The duckpond of Writtle village

This morning as I went to the supermarket I made some pics of the duck pond, the sun was a bit annoying though.

Enjoy,

SW

Baby Hedgehog

Hi ya all,

Here are some very cute pics I took of a baby hedgehog of one of my classmates.
I think she is doing a great job by raising this tiny creature so it can be released back into the wild.

Enjoy,

SW

DO I need to say more?......


It's 3,5 weeks old


A belly


The baby hedgehog is fed


me and the baby hedgehog *g*

First classes

Hi ya,

The first classes were not that bad. Some of the others were very worried about all the stuff we have to do, especially this weekend. But I know that it's not as bad as it all sounds. This weekend we will be having classes mainly about self reflexion and presentation skills. I already had many self reflexion so I know what is to be expected. Tomorrow will be a looooooooong day, from 9 till 9 we will be at classes, and after that we are expected to meet at the bar :/
Well more tomorrow,

Bye bye,

SW

Snail day

Hi everyone,

Things are going great here. I made some pics yesterday when I went for a short walk, I came across loads of snails, so I guess there was a snail convention somewhere across the road.
Last night there was a disco at the bar here and we had loads of fun, but I did notice British people really can't dance, and they are annoying while drunk as well. But than again these boys are always annoying.

Well enjoy the pics,

SW


A nice view from the road to the animal unit of the college


The first snail I encountered, I like the way the picture turned out


The second snail

And again some flowers

Pics of Writtle College

Enjoy,

Ow to Linda: my classes start at friday :)

SW


The main building.


A flower bed in front of the east side of the main building


Harvey 1, the place where I live, my room is way up.


The englisch garden at the back of harvey building seen from the kitchen window.
For those interested, the layout of the garden is exactly like the Cathedral of Chelmsford (seen in pictures below).

And some flowers

All well

First of all many thanks to all who wish me well.

Everything here is going just fine, I'm currently sitting here at my laptop in front of the window of my room enjoying the blue sky and my view over some trees. The view on the other side of the building is more impressive, as a beautiful garden is situated at that side, but I'll have to do with this for the upcoming months.

The eating habits are weird around here,salads and sandwiches you can eat hot meals twice a day, and deserts as well. But luckily there are various kinds of to choose from.

I hope I'll be able to make some pics of the campus if the weather stays like this.

See ya,

SW

The first pics

Here are as promised some pics. The first one I made on the boat from Hoek van Holland to Harwich. The two next ones are of Chelmsford, the cathedral and the street across the Cathedral and the last one is of the moth I found on my washing basin this morning.

Enjoy,

SW

Of on yet another journey

Well, as most of you know, I arrived the day before yesterday in the UK. Along with my parents I went shopping in Chelmsford and yesterday they dropped me of at writtle.
The people are nice, though sometimes a bit direct.
Some pics will be up soon,

See ya,

SW

Leica with native Arabian halter

Hi,

Today I made the pics of Leica with the halter, she wasn't terribly into posing and rather searched my pockets for food, but I did manage a few nice pics of her.

Enjoy,

SW

It's not long now

Hi everyone,

Upcoming Saturday I will be leaving for England. But no worry I will post my adventures (hopefully writtle won't be boring).
Packing my stuff seems to be a bigger problem than when I went to the USA, but the pile in my bedroom is slowly rising.
Since 2 weeks I'm doing a last minute course in horsebackriding. I love it, but I'm glad I didn't learn it earlier, cause after all these years just taking care for horses has made me very experienced with horses themselves. This is something young kids don't learn when they start to ride horses. Starlight, a 25 year old Arabian horse (I'm so lucky) is teaching me how to ride, see the pic below, he is fleabitten like Leica.
Ow and I finally finished yet another native halter for Leica, a nice blue one including leadrope, I copied it mostly from the original design made by the bedouins. Since I finished it today I will be making pictures of Leica with the halter in one of the upcoming days.




See ya around,

SW

Leica in the picture

Finally I got the chance to make some pics of Leica (she is my surrogate horse or whatever one might call it).
She was in a good mood, but very dirty to start with. Perhaps she makes herself so dirty on purpose, cause she loves being brushed.

The first one, don't mind the sway back, after all she is 32....


Followed by a nice portrait


The Arabian style chestcollar


And the awful, terrible and horrible Arabian halter.
Frankly it doesn't match the chestcollar at all, and some sizes are incorrect. So I'll have to change the halter into another better matching design that does fit.


See ya,

SW

Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica

This is the first drawing I made on my new drawing tablet (Wacom, Grafire4) I love the tablet for sure, and I am hoping my new Laptop will arrive very soon as well (Before I go to England would be handy *G*)

SW

Arabian halter set, magnum psyche style

I have been working on this arabian halter set for over 3 weeks now, and it is finally almost finished.
I made a quick sketch so you know how it is supposed to be worn by a horse.



I have been making arabian/ bedouin/ egyptian style halters for a few years now, but this is the first one that is complete with halter and breastplate (I still have to ake the leadrope).



SW

Portret of an Akita Inu and a dashhound

And last but not least a nice furry sausage on legs

And yet again

Ok, I wasn´t completely satisfied with the logo. So I made a complete new one yet again. And this one does have more colour *G*

SW

Someone is being annoying!!!!!!!

Someone is about to have a serious headache.
That is, if I ever find out who is posting those annoying, sweet messages with the link to all sorts of rubbish, he or she will suffer.
Why is it that people need to do that? The same goes for my hotmail inbox. Everyday it is stuffed with all those ads, I don't need them, I don't even read them, who does anyway.

Can't they just get a life?

SW

New Logo

It is time for changes, both big and small.
Just a small one is the new logo I made.

SW

Northern Inuit in pencil

Hi,

Sometimes I can get a lot of inspiration out of a special photo. Like this one, a howling Northern Inuit. I love the way it turned out.
I scanned it, so it is somewhat different from the original one.



SW

I won't say a word

I am back !!!

Hi everyone,

Today is THE day, It's Graduation day.
After today I'll be BSc J. van Dalen :)
And for those who don't know it yet, I'll be going to do a master course in England. Which I am really looking forward to. And I'm sure I will be visiting Scotland as well *G*

See ya,

SW

Ow and I love flying sheep *G*

Am I still alive.......?

Well yes, but for the time being I will not be posting much. The final weeks of my graduation project have started and as can be quessed, I have a huge amount of stuff to do.
But for whom wants a sandmartin cliff or a bathouse in the backyard, I'm surtainly the one to give the info *G*

Till later...............

SW

Dragon Ducks and Sleeping Dogs

Hi,

I think the pictures say enough *G* so enjoy.

SW

Cat skull

A few weeks ago I found a very nice looking cat skull next to my horse's water bucket. I boiled it for many hours and this is the result.

Good news on Sushi

Yesterday we gave her the last of the antibiotics. Her belly is now almost fully healed and so there is reason to PARTY. Doughnut is in the same mood, but discovered the hard way Sushi isn't in for mating any time soon (she is neutered any way). Doughnut now has a bloody nose and a damaged ego *G*.

SW