Hedgehof in the compost pile

Yesterday Steffen found an hedgehog in our compost pile. The big question is how he get in there.

Well, in the evening we free him after we build a new, little compost pile next to the pieplant. And after he sat there a while he looked around, eat some cat food we offered him and disappeard in the pieplant. A very cute and nice animal such a hedgehog

The compost pile the hedgehog was trapped

Our new compost pile for the hedgehog

Steffen free him with gloves

Flowers

I love flowers and Steffen too. And so we would like to share with you this nice pictures of our flowers in the garden.

Pictures from a nice bumble-bee

Last Sunday we saw this nice bumble-bee. I love this fascinating animals and I would like to share with you the nice pictures.

Eurocheval 2010

The last week one could discover on the Eurocheval in Offenburg, Germany, again at a lot of different horses and find out about everything all around the horse.

We visited the Eurocheval on Sunday. And because I visited this horse exhibition very often in the last years, I noticed some changes.

Earlier there were definitively more horses and not so many sales booth. But now you have a lot of  blank boxes and more sales booth and snack booth.  Nevertheless, the introduced horses were dressed up again with a lot of love to the detail and were given an understanding during the single events to the visitors. Unfortunately, more and more signs “Beware of biting horse!” you can find but not without a reason. Because the behaviour of a lot of visitors is vey bad. Not every pony likes to get grap on the head.

Beside Shetland’s pony, Fjord Horses, Icelandic Horse, Camargue horses and Haflinger the small horses were well represented. The great horses could crow with numerous warmblood horses, Frisians and Spanish horses. The famous stud Marbach was also not absent of course, although they showed only some white Arabian horses this year.  Anyhow the number of cold-blodded horse increased, too. Thus some French cold-blodded horse were beside Ardennern, South German Horse, Black Forrest horses  including. Well, in one of the french horses I have also fallen in love.

Noriker, Quarter Horse were present etc.  Unfortunately, the Shire Horse which were a principal reason for Steffens visit were absent. Only at short notice they had cried off.

All in all, it was again a very successful fair, really well organised. The visitor can feel the experience of the organizer clearly. Pity only that the trend develops slowly more and more to a sales event.

Enclosed some impressions of the fair.

A wonderful summer day in the Black Forrest at the lake…

Unser Planet

A great movie about the current situation on our earth and a fantastic documentation.

My advice: a must see.

Trailer:

The complete movie in nine parts:

more informations from the director:
http://www.soderberg.tv/

Flowers Part 2

Enjoy the pictures of the flowers in our garden.

Flowers

Stept by step the rose in our garden are blooming. So I want to share this wonderfull view with you. Enjoy it.

Funny Flowers

Today Steffen and I plant some very funny flowers which we found by the gardener. Very nice, aren’t they?

Sheeps

At the moment a big sheep drove is near our house and so we go out to make some pictures. Very cute the little lambkin.

Svartifoss - waterfall in Iceland

This waterfall is one of the most beautifull in Iceland. The Svartifoss lays in the Skaftafell national park in the south of Iceland. You can hike from a parking area next to the ring road during wonderfull nature. The waterfall you can see from afar. It is framed from basalt stack.

flowers in our garden

Bumble bee

This evening we had a very nice barbeque and the sun was shining. And we discovered this very nice bumble bee, who was very hungry and liked our new flowers.

Our earth (18) - the beauty of spring…

“Spring is a true rising, a piece of immortality.”
- Henry David Thoreau -

Palm Garden Frankfurt part 2

Nature is our best teacher - just watch and enjoy.

Palmengarden - part 1

Yesterday, on the 1st of May, we went to Frankfurt to visit the nice palmgarden. Me and Steffen were glad on the many exotic plants and the rich colouring. Unfortunately, the mood was quite strained before we were there. Since in Frankfurt a bicycle running took place on the 1st of May and all streets were simply blocked without diversion signs. Thus we wandered 3/4 hours by Frankfurt (many thanks to the town for this great organisation!) and held, finally, before a police car. We had enough. Behind us stood suddenly 4 other cars which also rushed at the nice policeman in the car. Then he explained to me how we could find, nevertheless, still in the palm garden and 10 minutes later we reached our aim.

Nevertheless, the mood brightened fast again, because the palm garden is really worthwhile. Cactuses, tropical plants, palms, a liverwurst tree, rhododendron bushes and a wonderful lake. And many many geese and ducks who were very trusting.

In short, nevertheless, it still became a wonderful day and the trouble has obviously been worthwhile. Since nothing the material can emit so much joy and deep blessedness like these blaze of colour of the nature.

Our earth (17) - spring impressions

Our earth (16) - beautiful Black Forrest covered with snow….

Beauty is surrounding us permanently…you just have to be consciously in the here and now and enjoy it

Iceland - a wonderful movie

The film hall is getting dark and a very expressive and pleasant voice sounds. Stefan Erdmann intruduce himself and immerse with the audience in his film about a wonderful and fascinating country: Iceland.

The breathtaking admissions which catch the beauty of the country deposits with a magnificent music and the exactly sedate comments of Stefan Erdmann. I am inspired, fascinate, longingly and above all: deeply touched.

Already twice I had the possibility to visit this often from stereotype afflicted country. Every time I was overwhelmed. These emotions, this beauty not expressed in words and fascination are given an understanding by Stefan in a magnificent film to the audience.

The exact and discreet comments make smile the audience, inform and arouse enthusiasm. But one also has time to marvel at just at this film, to listen in the miraculous music and to let work everything on himself.

I would like to owe Stefan dearly for this great talk yesterday in Karlsruhe.

I can only recommend the people who love the nature which like Iceland or which would like to allow to enchant themselves just from fascinating  admissions of an fascinating country this film talk. I am sure that the admissions will also enchant you.

Our earth (17) - the beauty of forrest