...A VERY FAIRY GARDEN...

~Puppy news!

2012-02-01T11:59:00.001+01:00

This pup is called ZIVA
I just love her black eye and ears,
She is so adoable ;o)

All pups are doing great!

Enjoy your day!

~14 dagen oud!

2012-01-30T00:14:00.001+01:00

Dit de kleinste van het stel
Ginny is haar naam.

14 days old!
This little cutie is called GINNY

Ze heeft sinds vanmorgen haar oogjes open…
Wat een lief scheetje is ze toch hé?

She just opent up her eyes this morning
Isn’t she the best?

~Sunday Walk….

2012-01-29T00:25:00.001+01:00

Hello dear Friends and Followers
It’s a Beautiful Sunday,
and so a Nice day for a Walk
in search of some Fairy’s!
So come on
…and…
put on your walking shoes!

2012-01-26T10:52:00.001+01:00

SOURCE!

Enjoy your day!!!

~Another Dog Poem!

2012-01-25T10:57:00.001+01:00

I talk to him when I'm lonesome like;
And I'm sure he understands.
When he looks at me so attentively,
And gently licks my hands;
Then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes,
But I never say naught thereat.
For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes,
But never a friend like that.

by W. Dayton Wedgefarth
Photo taken by me!
Our scruffy doggy called Rico,
4years old.

~Puppy poem!

2012-01-24T12:13:00.001+01:00

When it comes to puppy poems,
this one makes me smile...
I knew there were others out there just like me!

Why Own A Dog?

Why own a dog? There's a danger you know,
You can't own just one, for the craving will grow.
There's no doubt they're addictive, wherein lies the danger.
While living with lots, you'll grow poorer and stranger.

One dog is no trouble, and two are so funny.
The third one is easy, the fourth one's a honey.
The fifth one's delightful, the sixth one's a breeze,
You find you can live with a houseful of ease.

So how 'bout another? Would you really dare?
They're really quite easy but, oh, Lord the hair!
With dogs on the sofa and dogs on the bed,
And crates in the kitchen, it's no bother, you've said.

They're really no trouble, their manners are great.
What's one more dog and just one more crate?
The sofa is hairy, the windows are crusty,
The floor is all footprints, the furniture dusty.

The housekeeping suffers, but what do you care?
Who minds a few noseprints and a little more hair?
So let's keep a puppy, you can always find room,
And a little more time for the dust cloth and broom.

There's hardly a limit to the dogs you can add,
The thought of a cutback sure makes you sad.
Each one is so special, so useful, so funny.
The vet and food bills grows larger, you owe BIG money.

Your folks never visit, few friends come to stay,
Except other "dog folks" who live the same way.
Your lawn has now died, and your shrubs are dead too,
But your weekends are busy, you're off with your crew.

There's dog food and vitamins, training and shots.
And entries and travel and motels which cost lots.
Is it worth it you wonder? Are you caught in a trap?
Then that favorite one comes and climbs in your lap.

His look says you're special and you know that you will
Keep all of the critters in spite of the bill.
Some just for showing and some just to breed.
And some just for loving, they all fill a need.

God, winter's a hassle, the dogs hate it too.
But they must have their walks
though they're numb and your blue.
Late evening is awful, you scream and you shout
At the dogs on the sofa who refuse to go out.

The dogs and the dog shows, the travel, the thrills,
The work and the worry, the pressure, the bills.
The whole thing seems worth it, the dogs are your life.
They're charming and funny and offset the strife.

Your life-style has changed. Things won't be the same.
Yes, those dogs are addictive and so is the dog game.

Author Unknown

2012-01-22T11:26:00.001+01:00

Footpath to Halnaker Mill, West Sussex. England

I want to skip down this path!

~A bit to tiny..

2012-01-20T19:29:00.001+01:00

This little one is a bit to tiny,
She doesn’t drink enough,
so I have to bottle feed her a bit extra!

She’s yawning, sucking a bottle is very tiring!
What a sweetie, isn’t she?

2012-01-20T00:34:00.001+01:00

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

SWEET FRIENDS!

HUGS AND LOVE

ANNA

~Vintage Illustrations

2012-01-19T00:12:00.001+01:00

~WELCOME TO THIS WORLD!!!

2012-01-16T04:09:00.001+01:00

I took photo’s of the birth.

Chica began at 21.45h
and now it’s 4AM…
and I am still awake and watching
over Chica and her little ones!

Till now..
She gave birth to 6 puppy’s in total,
5 sweet little girls and one handsome boy ;o)

and there is her little feet ;o)

Do you see her cute little tail?

Welcome little ones!

~Our Little mommy!!

2012-01-13T13:42:00.001+01:00

Chica is going to be a little mom..
It won’t be long now
anymore!!!

~Attracting Faeries to Your Garden

2012-01-10T13:54:00.001+01:00

Create a garden that is conductive to all life.
Put up birdhouses, birdbaths and feeders,
bat houses and hummingbird feeders.

Plant flowers and plants that are attractive to bees
and butterflies. Faeries are attracted to any place where
there are butterflies. Put nuts out for the squirrels.
Whatever you do to bring life to your garden
will bring Faeries as well.

