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Castle.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dsc_0037.jpegDSC_0037https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dsc_0032.jpegDSC_0032https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/dsc_0033.jpegDSC_0033I went down to the lake the other day to see if I could seen any 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when the dogs are worried about something I can't see I just take random photos in towards the forest just in case I can see anything later on when I look at those photos. No such luck this time.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7658.jpegDSC_7658https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7654.jpegDSC_7654https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7652.jpegDSC_76522026-02-27T16:47:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/24/last-cold-night-for-this-time/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7627.jpegDSC_7627https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7626.jpegDSC_7626https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7621.jpegDSC_7621https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7618.jpegDSC_7618https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7616.jpegDSC_7616https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7614.jpegDSC_7614https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7612.jpegDSC_7612https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7609.jpegDSC_7609https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7606.jpegDSC_7606https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7602.jpegDSC_76022026-02-24T16:44:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/23/more-snow-but-its-melting-away/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7499.jpegDSC_7499https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7503.jpegDSC_7503https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7547.jpegDSC_7547https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0008.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0009.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0010.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0013.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0018.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7575.jpegDSC_7575https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7573.jpegDSC_75732026-02-24T15:53:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/21/finally-3/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7484.jpegDSC_7484https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7482.jpegDSC_7482https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7479.jpegDSC_7479https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7475.jpegDSC_7475https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7477.jpegDSC_7477https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7472.jpegDSC_7472https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7467.jpegDSC_7467https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7466.jpegDSC_7466https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7453-1.jpegDSC_7453https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7461.jpegDSC_74612026-02-23T11:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/18/the-last-big-cold-weather-before-it-turns/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7439.jpegDSC_7439https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7437.jpegDSC_7437https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7436.jpegDSC_7436https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7435.jpegDSC_7435https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7430.jpegDSC_7430https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7428.jpegDSC_7428https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7422.jpegDSC_7422https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7419.jpegDSC_7419https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7415.jpegDSC_7415https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7413.jpegDSC_74132026-02-19T18:04:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/16/wildlife-a-bit-too-close/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7352.jpegDSC_7352https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7380.jpegDSC_7380https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7377.jpegDSC_7377https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7375.jpegDSC_7375https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0024.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0021.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0020.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/imag0022.jpegBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecrane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You look at Almas' chest You can clearly see that she's part Dobermann and not German shepherd.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7214.jpegDSC_7214https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7213.jpegDSC_7213https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7210.jpegDSC_7210https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7202.jpegDSC_7202https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7199.jpegDSC_7199https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7194.jpegDSC_71942026-02-14T16:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/08/we-did-see-the-sun-today/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7116.jpegDSC_7116Here You can see my little cottage, the one to the right. https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7146.jpegDSC_7146https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7144.jpegDSC_7144https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7137.jpegDSC_7137https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7136.jpegDSC_7136https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7133.jpegDSC_7133https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7132.jpegDSC_7132https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7130.jpegDSC_7130https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7127.jpegDSC_7127https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7126.jpegDSC_71262026-02-11T07:27:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/06/snow/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7077.jpegDSC_7077https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7076.jpegDSC_7076https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7073.jpegDSC_7073https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7071.jpegDSC_7071https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7067.jpegDSC_7067I wonder what animal lives here? This hole is only a few days old.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7066.jpegDSC_7066https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7060.jpegDSC_7060https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7061.jpegDSC_7061https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7055.jpegDSC_7055https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7053.jpegDSC_70532026-02-11T07:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/04/and-then-it-blows-some-more/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7039.jpegDSC_7039https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7033.jpegDSC_7033https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7031.jpegDSC_7031https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7029.jpegDSC_7029https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7023-1.jpegDSC_7023https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7027.jpegDSC_7027https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7020.jpegDSC_7020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7019.jpegDSC_7019https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7017.jpegDSC_7017https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_7015.jpegDSC_70152026-02-04T15:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/03/wind-wind-and-wind/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6987.jpegDSC_6987https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6986.jpegDSC_6986https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6973.jpegDSC_6973https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6972.jpegDSC_6972https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6970.jpegDSC_6970https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6968.jpegDSC_6968https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6965.jpegDSC_6965I wonder who lives here? My guess is water voles.