The first weekend of August is a great time to enjoy the many flowers in the garden of Keukenhof Castle.

Nice to see a tree that I don't know yet.

On google, I find that this blower tree has many different names. This tree from Asia is also called Chinese varnish tree, yellow soap tree, lantern tree and cooling window. The bladders contain seeds that you can roast and eat.

Of course, I also look for insects. And I come across this fly. A meadowflake eye. Very difficult to get a good picture again, of course.

And it's a shame that the animal keeps turning its back on me. Because if you can see the eyes in detail, you can see that they are spotted. Hence the name “meadow fleoog”.

I also hope to see a lot of butterflies.

And yes, there are a lot of whites. But other butterflies, that's disappointing. I'm already happy with this thistle butterfly.

It is a bit quieter in the garden of the court farm.

Even so quiet that when I sit there for a while, a weasel or ermine comes running from among the flowers and disappears under the bamboo. It's all going so fast that unfortunately I haven't had the chance to take a picture.

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