Here is a short list of plants that attract beautiful
butterflies and faeries to your garden:


*Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)
*Aster novi-belgii (New York aster)
*Chrysanthemum maximum (Shasta daisy)
*Coreopsis grandiflora/certicillata (coreopsis)
*Lavendula denata (French lavender)
*Rosemarinus officinalis (rosemary)
*Thymus (thyme)
*Buddleia alternifolia (fountain butterfly bush)
*Buddleia davidii (orange-eye butterfly bush, summer lilac)
*Potenilla fruitiosa (shrubby cinquefoil)
*Petunia hybrida (common garden petunia)
*Verbena (verbenas, vervains)
*Scabiosa caucasica (pincushion flowers)
*Cosmos bipinnatus (cosmos)
*Zinnia elegans (common zinnia)

Install a small fountain or waterfall or put fish in a pond.
You might want to include a statue of faeries.
Anything that reflects light or is colourful and moving
particularly attracts the gnomes and elves.
Both faeries and water sprites like the splashy sound
and sight of a fountain.

Leave an area of your garden a bit wild and not too
cultivated. It need not be a large space, but having one
area that is dedicated to the faeries will make
them feel very welcome.

Ask faeries and elves to come to your garden.
“Where Intention goes, Energy flows.”
Whatever you place your conscious awareness on,
you will put into your life. As you put your attention
on faeries and gnomes and the elemental realm,
they will respond by being drawn into your garden.

All Photo’s found on internet

~Chica

2012-01-02T14:40:00.001+01:00

Our Little dog called Chica
is Expecting ;o))

In about 20 days
we have a full house of puppies!
the vet said…even more than 6 of them ;o)

~Mermaid?

2011-12-31T12:13:00.001+01:00

The floating gigantic sculpture “The Bather”
is a 4 meters high by 30 meters long
(approx. 13 x 98 feet) lady sculpture
in Hamburg. It was made from steel and Styrofoam.
It can be seen at Alster Lake, as you notice her head and Knees floating on a lake. Looks like she enjoying bathing in the lake.

The Sculpture is a creation of Oliver Voss,
head of the advertising academy Miami Ad School.
It was made to show a woman enjoying
herself bathing in the lake.

Since the project was sponsored by a local soap
company which uses a mermaid as their branding image,
some people claim the sculpture is a blatant advertisement,
even though no logo or product description is shown.

“The Bather” will be hoisted out of the water
on August 12 by a crane.
And the company says they’ll have a giant towel
at the ready to dry her off.
Good thing, too: we expect she’ll be a bit
pruny after her 10-day soak.

Oliver Voss, hoofd van de Miami Ad School,
heeft een drijvend kunstwerk in het meer geplaatst.
Tien dagen lang zal de badende reuzenvrouw
in het meer blijven.

Van 3 tot en met 10 augustus 2011 is de
sculptuur ‘Die badende’ van kunstenaar
Oliver Voss te zien in het Hamburgse Binnenalstermeer.

2011-12-25T13:11:00.001+01:00

THE BEST WISHING FOR YOU ALL,
THIS CHRISTMAS!!!

2011-12-24T18:44:00.001+01:00

.
Alice at the mad tea-party
by W.H. Walker

.

I had a lovely party,

with lots of tea and cupcakes,

wonderful presents,

handshakes and lots of kisses!

I was really spoiled

with friendship

and

best wishes for my

Birthday..

so Thank you All!!!

~My Birthday!!!

2011-12-22T14:31:00.001+01:00

IT´s MY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!!!
…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME…

Update:
I mean it’s my own Birthday,
not my doggies!!!
SORRY!

~Have an Enchanting Weekend!

2011-12-16T10:43:00.001+01:00

KEEP WHISPERING

YOUR HEARTDREAMS,

YOU NEVER KNOW

WHEN YOUR ANGEL

IS LISTENING.

~AWARD;o)

2011-12-06T15:40:00.001+01:00

Thanks Carrie ..
for this very lovely and special Award.
You can find her Blog
HERE!!!

Flowers are for YOU!!!

2011-12-01T13:59:00.001+01:00

OMG WHAT A CUTE FACE xxx
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE IT TOO?

~Old Book Illustrations

2011-11-26T00:08:00.001+01:00

Wishing you all a Wonderful Weekend
XXX ANNA XXX

2011-11-21T15:05:00.001+01:00

~One of my favorites!!!….

2011-11-14T13:20:00.001+01:00

If you see me smile
It’s not because I forgot you
It’s because I got tired of crying over you.

If you see me living again
It’s not because I’ve moved on
It’s because I hate the fact that you can live without me

So if I fall in love with someone else..
It’s not because I wanted to
It’s because you weren’t there to love me

2011-11-04T13:51:00.001+01:00

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND, YOU ALL!!!

2011-10-28T20:43:00.001+02:00

WISHING YOU A TRILLING TIME
THIS HALLOWEEN!!!

2011-10-20T13:34:00.001+02:00

Weeds are flowers too,

once you get to know them.
by A.A. Milne

2011-10-17T12:42:00.001+02:00

300 Followers already
WOW …
thank you all for your friendship and interest.
XXX

Enchanting Picture, don’t you think?
The sun is her Halo

~It’s Weekend…

2011-10-14T12:32:00.001+02:00

Autumn wild pears
Photographer Lois Slokoski

HAVE A NICE SUNNY

WEEKEND!

~Still Raining Here!!!

2011-10-12T15:59:00.001+02:00

2011-10-07T11:24:00.001+02:00

Have a Wonderful Weekend!
and take a rest ones in awhile ;o)

XXX

~Dierendag!

2011-10-04T16:11:00.001+02:00

Veel dierenliefhebbers zetten op 4 oktober
hun huisdier in het zonnetje.
Geven hem of haar een extra bot, lange wandeling
of bijvoorbeeld dierensnoepje.
Omdat het dierendag is.
In Nederland wordt dierendag sinds 1930 gevierd.
Deze dag is niet lukraak gekozen.
Tijdens een internationaal Dierenbeschermingscongres
in 1929 in Wenen werd besloten de sterfdag van de
heilige Franciscus van Assisi tot
Werelddierendag uit te roepen.

