This old bird bath in gray hard plastic was already here when I moved in. Not even the birds like it =) But I wonder if I could use it as a template when I found one in concrete instead? Maybe it would be cool?
fredag 27 mars 2009
Fredagsfärger - brun och svart
This old bird bath in gray hard plastic was already here when I moved in. Not even the birds like it =) But I wonder if I could use it as a template when I found one in concrete instead? Maybe it would be cool?
onsdag 25 mars 2009
Helen är.... / Helen is......
I am so tired today. I have been working with Brush cutter and stumbled about in nature and should continue with it tomorrow. But we have in all cases had good weather, even though day started with -10 degrees. And it's really nice working with your body, and being out in the open air. I will certainly sleep well tonight!
I had not really intended to write any posts today. But I found a fun meme in Maria Bergs blog that I just had to try. And now, I feel immediately much better!

Instruktion: Googla ditt namn plus “är” inom citationstecken. Kopiera de fem första träffarna där meningarna innehåller “XXX är….” och lägg in dem på din blogg.
Instruction: Google your name plus "is" in quotation marks. Copy the first five matches in which sentences containing "XXX is ...." And add them to your blog.
Helen är nummer ett (yes!)
tisdag 24 mars 2009
Tisdagstema - Platt
Platt är veckans tisdagstema. En hel flock bofinkar som dök upp utanför köksfönstret i morse fick bli mitt bidrag - de sitter ju på min platta altan (gjord av plattor...).
Det var extra roligt att se bofinkarna eftersom de inte synts till på hela vintern. Dessutom hade de några rödhakar med sig. Stort tack till gråsparvarna, som sprätt ner alla solrosfröna åt dem!
Flat is this week's Tuesday Theme. A whole flock of chaffinches who showed up outside the kitchen window this morning got to be my contribution - they are indeed sitting on a flat patio.... It was particularly gratifying to see chaffinches because I haven't seen them for the entire winter. Moreover, they had some robins with them. Many thanks to the sparrows, scratching down all the sunflower seeds for them!

Fotot är taget i smyg genom fönstret, därav den dåliga kvalitén.
The photo was taken on the sly by the window, hence the bad quality.
Fler platta bidrag hittar du här.
More flat contributions here.
måndag 23 mars 2009
Fototriss - Kraft
This weeks Photo Three-of-a-kind is about things that symbolizes power. I can not help but being impressed by the various forces of nature around us.

Tänk vilka krafter som varit i rörelse när de här stenblocken rasat nerför Hallandsåsens sluttning någon gång för länge sedan.
Consider the forces have been involved in these stone blocks when they collapsed down the Halland ridge slope at some point long ago.

De som äger den här lilla kraftstationen kan faktiskt få ut tillräckligt med el för att kunna driva både sin bostad och en liten firma.
The owners of this little hydroelectric power station can actually get enough electricity to run both their residential and small business.

I det här körsbärsträdet växer förutom mossa även hallon, idegran och ädelcypress. Vilken växtkraft!
In this cherry tree grow except moss also raspberries, yew and cypress. What vigor!
fredag 20 mars 2009
Blooming Friday - still going strong...
The photos for today's Blooming Friday, I have shot today in Norrviken Gardens. I have shot these wonderful plants several times since they started to flower - first blog post was January 12. Talk about being persistent! =) But now after almost four months of persistent flowering they begin to wither a bit, so now it's almost over.
Viburnum bodnantense Hybridkejsarolvon
Och så ett litet extranummer - har du någonsin tänkt på hur vacker en helt vanlig hassel är när den blommar? De gula hanhängena är väl en vanlig syn, men de röda honblommorna glöms ofta bort. Tyvärr, för de är vackra!
And now a small additional number - have you ever thought about how beautiful an ordinary hazel is in bloom? The yellow male flowers are a common sight, but the red female flowers are often forgotten. That's too sad, because they are beautiful!
Fredagsfärger - gul och vit
Fredagsfärgerna denna veckan är gul och vit. För det mesta är gult bannlyst från min trädgård, men så här års är de gula små solarna faktiskt välkomna. Så just nu finns det en del gula krokusar som blommar. Tyvärr kom jag hem så sent idag att de redan stängt sina blommor för kvällen - men man kan se hur underbara de varit i vårsolen i alla fall.
The Friday colors this week are yellow and white. Mostly, yellow flowers are banned from my garden, but this time of year is the small yellow suns are actually welcome. So right now there are some yellow Crocus that bloom. Unfortunately I came home so late today that they had already closed their flowers for the evening - but you can see how wonderful they were in the spring sun anyway.
torsdag 19 mars 2009
Skogspromenad på hög nivå
Please join us in a forest walk in the Halland ridge north slope a wonderful spring day in the middle of March.
It's so beautiful when the sun is sieved down through the trees
We are above the water garden at Norrviken Gardens. The house is Villa Abelin.
Delicious stone staircase leads up to ...
The little temple - partly derelict just as so much else here.
Den här spännande trappan kan man ju bara inte motstå. Uppåt!
I can just not resist these exciting stairs. Upwards!
Här har vi kommit upp en bit ovanför templet. Det börjar bli högt...
Now we have come up a bit above the temple. It is getting high ...
Vidare uppåt. Nu känns det rejält i låren =)
Further upwards. My thighs are protesting =)

Högst upp på åsen - vem sa att Skåne är platt?
Aat the top of the ridge - who said that Scania is flat?

En bit fram längs stigen hittar vi den här utsiktsplatsen - för det är det väl?
A bit forward along the trail, we find this lookout point - 'cause that's what it is?

Det är ju en härlig utsikt - och högt och brant känns det!
This is a lovely view - and it feels really high and steep!
Dags att försöka ta sig neråt igen. Här finns det inga trappor, bara en snirklande stig.
Time to try to get down again. Here are no stairs, only a winding path.

Snällt av dem att sätta ut en bänk mitt i backen så man kan vila lite.
Nice of them to put out a bench in the middle of the hill so you can get some rest.

Det här underbara huset ligger inne på Norrviken - men ses väl sällan från denna sidan.
This wonderful house is located on Norrviken - but rarely seen from this side.

Högt där uppe var vi!
High up there is where we were!






























