Spring in Nørager Mark

All by sudden spring was here !!!
Just before easter it was still cold and grey, and then the warmest period ever measured in April has made everything almost explode in green and singing birds and happy , sunburned humans
Almost overnight everything changed from winter to near-summer

Here I enjoy watcing my critters and Nature waking up

Fidda is up a crack of dawn to help Mom dig the garden

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Mummy and Futte go back to snooze a little till the sun gets warmer

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The forsythia blossom like mad, - so pretty, and such a short time this year

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The potted plants that have been hypernating indoors grow so fast on the terrace that you can almost see it, - soon they will be full of flowers !

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The horses eat and eat, even if they have a huge area, the grass is gnawed very short where they can reach it
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Siggi finds that it is almost too hot, gasp, gasp !
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In the evening Fidda is SO tired. Here she sleeps with her new favourite toy
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All so beautiful However, Fidda, has my heart as I adore Salukis, Borzois, Afghan Hounds etc

I have noticed a difference in my bunnies too. Mia, the smallest bunny, has dug a 1 foot hole in the garden ! and all the other bunnies have begun digging too. Luckily my mum is not bothered as the side garden is exclusively for my animals There's also a very large patch of dirt because they have eaten all of the grass right down to the roots ! Still plenty left to eat though

Very nice spring pictures Susanne!
And nice to see all of your animals together.

Here is is far over 20 degrees for more than a week already in the Netherlands, we even had 25 C for almost a week now, but today it has gone down to just under the 20 C mark, but in the weekend they say that the temperature is going up again.
Very warm for april, normally we can have these temperatures in may, and then not even vey long, so i am happy for that, i just love the sun!

Ah, beautiful pictures Susanne - everything is growing fast here too, we've had amazing weather, SO warm. Lunch and dinner out in the garden most days. I love spring the best I think

Thankyou dear friends

Rio, take care those rabbits don`t dig themselves over to the other side of the earth
Yes, Fidda is so beautyful, somtimes I stare at her and can`t believe that such a lovely creature is really my dog
I had wished for a saluki for more than 35 years, and then, when finally a very serious kennel was planning pups, I thought : NOW OR NEVER
It is a very special dog, one must never get angry or shout, just a "NO!" and she becomes a dachshound-little thing. Fortunately she is happy again very soon after
But Siggi is the bodyguard and Futte (the whippet) is the policewoman, they are all wonderful.

Willy, you must have Danish ancestors, - we can ALWAYS talk about the weather, - some say it is because "There is so much of it "

Ohh, Harriet, I wished I could leave my critters for a couple of days and have dinner with your family in that wonderful garden of yours

Well Susanne, we Dutch talk always about the weather to...
I think we have about the same climate then in Denmark, very changable weather, which is normal for a marine-climate, so always something to talk about, haha.

Changing weather

In the northern part of France, we use to say "it is sunny several time in a day"

SUSANNE wrote:

Ohh, Harriet, I wished I could leave my critters for a couple of days and have dinner with your family in that wonderful garden of yours

You're welcome anytime Susanne

Thank you for sharing the lovely photos Susanne! Isn't Spring wonderful? When I was younger I always thought I loved Autumn the best, but now I know it is SPRING! I love to see all the flowers and trees come to life again!

Our Forsythias bloomed back in March along with the daffodils. Now my iris are blooming and WOW! They are really impressive this year!

I love seeing all of your animals. They all look so beautiful and happy! :)

-Kristie

Very, very beautiful photos Susanne! Fidda, the horses, the lake...

Wow! really nice shots, thanks for sharing.

Kikimalou wrote:

Changing weather

In the northern part of France, we use to say "it is sunny several time in a day"

I guess, the weather in northern France is not very different either...
We can have all kinds of weather in one day to, rain, snow, hail, ice-rain, wind, mist, cold, warm and sun to sometimes, haha...

Everything is great and I can see all love from your heart printed in your criter's expressions! Love is contagious!

Roger wrote:

Everything is great and I can see all love from your heart printed in your criter's expressions! Love is contagious!

Arrrhw Thankyou my favourite Crocbert
You should see, how much they love me when it is suppertime

I love your spring photos and all your wonderful animals enjoying the weather.

According to the calendar it is still spring a few days , so here are two more pictures.
There is too much grass, so the horses are not allowed in field round the lake.
That means that I get more wild visitors.

Look, can you see the doe ?
In the lake is the wild duck with her 4 ducklings . There are usually wild ducklings at least 2 times each summer.
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These, on the contrary, visit the lake for the first time as far as I know.
a pair of shelducks with no less than 9 ducklings
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The pictures are not very sharp, as I have to take them through the window, but hopefully you can see my precious, wild neigbours

Oh wow Susanne, Shelducks with their ducklings, what a beautiful thing to see! The pictures are wonderful, everything looks so green and lush. I love the one of the doe

Beautiful world!

Awesome pictures. I love seeing the doe and the ducks. Thanks for sharing.

You´re very lucky Susanne! I would love to live in a place like yours!

Thankyou, friends
Yes it is wonderful here in spring and summer.

Even winter is ok with all the wild birds that come here because I feed them.
Of course life would be easier if I had an offroader, but I spend all my money on plastic toys, - a question of priority

how far away are you from the nearest city or village?

20 minutes driving , if I'm not mistaking...

skysthelimit wrote:

20 minutes driving , if I'm not mistaking...

Yes, that is to a town with a butcher and a baker ( and the little store where she has some CollectA) etc.
Five minutes drive from here is a little village with a store that sells bread, milk, fruit and ---> chocolate

A "real" city (Randers) is app 45 minutes from here.
Århus, the next largest city of Denmark with app 300.000 inhabitants is 1 hour from here.

Here is where I live :
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I love to feed the birds in the winter!

Yesterday morning I opened the back door to let the dogs outside and right outside the fence, literally just feet away, stood a whitetail doe. She just looked at me I'm sure thinking "I'm going to eat your flowers as soon as you go back inside." I really don't like deer at all. Except for reindeer. :)

-Kristie