Franciscus van Assisi (1181-1226) stichtte in zijn
tijd de kloosterorde van de Franciscanen of Minderbroeders.
Volgens de legendes predikte Van Assisi niet alleen
onder mensen maar ook onder dieren en voerde hij
vele gesprekken met de leden van het dierenrijk.
In verschillende landen in de wereld kunnen gelovigen
op 4 oktober met hun dieren in de kerk terecht
om hen te laten zegenen. Tegenwoordig is
Dierendag al lang niet meer alleen
een christelijk feest.

World Animal Day is celebrated each year on October 4.
It started in Florence, Italy in 1930 at a convention of
ecologists.On this day, animal life in all its forms
is celebrated, and special events are planned on
locations all over the globe. 4 October was originally
chosen for World Animal Day because it is the feast
day of Francis of Assisi, a nature lover and patron saint
of animals and the environment.
Numerous churches throughout the world observe
the Sunday closest to 4 October with a
Blessing for the Animals.

2011-10-02T11:09:00.001+02:00

Art by Arthur Rackham

The rainbow inspires metaphor and simile.
Virginia Woolf in To the Lighthouse highlights the
transience of life and Man's mortality through
Mrs Ramsey's thought,

"it was all as ephemeral as a rainbow"

Wordsworth's 1802 poem "My Heart Leaps Up" begins:

My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky:

So was it when my life began;

So is it now I am a man;

So be it when I shall grow old,

Or let me die!...

The Newtonian deconstruction of the rainbow
is said to have provoked John Keats to lament
in his 1820 poem "Lamia":

Do not all charms fly

At the mere touch of cold philosophy?

There was an awful rainbow once in heaven:

We know her woof, her texture; she is given

In the dull catalogue of common things.

Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings,

Conquer all mysteries by rule and line,

Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine –

Unweave a rainbow

~Stealing it’s Lunch….

2011-09-19T11:26:00.001+02:00

A young Rattus Norvegicus
(better known as the brown rat)
helps himself to the lunch of a 12-year-old
African leopard named Sheena
at the Santago Rare Leopard Project in
Hertfordshire, England.

Sheena gives the little dinner thief a sniff
and goes back about her leopard business.

Read Full story HERE!

2011-09-15T17:46:00.001+02:00

Look at his ears when he gets tickled
So Adorable
don’t you think?

~Old Illustration

2011-09-13T10:40:00.001+02:00

A Bracket Fungus (Polyporus varius) -
groups of fruiting bodies with one sectioned.
Watercolour by G. Harding, 1900
.

~Mermaids

2011-09-11T09:13:00.001+02:00

A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature
with a female human head, arms, and torso and the
tail of a fish. A male version of a mermaid is known
as a "merman" and in general both males and females
are known as "merfolk".
Mermaids are represented in the folklore,
literature and popular culture of
many countries worldwide.

Art by Josephine Wall

The first known mermaid stories appeared
in Assyria, ca. 1000 BC. The goddess Atargatis,
mother of Assyrian queen Semiramis, loved a mortal
shepherd and unintentionally killed him. Ashamed,
she jumped into a lake to take the form of a fish,
but the waters would not conceal her divine beauty.
Thereafter, she took the form of a mermaid—human
above the waist, fish below—though the earliest
representations of Atargatis showed her as a fish
with a human head and legs, similar to the Babylonian Ea.
The Greeks recognized Atargatis under the name Derketo.
Prior to 546 BC, the Milesian philosopher Anaximander
proposed that mankind had sprung from an aquatic
species of animal. He thought that humans, with their
extended infancy, could not have survived otherwise.
READ MORE HERE!!!

art by John William Waterhouse

~This is a true story

2011-09-08T09:01:00.001+02:00

of Mother’s Sacrifice during the
China Earthquake.

After the Earthquake had subsided, when the
rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman’s house,
they saw her dead body through the cracks.
But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on
her knees like a person was worshiping; her body
was leaning forward, and her two hands were
supporting by an object.
The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.
With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescuer
team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall
to reach the woman’s body. He was hoping that this
woman could be still alive. However,
the cold and stiff body told him that
she had passed away for sure.

He and the rest of the team left this house and
were going to search the next collapsed building.
For some reasons, the team leader was driven by
a compelling force to go back to the ruin house
of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used
his had through the narrow cracks to search the little
space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement,” A child! There is a child! “

The whole team worked together; carefully they removed
the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman.
There was a 3 months old little boy wrapped in a
flowery blanket under his mother’s dead body.
Obviously, the woman had made an ultimate sacrifice
for saving her son. When her house was falling,
she used her body to make a cover to protect her son.
The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when
the team leader picked him up.

The medical doctor came quickly to exam the
little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone
inside the blanket. There was a text message on the
screen. It said,” If you can survive, you must remember
that I love you.” This cell phone was passing
around from one hand to another.
Every body that read the message wept.
” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.”
Such is the mother’s love for her child!!

LINK

2011-09-05T10:44:00.001+02:00

..I like to walk in the woods
and
visit this enchanting little cottage..
Will you go with me?
xxx

~The Maiden and the Unicorn

2011-09-01T13:43:00.001+02:00

Read the Story HERE!!!

