Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Liebster Award! Got it!

 
 
'I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.'
(Jack Benny)
 
I received an award!! Yes, my very first award ever!! I am very proud :)
 
 
from cowboys en dindianen
 
 
I received the award from my dear friend who writes Cowboys en dindianen
which is a beautiful and colourful blog from an equally beautiful and colourful person. She makes the most original things in her own creative way. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
It's an award that is given from bloggers to new bloggers  and serves as a kind of pat on the back: 'Good job, keep going! Two thumbs up!!
 
This award comes with a certain responsability though...
You have to keep the chain going by giving the award to a few other new bloggers (with less than 1000 followers)
I'm using the Bloglovin' followers count.
 
I'll start off with that:
 
 
And the Awards go to..........
 
Show Me Nature Photography: Photography by Jim Braswell. A beautiful photoblog with wonderful pictures of fauna and flora with great descriptions;
 
Outdoor Cooking: A cooking website for people who love the outdoors with great descriptions and a 'find a recipe' feature;
 
World Press Poetry: a blog that turns day to day news into poetry.  I has been quiet for a while now, but i really love the concept and I'm waiting for more!
 
 
Congratulations to the winners!!! :)
Please answer these questions in your own blog:
 
1. How does it feel to get this award?
2. What season is your favorite?
3. Mountains, beach or forest?
4. Are you a morning person or do you come alive in the evenings?
5. Describe an inspirational moment.
6. Show me something you are proud of.
7. Sweets or Salts?
8. Work to live or live to work?
9. Do you have pets?
10. What's E.T.'s first name?
11. If you had one wish from a non-tricky genie, what would you wish for?
 
You can read the official rules of the Liebster Award on The Wording Well

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So now all that is left for me is to tell you 11 facts about myself and answer the questions from my nominator.
 
1.  I'm Stefanie, Hi!
 
2. I love making pictures, but I don't like editing, so I leave the pictures as they were taken. 
 
 
Lac de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
 
 
3. I live with my boyfriend and doggy in a mongolian yurt or ger.
 


4. My boyfriend and doggy.
 
 
 
5. I think it's Obvious that I love nature and the outdoors...
 
6. I've traveled to far away places. Mongolia was and is my all time favorite.
 
 
7. I've had quite a few different jobs, yes, i'm quite the jobhopper.
 
8. I'm more introverted than extroverted.
 
9. I don't like cars and machines that make too much noise. Shhh...
 
10.  Flemmish is my mothertongue.
 
11. It wasn't easy to think of 11 facts about me...
 
 
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And now for the questions from my friend!
I'll answer them in Flemmish.
 
1) Wat inspireert je?
 
Schoonheid in allerlei vormen. Er is overal schoonheid te vinden, maar wat me het meeste raakt, is die in de wilde natuur en de schoonheid van de innerlijke mens.
 
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2) Wat is het zotste wat je al eens meemaakte?

Op reis in Iran werd ik door een groep jonge volwassenen uitgenodigd om met hen mee te gaan op uitstap naar een gezellig stadje.  De bus erheen bleek een heuse feestbus! Vanaf dat we de grote stad uit waren sloten ze de gordijntjes en werd er luide muziek opgezet. Er werd gezongen, gelachen en zo hard gedansd in het gangpad, dat de bus heel hard heen en weer wiebelde.  In een gesloten en streng land als Iran had ik dit nooit verwacht. Ik keek mijn ogen uit en genoot en deed zelfs ook een dansje! 
 
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3) Wat zou iedereen volgens jou eens moeten proberen?
 
Een dagenlange wandeltocht, tot op het punt waar je het aantal dagen niet meer telt, maar gewoon geniet van de beweging, de vrijheid en de omgeving.

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4) Waar mag ik je 's nachts voor wakker maken?
 
Voor alles... behalve door paaltjes in de grond te slaan naast mijn bed om 6u 's ochtends...

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5) Waar denk je................NU.......aan?
 
Aan iets interessant om te schrijven, maar het komt niet... haha
Euhmm, lekker wijntje?
 
 
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6) Waar kan jij goed om lachen?
 
zie vraag 5, maar ook deze
 

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7) Welk vakantiebestemming wil je zeker eens bezichtigen?
 
Sri Lanka, de Andaman Eilanden, Chili, aiai, nog te veel meer...

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8) Koffie of thee?
 
Kofffffiiiieeeeeee!!!

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9) Gras of strandzand tussen uw tenen?
 
Gras, van een bergweide, op een hoge top met een fantastisch uitzicht.

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10) Lievelingsliedje?

Alle muziek waar ik blij van word... maar vooral:

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11) Lievelingsrecept??

Dark chocolate and orange cake met kleine aanpassingen werd dit een succes!!
 
 
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Nog eens bedankt, hé Nath!! xxx
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Spiders


'Look beyond your fears, observe her from a safe distance to see her dancing in the wind on her web... she is a dream weaver...'

(Presley Love)

 
Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
 
 
Species of Harvestman (Leiobunum rotundum)
 
 
 Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
 
 
I need a little help with this one, I can't seem to find its name...
 
 
 
'I eat anything that gets caught in my web. I have to live, don't I?'
(E.B. White, Charlotte's web)
 
 

Friday, April 25, 2014

Our new neighbours

 

'Go stand over there', he said.

'Look straight ahead.

And you will see...'

 

Can you?

 

 
 

It took me a couple of minutes to find it, but when i did, my hand went over my mouth and I held my breath to take this picture.

 

 

Hello little fox!

 

More pictures will surely follow!!

 
 
 
'The Fox he was shifty
and quick on his toes.
On feet he was gifted
and few were his foes.'
 

 
(Janthony, first verse of The Fox and the Rabbit)
(Click link to read the entire poem)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Spring flowers

 

'Il n'y a aucune ligne en nature, seulement secteurs de couleur, une contre des autres.'

(Edouard Manet)

('There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another')



 

 
 
 
Purple
awareness and consciousness
 

 

Blue
quietness and reserve
 
 
White
purity and innocence
 
 

Yellow
original thought and inquisitiveness
 

 

 

What's your favorite colour?

 

 

color description: http://colorpointinstitute.com/meaningofcolors.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 





 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 




Monday, April 14, 2014

I see you...

 

'Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say'
(Charles C. Colton, Lacon)

 
 
My beautiful Evert
 
 
 My sweet Milo
 
 
Poesjkin
 
 
British White
 
 
Common toad (Bufo bufo)
 
 

'The eyes have one language everywhere.'
Romanian Proverb

 
 
 












 

 



Sunday, April 6, 2014

Waterscapes

 

Nature grows where water flows...

 
 

but its silence is a mirror.

 
 

The wideness of the waterscape can make you feel majestic...

 
 

very small...

 

 

or both at the same time.

 
 
 
 

Even in a single drop of water, whole worlds can exist...

 
 

...upside down.

 
 
A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.”
(Henry David Thoreau, Walden)