Only a short while ago my part of the world looked like this (the black thing on the driveway is my daughters dog Maddox, who is crazy about snow, so he rolls around in it whenever he gets the chance). Over the last few days all snow disappeared and this morning, even so it was […]
Eurasian jay During winter and especially when the ground is covered with snow, I like to feed the birds, and living in the countryside is a great opportunity to do so. Today the great spotted woodpecker showed up While I lived on the third floor in the city, I tried to feed the birds […]
Last week I was all excited about the progress that had been made. Fixed plumbing, painted walls, one wall removed and new floors in four of the six rooms. After waiting for about 6 months for the flat to get ready for me, it looked as if we were getting there at the speed of […]
A while ago I complained to you about being stuck in limbo and having had to wait for my new flat for far too long. Since then a lot has happened. Before After First the plumber arrived and fixed all radiators, then the carpenter, who took down a wall and replaced some windowsills, then the […]
Weather can feel very much different depending on where you live – in a city or in the countryside. In the city you can feel if it’s cold or warm, wet or windy and if the streets are icy, but I remember that I often didn’t think about what the weather was like when I […]
For me this weekend is all about work, work, work, and though I knew it was cold, I hadn’t really reflected about it before I stepped out late this afternoon to close the ledge of the coop and put some more wood in the oven of our central heater. It was like stepping into the […]
After days and nights on end with rain and storm and more rain, this is what the world looked like when I started my day yesterday. The wind came from south east, which in our area means cold and dry weather in winter and warm and dry weather in summer. The dogs were excited and […]
Here in our house we play games, and it’s especially my daughter Julie and son in law Per who are the driving forces behind it. They know games they play when it’s just the two of them, games for when we are 3 or 4 people, and games for when we are many, indoors and […]
Yesterday the carpenter came and pulled down one wall, so where there was a long narrow room and a long narrow hallway there is now a larger open room with enough space for a long dining table. It’s going to be great. Before After A table like this would be gorgeous […]
Tonight it sounds like the storms that pestered us for days and nights on end are over. The wind took our sign saying: Be carefully, free animals. It will need some new nails or screws Finally it’s quiet outside. The storms by the names Dagmar and Egon and all the nameless howling wind in between […]
My writers block 