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Dear friends. This beauty landed on my car earlier this week. It is a wasp beetle, perfectly camouflaged to mislead predators into passing it over as a wasp. Have a good week all and God bless, Dineke van den Bogerd…

Dear friends, Some years ago Dik’s goddaughter did some artwork for fundraising. Her grandmother (my sister) bought the original and we bought a couple of mugs as in today’s picture. Isn’t it pretty? it’s great when children love their art…

Dear friends, Tomorrow will be remembrance day in the Netherlands. Public buildings will display the national flag half mast in the evening from 6 to 8. After two minutes silence the flag is then hoisted to the singing of the…

Dear friends, We treated ourselves to a trip to Leonardslee this week. It was more gorgeous than I remember it ever being and it was therefore very difficult to choose today’s picture. That’s why you get two this week. Like…

Dear friends, Last autumn I was given a small fig tree. It soon lost all its leaves but the buds were already showing. In the last month it quickly grew into this and now I feel very responsible for the…

Dear friends, The picture today is of a makeshift showerhead in the riad in Marrakesh. Many fixtures and fittings in Morocco are in copper or bronze as that is more readily available and cheap to work with. It results in…

Dear friends, We’re leaving Morocco today and although we’re happy to be heading home, we leave a magical country. We were met with outstanding hospitality by two young men who shared their frugal lunch with us. There is also however…

Dear friends, Greetings from the Sahara, where currently it is bucketting down with rain. I’m hoping this means we will see lots of flowers later as the plants will grab this opportunity to show off. Unfortunately, in the preparation for…

Dear friends, I hope this finds you all well. Dik and I have arrived in Marrakesh this afternoon and it is magical.The call to prayer was around 4pm and it is a profound reminder. I know I could do with…

Dear friends, This week, when out and about, I heard birds of prey calling. Looking up I saw this pair of courting red kites. What a great come-back these birds have made with numbers going up steadily. The same goes…