August was a shitty month but today it’s September.

Written by Christer.
Yesterday morning. Today there will be a mix of photos from today and yesterday.

I’m sorry about not writing anything these last days but I’ve been a bit under the weather so to speak. No not in pain the medication really did its job but they also gave me a slight fever and a very wobbly stomach. I’ve been so tired that beside walks with my dogs I’v mostly been either napping or watching tv. So since I can’t have this anti inflammatory medicine I’m not sure there is any left that I can use, August has really been a shitty month this year 🙂 🙂 🙂

     

Today however is September and it started sunny with only 2C (35,6F) outside. I must admit that I loved it when we were out walking in the village. It was a bit tricky to figure out what clothes one should wear since it would be really cold in the shadows but as soon as the sun hit it would start to boil inside. Very little shadow when walking there so I just wore a hoodie and normal trousers. I’m glad that I decided to close all windows yesterday because that night it was just slightly warmer and I woke up freezing in the middle of night. I really didn’t want to get up to close all windows so instead I called for the dogs so they could warm me up 🙂 🙂 🙂

     

They’re guessing that it’ll be really warm the coming week and so high temperatures at night that the risk of frost will be zero percent. Some places in this area did have frost during the night but for once it didn’t happen here, I sure hope it takes a long while because only two of my tomatoes are half ripe, the rest are still green. I also hope that I get them before the dogs do because I already had two ripe tomatoes but one morning when I went out to get them most of them were eaten by the dogs 🙂 🙂 🙂

     

I’ve also started to cut down my Aronia bush, I really can’t stand the berries (the dogs and birds love them though) because too many berries and a couple of winters with lots of snow have bent down the branches so much that they were laying on the ground. It was a bit tricky to remove each branch because they were all entwined with each other. I still have some to cut off but there’s no hurry to do that. It will grow up again so already next summer it will become a new little bush. However I was thinking of planting one of my Red mulberry trees there, if it grows fast enough it will soon be higher than the Aronia and I hope they’ll co exists well together.

At least two different varieties of apples hanging on this apple tree.

   

It is time to make some dinner, I haven’t had that much of an appetite lately 🙂 but I think I can have some pancakes, if not I can have them as dinner at work tomorrow. Just bring some jam and since they are just as tasty cold as warm it’ll be fine 🙂

The biggest of my five seed sown Giant Sequoias, they’ll spend the winter in the cool cellar.
I do hope the flowers open up on this Butterfly bush before the frost comes, won’t be many butterflies around though.
The white flowers on the Woodland tobacco really shines when it’s getting dark around it and the smell is amazing.
My Christmas cactus loves staying outdoors all summer.

Have a great day!

       

6 thoughts on “August was a shitty month but today it’s September.”

  1. Sorry you haven’t been feeling very well. Yes, I certainly did miss your posts the last couple days. Your tomatoes sound like mine. I have 6 plants (mixed varieties), quite a few small green tomatoes and only 3 with any hint of red color. And nights are getting pretty cool, but still have day temps in the 90⁰s F.

    If you can still access the Posties Discord server, you may want to search for the latest update from Noel. You can message me in Discord and I can direct you to that conversation.

    Nice photos, as always!

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    1. Hi ppekka!

      I’m much better now so I wouldn’t be surprised if I get the nasty cold going around here now 🙂 🙂 🙂
      Yes much the same as with my tomatoes, I have two I’ll pick tomorrow, almost ripe but that’s better than no tomatoes at all 🙂 🙂 🙂 Loads with smaller green ones so I really hope for a late frost this year. The coming days will be summer hot again so that’ll help a lot.

      I never really got along with discord but the rumors are already spreading on bluesky 🙂 If there’s a new address to it pleas tell me. I’ll continue here and on Bluesky anyway but will definitely go back there 🙂

      Thank You 🙂

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      1. Just picked 2 tomatoes . It will be awhile before more are ripe.

        I am on Discord to stay in touch with a few Posties that didn’t move to Bluesky or went to Threads. But I am mostly there for the occasional message from Noel. Better to hear from him directly rather than Bluesky rumors. I will keep you informed here if there is any progress. I don’t want to comment on it on Bluesky because the comments are too public and turn into rumors and misinformation.

        🤞🤞

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    1. Hi Joy!

      I’ve already started but I’ll manage to be without a job for quite some time, Would be nice to find a new one quickly though so not all my savings will fade away.

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