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Showing posts with label bumblebee. Show all posts

Sunday 18 August 2013

Hodgepodge

Todays blog is a hodgepodge of different things; things I found, made and inspire me.

Collection of things, waiting to get put into work. From left to right: tail feathers from a North Holland Blue rooster, earrings (which are finished, but inspiring), beads with seeds, feather shaped pendants.


A dead bumblebee, found in the garden. I put it on this piece of wood, with pins around his body, so it will dry with his paws and antennas in the right position.


A Pachnoda marginata peregrina, which I found in an old terrarium where they used to live in. It was completely dried, but unfortunately it missed it's paws and antennas. It's still a wonderful creature, though.


Last week, I worked on several new power stones (also see my previous post about power stones). 

This one has a mole in the front, which stands for contact with Earths energy, knowledge about herbs, roots, seeds and rivers and love expressed in nature. Brown is obviously the color of earth and contains beneficial energy. The symbol on the other side is the basic element of earth.


This stone has a spider with its web in the front. The spider stands for wisdom, creativity and inspiration. The web is added, because spiders are master weavers. Yellow stands for wisdom and creativity, purple for spirituality. The symbol on the other side is from the American Natives and means wisdom.


Last but not least, a power stone with the bee. The bee stands for prosperity, reincarnation, communication with spirits and concentration. The blue color stands for truth, sincerity, spirituality and calmness. The bee also connects with the goddess Diana. The symbol on the other side of the stone is from the American Natives, and means happiness.


Friday 26 July 2013

Rain!

Over a week, it was very nice, hot weather. The hot weather had also a disadvantage: dryness. But! Today there was rain! 


First, I sat down under the marquise of our summerhouse, enjoying the freshness and scent of that great rainwater. I saw snails and earthworms coming out of their hiding places, and I was astonished about all those little wonders of nature, all living in my own garden. I saw spiders, using leaves like we use umbrellas.

Then the rain stopped for a while and I stood up to give all of this small animals a closer look. I  took some photos, which I'd like to share.

The snails were very pleased with the rain:


This little friend sat on our ivy:


Hardworking bumblebees on great globe thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus):



Hello there! A harvastman (Opilio parietinus):


This spider (Tetragnatha montana) is having dinner: