Kleine Schlangenkunde

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This is quite a big snake, I would say.

I tell you, there is another one, as well, but it was

too fast for my foto session. Disappeared under the stones.

Look at the mighty body!

And the tiny tail!

Trepadora? yes, it can climb. 

Like along trees, walls ... hello!

And it can become one meter 85 cm long. Hello again!

hemorrhois hippocrepis

horseshoe whip snake

Hufeisennatter

https://www.caib.es/sites/proteccioespecies/f/316266;jsessionid=B8BEE20AD5A3976AB179B005579284A2

Remember the one one the left side?

We found it on the 1st of January in 2016.

So ... we are used to these climbers!

In internet you find a lot of information of snakes.

Never thought of this:

While not commonly thought of as food in most cultures, in others 

the consumption of snakes is acceptable, or even considered a delicacy. 

Snake soup of Cantonese cuisine is consumed by locals in autumn, to 

warm up their body. Western cultures document the consumption of 

snakes under extreme circumstances of hunger. (Wiki)

Snakes really enjoy the sun. I wonder what they did yesterday.

There was such a heavy rainstorm over Mallorca.

It rained heavily, we had little lakes everywhere.

And at six in the evening the sun came out again.

Lucky us, in Manacor they had not only heavy rains but hails, too.

(Screenshot from instagram.)

The second rainy day

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Guess what ... no boring garden pics this time.

But this has to come:

the biggest "avocado" tree I've ever seen.

It's in Cala Mesquida, a tiny tourist village close to our

holiday home in Mallorca.

Now the hotels are still closed due to corona.

But hey, have a look at the flower/inflorecence? Avocado ... not really!

Plant recognizing app tells me that this tree is an elephant tree,

phytolacca dioica, commonly known as ombú.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_dioica

The sap is poisonous, this could be a good tree for my garden,

especially after the last weeks' fight against all kinds of pests.

Da der Saft der Pflanze giftig ist, wird sie von Pflanzenfressern 

gemieden. Darüber hinaus ist die Zweihäusige Kermesbeere gegen 

Heuschrecken und andere Plagen immun.

In German this tree is called: Zweihäusige Kermesbeere. Wow. 

The beach. Look at that empty beach, so pretty!

Only the life savers on duty, Pamela Anderson and co.

The weather is not cold, it is only cloudy.

And later, yes, it started to rain.

Cala Mesquida is quite a children friendly holiday spot.

Next stop in Son Moll, close to our shopping

paradise street (Lidl, Mercadona, Müller).

They are working on the promenade. 

Hopefully done by beginning of July when the Germans arrive.

Even this coy bar is closed. Träumeria.

Sea view in June 2020!!!

Monday beach in June 2020. 

Relax, the Majorcan summer is just starting,

like I wrote in my previous posting.

Today is May 39, you have to keep your

raincoat ready until the May 40th!

Not only sunshine

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El 40 de mayo, que correspondería al 9 de junio, popularmente se usa 

en el refranero español para designar una fecha avanzada de la 

primavera en la que hace buen tiempo, y normalmente se aplica al refrán: 

(Wikipedia, only in Spanish)

Hasta el 40 de Mayo no te quitas el sayo! 

Bis zum 40. Mai (9.Juni) vergeße Deinen Regenmantel nicht!

Do not forget your raincoat until May 40th!

Älä unohda sadetakkia 40. toukokuuta asti!

The sky does not have to be blue all the time.

Drama can be seen everywhere.

Waiting for the storm.

Which came and took like ... 20 minutes.

The artichoke flower brings me more pleasure than the 

edible flowerbuds, there's hardly anything to eat.

Onion!

Maybe today again a cool sunset like yesterday?

Let's see. Missed the full moon. Hm.

Too busy doodling in the evenings. 

Can be called Zentangle as well.

And the winner is ...

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Kuudes kuudetta.

6.6.

Finnisch für Anfänger:

KUUSI = Fichte / spruce

YKSI KAKSI KOLME NELJÄ VIISI KUUSI

I thought I was the winner this year, this apricot tree is

carrying soooo many fruits!

