There I was, innocently watering the flower pots, when suddenly hell broke loose. The sound a swarm of bees is making, is incredible. Overwhelming. So ... I ran! From a safe distance I watched the huge flying ball of bees. They kept hovering in front of one of the...

This beautiful snake, or one of its parents, has been living in and around our swimming pool pump for many years now. The electrician in fact, did not want to return to fix the pool lights that were causing a short circuit, after he caught sight of the disappearing...

Yesterday morning the tiny water droplets were shining in the sun, small diamonds on the hairy leaves and flowers. The blu of the flowers so powerful one does understand ages ago this plant was associated with courage.

A video where you can see how I pruned an olive tree, fast forward style. https://youtu.be/uIzdpyujqS8

The weather is terrible. Very hard wind combined with nasty rain. And lots of it. One tree on the road to my house apparently gave up. It blocked the road. When I arrived one of the drivers was already working on the problem. He apparently happened to have a chainsaw...