Welcome to the world of lizards

When there is one little critter that you will meet when you are in Arizona and in California then it is a lizard. First because lizards love the sun and usually it is sunny everyday … Read more

Are you nuts ?!

Anna needed 400g walnuts for a bread. Doesn’t sound like a lot. You may be right when you buy these nuts in a supermarket. But when you need to crack them yourself, that’s DEFINITELY a … Read more

The Hateful Five

Sorry guys, this is not a teaser for the new Tarantino movie. But you can stay anyway if you like. ๐Ÿ™‚ The hateful five in front of our doorstep are huge, white and loud. There … Read more

Winter in Northern Germany

It’s winter again in Northern Germany! My actual plan was to watch out for the King fisher, to continue my personal photo challenge. But since it makes no sense to sit around at a frozen … Read more

Squirrel paradise: The Ohlsdorf cemetery

I hope you all had a great Christmas time! To be honest I am happy that it’s over now. To much food and Christmas stress ๐Ÿ™‚ Yesterday we spent the day in Hamburg. While Anna … Read more

The Kingfisher photo challenge

The truth Actually the title doesn’t describe it very well. A better title would have been: Sitting around at a small pond for five hours and waiting for a common Kingfisher to come around. But … Read more

Beach Dogs

When laying at the beach, there are plenty of things to do: Reading, eating icecream, looking into the sky, watching people and photographing dogs. ๐Ÿ™‚ Inspired by my “Ambleside beach dog post” in West Vancouver, … Read more

Office bird-watching in Hamburg

When days are warm, the window in my office is always open. Besides lots of traffic noise and sometimes explosions (the German “TรœV”, right next to my office, sometimes  blows anything up) I can also … Read more

Too hot!

It’s definitely to hot to do anything today. Enjoy your weekend, preferably on a lake or anywhere where it’s not too warm!

About sheep and other scottish critters

With a population density of 68 people per kmยฒ (Germany has 227 people per kmยฒ) Scotland has enough space for almost 7 million sheep. And some other animals. ๐Ÿ˜‰ There are many different birds, badgers … Read more