Another sunday post

It's warm! Too warm! Muggy! And it's raining in between. Yesterday we had 28 C° 

The lawn grows and grows and grows and Hasi doesn't know how to keep up with her little lawn mower.

She envies our neighbor who has one of those bigger ones that you can sit on...

The farmers are harvesting, at least they do what they can do between the rain showers... 

same as Hasi ;-)

I look out of the window and see that the Dragonflies are also out and hunting again in our yard. It has been raining a bit here and there during the morning, now (3pm) the sun is shining and a breeze comes from the west.
We have some small fruit trees in our back yard, one of them carries a couple of tiny Apples, they love the sun and are turning red.

As Cleo and I walk the trails in the woods we find all kind of mushrooms, some of them look very pretty. And some are really tasty too, at least for snails and rabbits...

I took some more photos in our garden, yesterday late afternoon.
Hasi found a mating bumblebee "couple" laying in the grass next to the cabin and I took a few photos of another Dragonfly sitting and resting on a brick ( I believe it is a "REd-veined darter but I am not sure)...

Anyways. Nature is always full of surprises and beauty, every single day.
And so is life.
Giving and giving and giving, you just need to be open to it.

I like to read Eckhart Tolle every now and then and here's a quote I would like to share with you all, I like it very much!
He says:

"When you drop your expectations that a person, a situation, a place, or an object should fulfill you, it's easier to be present in this moment because you're no longer looking to the next one.
Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment. "

It's time to go for a walk with Cleo. 
Hasi will take Aaron out, we still go on separate walks most of the time. 
It's just nicer that way and Cleo doesn't get the chance to teach Aaron stupid things ;-)


I'll be going to bed soon tonight cause I'll have to get up very early again tomorrow morning - a bus drivers destiny... AND I still have a thousand things to do before that so I better get going now!


♥

Dragonfly Day

Today's "Dragonfly - Day"

Why? 

Because we had them flying through our yard all day long. 

It was like a big swarm of them hunting, it must have been around hundred or so...

A beautiful sight and natural spectacle. 

I even tried to take pictures of them flying but that was a mission impossible. They just move to fast. 

They came in all sizes and colors, just gorgeous.

This one on the photo sat down on a large brick and seemed to enjoy the sun. It almost looks like it was smiling into the camera, doesn't it. :)

My first week on the job was quite tuff I have to admit.
There is so much to learn like routes, bus stops, schedules, prices and tickets and so much more.
Today I drove a 2 hour route all by myself, without an instructor at my side and fortunately all went well.
I have to say that the hardest for me is to keep concentrated all the time, I mean if you loose concentration for just one moment you miss a buss stop and that is not good at all.

Well, now's weekend and enough time for letting everything sink in and rest.

Hope you all are having a good time!!!  We do!

;-)

Trapped

We found this little guy (or was it a girl?) under the roof of the guest-cabin deck.
"He" or better "it" was sitting there and first we thought it was dead...

It didn't move even though it was a warm late afternoon. I learned recently that the best time to take pictures of dragonflies is early in the morning. They are still kinda stiff from the colder temperatures during the night and will sit still long enough for getting close and "shoot". It is nearly impossible to shoot them when they are flying through the air... but I'll keep trying, I promise. :)

They come flying - or better hovering - into our garden every day to hunt for insects.
After I ran into the house to get my camera and take a few close up shots we took a stick and offered him to grab on... and it did.
Just one more quick shot...

and off it went!


:))