Quite a nice day despite the rain.

Written by Christer.

To me this has been a rather nice day, no sunshine but still rather warm, mostly misty rain but every now and again it changed to a nice summer rain, You know the kind that isn’t too heavy and not drenches anyone outside.

So the fox cubs were playing just by the gate but the lens was covered in misty rainwater.

We took a walk rather late today down to the creek. Both Alma and Malkolm behaved so well until we had passed our new neighbours, then we met them just after their home and both Alma and Malkolm were so excited that Malkolm for some reason started yapping, yes it did sound just like that and Alma started bawling like insane 🙂 🙂 The good thing was that their dogs did the same 🙂 🙂 They all really wanted to meet but sort of scared each other at the same time so we had to just keep walking 🙂 🙂 🙂

I just like how difficult it is to see that there’s an opening to a path in to the forest that is really hard to see just in front of us.

That’s when the misty rain arrived and unfortunately misty rain sticks like glue to everything no matter what direction it comes from so I couldn’t get any photos of the two fox cubs that played on the gravel road in front of us, they didn’t have the patience to wait for me to clean the lens from rainwater. So I was sort of relieved when the nice summer rain started to fall instead.

Almost no wind today so we were surrounded by forest flies almost all the way. I’ve realised that it is enough to wear a hoodie to keep them away from both the ears and nostrils. I mean they do no harm at all but they have this idea that they need to go inside there to see what they can find and I hate it 🙂 🙂 🙂 Still no biting flies here and that sort of builds up hope that they might be very few this summer but I’m sure that’s a false hope 🙂 🙂

The Fireweed in bloom just outside my livxingroom window.

This weather also removed all ideas that a nap would be wrong, not even the dogs wanted to be outside, so I had a nap in the sofa together with Alma, Malkolm decided it was too crowded so he chose the other sofa and the floor. I’m pretty sure the sofas would be great to sleep on during hot days when the bedroom would be like an oven but it tends to be too crowded with me and the dogs but I think I’ll try it next time the temperatures rise too high, after all I might be able to convince the dogs that they can share the other sofa instead sleeping close to me 🙂 🙂

Can You see the spiderweb?

I’ve just baked a bread and for once I let it rest and not take a slice or two just after bringing it out in to the world 🙂 So as soon as I’ve done this blog I’ll have a slice or two together with that last cup of tea for the day 🙂

Have a great day!

9 thoughts on “Quite a nice day despite the rain.”

    2. Hi ppekka!

      She’s harder and harder to photograph though.
      I spread foxglove seeds all over the garden both last year and the year before that. There used to be plenty in the garden when I moved here but one year they were just gone. Seems I’ve been successful because now I find them in several places again 🙂

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  2. I also agree that Sara takes a great photo and wondered why it is so hard to get one of her now? A misty rain does leave nice droplets on the flowers and leaves (and your camera lens too) but the photos were wonderful even if you didn’t get the fox kits, maybe next time. Whenever I bake a loaf of bread, the hardest part is waiting until it cools to cut a slice as I am so impatient.

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    1. Hi Beatrice!

      She has become aware of the camera so every time I point it towards her she runs away 🙂

      Yes that’s the hardest part 🙂 🙂 🙂 but thankfully I had other things on my mind so this time I managed to stay away from the bread until it was much cooler 🙂 🙂

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  3. My cats do the opposite when they see me holding my phone to take a photo of them. They run toward me and ruin it.

    Sarah is absolutely gorgeous. I’ve never seen a cat her silver color with those markings here. Is she considered just an ordinary cat in Sweden, or might she have purebred ancestors of some kind in her background? Any ideas? I would compare her markings to Bengal cats I’ve seen, but they’ve always been brown.

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    1. Hi catsworking!

      She behaves like crows and their relatives, if something is pointed towards them they flee 😄

      I have no idea about her history since we found her in the middle of nowhere but there’s a cat up at the farm who looks just like her, so I guess it’s a sibling. All cats up there are feral but many looks like purebreds. All cats are welcome at the farms here since they are organic farmors and don’t use any poisons to get rid of the mice and rats.

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      1. As a regular feral cat, Sarah could be called a tabby. But they usually have a distinctive M on their foreheads, and I don’t see one on her.

        My orange tabby Tater Tot (who was a pregnant stray my sister took in) has the M.

        I do suspect somewhere in Sarah’s history was a special cat whose DNA has been passed around.

        Here’s a link to some info on silver tabby cats you might find interesting.

        10 Fun Facts About Silver Tabby Cat (With Pictures)

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