Happy January to all my friends and readers
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch
"Auf Futtersuche"
"Foraging"
January is a lot warmer than it should be. This will help the little guy in the calendar picture, although we always put out lots of food for them anyway.
The robin is often linked with December and Christmas but I think the setting is also great for this month. Such a beautiful bird, especially when seen in the snow (not that we've seen much of that this year), its red breast looks even more colourful.
But the bird of the year is the turtle dove, a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It is a migratory bird that spends its summers in the Northern hemisphere, the Palearctic realm (just imagine all of Europe and most of Asia except for the region around India, plus the northernmost part of Africa around the Mediterranean), and the winters in the southern part of Africa.
In Europe, it stands for eternal love and is often used as symbols for weddings. In Germany, we call two people in love, especially at the beginning of a relationship, turtle doves.
Plus, they also represent good luck. And, of course, in the twelve days of Christmas, the true love gave two turtle doves, as it should be.
Unfortunately, its population is in rapid decline and it has the red status on the conservation list everywhere.
For me, December started well and I've been reading a little more than last month. Let's all hope this continues. I definitely hope to be back here more often than in the last couple of months.
We just need to get into our routine.
Have a happy January with this beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch.
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch
"Auf Futtersuche"
"Foraging"
January is a lot warmer than it should be. This will help the little guy in the calendar picture, although we always put out lots of food for them anyway.
The robin is often linked with December and Christmas but I think the setting is also great for this month. Such a beautiful bird, especially when seen in the snow (not that we've seen much of that this year), its red breast looks even more colourful.
But the bird of the year is the turtle dove, a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It is a migratory bird that spends its summers in the Northern hemisphere, the Palearctic realm (just imagine all of Europe and most of Asia except for the region around India, plus the northernmost part of Africa around the Mediterranean), and the winters in the southern part of Africa.
In Europe, it stands for eternal love and is often used as symbols for weddings. In Germany, we call two people in love, especially at the beginning of a relationship, turtle doves.
Plus, they also represent good luck. And, of course, in the twelve days of Christmas, the true love gave two turtle doves, as it should be.
Unfortunately, its population is in rapid decline and it has the red status on the conservation list everywhere.
For me, December started well and I've been reading a little more than last month. Let's all hope this continues. I definitely hope to be back here more often than in the last couple of months.
We just need to get into our routine.
Have a happy January with this beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch.
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