Longest day, shortest night, longest light, shortest dark...
The world within echoes the world without,
lush foliage, leaves unfurled, soft springy grass dotted
with brightly colored flowers peeping through,
the earth is green and bright with warm sunny days...
clear velvety blue skies, gentle cool breezes,
Nature in glory, our hopes blossom, creativity flowers
with the season, the seeds of the fruit our desires will bear,
can be seen on the stems of our dreams...

(Summer Solstice Poems - Poetry 2011)

~Old Book Illustration

2011-08-31T10:24:00.001+02:00

From: Selecta fungorum carpologia ea
documenta et icones potissimum exhibens

Author: Geney-Gros.; Imperiali Typographeo.;
Tulasne, Charles,; Tulasne,
Louis ReneVolume: v. 3 (1861)

~Music Time

2011-08-29T10:04:00.001+02:00

Because of you
The tears dead in my eyes
They freeze until I'm blind
The eyes a gift from you

Because of you
The scratches on my face
Will never be erased
By someone else's warmth

Because of you
The winter feeds my heart
While summer blows and burns
My disappearing youth
My love is gone
Never feel again

Because of love
I feel nothing
Because of you
I'll never feel again
The agony of pain
Will never bruise or start

Because of you
Our passion tends to lead
With all my lover's fate
With pieces from my heart

My love is done
Never feel again
Because of love
I feel nothing

2011-08-27T09:20:00.001+02:00

Did you ever see a bigger fungi?

SOURCE

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!
XXX

~Mushroom manifesto

2011-08-26T10:01:00.001+02:00

We are cacophonous,
euphonious.
A symphony.

We’ll bring you high,
from our low. Watch the
symptoms.

We are a riot,
delightful.
A speciality.

SOURCE

~Old book illustrations

2011-08-25T11:35:00.001+02:00

trumpet of death (Craterellus cornucopioides)
Albin Schmalfuss, from Führer für Pilzfreunde
(The mushroom lover’s guidebook) vol. 1,
by Edmund Michael, Zwickau, 1901.
.

Hawk’s Wing (hydnum imbricatum)
Albin Schmalfuss, from Führer für Pilzfreunde\
(The mushroom lover’s guidebook) vol. 1,
by Edmund Michael, Zwickau, 1901.
.
Boletus edulis var. bulbosus.
Albin Schmalfuss, from Führer für Pilzfreunde
(The mushroom lover’s guidebook) vol. 1,
by Edmund Michael, Zwickau, 1901.
.

~Mushroom time…

2011-08-24T20:34:00.001+02:00

SOURCE

2011-08-16T22:30:00.001+02:00

Thanks to all my new friends
for following me down this fairy path.
XXX

~Time for Music

2011-08-13T09:28:00.001+02:00

Wonderful Comments on this song
from perpernr2 on youtube

This song makes me want to strip naked,
burst out of my room window, free fall 21 floors,
land in the snow, make a snow angel, shiver from
the cold, get hypothermia, DIE!, go the pearly gate,
say whats up to Saint Peter, do our secret hand shake,
look in the directory for Siddhartha (Buddha), find Him,
have Him reincarnate me into a frog, meet a princess,
kiss her, turn into a prince, order my subjects to
bring me a computer, and listen to this song again!

~Rabbits hole!

2011-08-09T10:31:00.001+02:00

through the

looking

glass and

straight down

the rabbit hole..

- The rabbit has a diet of grass and leafy shrubs,
the rabbit is a herbivore.

- Rabbits are always being chased after, they also don’t
attack any other animals. Rabbits are prey,

- Rabbits live in underground burrows (rabbit holes)
and they live in large groups.

- Burrows are areas of slightly raised land
which the rabbit burrows into and carves
out a home in the dirt.

- Rabbits have very powerful hind legs which
assist them with digging homes as well
as quick escapes from predators.

Down,
_______down,
_____________down.
Would the fall NEVER come to an end!
`I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?'
she said aloud. `I must be getting somewhere near
the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be
four thousand miles down, I think—'
(for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this
sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this
was not a VERY good opportunity for showing
off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her,
still it was good practice to say it over)
`--yes, that's about the right distance--but then I
wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?'
(Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either,
but thought they were nice grand words to say.)

Presently she began again.
`I wonder if I shall fall right THROUGH the earth!
How funny it'll seem to come out among the people
that walk with their heads downward!
The Antipathies, I think--' (she was rather glad there
WAS no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound
at all the right word) `--but I shall have to ask them what
the name of the country is, you know.
Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?'
(and she tried to curtsey as she spoke--fancy CURTSEYING
as you're falling through the air! Do you think you could
manage it?) `And what an ignorant little girl she'll
think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask:
perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.'

Illustrator unknown to me!

~ Great Maytham Hall

2011-08-05T10:29:00.000+02:00

Even eentje uit de oude doos!

Great Mayham Hall, vlakbij Rolvenden in Kent,
(England) De tuinen waren een grote inspiratiebron
voor het boek van Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)
De Geheime tuin!

Great Maytham Hall, near Rolvenden, Kent,
England, is a Grade II* listed country house.
The gardens are famous for providing the inspiration
for The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

The original name of the Manor here was
Great Maytham. In 1721 James Monypenny built
a house here which he called Maytham Hall.
This was completed by his son Robert Monypenny
in 1760 but was largely burned down in 1893.
This house consisted of a main block of 2 storeys
and basement and 2 pavilions containing the laundry
and stables. These eighteenth century wings largely
survive, but the main building was rebuilt two storeys
higher by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1909-12 for the
Right Honourable H. J. Tennant, a prominent
Liberal Member of Parliament, who reverted to the
use of the original name, Great Maytham.

