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The waxwings have arrived!

The waxwings have arrived!

After a few years, the waxwings arrived today. This means that a cold winter has begun in the far north. They are looking for food from us. Their favorite delicacies are fruits: apples, rowan berries, grapes. The latter are probably their most favorite. How easily the...

Finally we have asphalt.

Finally we have asphalt.

It took a long time for this moment to come. Today, the residential road is covered with asphalt. I have provided information on what work needed to be done in previous posts. This lasted from spring until almost the end of November. Not all work has been completed...

For mushrooms

For mushrooms

I thought there would be no mushrooms this fall. The summer was very dry. Of course, the forest is also very dry. At the end of September it started raining. It rained often in October. Mushrooms appeared only in the second half of the month. It wasn't a plentiful...

our cranes

our cranes

     They are definitely not ours. These cranes only nest here nearby. Now they have a couple of young. I don't even try to approach them. Their beautiful voices were heard every day. Now they are flying over us to the feeding ground. They will fly away soon. A bit...

and after the summer

and after the summer

    When I see almost empty fields, I feel the end of summer. This is a hot period. The heat and drought are bothersome. We are waiting for the weather to change. However, this will be the end of this hot summer.

Just before sunset

Just before sunset

      As evening approaches, we go to the river. We watch deer there. Sometimes there are even around 15. The sun sets or even after sunset. Roe deer are in the distance and the light is dim. So you have to face this when taking pictures. The light also changes with...

July, so for blueberries

    Only that it is not always for all its harvest. It depends on the weather when they bloom and then grow. In July, the drought started, with almost no rainfall. Blueberries bore this year. As experienced collectors, we collected a lot of them twice. We will see how...