Landscapes

Looking outside, a stiff wind is blowing, streets are wet from heavy overnight rains and birch leaves are already half yellow. It cannot be denied that we are changing seasons, and with that change in season comes a change in subject. The last few weeks, I solely focussed on Lady Heather. The height of the purple […]

The urban dictionary explains it as follows. Dud: a malfunctioning or failed idea, object or instance, an unfulfilled expectation. Sunrises and sunsets are often duds, expecially when predictions are good, hopes are high and expectations are great. As much as I hate duds, the worst are when the weather app makes a false promise and […]

Back from summer holiday. Due to family related matters, we had to cancel our planned holiday to France back in June and now ended up on a small campsite very close to home. It was a very enjoyable stay and I went out into the heathland on several promising mornings. Because I know the area […]

Last weekend, I finally got to see the Little Owl couple again. The male was resting and preening close to the nesting box and needed a bullying Magpie to get into a more active state of being. He stayed around for most of the morning and posed wonderfully on the props I had placed for […]

When writing the previous post, my Blogger dashboard showed me that my next post would be my 250th since I started blogging back in 2008. A true milestone, back then I would have never guessed I would ever make it to 250 posts. But I did, and I decided to celebrate the occasion with flowers […]

Land of Fire and Ice is a designation normally used to describe the rugged beauty of Iceland. But last Friday I only had to go a few kilometres from home to experience something very similar. When I walked the dog before heading out, the sky was very cloudy and I thought I had all the […]