It rained in the village where I work but I could see no signs of any rain here in the village. The creek was really full though so the rain must have been heavy there. It was also slightly warmer today than they guessed yesterday but it still didn’t rise above 16C (60,8F) and it sounds as if we all love it at the moment đ
I noticed that the dogs loves it as well, even old Nova had much more energy today and isn’t as badly bitten by mosquitoes as she was yesterday. We have also had a really strong wind blowing and that if anything helped a lot with those biting little nasties, they aren’t strong enough to fly around in such a strong wind đ I noticed that they still sell annual lupine seeds (in this case the Texas lupine) here so I ordered some yesterday before they forbid those as well. I sowed some early this spring directly in the ground and they do germinate but rather unevenly. The biggest I have now will son open up the flowers but the latest showing is barely 10 cm (4 inches) high.
 
 
 
We walked down to the creek after I had come home after work, as I wrote the creek was really full of water but the ground barely damp, They’re guessing that we’ll have much the same weather for at least ten more days and even though I feel sorry for those having vacation and wants warmer weather and sunshine I really have nothing against cooler weather even if it also means more rain. Then again I don’t have to water anything during that time đ đ I do need to continue to water those trees I’ve planted though and will have to do that all summer because it takes so long for the roots to grow out into the soil. The first thing that will dry out is the old soil that was in the pot the tree came in so it is important to help those trees until the roots have started to spread underground.
 
 
Malkolm is sleeping by my side and so deep that he doesn’t react when I scratch him, Nova is snoring so loudly that it actually should wake her up đ Good for her that she’s almost deaf đ đ Alma is almost never sleeping especially deep, thew slightest sound will make her run up from where she is and then she’ll run down the stairs đ đ
I’m not sure the dogs like the new toys I bought đ I bought two “tennis balls”, They aren’t but they look like them but are bigger and there’s a kind of rubber guard around them. They play with them but as soon as the squeaky thing in them gives out a squeak the dogs get scared and leaves it alone đ I also bought a ball looking like a small orange american football. There are places all around it where one is supposed to put treats in and then the dogs are supposed to chew on the ball so the treats sort of falls out. The problem is that Malkolm has figured it out but he isn’t strong enough to chew out the treats and Alma still can’t figure it out so she doesn’t tough it đ đ đ
 
 
 
