Happy February to all my friends and readers
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch
"Andere Wege"
"Other ways"
February started. And apparently, Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous groundhog in the United States, predicted an early spring. But since he only has a prediction rate of 40%, we might as well assume the opposite. Anyway, it's quite spring-like over here already. Not on the picture I found on my calendar this month. A polar bear, or - as we call him in German - an ice bear. The Berlin zoo had a little one last year, they called her Hertha after the Berlin soccer club who took over the sponsorship.
But the animal of the year, and here we get back to Punxsutawney Phil, is the European mole. My father was a keen gardener and he hated the mole with a passion even though he did know that it was good for the soil. Where moles live, the soil life is usually intact. Of course, you don't want all those mole hills in your garden but the mole is just as cute as many of those rodent-like furry animals.
A lot of children in Europe know the animated series "Krtek" (Mole in Czech) or Krteček (little Mole). Like so many of those Czech children's films, we used to enjoy them in the sixties and seventies. There's more about him on this page.
January was a good month for us, no illnesses and we carried on doing some stuff in the house. Lots of social events added to the pleasure. And I read a few nice books of which I will report later.
Have a happy February with this beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch.
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch
"Andere Wege"
"Other ways"
February started. And apparently, Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous groundhog in the United States, predicted an early spring. But since he only has a prediction rate of 40%, we might as well assume the opposite. Anyway, it's quite spring-like over here already. Not on the picture I found on my calendar this month. A polar bear, or - as we call him in German - an ice bear. The Berlin zoo had a little one last year, they called her Hertha after the Berlin soccer club who took over the sponsorship.
But the animal of the year, and here we get back to Punxsutawney Phil, is the European mole. My father was a keen gardener and he hated the mole with a passion even though he did know that it was good for the soil. Where moles live, the soil life is usually intact. Of course, you don't want all those mole hills in your garden but the mole is just as cute as many of those rodent-like furry animals.
A lot of children in Europe know the animated series "Krtek" (Mole in Czech) or Krteček (little Mole). Like so many of those Czech children's films, we used to enjoy them in the sixties and seventies. There's more about him on this page.
January was a good month for us, no illnesses and we carried on doing some stuff in the house. Lots of social events added to the pleasure. And I read a few nice books of which I will report later.
Have a happy February with this beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch.
You can find many more wonderful pictures on their website here.
Hurray for the groundhog and the mole! Happy February to you. I hope to finally answer your last email soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judy.
DeleteAnd true, hurray for those animals.
Need I say what movie we watch on the 2nd of February every year? ;)
And don't worry about the e-mail, I know you will answer when you have time.
DeleteHappy February again!