De orginele naam is Great Maytham.
In 1721 heeft James Monypenny dit huis gebouwd en
heeft het Maytham Hall genaamd.
Het huis werd afgebouwd door zijn zoon
Robert Monypenny in 1760
maar het brandde voor een groot deel af in 1893.

The house and grounds fell into decline after
World War II. In 1965 Great Maytham Hall was purchased
and restored by the Mutual Households Association,
later the Country Houses Association,
a charity dedicated to saving and preserving historic
stately homes. The house was converted into fifteen
flats, with residents sharing the reception rooms,
entrance hall and drawing room; its first residents
then set about restoring the gardens and grounds.
In December 2003 the Country Houses Association
announced that it was closing down its residential
business and selling the eight Grade I and II listed
buildings it owned.

The walled garden of Great Maytham Hall provided
the inspiration for one of the most famous of all
books for children, The Secret Garden.
Its author, Frances Hodgson Burnett,
lived at Great Maytham Hall from 1898 to 1907,
where she found the old walled garden dating
from 1721 sadly overgrown and neglected.Aided by a robin, Burnett discovered the door hidden
amongst the ivy, and began the restoration of the
garden, which she planted with hundreds of roses.
She set up a table and chair in the gazebo, and dressed
always in a white dress and large hat, she wrote
a number of books in the peace and tranquility
of her scented secret garden.
~
Frances Hodgson Burnett, Schrijfster van
het boek”de Geheime Tuin”
woonde op Maytham Hall
van 1898 tot 1907, waar ze een oude ommuurde
tuin vond dating van 1721 helaas begroeid en verwaarloosd.
Geholpen door een roodborstje, ontdekte Burnett de
verborgen deur tussen de klimop, en begon de
restauratie van de
tuin, die ze beplante met honderden rozen.
Ze zetten een tafel en stoel in de gazebo, en
altijd gekleed in een witte jurk en een grote hoed,
schreef ze een aantal boeken in de rust
haar geurende geheime tuin.

When Lutyens rebuilt Great Maytham Hall he
retained the old walled garden as an adjunct to
the grand new brick house in the manner of
Sir Christopher Wren, but landscaped the
terraced lawns and surrounding parkland in his
signature style, in partnership with Gertrude Jekyll,
who planted his design. The gardens and grounds
were well cared for by the Tennants until the
outbreak of the Second World War, when the house
was requisitioned by the army.
As part of the "Dig for Victory" campaign,
Frances Hodgson Burnett's beautiful roses were
replaced with cabbages and leeks, and the manicured
lawns were patriotically planted with potatoes and
carrots. A jettisoned German bomb in the middle of
the former lawn did not help to improve matters,
and after the war the house stood empty for
many years, and the gardens were left to decline.

http://www.sunleyheritage.co.uk/GM_index.cfm

A few pictures from the movie (1994)
~
Een paar foto’s uit de film (1994)

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Have a Nice Sunny week!
and stay away from hungry turtles…
hihihihi

~Just for a Laugh…

2011-07-26T11:15:00.001+02:00

You can scroll down
and stop background music in order to listen to
the funny video!!!

2011-07-06T12:52:00.001+02:00

Enjoy the sun!!!

~Vintage Botany

2011-07-03T12:31:00.001+02:00

~Music Time

2011-07-02T16:31:00.001+02:00

Featuring the talents of Claire Johnston,
Jeff Maluleke and John Leyden.
The CD is called "Starehe" (An African Day)
Produced for Amarula cream. 6 tracks with vocals
and 6 instrumental versions of the same songs.

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I Wish you All a Relaxing Weekend!
XXX

2011-06-16T13:24:00.001+02:00

THIS IS MY DREAMHOUSE!!!
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME
WHERE TO FIND IT?

2011-06-14T12:05:00.001+02:00

TRUE FRIENDS,

YOU CAN PROBELLY

COUNT

THEM ON ONE HAND!

~New Doggie in the House

2011-06-02T12:45:00.001+02:00

A Friend visted us yesterday evening,
he had the sweetest little dog with him.
He asked us if the dog could stay with us,
he was neglected for over a year…
so he needed a better place to live!

When I saw this sweet face, I could not resist!
Would you???

His name is Boomer!
and he says Hi to you all!

~Eucalyptus & Koala

2011-05-31T10:40:00.001+02:00

Foto Via

Eucalyptus is een geslacht uit de mirtefamilie
(Myrtaceae). De planten komen van oorsprong
voor in Australië en aangrenzende gebieden.

Een aantal soorten wordt in andere subtropische
en tropische landen aangeplant voor de houtindustrie:
dit zijn vaak snelle groeiers. Het hout wordt onder
andere gebruikt voor de vervaardiging van papier
en als brandhout.
Afhankelijk van de soort (en groeiplaats) wordt het
hout ook voor hoogwaardige toepassingen gebruikt;
niet alle soorten reageren even (on)gunstig op
verandering van de relatieve luchtvochtigheid.

In Europa worden deze aangeplant in het
Middellandse Zeegebied. Ook aan de westkust van
Engeland en Schotland kan de boom overleven.
Er zijn slechts enkele soorten die in
Nederland wintervast zijn.

Uit Eucalyptus-soorten wordt ook een aromatische
olie gewonnen. De olie wordt uit de bladeren gehaald
en wordt gebruikt voor inhalatie bij verkoudheid
om de luchtwegen vrij te maken.
Vooral bij temperaturen van meer dan 30 °C is
deze olie erg brandbaar en vaak de oorzaak
van hevige bosbranden.