Green leaves and yellow fruit, what a joy!

Look the fruit, so pretty. Indeed. Not yet really ripe.

Turn it around ... oh, so many wholes ...

Open it (it's easy, just with your fingers) and find out:

Half of the fruit is brown inside AND: look at those worms!!!

Finnisch für Anfänger:

MATO = Wurm / worm

TOUKKA =  Larve / larva

Just name it but you can find many of those whitish animals 

in each of those beautiful fruit. I tell you.

I a not the winner with this apricot tree.

Wanna see some more gardening problems?

Leaves of our lemon tree. Every year the same stuff.

Yes, I did buy poison again.

This week I also bought some other poison for the wine,

which is supposed to cover the pergola at the breakfast terrace.

The same problem as every year. For got to take care of the plant 

in the spring time, should have used the poison then.

But maybe the cutting and poisoning still helps a bit.

Let's face it.

All those bugs and beetles and fungus and larves are also

part of nature, mother nature's creatures.

Mother, I respect your creatures but ... what kind

of game is this? You have all these great plants

and then there are these not so great creatures

killing all the plants. What is the plan???

Guess what? I can kill too.

Put some last year's dried dates into water, wanted to

see what's happening. And things happened:

big beetles were attacked ba the smell, maybe,

and ended their life in the sweet water.

Only a few. You should see how many flying objects

we have over here ... killing my roses.

😧😧

Well, did rescue this guy, he was stuck on the beach towel.

Towel I use for pool area, sunbathing and yes, I did

go into the water. Talviturkki heitetty!

Photo: Palma-Tiina

Yes, I did ... at one point ... go into the pool. Yes.

The winner in this posting is the nature. 

My caper plant did it again: a flower for a day.

Our vegetable garden with potatoes!

Look at the colour! We just put some ordinary

super market potatoes into the earth. Very interesting.

Cala Aguilla in the morning sun oder under the morning sky.

Mallorca-East.

Beach check

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Locals in Mallorca do nto go bathing in June,

the wait until the weather gets warm.

Like hot.

And now, corona keeps the beaches empty.

One of the busiest beaches on the East side of the island 

is Cala Millor, in the high season the coast line is

just covered with sun bathers.

Btu now all the hotels are closed. 

A few locals enjoy the huge beach. Lucky them.

Btu the beach line is not completely empty:

you can admire sculptors along the sea shore!

Housing solution? For all those unemployed people

who lost their jobs with corona lockdown?

Have a seat ...

Sea view ...

Room with a view.

Actually the biking lines are pretty cool in Cala Millor.

especially as there are hardly any people around.

What about a game of whatever ...?

Pedro Flores 

is the artist. And yes, you have seen his art already

in my blog as well, remember the stony handbag

in my Son Muda Garden posting!

Check the catalogue:

https://pedroflores.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cataleg-PEDRO-FLORES-OK.pdf

And guess what, these pieces of art stand there already 

for a couple of years, see more pics and read this:

https://steemit.com/art/@abh12345/they-tell-me-it-s-art-15-sculptures-for-your-viewing-pleasure

Love locks, also in Cala Millor.

No hurry to lean up the beaches.

But the security guys are working. 

Beaches are open.

And the windows of a beach bar ... kind of art, too.

And what about the fish ...? Nobody cares.

Again, look at these etiquettes, how funny!

Found in the ALDI store in Manacor.

Manacor has no beach.

ALDI, the German supermarket does also offer German wine.

Among other German products.

Mallorca ist freilich kein 17. deutsches Bundesland, wie scherzhaft manchmal 

gesagt wird, sondern gehört zur spanischen Region der Balearischen Inseln.

Mehr Fakten in diesem Artikel:

https://www.mallorcazeitung.es/lokales/2017/07/17/mallorca-wichtige-fragen/52748.html

Summer, Corona summer

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Finnisch für Anfänger:

KESÄKUU = Juni / June

KESÄ = Sommer / summer

KUU = Mond / moon

The first hortensia flowers!!!