There was a tinge of peanuts.

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It has been raining so much lately that I slid on flat ground yesterday and fell to the ground like an axed tree , it’s so wet that the grass no longer can keep the soil together. The fog arrived already yesterday afternoon, sometimes it was so foggy that I didn’t know where I was πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ To my big surprise we still had fog when I woke up so I hurried the dogs and myself so that we would have a chance to have at least a part of our walk in it.

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Turns out that I hurried unnecessary, the fog stayed all day even though it became less thick just before the sun was on its way down πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ The cold that never breaks out really worn me down this week, so as soon as we had come home and had had something to eat I decided that I should have a nap in my recliner. Just as I had covered myself in a blanket Albin decided that he should join me in a nap, on the recliner πŸ™‚ So for an hour and a half I had a 60-ish pound pitbull sleeping on my chest and stomach πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ I can tell You that I really didn’t need that blanket πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

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I bought myself an Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) this week. I haven’t had one in over a decade if I remember right. I just picked one up without checking what color it will have on its flowers, turns out it is going to be white. That surprised me a bit because around here white flowers means death since they only have them when it’s a funeral. I have nothing against white flowers though but those labels are quite often wrong, so to be honest it can look very different to what the labels shows. I’ll put it out in the garden when spring arrives and with a bit of luck I’ll remember to bring it in again when autumn arrives, I tend to forget and that’s the reason I haven’t had an Amaryllis in over a decade πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ They are easy to sow though but it takes at least three years before it’ll give You a flower.

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I’ve baked some french rolls today. They didn’t turn out like rolls though, they sort of flattened out instead πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ Instead of rice flour I used oat flour and it turns out that one need much more oat flour than rice flour, otherwise the dough gets too sticky and soft. I haven’t tried them yet but they smell really nice and I’m pretty sure they’ll taste really nice as well. Last week I hung out a net with peanuts for the birds outside my kitchen window. It tok a while before the birds found it but it became pretty popular after a while. One morning the net was gone and I knew they couldn’t have finished it so fast. At first I thought it was Magpies that had removed it but I think it was too heavy even for them. Then suddenly one of my dogs (I won’t say her name but she’s big and looks like a German shepherd) farted really loud and there was a tinge of peanut in the smell that followed πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

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It is time to try that bread and after that I’ll most likely fall asleep in the recliner in front of the tv. I do hope this is the end of that cold, it has stayed for way too long now.

Have a great day!

2 thoughts on “There was a tinge of peanuts.

  1. Christer,
    I envy you that fog. The only place we’ve had any recently is over the river and never as thick as yours. It almost looks unreal, eerie.

    At Christmas they sell paperwhite bulbs in a box ready to bloom for Christmas. I usually buy a couple. Flowers in December seem like a gift.

    The spawns of Satan, the squirrels, always stole the peanuts I put out for the birds, but there is no doubt Nala would steal them if she could.

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    1. Hi Kat!

      We actually had thick fog this morning as well but since hunters were out in the forest (I wonder why because they couldn’t really see anything out there and especially not hunt) we couldn’t enjoy it especially much.
      Yes we need something in bloom this time of year, I might actually have Camellias in bloom by then, the buds have been growing pretty quick lately.

      Our squirrels are too shy to come here to take any seeds or nuts but it is enough with the Magpies (and Alma) πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚
      Have a great day!

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