Monday Mood Board: Birdies

I am a hero :))) I just saved a beautiful small birdie who had flown to my window. I took her in my hands, because I wanted to keep her warm. Those tiny birds cool down so very fast. I stood there for some minutes, and then I felt she started to move again. I opened my hands, she looked a bit disturbed at me, hipped a bit around on my hands and then...... she flew away ! Therefore, some lovely birdies from four of our European Street Team sellers on Etsy.

For more monday mood boards see Estella and Esther's blog.

1. bialakura
2. felttess
3. BlueTerracotta
4. Mirthquake

Monday Mood Board: Swallows

Yesterday I found out that the swallows are using my welcome board for the tourists as their stop before going in their nest. I have nothing against that except for the fact that the text must remain visible for the tourists :)) To honor these beautiful and elegant birdies, here some swallows from our European Street Team sellers on Etsy !

For more monday mood boards see Estella and Esther's blog.

1. psyboom
2. chomelchomel
3. elenapaint
4. LePetitFoyer

And a picture of my tourist welcome board with swallow nest:

Etsy : Earrings

This week's earrings are these beautiful Tit earrings by Nancy from NancyvdBoom on Etsy. Nancy is a great painter and a very lovely friend, which I met last year in Amsterdam. Next to her large tree paintings, she started to make art jewelry too. Because we have so many tits here around our house and I love to look at them, I asked Nancy if she could make me a Bluetit and a Great Tit. And now I am wearing real Nancy v.d. Boom oil paintings in my ears !!!

Look at some other pieces of Nancy's stunning jewelry line, in which her husband Cor now joined in making the beautiful metal settings:

Monday Moodboard: Gardening

This weekend was a gardening weekend; cleaned the front garden from rubbish, pruned the berries and clipped the bushes. The result was that I suddenly saw a lot of crocus, snowdrop and winter aconite flowers ! If you are also in a gardening mood, have a look at these gardening stuff from some of our European Street Team sellers on Etsy.

For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. karoart
2. Elbenta
3. animadesign
4. lapomme

And look who were coming to help me:

Tidbits : Flickr Favourites

Lots of blue tits in my garden at the moment; I love to look at them. how they jump from tree to tree, and how they communicate, and how they shine in the sun. Lovely little birds !

For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. birds for fan, 2. Mr Blue Big Button, 3. Blue Tit, 4. Blue roses and blue tit

Tidbits : Garden and Brooding 3

A short update about the garden and the broody birds in it.
The swallow babies have grown enormously; we have the suspicion that they still stay near the nest at night. And we think that the parents prepare a second brood....


When we sat in our pavillion, we got a funny tiny visitor who was not afraid of us at all; she is called a goldcrest.

And the garden is finally attracting some butterflies; we have this year much less butterflies than last year.

And finally something that's not everyone's taste, a burying beetle (a cousin of the Egyptian scarabea); the burying beetle buries dead mice into the soil and lays its eggs on them, so that its kids have a nice welcome in this world.

Tidbits : Garden and Brooding 2

A short update about the garden and the broody birds in it.
The swallow babies are starting to fly out, and they survived all four up till now (had a good talk with Peggy....).

The black bird babies have opened their eyes and start to get feathers. Mum and dad are still going strong with the feeding.

The climbing rose is now at his top, and I assume there is a nest of song-thrushes in it because they fly and go in it.

Tidbits : Still Winter

It's still winter here in the north of Germany; we have still lots of snow and it's pretty cold. Above a picture of my back garden.
It's also winter for the birds; last days it was difficult to buy feed for them. All shops were sold out ! But we improvised a lot and the birds were happy. Here a jackdaw, a blue tit, a chaffinch and a blackbird.