It rained half the day and now we have sunshine but also a really strong wind blowing. I must say I do prefer the sunshine and wind because it’ll dry up lots of the water that fell from the sky the last day. Also the humidity is finally going down again. We’ll get plenty of more rain the coming days if they’re guessing the weather right.
The Cuckoo bird is rather shy and hard to see but I just had one siting in my lilac hedge so I guess now some of the smaller birds nesting in my garden will have an egg added to the ones they already have and that one will hatch much earlier and then toss out the other eggs so that it will get all the attention and food. Nature is really only nice and relaxing for us humans since we are top predators, for the rest of the animals and plants it’s really a battle ground.
We managed to take a walk in between showers today. It stopped just before we went out and we even got some sunshine. It started again as soon as we had come home š I really didn’t want to do anything today so except for walking the dogs I’ve napped and napped for hours š š I do hope I can fall asleep tonight because I’ll get up at 3:30 tomorrow morning š š Not a lot of people will work tomorrow since today is a holiday and who wants to work on a Friday? So I’ll stay for a couple of hours just to check te huge washing machine after they’ve poured in new water and chemicals. I’ll do some testings to see that it doesn’t change too much before I go back home.
I’ll do some more sowing of flower seeds later today. I’ll sow the seeds where I’ve put all the lawn I removed. I hope that when these seeds germinate and grow they’ll make it much harder for any of the stinging nettles to grow back up. Futile I know but one can still hope. Perhaps I at least will get lots of flowers in between the nettles š š I found to my big surprise that my honey suckle had died, I didn’t know they could š š š Quite often when someone wants to get rid of honeysuckles they still grow back every year, so it was quite surprising to see that mine was totally gone!
Tomorrow after work I’m planning on going to the pet store to buy some fish to have in my water barrels. I don’t think I’ll have goldfish this time because they grow so big but there are alternatives. Water barrels without fish in them are mosquito paradise and even though I don’t mind mosquitoes that much I still don’t want them to have that while they still are alive š š š
It is time to go out and sow those seeds and after that I think I’ll check for other seeds from flowers who like dry conditions, I only have sand beneath my lawn and that dries up quickly no matter how much it rains here.
Have a great day!
The Cottage by the crane lake. 
Hi Christer,
Who knew honeysuckle could die? There’s one near me that grows up a utility pole. The homeowner cuts it back to the ground every couple of years. It comes right back.
There are some birds that recognize when cuckoos or brown headed cowbirds have parasitized the nest and will either dump the odd egg overboard or will build a new nest over top of the old one and lay a new clutch. But if they don’t figure it out before the egg hatches, they’ll feed the imposter.
Cool, dry weather here. I’m still wearing my sweaters and that’s just fine with me.
Have a great day.
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Hi Caryn!
It sure surprised me š š š
Usually they’re impossible to get rid off š
I’ve heard that some birds are capable of that but since we have so many Cuckoos here I doubt any of them can do that here š š
Cool and wet wetaher here and I still have the radiators on at night, I must admit that I’m a bit tired of it now but I also must admit that I do get lots more sleep when we have this weather š š š
Have a great day!
Christer.
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