
I did see the sun slowly rising above the forest when I woke up so the first thing we did was to have our morning walk. It didn’t take long before clouds covered the sun but the walk was quite nice anyway. WE walked in to the village again and today one of the dogs was outside when we passed.




I was so glad to see that all my dogs behaved perfectly while the dog we passed barked like crazy, it was especially fun to see how the owner opened the door to try and quiet the dog, didn’t work at all π π π So I must say that Alma’s behaviour has become so much better. Ok she pulled the leash a lot after all that excitement but she didn’t make even the tiniest sound and that’s a huge change. Malkolm did sort of bark twice but since Alma and Nova were quiet he stopped as well. Really good for a seven month old puppy π
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The only problem I’ve had today is my back. My immune system attacks my spine (and most of the cartilage in my joints, slowly but steadily, I got my first hip implant when I was 38) and most of the time I can take it but times like today it’s just nasty. The best thing I can do is to move use my back a lot and after a while the pain goes away, so today I picked up things that had flown around in the storm yesterday, I even moves away a big branch that fallen down on the gravel road and also watering the trees and bushes with the big water pitcher. Didn’t that hurt You might ask? Yes like insanely but now in the early evening it feels much better π Tomorrow and several mornings ahead will be much the same but this will pass. I can’t take any anti inflammatory medicines because I destroyed my stomach with one of those, it was amazing as long as it lasted though π
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I went outside in the storm yesterday just before it went dark. I already knew I had planted my Black walnut way too close to the cottage, I did that just because I never thought it would survive π π 17 years now and it still stands π π However when we have winter storms it doesn’t move that much but with all leafs still on it it almost reached the roof of the cottage, not good! I really don’t want to remove it but I might have to in a year or two. What worried me more though was the two huge Birches over at my neighbors, if they fall half of my cottage will follow them to the ground π π π Well I have home insurance so I’ll get another one built up if that would happen. The only thing is that my bedroom would be the first thing they hit π π π




A few Apples had fallen off as well so I bent down and picked them up, took a bit longer to stand up straight again π π and went in and made an apple crumb pie, it tasted so yummy π I did add some coconut to it and that made a big difference.
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It is raining outside, it isn’t supposed to but what does the rain care about that? It’s a misty rain, You know the kind that looks like mist or fog and that always eat its way through the clothes no matter how You dress. They’re guessing it’ll be like that most parts of tomorrow as well so it’ll be a perfect day to take a long nap π
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Have a great day!


so much to love in today’s blog. love the photo of the roe deer with the rather ghostly red deer stag in the background. i always love the photos of alma and malkolm playing. interested to see the lovely crabapple tree. though the raw fruit tastes awful, it makes the most delicious jelly. my mum always made jelly with fruit from a neighbour’s tree. they gave her baskets of them every year. you can find lots of recipes on google. i hope your back gets better. i sympathize. i can’t take anti-inflammatories either. π
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Hi mandolin mama!
I was so surprised to see that red deer now π One can easily see the size difference between them, the roe deer is also so much closer than the red deer π
Yes those apples works perfect for jelly! I doubt anyone use them any more though. So much knowledge has disappeared so if the catastrophe comes most people would die of starvation rather than eat those apples in any form π π The only problem with them is that they are so small, takes so long to get them ready to be cooked.
It’s always worst in the morning so now after 6 am it’s so much easier.
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I too have autoimmune disease and the only thing that works is prednisone. This is bad to take too much though. So I canβt take nsaids either. What can we do?, Nice that the dogs behave better now. Hope you get a job that isnβt so hard on your back and legs. Have a nice weekend and week.
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Hi Joy!
I’m glad as long as I can handle this without medicine but when that day comes it’s good to know there still is something I can try!
Well that was yesterday, today Alma was back to more normal but I must say to her defence she’s still much better than she used to be π
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So sorry about your pain, C. I have a back injury and online Pilates helps. Know what you mean about those days where you have to keep movement up!
My π plants have flowered & produced strawberries (which don’t ripen) throughout winter. It’s decidedly odd!
Enjoy your nap tomorrow and thank you for your update and lovely photos ππ
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Hi blythedunbar!
I’ve been thinking of yoga, I have a long list of things I mustn’t do because of my hip implants, it’s an experimental variety I have, didn’t work for many but great for a few of us but light yoga is ok the list says. Then again I really don’t have time to go somewhere to do it with others so I’ll have to figure out how to do it myself, or perhaps Tai chi.
Yes what’s up with our strawberries π π π It was the same last year but I still get ripe berries so I pick them one by one and put them in the freezer π
I did π
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