von sybilla | 2. März 2015 | Außen, Gesundheit, Wetter |
First the good news: Strizz is eating unassisted again! So it took us exactly a week to get him back to normal. But he lost nearly 10% of his body weight due to this utterly superfluous medical exercise – as if the lump in his lungs were not enough. SIGH! Apart...
von sybilla | 6. November 2014 | Außen, Herbst, Wetter |
It may already be Thursday but the warm weather we had over the last weekend is still noteworthy. After all we broke another „heat record“ for the beginning of November. While the cats are starting to get their winter fur, the garden is still a mixture of...
von sybilla | 21. Oktober 2014 | Außen, Herbst, Wetter, Wildtiere |
The admirals in the title have of course nothing to do with the navy but are red admirals of the insect variety or Vanessa atalanta in latin. The rather inconspicious blossoms of the ivy have proven to be real butterfly magnets and I could take some really nice...
von sybilla | 20. Oktober 2014 | Außen, Herbst, Wetter |
The staghorn sumac is a native to eastern North America (as some of you will of course know because you see it every day) but is grown in temperate climes all around the world because of its beautiful autumn colouring. My apologies for pestering you again with our...
von sybilla | 14. Oktober 2014 | Außen, Herbst, Wetter |
Autumn wears red – and orange and pink and white and magenta and blue and … The wonderful weather brings out the autumsn shades in our trees and bushes while some of the summer flowers are still in bloom, too. This makes for some amazing combinations. So...
