September 24, 20244 Comments

Nature’s Secrets 12

When I walk through our garden, I love to touch the trees and plants I walk by. It creates a connection with the nature around you when you not only sniff scents and enjoy the colors, but when in addition you feel the softness of leaves, the hardness of bark, the fragility of flowers….

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September 20, 20246 Comments

Nature’s Secrets 11

Harvest. Not by far over yet. Pears, apples, pumpkins, zucchini’s, the last few blueberries, wild strawberries...

And, of course, it is also the time to harvest seeds: Marigold, Poppy, Cornflower, Perpetual Kale, …

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September 18, 20242 Comments

Nature’s Secrets 10

When we are at the beach, we spend a very large part of the time with our gaze focused on the ground. A few square meters around our feet are continuously scanned as we slowly walk forward. Periodically we stop, and let our gaze wander to the dunes, the sea, or the sky….

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September 16, 20242 Comments

Nature’s Secrets 09

Harvest. Not by far over yet. Pears, apples, pumpkins, zucchini’s...

And every time when I walk into the garden, I notice a 1, 2, 3, ... details that I have never seen before. Full of enthusiasm I then call out to Anuscka: come and see what I found here !

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September 11, 20242 Comments

Nature’s Secrets 08

A surreal sunrise of 2 suns during a rainstorm ?

That was my first Star Wars-inspired thought when I saw this….

Our garden is slowly preparing itself for winter. Due to a strong summer storm a few weeks ago, autumn has arrived early. Leaves have blown off, what is still on the trees has mostly turned brown...

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September 10, 2024No Comments

Nature’s Secrets 07

We have a wide variety of trees and plants in our garden. Some immediately recognizable, like a birch, an oak….

Others with a lot of effort and searching, like the Swedish whitebeam. And a few only after seeing and photographing them for a full year in all 4 seasons...

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