All Flowers in Time

"All flowers in time bend towards the sun

I know you say that there's no-one for you

But here is one, here is one, here is one"

 

A beautiful song from 1995:

All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun

by Jeff Buckley and Elisabeth Fraser

Little Owl Nestbox

We've been talking about this bird for al long time.... the little owl (steenuil)

Previous kenderfrau posts here

On Saturday bird ringing Noord-Limburg placed a special nestbox in our tree

Thank you Patrick!

This is supposed to be a marten proof nestbox...

We spotted martens in de back garden several times.

Once I saw two youngsters chasing each other at dusk ☺︎

Just a little pruning by the kenderman to ensure a free flight path.

Immediately small birds like blue tits and coal tits investigated the new nestbox.

Now we just have to wait for a couple of little owls to discover it...

Hedgehog

The Garden

  ranunculus aconitifolius

 Dicksonia antartica

Dryopteris atrata

Aconitum napellus album

Mother's Day

I often think about my mum.

Asking myself what she would have said or done...

She was and will always be a big inspiration to me  ★

Comforting

Right now a lot of people have feelings of anxiety...

You can find some comfort by listening to your favourite music, looking at
a nice painting or sculpture, reading a beautiful poem or book etc.
It will reduce your stress levels immediately.

In our brain experiencing beauty is connected to "trust"
and therefore to the belief everything is going to be okay.

It might take some practice if your not used to see beauty in "normal" things.
If you really try you can find beauty everywhere around you!

Take care of yourself and the ones around you and be save!

Never Enough

We already had quite a few nest boxes...

You can my earlier posts here:  

bird pot, dormouse, dormouse boxes, 

great-tit, great-tit, leaving the nest, nestboxes,

common swift, bee boxes and nest box recycled material

but there's enough space left for a couple more...

We've added several common starling bird pots... the opening is 45 mm

the one with the smaller opening (35 mm) is a sparrow pot

new "terra potta" on the side, weathered wooden swift boxes on the front facade...

Summer Break

At least someone has been working...

creating new hunting opportunities for others...

Summertime

... and the living is easy...

Always Welcome Guardian Pan

My favourite cat outside... Pan

Stormy Weather

Lately we've been in "stormy weather"...

Perhaps you've noticed my posts become fewer and more irregular.

It's been seven years since I started this blog.

The last year was a difficult and time-consuming year.

I'm not sure what I want to do now.

I hope you want to hang in there,

it ain't over yet!

Special One

"specialleke"

(Flemish for special one)

We have some small patches of white wood anemones.

And then the kenderman spotted a single lilac one...

Wow!

Let's enjoy this Spring weekend!!!!

Magnificent Magnolia

Today it's Hanami Matsuri (Cherry blossom celebration) in Japan.

The Japanese Cherry (Sakura) is flowering now.

Usually I prefer the smaller flowers of a cherry, apple or pear tree.

But right now the big Magnolia trees in front of this old house are stunning!

I just couldn't pass without taking some photo's...