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I'm so sorry for my absence... but I do have a good excuse...

I've been busy working, enjoying good company of friends and family

and spending lots of quality time with the kenderman ★

 I guess this is fresh watercress, the plant I buy regularly... 

my soulmate... for almost 25 years... the kenderman

Perfect Day

Yesterday we went hiking with friends in Vijlen...

After lunch we walked down hill...

we followed the Geul upstream...

came across some beautiful half-timbered houses...

and then we climbed up the steep hill...

and down hill again for the final destination...

so we could sit down for a rest with a view... and enjoy another meal together.

What a perfect day!

Search for the European Tree Frog

Today we went hiking with just one goal, finding tree frogs.

We never expected to find them on our first attempt
but nevertheless we wanted to give it a try!

Instinctively we chose the right overgrown path and direction

and suddenly we heard a sound (quite similar to a magpie) 

kèkkèkkèkkèkkèk and we realized we were close to some tree frogs.

But we couldn't see them until a amateur wild photographer

helped us and pointed them out.

 Can you find them?

  The kenderman spotted one: tree fogs do climb trees!

And I found this little one all by myself...

Plant Hunt

We visited Bastin. One of our favourite nurseries. We found some Salix exigua!
We lost 2 big ones in a storm in 2010. Now we can replace them at last :)