Koala's eten bijna uitsluitend bladeren van
de eucalyptusboom. De bladeren zijn vezelrijk en
bevatten vergif dat voor de meeste andere dieren
gevaarlijk is. Omdat koala's een langzaam
metabolisme hebben, slapen koala's zo'n 18 uur per etmaal,
vaak in een boom. Volgens andere bronnen
is dit zelfs 22 uur, waarmee de koala de grootste slaper
van het dierenrijk is. De rest van hun tijd besteden
ze vooral aan eten en het zoeken naar eten en
potentiële partners. Ze verplaatsen zich bij voorkeur
in de uren na zonsondergang en kunnen ook zwemmen.
Koala's zijn solitaire territoriumdieren en "blaffen"
wel eens agressief naar soortgenoten.

In tegenstelling tot wat wel gedacht wordt, lusten
ze niet alle soorten eucalyptus, maar vermoedelijk
slechts een paar. Omdat koala's moeilijk te traceren zijn
en vooral 's nachts en solitair leven, is dit
voor de wetenschap moeilijk te bepalen.
Van de enige honderden soorten zijn de favorieten
vermoedelijk Eucalyptus viminalis,
Eucalyptus punctata en Eucalyptus camaidulensis.
In de bladeren zit genoeg vocht, zodat de koala
verder niet hoeft te drinken.

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala

For English CLICK HERE

~Many Thanks

2011-05-27T18:23:00.001+02:00

To help me through bad moments!
Thanks, Roger Simó

~Time for Music

2011-05-24T14:26:00.001+02:00

2011-05-11T13:55:00.001+02:00

Many Thanks to all of you
for the prayers
and the sweets thoughts coming this way!
It makes me feel much better!

2011-05-10T12:11:00.001+02:00

born on Mothersday
a New Life
for me to take care of!

2011-05-02T11:05:00.001+02:00

Although I had never talk about myself on this blog,
I would like to inform you this…

I will end this blog for a while
(I don’t know for how long)
for a few different reasons, such as

I am not feeling oké
the death of my ex is
taking me back to memory lane
and those memories are not good at all,

my health fails me,
day after day I feel worse.
and on top of that ..
my best friend dumps me for no reason!
and even won’t talk to me..

and even more shit seems
to happen to me,
all at this same time,
and frankly
All in all, is it
Just a little bit too much for me!

In the mean time
I am lucky to have Richard
who will help me to pick up the pieces
and take care of me!

So please remember me in your prayers?
Love XXX Anna

2011-04-29T16:08:00.001+02:00

In the Caribbean, Vervet Monkeys have developed
a taste for alcohol and can regularly be spotted
stealing cocktails from humans on the beach.
Brilliant wildlife video from BBC animal show 'Weird Nature'.
(after the commercial!)

~Music Time

2011-04-28T10:22:00.001+02:00

The official music video for 'Tea Party' by Kerli,
available on the ALMOST ALICE album.

~Marula Fruit

2011-04-26T12:24:00.001+02:00

The alcoholic distilled beverage (maroela mampoer)
made from the fruit is referenced in the stories of
the South African writer Herman Charles Bosman.

The Marula (Sclerocarya birrea), is a medium-sized
dioecious tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands
of Southern Africa and the Sudano-Sahelian range
of West Africa. The tree is a single stemmed tree
with a wide spreading crown. It is characterised by a
grey mottled bark. The tree grows up to 18m tall mostly
in low altitudes and open woodlands.
The fruits are used in the liqueur Amarula.

~Wisteria

2011-04-25T10:50:00.001+02:00

Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family,
Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing
vines native to the eastern United States and the
East Asian states of China, Korea, and Japan.

Wisteria vines climb by twining their stems either
clockwise or counter-clockwise round any available support.
They can climb as high as 20 m above ground and
spread out 10 m laterally.
The world's largest known Wisteria vine is located
in Sierra Madre, California, measuring more
than 1 acre (0.40 ha) in size and weighing 250 tons.

The photo’s are all from the Wisteria in our garden!

Wisteria oftewel Blauwe regen is een winterharde,
vrij sterk groeiende klimplant. De blauwe regen werd
vroeger onder kwekers “Glycine” genoemd.
De naam “Wisteria” is afkomstig van een
Amerikaans hoogleraar C. Wistar.
Eens aangeslagen groeit deze klimmer vrij sterk
en kan tot 10 meter lange takken geven.
De plant behoort tot de familie van de vlinderbloemigen
(FABIACEAE) waartoe ook bijvoorbeeld
lupine en tuinboon behoren.

De foto’s zijn allen van de Wisteria in onze eigen tuin!

De blauweregen is een bijzondere klimplant.
Als prachtige gevelklimmer: in het voetpad of terras
volstaat het om een tweetal tegels weg te nemen
en daarin te planten. De klimmer begroeit gemakkelijk paal, hekwerk, pergola in hout of metaal, bogen,
balkon en als begroeiing over het tuinhuis.

XXX
Enjoy this Lovely warm and sunny day!
Geniet van deze heerlijke warme dag!

~Still here….

2011-04-23T12:03:00.001+02:00

I am still here!

2011-04-22T14:02:00.001+02:00

Easter is a time of love,
of family, and of peace.

It is a time when we say
a quiet thanks for all that we have
and for all that the future holds.
Easter is a feeling in our hearts
of hope and faith and trust.
It is a day of miracles;

a day when our dreams seem a little closer;
a time of retrospection for what has been,
and anticipation of all that will be.
And it is a time for remembering
with love and appreciation
the people in our lives
who make a difference...
people like you.

by Anna Marie Edwards~

Have a Great Easter Weekend!!!

