My trip intot he woods (w/pics)!!

[Iris]

Thank you...
Oh and it's a -i found out on the dutch butterfly forum-
Agrius convolvuli, a nocturnal hummingbird-butterfly.
They told me there, that it's a kinda rare species so i'm a bit proud of the shots i have of this creature. Nature has it's ways, i shall say.
And yes Karen, i love this thread as much as you do and decided these piccies belonged here.
Ok, one more then:

 

[Tee]

beautiful pictures, Iris

 

[Iris]

No photos of Iris though

Ok, O.K.! I'll post a picture of myself.
Any gayer than i've been along the years over here, it cannot get.

 

[Captain Beard]

I see you!

 

[Iris]

Time to add more piccies to this thread
This vacation, we stayed in Holland. Enjoy and more piccies on request!


The chalet where we were staying was in the middle of the woods and here's what 10 o'clock in the morning and some seeds lured to the terras:

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1020053.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1020018.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1020034.jpg

The woods were beautiful, despite of a lot of fallen/broken trees due to a very heavy storm that went over europe, 2 weeks ago.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010836.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010837.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010821-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1020068.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010911.jpg

Shrooms everywhere!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1020085.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010833.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010852.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1020079.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010943.jpg


Roman left-overs:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010843.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010940.jpg

We also ran into these fellas.
Some of them are evillish impressive when there's no barbwire...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010986.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010927.jpg

And who says that Holland isn't flat?

This tankwagon was in front of us for more than an hour :Smug:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/iesje76/P1010893.jpg

And yes, i love my camera

 

[Karmic]

<3 Iris

 

[Reminiscence]

I remember that storm! Intense.

 

[Iris]

<3 Iris

Yes, yes... spread tha love, Swede!

I remember that storm! Intense.

I was terrified.
The wind literally blew the pans of the roofs and i heard a tree crack..
it fell right between our and our neighbour's car!
A 15 year old beech snapped as if it were a lucifer...
A week later, we walked the woods nearby the Veluwe (Huge and very open area with nothing buth grasses and Heather) we witnessed total devastation in some parts. You could see the way the storm raged through the area, in the woods there were specific seams that were totally destroyed.
Fallen trees, cracked trees, dead animals...
I've witnessed total havoc.