It's a healing sound to sit under the maple (acer) and listen to the bumblebees (bombus) buzzing around the maple's newly opened flowers. A few days and an opportunity for nectar before the leaves begins
The long-awaited return of the happy chirping from the barn swallow (hirundo rustica) makes you want to sing along. It's like joy is flowing through the air. They dance with each other and, in the
The Wood anemone, Anemone nemorosa, creating white-green blankets that glow in the sunshine. You want to roll around in the greenery and scream spring cries in the warmth. Or just rest for a while. The
The days get longer, the frost leaves the soil, and the earthworms, lubricus, moves as gardeners, preparing for growth. Suddenly, one mornng, the lawn is filled with different kinds of thrushes that have landed after
Converstaions on the Blue Sofa. part 87
Suddenly a swelling red bud pushes up through the dark soil. In the same place every year, it shines with its explosive power - the Rhubarb/ Rheum rhabarbarum. Its place that has been the same
She is nobel the Hepatica nobilis. So proudly she reaches for the light. Out of that blanket of withered leaves new life emerges, bringing hope and joy. She seems to be listening to the returning
Conversations on the Blue Sofa, part 86
In Sweden, we usually call it April weather when the weather is constantly changing. It is as if winter and spring do not find a smooth transition, as if it is difficult for winter to
In this time of snow melting, we hear the sound of the rushing water in the stream from a distance. The thick ice is no longer passable, it grays and slowly decays. On the shore,