2011-04-20T14:10:00.001+02:00

her mother rejected her
I am trying to keep her alive

~Friends

2011-04-19T12:45:00.001+02:00

2011-04-18T09:03:00.001+02:00

8 kleine zwarte donsje geboren op 12 april
zo lief en schattig, ik kan er uren naar kijken!!!
Filmpje heb ik gemaakt toen ze 2 dagen oud waren .

Fijne zonnige dag voor jullie allemaal!

~So Sweet….

2011-04-17T10:51:00.001+02:00

~Brave Kitten…

2011-04-16T11:36:00.001+02:00

Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be.
No one can tell the difference.

"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love;
it is the prerogative of the brave."
by Mahatma Gandhi

~So Sweet!!!

2011-04-15T12:24:00.001+02:00

These pictures made you smile…
Didn’t they?

Have a lovely

Weekend!

~Music Time…

2011-04-13T14:45:00.001+02:00

Lyrics; Wet Wet Wet
If Only I Could Be With You

And outside the wind is blowing
Through the thoughts in my mind
Thinking a feeling is growing
But inside my heart I'm alone
I have a heart, a heart for a woman
I have a promise, of this I will swear
And I have a love that won't be forgotten
I have a life that's going nowhere
I just wanna be with you
Hold you like I used to do, time after time, yeah
Give my heart and soul to you
And hold me if you wanted to
If only I could be with you

2011-04-09T11:07:00.001+02:00

G’night, lovelies

♥ sweetest dreams

~Vertical Gardening!

2011-04-07T12:26:00.001+02:00

I am intrigued by the work created by Patrick Blanc
a french botanist and artist. We know all too well
the huge need for green spaces especially in urban
environments, he has a fantastic solution -
Vertical Gardens
www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com

Patrick Blanc overgrows the vertical surfaces of
buildings in the most beautiful way.
What he creates is far away from any fancy
horticultural show, his Vertical Garden could rather
be called eco-art, or greener architecture consisting
of a variety of plants trailing gently up any interior
or outside wall. Imagine the Hanging Gardens of ancient
Babylon but this time on modern concrete buildings.
But Patrick is not just simpy putting green on the walls
which last for a day or two: set up with a highly scientific
background he studies the many ways plants adapt
to extreme situations at the CNRS,
the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
in Paris since 1982. Let’s have a closer look at
these organic wallpapers of botanist
Patrick Blanc today.

MORE PHOTO'S AND INFO!

At 200 meters long and 12 metres tall,
this vertical garden is an impressive permanent
installation at the Musee du quai Branley in Paris.
The ‘living wall’ was designed and planted by
Patrick Blanc and forms the facade to the museum which was designed by enigmatic French architect Jean Nouvel.

2011-04-06T10:36:00.001+02:00

DARE TO TAKE A RISK!!!

2011-04-02T10:48:00.001+02:00

Have a wonderful weekend!

Slow down.
Relax.
Take a moment out of
your hectic day
to appreciate the beauty
that surrounds you.

Take time to smell the flowers…

Source photo; Pixdaus.com

~Time for Music…

2011-03-27T10:46:00.001+02:00

Today again Feargal Sharkey
with another wonderful amazing song
”Loving you”

