Het voorjaar begint nu echt los te barsten. De eerste Tjiftjaffen vandaag gehoord. Speenkruid bloeit. Paddentrek komt op gang. Ook al hou ik van de winter, de overgang naar het voorjaar is toch altijd weer een magische tijd. Dan slaat de verwondering (miratio) weer echt toe. Verwondering over de veerkracht van de natuur, die na een maandenlange diepe rust weer tot bloei komt, weer tot leven komt. Ik heb dat in beeld gebracht met deze explosie van voorjaarslicht in de tuin van het Alterra-kantoor in Wageningen.

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Spring is really emerging now. Today I heard the first Chifchaf. Lesser celandile is flowering. The migration of toads has begun. Although I love winter, the transition to spring is a magical period. I am struck with astonishment (miratio). Astonishment about the resilience of nature, which after a long and deep dormancy, is emerging and getting alive. I illustrated it with this photo of exploding spring light in the garden of the Alterra-office in Wageningen.

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In my previous blog I mentioned the beavers in De Blauwe Kamer. There have been beavers for over ten years now, but they had been hardly visible. The high floods of January inundated the lodges and the beavers had to flee to the dry parts of the area. Three of them choose the roadside as their temporary home. Despite their nocturnal behavior, they are not known to be particularly shy. However, this individual was extremely well obliging and paid no attention to the people. As close as a few meters it would tolerate photography, while continuing feeding or preening. It resulted in this portrait. An intimate view at a magnificent rodent, that has been the engineer of riverine forest for centuries, became extinct and that is now reconquering its former territory. A success story.

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