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september 2022
foggy morning
The last days of summer brings you the messages of an upcoming new season. Travelling along a forest road, the fog came down on us, making the world smaller, more uncluttered. Vague silhouettes of distant trees embraced by a pure white blanket. Even disturbing sounds are absorbed by the dense fog. It will be a beautiful, magical start of a Sunday morning. The gravel road makes some cracking noise under your feed. Little stones of forgotten mountains seek a new place to rest. High above us in the sky, which is slowly turning to blue with the rising of the sun, a raven calls. They seem to react on a buzzard making its mewing sound. It makes you feel small in this wonderful world of nature. In the field, countless cobwebs are woven between the grass and branches. A death-trap for every insect but a sparkling necklace in the first sunlight.
BLACK WOODPECKER
Some weeks ago this impressive black bird was chasing its congener, meanwhile loudly pronouncing its call.
watercolor
30x40cm
265 g/m²
august 2022
surprising encounter
This morning, after a relaxing coffee moment in the forest at the edge of a beautiful field, we had a surprising encounter. Our dog and I walked along a gravel road leading to an moorland, filled with flowering heather. Half way, four cars were passing me by. The first was a ranger, friendly waving at me, the second a cabriolet with two brass band musicians sitting on top of the car, and the third and four car, also cabriolets, with the queens and princesses presenting the week of the heather. A cultural festivity of this region. And all of them were friendly waving at me. It felt like a strange movie, me standing very alone in the middle of the forest waving at this small parade…
Still a little bit overwhelmed of this moment a black bird was calmly foraging between the leaves, nature brings everything back in perspective.
august 2022
sunday drawing
It is to hot to be outside but that doesn’t mean you can’t do anything. With a fan blowing in your face and a brush in your hand it is still possible to dream about cooler times like at the beginning of this summer when this royal blooming plant was stealing the show in our garden. Beautiful pale blue flowers of the delphinium. Its name derivative of the form of a dolphin. With some imagination you see them tumbling around.
This drawing I made as a small gesture of being extremely proud of my wife, after weeks of carrying cast on her leg. And now she is freed of it with a promising future ahead to be able to walk better.
august 2022
summer
With a weather forecast of several hot days, early mornings have some advantages. Of course the temperature is very pleasant and cool. But if you decide to go for an early walk you may encounter some wildlife. In this case a roe and a roebuck were grazing in the field. It is magical when you look into the eyes of a wild animal. The roe wasn’t frightened at all as I walked by.
But there was more. When we (my dog and I) passed a beautiful serene birch forest, a black woodpecker flew overhead, loudly spreading its laughing call. A few hundred meters further, another two black woodpeckers were chasing each other around the tree trunk of a lark. Meanwhile the sunrise spreads its living light between the trees. And the heather, full in bloom, was a beautiful ending of this early morning walk.