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...
von sybilla | 13. Oktober 2014 | Außen, Herbst |
Maybe I am totally wrong. But when I roam around the bunny meadow in the morning I see such an abundance of tasty herbs that I cannot help thinking that at least the little herbivores live in a modern day Cockaigne. Wherever they go, everything is edible, even the...
von sybilla | 29. September 2014 | Außen, Herbst, Sommer, Wetter |
This issue is very boring. You may be under the impression the cats do something funny or extraordinary every day but you could not be more wrong! Take last Sunday for example. It was a beautiful warm day and all the cats did was enjoying the sunshine and relaxing....
von sybilla | 24. September 2014 | Außen, Herbst |
Just in time for the beginning of autumn, our local newspaper published a small article about the dramatic increase in mushroom poisoning this year. The poison control center in Mainz has already registered 300 calls – twice as many as during the last years. No...
