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This morning i went for a walk with the wife in an area that we both didn't visit before.

Althoug we drive by it almost every day we never stopped at the place for a walk before .

Kasteel Stoutenburg / Castle Stoutenburg

https://www.utrechtslandschap.nl/gebied/natuur/heerlijkheid-stoutenburg

more info : https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landgoed_Stoutenburg couldn't find an English version.

But in short the first setlement on this place was build back in 1259 , it was demolished in the 16th century and in the 17th century another family bought it and build another building , then another family came along and history repeated it self .

And today it's being used as a caretaker home for elderly people with dementia . The park arround it is accesible for the public during daylight.

1 ) They even have a track for children with signs like these :

2 acrobats squirels and martens can climb very well and have great balance , show us how good you are in keeping balance.

2 )Info sign about the nature arround the castle

3 )Horse chestnut tree , fresh young green leaves

4 ) On the left is the castle on the right is the carriage house that serves now as an imformation centre.

5 ) Daisies and dandelions all over the place

6 )

7 )Lamiastrum galeobdolon / yellow archangel

8 )Rowan tree leaves , there were also some flowerbuds already but to high to make a photo

9 ) A gnome familly living inside a tree

10 ) plenty of big old trees in this forrest

11 ) and flowering moss

12 )the path way deeper in to the forrest

13 ) the back side of the castle

14 ) great views over the meadows

15 ) flowering Prunus padus / bird cherry

16 )another natural framed photo

17 ) a long ditch with some reed on the side , in landscape mode

18 ) same ditch in portrait mode , let me know what you prefer :)

19 )More clouds and another farm

20 )flowering Prunus padus / bird cherry

21 )flowering Prunus padus / bird cherry

22 ) The flowers in this field are called pinksterbloem and are on the red list , always good to see some Cardamine pratensis / mayflower we even spotted some Orangetip butterflies that depend on these flowers.

23 ) The area has a lot of ditches , might be a good spot for dragon flies later on this year.

24 ) a small creek running here

25 )Mother duck and her ducklings

26 ) making a run from that scary photographer.

27 )One dead tree being consumed by mushrooms

28 ) Looks like the weather is going to turn, sun is hiding behind a big cloud

29 )Still able to capture some light blue sky in the reflections

30 )Although the clouds are getting a bit darker

31 )Another field filled with dandelions

32 ) Looks like one the eggs from the ducklings

33 ) There goes the blue sky

34 )

35 ) Time to get back to the car and go home for some nice cup of coffee

36 )

37 )Geranium flower on my balcony 2.5 magnification

38 )Same flower at 5x magnification to get a better view at the pollen :)

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