Once upon a time I lived in a big old house in the deep south of the US in the state Georgia. The house used to be part of a cotton plantation and therefore had a large amount of ground around it. In fact so much land that if I went for a walk in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Animals'
Feeding the birds
January 7th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Animals, Design, Life
I hope you survived the heavy storm o.k.? Here in Friesland, the province where I live, complete pastures are still under water, due to the enormous amount of rain. Lucky for us our little house is built on a mound; so we are save from the water … Will it ever become winter you think? I [...]
Dogs
November 23rd, 2011 · 3 Comments · Animals, Handmade, Life, Once upon a time...
A friend of mine is getting a puppy next weekend! So this post is for her …. Once upon a time I lived in Amsterdam. I was very young, had a room to live in, a bike, lots of books and a small dog. Wherever I went the dog went with me, also on the [...]
Tags:dog in transport bike·dog on bike·dogs in the city·Marion Pannekoek·new puppy
New work by Chasing the Crayon
August 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Animals, Handmade
The other day I visited the Etsy shop of Chasing the Crayon and was surprised how many new drawings she had in there. Chasing the Crayon is a freelance illustrator working mainly in pencil and watercolor. Her drawings are amazing and almost surreal in nature. Last year I already wrote a post on this blog [...]
Wrapping up the week
July 29th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Animals, Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work
One week after our holiday in French we are pretty much used to the daily routine again… Jan is working on a complicated but fun commission. It’s going to be a variation on our bracelet “One More”. Instead of the rods of colored plexiglas, Jan is somehow going to place gemstones in the bracelet. I [...]
Product designer aka beekeeper
July 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Animals, Design, Food
This is the most amazing, optimistical (eco-food) development I came across in a long time … I always found bees interesting and I think it a wonderful progression more and more young people become interested too. Do you know was that in big cities like Montreal, London, Paris and New York a whole Urban Beekeeping [...]
Holiday feeling
July 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Animals, Design, Life
Slowly but surly my holiday feeling starts to fade awy … I found this swing on Style-Files a blog by Danielle de Lange. Danielle posts everyday about the most amazing interiors and design products. Please take a look right here. On the way to our cottage in France, we stopped to take a short break [...]
Tags:Picardy·Young kestrel
First flight
May 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Animals, Nature
Not as much as in the picture, but on my daily walk with the dogs I saw many newly fledged young starlings. Every year we have a few nests under the roof tiles of our house, first you hear the starlings build their nests, you hear nothing for a while and then sure enough as [...]
Tags:Nesting birds
A young hare and an Art Route
May 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Animals, Art, Life, Nature, Uncategorized
One way to give young grassland birds a chance for survival is the methode of mowing the grass “mosaic style”. The farmer cuts the grass not all at once, but leaves throughout the pasture uncut areas of strips of long grass. These strips can function as a shelter for young birds … Almost no farmer [...]
Dogs, dogs, dogs
May 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Animals, Photography
This post is for a very beautiful little lady who broke her wrist … hope it will cheer you up! Some of the photos in the series: Dogs Gods of Tim Flach show dogs in their natural habitat, others show what people think is fun to do with their dog… I could not resist showing [...]