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6962.jpegDSC_6962https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6957.jpegDSC_6957https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6954.jpegDSC_69542026-02-08T17:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/02/02/a-nice-visitor/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6920.jpegDSC_6920https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6914.jpegDSC_6914https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6911.jpegDSC_6911https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6907.jpegDSC_6907https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6895.jpegDSC_6895https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6890.jpegDSC_6890https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6888.jpegDSC_6888https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6886.jpegDSC_6886https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6883.jpegDSC_6883https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dsc_6879.jpegDSC_68792026-02-04T14:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/31/a-very-polite-hunting-dog/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0038-1.jpegDSC_0038I haven't seen my neighbours chickens in weeks because they refuse to go outside if they don't like the weather :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0035-1.jpegDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0033.jpegDSC_0033https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0030-1.jpegDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0029-1.jpegDSC_0029https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0027.jpegDSC_0027https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0023-2.jpegDSC_0023https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0021.jpegDSC_0021https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0020-1.jpegDSC_0020There he goes the very polite huntingdog :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0019-1.jpegDSC_00192026-02-04T14:05:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/29/ive-picked-up-my-car/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6817.jpegDSC_6817By the way, this is how my Kaki (Diospyrus kaki) fruit seedlings look like nowhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6833-1.jpegDSC_6833https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6838-1.jpegDSC_6838https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6831-1.jpegDSC_6831https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6833.jpegDSC_6833https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6829.jpegDSC_6829https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6814.jpegDSC_6814https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6813.jpegDSC_6813https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6812.jpegDSC_6812https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6810.jpegDSC_68102026-01-30T16:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/28/rather-dull-days/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260128_140014.jpg20260128_140014https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0030.jpegDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0031-1.jpegDSC_0031https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0029.jpegDSC_0029I've noticed that the monster spends a lot of time in the doghouse/ yard/ garage. https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6766.jpegDSC_6766https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6764.jpegDSC_6764https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6763.jpegDSC_6763https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6761.jpegDSC_6761And to the creek yesterday.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0020.jpegDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0019.jpegDSC_00192026-01-28T17:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/25/we-might-get-sunshine-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6759-1.jpegDSC_6759https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6757.jpegDSC_6757https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6756.jpegDSC_6756https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6746.jpegDSC_6746https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6742.jpegDSC_6742https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6736.jpegDSC_6736https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6734.jpegDSC_6734https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6732.jpegDSC_6732https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6728.jpegDSC_6728https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6727.jpegDSC_67272026-01-30T15:56:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/24/snowy-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6679.jpegDSC_6679https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6683.jpegDSC_6683https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6690.jpegDSC_6690https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6692.jpegDSC_6692https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6669.jpegDSC_6669https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6668.jpegDSC_6668https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6666.jpegDSC_6666https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6665.jpegDSC_6665https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6662.jpegDSC_6662https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6661.jpegDSC_66612026-01-25T18:35:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/23/nasty-wind-and-sowing-season-has-started/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6598.jpegDSC_6598Ravens passed above us and all at the same direction, I guess an animal must have lost its life.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6613.jpegDSC_6613https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6617.jpegDSC_6617https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6628.jpegDSC_6628https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6627.jpegDSC_6627https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6592.jpegDSC_6592https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6588-1.jpegDSC_6588https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6589.jpegDSC_6589https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6585.jpegDSC_6585https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6583.jpegDSC_65832026-01-24T16:15:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/22/windy-and-cold-and-the-cone-of-shame/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6565.jpegDSC_6565https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6564.jpegDSC_6564https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6563.jpegDSC_6563https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6561.jpegDSC_6561https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6557.jpegDSC_6557https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6555.jpegDSC_6555https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6554.jpegDSC_6554https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6553.jpegDSC_6553https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6552.jpegDSC_6552https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6551.jpegDSC_65512026-01-25T18:22:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/21/the-day-after-the-vet-visit/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6543.jpegDSC_6543https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6539.jpegDSC_6539https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6537.jpegDSC_6537https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6534.jpegDSC_6534https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6533.jpegDSC_6533https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6532.jpegDSC_6532https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6529.jpegDSC_6529https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6526.jpegDSC_6526https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6524.jpegDSC_6524https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6523.jpegDSC_65232026-01-22T15:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/19/cold-again-but-at-least-sunny/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6468.jpegDSC_6468https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6467.jpegDSC_6467https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6466.jpegDSC_6466https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6465.jpegDSC_6465https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6490.jpegDSC_6490https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6489.jpegDSC_6489https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6488.jpegDSC_6488https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6487.jpegDSC_6487https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6485.jpegDSC_6485https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6483.jpegDSC_64832026-01-22T16:04:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/17/one-more-day-before-it-gets-cold-again-yay/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6403.jpegDSC_6403https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6398.jpegDSC_6398https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6415.jpegDSC_6415https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6416.jpegDSC_6416https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6382-1.jpegDSC_6382https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6384.jpegDSC_6384https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6378.jpegDSC_6378https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6376.jpegDSC_6376https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6373.jpegDSC_6373https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6372.jpegDSC_63722026-01-21T17:17:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/16/its-melting-but-too-slow/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0022.jpegDSC_0022https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0026.jpegDSC_0026https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0001-1.jpegDSC_0001https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0034.jpegDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0004.jpegDSC_0004https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0035.jpegDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0023.jpegDSC_0023https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0010-1.jpegDSC_0010https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0028.jpegDSC_0028https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0013.jpegDSC_00132026-01-19T16:52:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/14/finally-it-is-melting/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6343.jpegDSC_6343https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6329.jpegDSC_6329https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6327.jpegDSC_6327https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6322.jpegDSC_6322https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6321.jpegDSC_6321https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6318.jpegDSC_6318https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6316.jpegDSC_6316I can't figure out if this is a track from a piglet or perhaps a small roe deer. I think it is a piglet.