I more or less did what I set out to do
1 window cleaned, cuttings also from the Thai basil✔️
Space cleared in the garage för tomorrow’s delivery & the car moved to the side to get in✔️
(Poor tarragon moved inside, we’ll se if it recovers)
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At least some of the tulips I dug up & stored in the garage until autumn seem to have made it.
Time to call it a day.
Tomorrow I’ll mulch some branches & unpack that delivery
Maybe clean another window…
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It sure is a grey rainy morning as I wake to the disappointing message that the delivery is rescheduled to Tuesday
I give upon the tarragon, cut it down + put it outside to fend for itself & make ☕️
It’s is now 58 days & 4,5 hrs until the summer solstice
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And as I planned my day the 1st of several packages arrived after all - the 4 benches, for some strange reason registered as 4 individual items & including a useful pallet
This will be a fun assignment for my son & daughter in law visiting 2 days next week. I do need new oil laze though …
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There was a 35% change of rain today & sure enough it’s raining & windy as well.
The garden & the meadow in front of the house is now turning green with grass.
It is now 57 days, 4,5 hours until the summer solstice June 21
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It sure is chilly outdoors, only 7° & feels worse Electric tools or machines are out of the Q in the rain
Tonight we might get frost…
I’m waiting for next delivery of my order. There was a long list of things. I had better print it out to have some control
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I’d need someone like @GunnarValinder or @ACErnehall , more knowledgeable & able to document their progress, they are very quick out & in of the ivy
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I now have 4 different crow birds visiting: Pair of hooded crows from across the road, parts of the jackdaw gang, the pair of magpies & recently 2 jays that have decided to settle down near by
Squirrels chase them all away even if double their own size
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It’s 56 days, 5 hrs until the summer solstice, a cold morning, some 8° & raining on and off. At 6 in the morning there sure was frost & more to come Friday night
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It is now 54 19 hrs until the summer solstice
A sunny day, but cold until 5pm
I spent time sewing a “new” sweater for my cat, offering an old tunic that was beyond repair
When the wind died down the patio warmed up & I oiled the remaining 6 plastic chairs
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Tomorrow we are promised less wind, I’ll probably water those newly planted trees again, but tonight will be really cold.
Stupidly I bought 2 Campanulas for some color outside the door
I have to carry them in & out as they cannot take less than +5°
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Wow…
That sure was a misty morning. At 7, only a couple of degrees above freezing.
Having my morning coffee it disappears in no time
And gratefully no wind so more time outside today
That ginger is doing fine & the chairs look amazing compared to before
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Cat Alice’s dress/jumper is near finished, lacks holes for front legs
Double cloth & padded polo as main feature to protect the neck from scratches while her fur grows back.
The medicine for her itching skin condition is now in full effect. She’s much calmer
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Her convalescence after that infected, deep heal wound took ages & the plastic collar, that she kept turning around, left the neck bare
I now have measures & material to make a change if needed
I’m glad now I did not give up on her…
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If any indoor choirs today it’s time to move the sewing machine downstairs to its proper place. Clearing that table down there from all kinds of other stuff
Maybe set a sourdough…
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50 days, 1 hour until the summer solstice June 21 & a day of heavy rain has really made wonders. Look at those birches! Seems all rain predicted for Mon/Tues came in one day
Days are long already. That second photo was 3.45 this morning, already dawn…
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The pioneers are sticking up by now. Time to find some support for them
I will get some boxes of kale plants as well, but those can wait
And there’s the plastic boxes (boxes in boxes😂)
No, I have some “serious” cooking to do = visiting the downstairs freezer…
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Finally the Japanese cherry burst out in bloom …
Time to call it a day & fill the dishwasher
Although a massive amount the Persian lamb stew ended with no leftovers👍🏻 My guests not only carried up & down/in & out. They also have an appetite. Most grateful…
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And they are gone after coffee & new baked scones. Off to lead a live in Gothenburg
It’s still x days to the summer solstice, but less hrs by now, no need for a jacket.
My to do list is reduced by 1 whole page as I tick off & consider my day on the patio…
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Not much got done- I suppose I needed a day to take it easy
I did pick up the hammock screws. 10 years more for that old thing 👍🏻
(in a box inside a box & finally in a sealed plastic bag!
No wonder they were incredibly expensive with all that handling)
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Drinking coffee, considering the day…
I’ve slept some 11 hrs altogether, interrupted by boasts of asthma medicine, so I must have been really tired
All that pollen, a price for this most precious time of year
Next are the birches, already light green
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Goal is that before evening I’ll TRY to
Sort paint stuff in purpose bags (still cold nights ahead)
Move all tools & planting stuff away from the patio to the garage
Place water hoses + do some serious watering
Fill yet another washing machine
1:st more ☕️…
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There will most probably be loads to add to my website of links on #rEDScand23
I really hope all presentations will be posted on the @researchED1 website
This is from the @TorkelKlingberg keynote
#education @edutooters
Next up is @PaulKirschner https://www.youtube.com/live/6tkXYLgPbyo?feature=share
Warm enough to sit outside watching this … in between sorting the garage and the patio… nearly finished 1st stage.
Can you see the woodpecker in the lilacs?
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My patio is more or less cleaned… any planting stuff or seeds can go to the garage. I also have to replant those kales today. They’ve grown out of their boxes.
Can you see the wren? Flying back and forth to its nests in the ivy, so happy that I’ve been inside so far
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#nestingbirds
At 5 pm my north facing kitchen window thermometer says +16°, but on the other side, on the patio is quite another matter…
So far I’ve watered new trees, sloe plants & blueberries & moved the bird feeder with some trouble steading it, but now I have to retreat inside…
I pray that those trees in the back of the garden get their leaves real soon to give some shady area …
I’ll replant those kale plants when it cools down
Time for siesta…
And then, I am one of the lucky ones …
This is terrible
https://respublicae.eu/@parholmgren/110327446858158425
En av de (hittills) mest extrema värmeböljorna i världen. Just nu. Så gott som alla stationer i Laos slår exv all time high rekord👇 RT @extremetemps: Breaking News:One of the most brutal heat event the world has ever witnessed is happening now in SE Asia: records are being pulverized by hundreds allover Thailand,Laos and Vietnam. Virtually every single station in Laos had its hottest day ever today. tbc...stay tuned. 🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ParHolmgren/status/1654819783383154688
At 10 pm it’s still very light, but way colder. The campanula on the stairs has to move inside again.
I really hope it will keep above 0° as both currents, gooseberries & blueberries now have flowers…
These are the 1st replanted tulips to flower
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7.30 am May 8 & another sunny day
No rain in sight as can be seen in the forecast …
I’ve decided to start early today Afternoons are just not possible
It’s now 44 days until the summer solstice June 21 & it’s 16 hrs, 10 min between sunrise & sunset…
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