Thursday, January 14, 2010

is this my backyard..... yes it is!


we are still in wintery atmospheres in holland. last weekend the ice was finally thick enough to skate. and so we could enjoy this event from our back yard.

with a lot of 'snowplows' we made the ice free of snow (which kept falling and falling all day long) and we had a lovely time. the whole neighbourhood met on the ice. some made hot chocolate, others came with gluhwein, warm tea or soup.


the landing stage and the chairs on the ice made a nice meeting point. the kids had fun with games (speed run, ice hockey) and chasing each other.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

the cat, the birds and the winter... to be continued

what we expected all the time has happened! saar has been hunting at night over the ice (her hunting grounds have grown bigger and more attractive with all this ice). and an innocent crake deep asleep was her victim. we don't know how she managed but she took the crake through her cat door into the living.
and that is how we found her.


she still does look as in a deep innocent sleep.... but we know better! stupid cat!

Saturday, January 2, 2010

winter birds

in my former blogpost I wrote about the oliebol I gave to the hungry birds in the garden. this fat food is not so healthy for birds as well. so I will stick to the more prefered bird food in winter: peanuts.


lots of little birds are visiting the garden on their search for a nice snack. we see robins, all sorts of titmouse and wren. off course their are other species as well but I'm not so good in all these bird names.


they are very brave (and I asume very hungry) because they keep visiting the garden although cat Saar is on a hunt.....


I will not show a picture of the little bird that we found under our dinner table (or what was left of it).

new years day left overs

we made it into 2010. this time of year the garden is really into hibernation and all we can do is waiting for the first bulbs to show up. in a month I expect the little white snowdrops. on my round in the garden on January 1 this is what I found:


a new collection of my son; fireworks left overs (to build little doll huts in summer).

the drinks we didnot drink (one bottle of champagne has to wait for another perfect occassion).


and an 'oliebol' which I've thrown for the birds. if they like it I have plenty more for them to come, we cannot see and eat any oliebol anymore......
Happy 2010 to all!