Autumn and winter 20013-2014

[Riitta]

Unfortunately, they do not live in the freedom

That's life, spatz, all of us know, that not all animals can live in their natural habitats.

You have taken beautiful pictures.
Thanks for sharing with us.

[Bea]

Couldn´t resist Todays´ moon:




I was already howling a bit when taking the pic, veryvery softly ... ;)

[Riitta]

Couldn´t resist Todays´ moon:

Well done, Bea!
One should hear over and over again on its feeling. Great pic.

[spatz]

bea now I know it is fallow deer. I asked the owner

[Bea]

Thank you, spatz!

[Bea]

Some views over the fence into neighbours gardens

Japanese Quince
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaenomeles_japonica


Guessing - one of the Viburnum family


Puschkinia

[Bea]

Viola
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_(plant)


On a very sunny place - Forsythe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsythia_ ... intermedia

[Bea]

Near some ponds, also very sunny places

Willow catkins, with a lot of pollen - and a bee :)


My first Dandelion flower this year - a lot of ants were crawling on the flower, they behaved like crazy

[Rielite]

Oh. It looks like a bit of summer. We here still have to wait for a long time to enjoy such lovely flowers. Bea, great pictures, thanks for sharing!

[Bea]

You´re welcome, Rielite

Though we had no hard winter here in my area, it is such a nice experience to get the colors back

I hope you will soon be able to enjoy the return of them, too!

[spatz]

I also wanted to have violets send, but my camera does not purple

[Bea]

Ohhh .... you have already a lot of violets, spatz

They look lovely!

[Riitta]

Bea and spatz,
thanks for your spring-greetings with your wonderful pics of today!

[Bea]

Riitta, you´re welcome!
One has to enjoy the sunny days as good as one can - weather forecast predicts a rainy and colder weekend :(

[macdoum]

Great photos Bea I hope nobody was near when you howled. You will be frightening the neighbours.
Our 'lawns" have a carpet of violets,lovely smell in the sunshine.

Our neighbours have a cornouiller=dogwood in flower. Its yellow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_mas

[alice44]

Our lawns here are also awash with Violets -- I have them in three colours.

Oh there is a little ant on the almost white sweet violets


Sweet Violets by alice_knitter, on Flickr


Violets by alice_knitter, on Flickr


Violets by alice_knitter, on Flickr

[Bea]

Alice, it must look lovely with the violets in different colors. Ants seem to be greedy for flowers´ nectar now.

Macdoum, I will see whether neighbours have oblique views on me, when I meet them next time
Dogwood here is in full bloom now, bees are humming busy around it.

[Riitta]

Alice, I like your pictures of the violets.

[Lussi05]

jijijijiji .... women do not eat lamb?

Airras, when I see lovely lambs, like on Bea's photos, I'm thinking seriously about becoming a vegetarian..

Bea, Riitta, Airras, spatz and Alice - your photos makes me speechless, they are so beautiful.
I see that spring has come much further at your place than here with me.

On Wedensday I saw my first coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) on our evening walk. Like little suns in the ditch edge..

Today's sunrise..

Like Bea's parents cat, my cat like to climb trees too. She also like spring, so much more space to explore:)

As you see, not so many flowers and green landscape here yet, but some birds have finally arrived, like blackbirds, chaffinches, bramblings and eurasian siskins. And I have heard the wood pigeon. So I'm very optimstic

[airras]

fantastic photosBea, Lussi, Alice, Riitta and spatz
Lussi .. women are very sentimental jijijiji
Spring here is already underway, with maximum temperatures of 22 degrees at noon.