Mid August !

No extreme weather to report this week ! 

Nice Summer weather hanging over Het Gazebo

and Diepenheim these days ! 

Hosta Flowers come in beautiful colours !

When you're in Diepenheim you must visit the cafe De Pol !

The baked goods created by the volunteers are so good !

Enjoy it with a great cup of coffee then walk over to Het Gazebo ! 

A few flowers have a sweet scent !

While others are used as a base for ants 

and theier symboitic realtionship with aphids 

Enjoy your Summer vacation !

It's been raining for days !

Last week was rained out ! 

You have probably heard about the

Extreme weather conditions throughout Europe and the world ! 

Today the sun was back ! It feels like Summer !

The volunteers enjoyed a dry day in Diepenheim ! 

But after rain comes the weeds as well as the 

slugs and snails showing up en masse!

There are still new flowers while others have gone to seed !

Gathered together under a hosta leaf for

 shade from the sun or protection from the rain ?

August at Het Gazebo !

 

Mid Summer at Het Gazebo !

We have been enjoying the mild typical Dutch Summer weather

22 C, Showers Sunshine and Wind 

compared to extreme weather in other parts of Europe this week !

The volunteers were prepared for rain but Diepenheim stayed dry !

After a very wam June quite a few hostas have already 

finished blooming !

Bumble Bees like to forage on hosta flowers.

There are 360 different Bee species in The Netherlands.

34 species haave disappeared.

50 % of the species are being threatened.

Top 10 most spotted bees in The Netherlands

Top 10 meest gespotte bijen in Nederland

• Honingbij11.198 x
• Gehoornde metselbij6.594 x
• Rosse Metselbij6.257 x
• Akkerhommel2.906 x
• Aardhommel of Veldhommel2.741 x
• Vosje2.338 x
• Bijvlieg2.070 x
• Tuinhommel1.573 x
• Steenhommel1.519 x
• Sachembij1.473 x

Just to let you know ....

Het Gazebo is looking beautiful

with all those lily like hosta flowers !

 

Let's talk about the weather !

Ater June being the warmest on record in The Netherlands and being the warmest country in Europe, we then had Poly,the worst Summer storm pass over us last week Wednesday ! Code red for parts of The Netherlands !  Then yesterday, it was very warm and by evening we ended with heavy rains! This morning the rain gauge measured 20 mm ! Good rain for the fields, forests and hostas ! 

About this time of the Summer, after warm,

 rainy days, the slugs are starting to show

 their presence but from a distance all looks well !

It could also be hail damage from earlier this year !

Lets enjoy the Summer ! 

Next time you're at Het Gazebo think about 

staying a while ! There is a great table !

 

Rain ! 22 C !

A Dutch Summers Day at Het Gazebo !

 Remember the days when we had to make a shelter

to have a dry place to sit ? 

Today, for the first time this year,

 those skills came in handy :) !

What a refreshing misty rainy day for nature !

What to do with empty snail shells !

Gerry found inspiration !

 If you need a few shells to paint yourself

 please feel free to visit Het Gazebo !

There might be a few just for you !