It’s finally warmer again but not especially close to what they guessed, instead of 10 C (50 F) it reached 4.5 C (40,1 F). They did guess it right when it came to the rain though and it it also quite windy so the photos You see today are from yesterday when it still was cold and sunny, so much nicer to look at 🙂
Nothing much has happened here and that’s just how I like it 🙂 I had decided to let one of my seed grown Gardenias stay outdoors because I have very little space indoors now 🙂 So I ignored that the cold period would come and it fell down to -12 C (10.4 F) and I thought that was it, after all it comes from warmer areas. So I brought it in anyway and now it has a slightly too dark place in the cool cellar. So I just checked the hardiness for it and to my very big surprise it is hardy down to -12 C(10.4 F) 🙂 🙂 🙂 Well I hope any pests it could have gotten from when living indoors, like whitefly have died 🙂 🙂
I have also gone tired of my Camellias since they only flower while down in the cool cellar, I know they can take this cold and some more so I’m not surprised that they still look really healthy out there. I want around in the garden to see how my small trees had managed this first cold period. The Persimmons has frozen some, the tips of their branches but looks good otherwise. To my very big surprise the Pawpaws looks totally untouched by this first cold and those were the ones I was most worried about 🙂 The English walnut is also untouched by the cold and the Red mulberry, White mulberry and the one called M. accidosa or Mulle as its name is as well 🙂
Well this was the first cold weather for most of them and winter is young, Last winter really didn’t start until early February and ended in the middle of March just to come back to easter again for a week, just as I brought home Malkolm 🙂 🙂 We had 40 cm (20 inches) of snow and it took a week for it to melt away 🙂 🙂 🙂 I wouldn’t mind if this was the last snow for this winter but my neighbor wants snow on her birthday on December 3 and on Christmas, after that she doesn’t care either 🙂 🙂 🙂
I think I’ll skip that last cup of tea for the day and Instead I’ll make some rose-hip soup, fits so well on a windy and rainy day like today. I’ll also have a slice or two from the loaf I baked today 🙂
Have a great day!
The Cottage by the crane lake. 
Does Sara miss Nova? Now she can cuddle with Alma. Our snow has all. Melted and it’s up to 51 f today. I hope it stays warm while people are traveling for our Thanksgiving and weekend. My two daughters and one son in law and grandson are coming over Thursday for our big 🥘 Hope you have a good week.
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Hi Joy!
No I don’t think so, she’s so young and everything is new to her so I think there’s just too much happening for her to do that. It took some time but Alma has finally started to really like Sara 🙂
It has rained since yesterday and the little snow we got is gone again, I think the roads still are quite slippery though. Not for long because it’s already above 50 F and it’s not even 7:30 am here now.
I hope You’ll have a great Thanksgiving! Nothing we celebrate over here.
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love the photos of the blue tinted snow and the one of the swans in flight and of course the ones of alma being motherly to sara. so sweet! 💖🐾🕊
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Hi mandolin mama!
Normally I don’t like when photos turn up blue tinted but since it’s the first one I’m ok with it 🙂 🙂 🙂 The swans however I do like 🙂
Alma is the mother of all living things, it just took some time for her to warm up to Sara 🙂
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I’m glad your specialty plants are hardier than expected! Is Sweden affected by long-term weather patterns such as El Niño and La Niña? Where I live we’re in a La Niña pattern now, which means we’re anticipating a lot more snow than usual.
And rose-hip soup! I’ll have to look that up. Sounds healthy. I love Alma. She’s a mother to the world. 💜
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Hi Goodport!
I was so surprised to learn how hardy the gardenia is! We normally see it as a tropical plant 🙂 🙂 🙂 and I am so happy that the Pawpaws look so good! but also surprised that the Persimmons had some freeze injuries, shouldn’t it be the other way 🙂 🙂
Yes we are affected by them but not as much as You are of course. Could explain why we had so much rain this summer. We are however more affected by the Polar vortex during winter. If it collapses like it did late last winter it will be nasty cold here and usually loads of snow, that was why we suddenly had lots of snow and winter returned during Easter.
Rose-hip soup is delicious. To be honest very easy to do oneself but it takes a long time to get all those seeds out from the rose-hip and it’s both dreary and itchy work 🙂 🙂 🙂 I can give You a description how to make it if You like! So I rather buy it as powder (over here one can buy it ready made in cartoons but the powder one is so much better.
Yes Alma is the mother of all living things 🙂 It just took a while for her to warm up to Sara and I think that’s my fault. She sat down on Sara twice and both times I had to drag her away while scolding her, Sara screamed and Alma acted as if she’s death 🙂 🙂 🙂
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