It is time for a cup of cocoa and then to bed, they day has felt twice as long as it has been and I’m so glad that I now have a four day weekend đ
Have a great day!
The Cottage by the crane lake. 
That is so funny that the squeak in the dog toy scares the dogs! The yellow iris and foxgloves are beautiful!
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Hi ppekka!
I guess they think it sounds like they are injuring something, all of the dogs I’ve had living with me over the years have reacted the same. The first one didn’t like the squeak so I never bought any squeaky toys for her and since she didn’t have any it just continued that none of the dogs had them as puppies so never got used to that sound đ
I do like that Iris, I used to have blue irises in the root zone as well but the yellow ones just took over. If one has a cottage one really need to have foxgloves as well đ
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My favorite toy to buy for my old dog Tegan was an inflatable porcupine. It was pink and the “spines” looked like the latex finger coverings that people who count money use except they were pink. The first one I bought I blew up to its full capacity. She jumped on it and ragged at it until she put a tooth through it and it popped loudly. She watched it bo and then really started shaking it very roughly. It sounded likeag of bones which probably made it even more attractive to a typical Jack Russell Terrier. At some point she started chewing on it instead. Little did I realize until the next day that she was carefully nipping out individual fingers and eating them. :0 So the next one I bought I only inflated it enough to make the “spines” stand up. It took her a much longer time to puncture it but the rest was just the same thing. I had to stop buying them for her even though she got such a blast out of them.
Rocky and Piki Dog like deer antlers. They will gnaw on them for hours. I do have to watch that Piki isn’t biting big hunks out of them and eating them but he seems to have gotten over that.
Your weather is like ours was last week. This week has been pretty good. Mostly sunny and warm. Today was hot. I’m not going to look at the temperature because I’m comfortable inside even without AC. Rain tomorrow, they say.
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Hi Caryn!
This orange american football was sort of constructed the same way but the spines are aimed towards each other so they have to chew it to let the treats out. I really hope those are too tough to both chew off and to eat đ đ đ I think it’s the same makers as the Kong toys and not inflatable.
No place near here sell those antlers and I think the market died after they warned that the antlers are so hard that the teeth gets damaged when they chew them. I guess it is too much to actually think owners would be responsible and not giving the dogs antlers every day đ đ I actually have two here at home but I like them so the dogs aren’t even allowed to be remotely close to them đ đ đ
We usually get Your weather after five days or so unless there’s a high pressure that blocks it. It is really nice to have that cooler weather again đ
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The whole antler is not usually sold in the pet stores. It’s just the individual points from an antler. I have to buy two because my dogs won’t share. There’s a little pile of antler points by the toy box and from time to time one of the dogs will go through it and pick out a particular one to chew on for a bit. At some point the other dog will pick out a different antler to chew. Then I watch the little drama where Rocky decides he wants Piki’s antler so Piki chews on Rocky’s antler instead whereupon Rocky decides he wants the antler Piki has.
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I’ve seen roe deer antlers in Gothenburg long ago and they were usually towards the smaller size so they were sold whole.
Very little drama like that over here đ đ đ mostly because Albin couldn’t eat any of the chewables, might change now when they all can eat everything though đ
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Have a lovely long weekend đđĒģ
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Hi blythedunbar!
So far so good but I think I do have a cold after all, slept a lot but then again that was mostly what I had planned to do anyway đ
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Great to catch up on sleep. Hope your cold is better soon. I’m struggling with covid in Edinburgh, it’s such an evil virus đ¤Ļ Your beautiful flowers and stories are a lovely distraction, thank you đđĒģ
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Well I’m just as tired as before but have less stuffed nose đ
Yes Covid is evil! I had it the first round and I don’t think I’ve ever been that sick before but at that time we didn’t even know it had reached this region so I stayed at home instead of going to the doctor đ
I hope You too will get better soon!
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I’m much better today. Like you I also had it right at the beginning … We had been travelling and airports were crazy going home. I thought I was going to die but I didn’t want to go to hospital and infect all of New Zealand so struggled at home…it took 8 hard months to get over it. So subsequent infections, after vaccines, have been so easy in comparison. Have a great week đ
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Great that You feel a bit better!
I was positive I was dying when I had my first walk with the dogs two days after the fever had left. I walked 100 meters and then I thought that it was sad that I never again would see my cottage because I knew I wouldn’t be able to go back đ đ đ My neighbors went out and checked on me and made sure I made it all the way home đ
The odd thing is that several of us up here became fairly sick after the first sh, rather sick after the third and I had 41C (105,8F) for over a week after I had the third. To be honest I haven’t dared to take any more because how much fever can one have without being damaged of it? Well after that I’ve only had normal, annoying normal colds đ đ đ
I must say that having it for 8 months must be horrible!! Mine didn’t stay for more than a month thankfully đ We never had any lock down here so it hit elderly people like a wild fire!
I wish You the same!
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Your neighbours sound so lovely. So glad you made it through that first bout too. We deserve a lotto win after all our covid suffering. Holding thumbs!
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Hi blythedunbar!
They are amazing! Unfortunately the Beekeeper only rents that cottage so if he doesn’t buy it he must move before September first.We all hope no one else wants to buy it, the owner is thankfully too greedy and will try to sell it as a place for horses. The only thing is that the stable is so old that it’s forbidden to have any horses in it, the ceiling is too low and he also offers too little land to it so it isn’t legal to have even one horse in the paddocks đ đ đ It isn’t the first time he has tried this with his properties and he has managed to sell zero of them đ đ đ
Yes we sure do!! Holding thumbs đ
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How much does he want …in case I win… then you can have it, stop working, plant flowers everywhere and post even more daily photos for me to enjoy and we’ll both live happily ever after đđđ
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Depends on if he will buy some of the land the owner cut down last winter, if so around $ 300 000 US. It isn’t worth that much at all though đ
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