HANNA'S WALK

I found one butterfly

The Danish butterflies are short of flowers.
I searched for three days and found only one butterfly.
Might be looking the wrong places.
The beach is unlikely this time of year 😁
Create your own wild meadow with flower seeds to help the small birds.

Aurora, Anthocharis Cardamines

A forester’s house

Bellevue, Arne Jacobsen – Lifeguard tower, Denmark

The Mourners

Hawthorn

Mourners by the Old Oak

White Dead Nettle, Lamium Album

Boys fishing by the river

Daisies

Apple blossoms

Aurora on White Dead Nettle

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Posted on May 10, 2019 by Hanna

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Butterflies, Environment, meadow, Nature, Wild flowers

All you can do is to go –

But it isn’t easy, said Pooh. Because poetry and hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you.
And all you can do is to go where they can find you.
A.A. Milne, Creator of Winnie the Pooh

Refreshing wood sorrel, Nørreskoven Denmark

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Posted on May 7, 2019 by Hanna

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A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

A May Day

A little Madness in the Spring
Is wholesome even for the King.
Emily Dickinson

An Oak on Krudtmølleengen, Rådvad, Denmark

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Posted on May 2, 2019 by Hanna

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Emily Dickinson, Horses, May tree

Hope

‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –

And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –

I’ve heard it in the chillest land –
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me.

Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me.

By Emily Dickinson

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Posted on April 27, 2019 by Hanna

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Emily Dickinson, Hope, Poem, Poetry, Song

A Tribute to Nature, Diversity and Tolkien

Sometimes nature arouses the same feeling in me as the beauty of Tolkien’s writing:

Sing all ye joyful, now sing all together!
The wind’s in the tree-top, the wind’s in the heather;
The stars are in blossom, the moon is in flower,
And bright are the windows of night in her tower.

Dance all ye joyful, now dance all together!
Soft is the grass, and let foot be like feather!
The river is silver, the shadows are fleeting;
Merry is May-time, and merry our meeting.

Sigh no more pine, till the wind of the morn!
Fall Moon! Dark be the land!
Hush! Hush! Oak, ash and thorn!
Hushed by all water, till dawn is at hand!
All Ye Joyful by J. R. R. Tolkien

Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.
Bilbo Baggins

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Posted on April 22, 2019 by Hanna

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Earth Day 2019

Easter Saturday by the Sea

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Posted on April 21, 2019 by Hanna

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Beach, Easter Saturday, Sea

An elongated sound?

Can a sound be elongated?
The forest pigeons sound like a regiment of soldiers when there are more than three.
The blackbird is phenomenal in causing noise when searching for food.
But I recognise the grass snake by a sound that goes on and on.
Depending on its size 😊
We also had the great pleasure of meeting the very cosy ‘Salamander Team’ ❤

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Posted on April 18, 2019 by Hanna

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Bøllemosen, Grass Snake

An Easter Hymn

Awake, thou wintry earth –
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth
Your ancient gladness!
Thomas Blackburn, An Easter Hymn

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Posted on April 14, 2019 by Hanna

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Easter

Furesøen

The inner – what is it?
if not intensified sky,
hurled through with birds
and deep with
the winds of homecoming.
Rainer Marie Rilke

Furesøen is Denmark’s deepest lake and a wonderful natural area.
Opposite Næsseslottet, grebes have found their favourite nesting area.
The birds are busy courting each other by shaking their head and bowing in an advanced mirror dance.