Today I realized to my very big surprise a big bud on one of my Paphiopedilum hybrids (slipper orchids)! That almost never happens for most of us. I must have done something right for once!

-3,6C (25,52F) outside this morning according to my thermometer. A tad chilly but since we didn’t have any wind and the sun was rising it didn’t feel that bad. I had hoped that they had removed all cattle from the big field/ pasture but I could see that there was still just as many left as they had moved yesterday so we had to walk back and walk in the village instead. Unfortunately we met a huge tractor carrying all the food to the bulls and after that and of course when we passed lots of half adult cows in another field Alma behaved like crazy. She isn’t afraid, her tail shows that clearly but she gets excited and then can’t calm herself down and I can’t calm her down either.

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Besides that though we did have a nice walk but if any villager on the other side of the village saw us they must believe I hate her πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ The rest of the village knows what she’s like though and most people feel sympathy for us both πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ Just imagine to walk with a dog whining a screaming constantly for well over an hour on every walk and then have no way to calm her down πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ Then here at home she’s absolutely amazing! She even gather the other dogs if I ask her to and then bring them to the front door. She makes sure Nova is ok all the time, plays with Albin, keeps an eye on Sara the cat and also always check on me that I’m ok but as soon as we go outside the garden with a leash on she starts whining and screaming, once she even started to howl πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

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I haven’t done much todayΒ , not even dinner but I have actually dome some of the laundry. I have loads left but I thought why not take a little at a time. I don’t have a big washing machine because I have no space for one, my bathroom is tiny but I do have one made for campers/ mobile homes. Works really great but it is what I would call a manual washing machine. I have to decide how warm the water is so I usually put in the same temperature as when I shower and then open the tap for cold water to rinse it all. Not especially hard but it is annoying sometimes πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚Β  So when I do the laundry I need to think about what I put in, one or two heavier things and the rest light things and so on πŸ™‚

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Yesterday evening when we went to bed I could hear Sara the cat miaow loudly from downstairs. I called for her to come up but she didn’t, well You know cats πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ She still wasn’t with us when I woke up and must admit that it was nice with a night of undisturbed sleep. I couldn’t find her when we came down either so I called after her and I could hear here but not figure out where she was. I became a bit worried because we had just been outside and I thought she might have escaped and now was outside in that cold temperature but I couldn’t find her there either. Turns out that I had locked her in the cool cellar all night, she must have went in when I for a second had opened the door to place a potted plant on a shelfΒ  just inside the door. So now I check the door every time we go outside she she doesn’t follow πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

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It is time to have a last cup of tea for the day and I’ve bought some candied ginger, dangerously yummy that I think I’ll have some of πŸ™‚

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It takes a lot of energy to biting my hand all evening so a nap was needed πŸ™‚

Have a great day!

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    1. Hi ppekka!

      Frosty photos always look god πŸ™‚ and since the sun did shine it wasn’t that chilly thankfully. I’d only put on a thin parka so it would have been a bit too chilly otherwise I think πŸ™‚

      Yes the cool cellar isn’t that bad compared to outside on a frosty night πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

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    1. Hi Carolannie!

      I think she gets over stimulated with all sounds and what she sees. Was much better today though, we walked in the quiet forest and I tried something old again, she’s older so it could work I thought. Too early to know if it will work again though, we’ll know better in a few days. Hold Your thumbs and cross Your fingers for good luck πŸ™‚

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  1. Thank you, C, for the lovely photos and walk πŸ™ I’m excited to see the orchid open…well done! Hope you are having another good sleep and have an great day tomorrow too

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    1. Hi blythedunbar!

      I wish I could take any credit for the orchid, I have no idea what I did right this time πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ I have another one standing beside it but that one doesn’t show any buds but who knows πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

      Well it wasn’t as good as the night before but good enough πŸ™‚ Alma has now decided that it is ok for Sara to sleep beside her, it took a while though πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

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