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Personal photoblog of outdoor photographer Martin Stevens, based in The Netherlands but traveling around. Nature, landscape, architecture, travel ... but mostly flowers.
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Kaapse Bossen, Jagtlust en tulp
Yesterday been to the "Kaapse bossen" near Doorn, Utrecht. Remarkable tower (the Kaap), remarkable sight. And a colony of southern wood ant or horse ant (formica rufa) with tracks of the Green Woodpec...
Storks, ooievaars
Just above my window at Boekesteyn where I work for Natuurmonumenten 3 day's a week a couple storks landed and mated. Special place :-) Precies voor mijn raam van mijn kantoor op Boekesteyn, waar ...
wood anemone and others
Today prfect weather, but cold. Some wood anemones (anemone nemerosa) purple deadnettle (lamium purpureum) Peach at the fruit-wall, daffodils, crocus (planted by visitors.. not really wild) shadbush (...
Snow, sneeuw, 's-Graveland
Today a snowy morning, at least for an hour :-) Images from 's-Graveland the Netherlands in a radius of 2 km of my home. Vandaag bleef de sneeuw een uur liggen hier in 's-Graveland. Ik heb deze bee...
Easter, Pasen
Today a little walk through Gooilust and using a new combination from a friend, only for a try. A D300 with the 70-200, 2,8 AF-s. Perfect camera, perfect lens but I don't like the focussing system... ...
Daffodil, Squill and Salmonberry, wilde narcis, vroege sterhyacinth en prachtframboos.
Narcissus pseudonarcissus: Wild Daffodil, Scilla bifolia: Alpine Squill and Rubus spectabilis: Salmonberry were flowering today in the estate park of Boekesteijn, 's-Graveland. Again a Stinzengarden a...
Spring crocus, Crocus vernus, bonte krokus
Nature is exploding now. Temperature about 12 degrees C in shadow, all day sun, less windy... its weather if it was March. So much flowers start now that I cannot put all of them in this blog. This ti...
wall-foxglove, muurvingerhoedskruid
I found this foxglove two weeks ago, growing in old stone wall on a nursery. Sometimes plants are growing on places you never would expect them. Ik vond deze vingerhoedskruid groeiend in een muurtje ...
Beech, Beuk
Very often you can see special things in trees. This time it looked like an animal face, an elephant perhaps? Beach tree on Schaep en Burgh 's-Graveland. Heel vaak kun je allerlei vormen herkennen i...
Fern, varen
Fern growing on the foot of an beech tree. Even when its midwinter there are still green fernleaves when it isn't a freezing for a long time. I made this image 3 days ago.. Varen in de voet van een b...
Moss, mos
Mosses have there time in winter. When it is not so dry, a lot of light and not freezing or snowing you can find a lot them almost everywhere. In other seasons you can find them too of course, but in ...
Houses on the water
Today to busy with other things just like making some other new blogs, buying stuff for the removal of my eldest daughter Brechtje to Utrecht. Therefor an old one which I use as business card. I have ...
Jagtlust
Jagtlust aan de Leeuwenlaan in 's-Graveland is net aangekocht door Natuurmonumenten en er moet nog veel achterstallig onderhoud gedaan worden. Vandaag ben ik met een aantal Natuurmonumenten collega's...
Fungus
Deze berkenzwam (Piptoporus betulinus) kwam ik tegen op een liggende boomstam op Gooilust, 's-Graveland.Birch Bracket (Piptoporus betulinus - also known as Razor Strop) I found on Gooilust in 's-Grave...
Regenbui
Vandaag wisselden zware luchten en zon elkaar af. De achterkant van de huizen aan het Noordereinde vanaf de Smitsbrug in 's-Graveland. Links de koninginneweg , Kortenhoef. A storm is coming. 's-Gravel...