Touching you
All this time
Loving you
All this time
Loving you

Close your eyes
All this time
Loving you

~Resue

2011-03-23T09:12:00.001+01:00

A Story Without Words!
~~~~~~~~~~~
Een Verhaal zonder Woorden!

“What we do for ourselves dies with us.
What we do for others and the
world remains and is immortal.”
-Albert Pine.

Source

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2011-03-18T10:18:00.001+01:00

Have a GREAT WEEKEND!
WITH LOTS OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP!!!

~Jardin Atlantique Paris

2011-03-15T08:46:00.001+01:00

The Jardin Atlantique is a public park and garden
located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris,
on the roof that covers the tracks and platforms
of the Gare Montparnasse railway station.
It has an area of 3.4 hectares. It was created by
the landscape architects Brun, Penna and Schnitzler,
and opened in 1994.

A roof garden above a major railway terminus.
Since trains run from the Gare Monparnesse to the
Atlantic coast, a maritime theme was adopted for the
design. It has wave patterns, giant meterological
instruments, dune planting, board walks, a symbolic cliff,
boats and a sun-bathing deck.
The illusion works best on hot days.

Deze tuin is in 1994 gebouwd op het dak van TGV-station
Montparnasse. Centraal ligt een groot grasveld.
Een weg daardoorheen leidt naar de Fontaine
de l’Ile des Hespérides, een structuur met een
ronde spiegel en een fontein.
De planten in de kleuren wit en blauw doen denken aan
het water. Langs de kanten staan twee bomenrijen:
aan een kant Europese bomen en aan de andere kant
dezelfde soort bomen, maar dan afkomstig uit Amerika.
Het golvende grondoppervlak en het wuivende helmgras
symboliseren de golven van de zee.
Er is ook een sportgedeelte met een tennisbaan en een
pingpongtafel en een kinderspeelplaats met als
thema de oceaan.
De tuin is omgeven door woon- en kantoorgebouwen.
Aan het eind van de tuin staat het
Mémorial du Maréchal Leclerc de
Hauteclocque-Musée Jean Moulin
Je vindt de ingang van de jardin Atlantique door in het
station de trap te nemen links van perron 1.
Je kunt ook buiten het station de lift nemen aan de
boulevard de Vaugirard of de ingang aan de place des
Cinq-Martyrs-du-Lycée-Buffon nemen.

Address - Gare Montparnasse, Boulevard de Vaugirard,
Ile-de-France, Paris, France
Opening times - All year. Daily. Dawn to dusk.
Admission - Free

~ Crows

2011-03-12T17:52:00.001+01:00

Art unknown to me!

The true crows are large passerine birds that
form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae.
Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-sized
jackdaws (Eurasian and Daurian) to the
Common Raven of the Holarctic region and
Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia,
the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate
continents (except South America) and several
offshore and oceanic islands (including Hawaii).
In the United States and Canada, the word "crow"
is used to refer to the American Crow.
The crow is a year round species.

The crow genus makes up a third of the species
in the Corvidae family. Other corvids include
rooks and jays. Crows appear to have evolved
in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved
in Australia. A group of crows is called
a flock or a murder.

Recent research has found some crow species capable
not only of tool use, but of tool construction as well.
Crows are now considered to be among the
world's most intelligent animals.
Art by Arthur Rackham

MEER INFO

LEES HIER over de film
The Crow met in de hoofdrol Brandon Lee

De zwarte kraai (Corvus corone) is een grote
zangvogel die algemeen voorkomt in de Benelux.

Kraaien zijn groter dan kauwen en in tegenstelling
tot de laatste helemaal zwart, vaak met een wat
groenige glans over de veren.
Van de ongeveer even grote roeken zijn ze te
onderscheiden doordat de laatsten een kaal stuk huid
aan de basis van de snavel hebben,
waardoor de snavel langer lijkt.
Een roeksnavel is ook lichter van kleur dan
de gitzwarte kraaiensnavel. Verder heeft een roek
ook veren op zijn dijen ('broek') en een zwarte kraai niet.
Ook kan het voorkomen dat een kraai niet geheel
zwart is. Het kan gebeuren dat de
Zwarte Kraai witte veren krijgt.

Art by Ohara Shoson

Vooral de Kraaien werden bekend door De Film
The Birds
een thriller/horrorfilm uit 1963 geregisseerd
door Alfred Hitchcock en gebaseerd op een kort
verhaal van Daphne Du Maurier.
De hoofdrollen worden gespeeld door Tippi Hedren,
Rod Taylor en Jessica Tandy.

The Birds is vandaag de dag nog steeds een
relatief bekende horrorfilm en was een van de
belangrijkste films van Hitchcock. De special effects en de soundtrack, of het gebrek daaraan, zijn stilistische kenmerken.

Mainly the crows where attacking people in
The Birds,
a 1963 suspense horror film directed
by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1952 novella
The Birds by Daphne du Maurier.
It depicts Bodega Bay, California which is,
suddenly and for unexplained reasons, the subject
of a series of widespread and violent bird attacks
over the course of a few days.

HAVE A JUBILANT SUNDAY!

Watching like a hawk

2011-03-12T12:07:00.001+01:00

A hunter holds his hawk during an annual
hunting competition in Chengelsy Gorge, Khazakhstan.

source

Have a Wonderful Weekend!!!

2011-03-10T10:44:00.001+01:00

I Wish for Warmer Sunny Days!!!
source

~Time for Music

2011-03-07T11:58:00.001+01:00

I have a new favorite,
have you heard this song yet?
Her name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins
(born 5 May 1988)

~Tasha Tudor

2011-03-05T09:23:00.001+01:00

Imagine having Tasha's garden all to yourself.
Or better yet, all to yourself and your best friend.
Sink into the peace and quiet while listening to
gentle anecdotes told by your private tour guide;
a Tudor Family member.

This could happen to you. But how?

Place an absentee bid today (by 4pm eastern time)
or attend the Windham County Humane Society's
"Wags to Riches" benefit auction on March 5th.
Don't let this chance get away.

Find out more...

All proceeds help cats like Leah (below)
find their forever homes and keeps them warm,
healthy and well-fed until they do.

~Time for Music

2011-02-26T09:12:00.001+01:00

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of
songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell.
Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their
debut single "Who Needs Love Like That".
Following the release of their fourth single "Sometimes",
the duo established themselves on the UK Singles Chart
and became one of the most successful artists
of the late-1980s and early-1990s.

Don’t you just love the 80’s?

2011-02-25T09:58:00.001+01:00

Wish you all a magic weekend!
Source photo

~Daredevils…..

2011-02-20T13:22:00.001+01:00

OMG!!!
Watch them go into the Big world…
Just Amazing…
What a little Daredevils!!!

~Weekend!

2011-02-19T10:35:00.001+01:00

Have a Wonderful

weekend

Don’t Forget to put on your coat
It is getting colder again!!!
photo via

~GI Design

2011-02-18T00:01:00.001+01:00

Beautiful Garden stuff,
for sale HERE!

~Time for Music

2011-02-16T11:06:00.001+01:00

Lyrics… Sounds great though?
Naega jun sinbareul singo keunyeowa gireul geolgo
Amureohji anhge keunyeowa kiss hago
Naega jun hyangsu ppurigo keunyeoreul pume ango
Nawa haetdeon keu yaksuk ddo dasi hagetjyo

Urin imi neujeotnabwayo
Uri sarang kketnan geongayo
Amu marirado jom naege haejwoyo oh oh oh
Uri jeongmal saranghaetjanha
Dwi dolrilsun eoptneun geongayo

Noway, I can't recognize
You're not mine anymore
It hurts,it hurts,it hurts