the end result yet..... but this is what it looked like before.....

I sort of have to keep changing things :)

Fair

In our hometown there's a fair.

This fairground attraction reminds me of my own youth.

Can't believe childeren like these nowadays :)

Close Up

Mobli came really close......

The new indoor tree ferns keep providing us with the most beautiful shadows.

Nim is harassing the ferns to stimulate us to play with her.
And the kenderman can't possibly ignore a tree fern being bashed up :)

She's such a clever little rascal :))

Ferntastic

We've been repotting the new tree ferns and I already had some Ikea PS Fejö pots.

Time will tell if these plants are Nim proof :)

The current light makes it difficult to make some good pics but I'll make it up to you.

Eureka

I wanted some new indoor plants but somehow I couldn't succeed. 

Then suddenly ..... eureka!.... I thought of some indoor tree ferns.

It didn't take much effort to convince the kenderman :)

So off we went to the Tropical Centre.

We bought a Dicksonia antarctica, a Cyathea lunulata

(aka Sphaeropteris lunulata, it's Fijian name: Balabala) and a Cyathea australis.

Thrift Store Find

During our vacation we visited several thrift stores.

One of my finds is this porcelain soup bowl from Lilien porzellan.

I love the material and the shape.

Pictures

 Nim wants to join me.......

I love looking at pictures......

In this case it's a necissity because I don't read Japanese :)

DIY

We bought an identical table to the one we already have.
My earlier posts here and here.

 So the kenderman could start sanding again ......
This oiled and orangy table was in desperate need of some work

this is how it looks like after some serious sanding

Now I'm planning on finishing this table asap with a white oil

and (after an couple of days) protecting the table with white soap.

Relax

I wish you a relaxing weekend!

Beervelde Garden Days

We try to go to Beervelde Garden Days at least once a year.

The kenderman has a special interest for ferns :)

The garden days aren't only about plants........

there is brocante for sale.........

mouth watering scented dried onions and garlic.......

you can even buy your own spaceship ;)

Opposite we traditionally eat a pancake with brown sugar.

And when I might wonder where the kenderman is........

I just have to find me some tree ferns :))

Fully Booked

pictures by the kenderman.

Right now all of our nestboxes are occupied.

We have 3 nests of great tits and 1 blue tits nest.

The great tits are nesting in a swift's nestbox and a tree-creeper's nestbox.

Within a couple of weeks we'll be expanding with 4 nestboxes for swifts.
And finally we will build our own little owl nestbox. 

Fern & Roll

Playtime

 Nim loves to catch

teamplayers

 here the kenderman crawls for her :)

Starflower

Our Borage being loved by bumblebees.....

Flying Civil Servants

We visited an exhibition of Stéphane Halleux in Bruges.
His sculptures are incredible.