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6315.jpegDSC_6315https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6313.jpegDSC_6313Our fox has survived the hunters so far :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6312.jpegDSC_63122026-01-16T15:47:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/13/still-waiting-for-those-warm-temperatures/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6289.jpegDSC_6289https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6291.jpegDSC_6291https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6288.jpegDSC_6288https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6278.jpegDSC_6278https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6277.jpegDSC_6277https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6275.jpegDSC_6275https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6274.jpegDSC_6274https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6271.jpegDSC_6271https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6264.jpegDSC_6264https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6262.jpegDSC_62622026-01-16T15:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/12/finally-it-is-getting-less-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6235.jpegDSC_6235This must be the most sad looking Thuja in the world. The ground is dry and it never get any sunshine :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6243.jpegDSC_6243https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6239.jpegDSC_6239https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6240.jpegDSC_6240https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6242.jpegDSC_6242https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6230.jpegDSC_6230https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6228.jpegDSC_6228https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6227.jpegDSC_6227https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6225.jpegDSC_6225https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6224.jpegDSC_62242026-01-16T15:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/11/i-truly-truly-hate-winter/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6199.jpegDSC_6199https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6198.jpegDSC_6198https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6196.jpegDSC_6196https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6194.jpegDSC_6194https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6182.jpegDSC_6182https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6180.jpegDSC_6180https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6177.jpegDSC_6177https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6174.jpegDSC_6174https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6173.jpegDSC_6173https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6170.jpegDSC_61702026-01-12T13:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/10/nasty-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0016.jpegDSC_0016https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0010.jpegDSC_0010https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0009.jpegDSC_0009https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_0001.jpegDSC_0001https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6162.jpegDSC_6162https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6158.jpegDSC_6158https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6156.jpegDSC_6156https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6155.jpegDSC_6155https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6143-1.jpegDSC_6143https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6151.jpegDSC_61512026-01-12T16:00:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/09/it-does-at-least-not-snow/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6124.jpegDSC_6124https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6123.jpegDSC_6123https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6121.jpegDSC_6121https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6117.jpegDSC_6117https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6116-2.jpegDSC_6116https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6113-2.jpegDSC_6113https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6109-1.jpegDSC_6109https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6107.jpegDSC_6107https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6102.jpegDSC_6102Not a sign in the snow where the wild hogs have been digging :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6101.jpegDSC_61012026-01-10T16:59:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2026/01/07/cold-and-sowing-bananas/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260107_113423.jpeg20260107_113423This is the seeds for the Ethiopian Banana. Ten times bigger but will be treated the same but soak in that water for a couple of days.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260107_092820-1.jpeg20260107_092820 (1)I then placed them in a damp paper towel and put them in a plastic bag. Now they hang over the kitchen radiator so they will be as warm as possible.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260107_092725.jpeg20260107_092725These are the seeds to the Pink Banana. I soaked them in hot water over night.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6066.jpegDSC_6066https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6065.jpegDSC_6065https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6056.jpegDSC_6056https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6055.jpegDSC_6055https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dsc_6053.jpegDSC_6053It stood so still so we wouldn't see 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old rose covered all space behind the chips I made from the branches in my compost grinder, around 4 square meter (I think it's more or less the same in square yards)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3203.jpegDSC_3203https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3201.jpegDSC_3201https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3200.jpegDSC_3200https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3229-1.jpegDSC_3229https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3233.jpegDSC_3233https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3222.jpegDSC_3222https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3215.jpegDSC_3215https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3213.jpegDSC_3213https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3211.jpegDSC_32112025-10-31T12:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/24/grey-and-dull-2/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3170.jpegDSC_3170https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3169.jpegDSC_3169All 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have now two bigger and four smaller apricot trees in my garden and this is the only one giving me autumn colours.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0028-2.jpegDSC_0028https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0026-4.jpegDSC_0026https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0023-2.jpegDSC_0023https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0021-3.jpegDSC_0021https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0020-4.jpegDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0019-1.jpegDSC_0019https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0018-1.jpegDSC_0018https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0016-5.jpegDSC_0016https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0014-1.jpegDSC_00142025-10-20T13:41:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/19/20768/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0030-1.jpegDSC_0030These are the best tasting tomatoes I've eaten in years but I have no name so I'll save some seeds and sow them next year again :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0028-1.jpegDSC_0028https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0026-3.jpegDSC_0026https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0025-4.jpegDSC_0025I just found the wildlife camera but so far nothing have shown in the garden. The only thing it has taken photos of is the dogs and I :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0015-1.jpegDSC_0015https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0012-1.jpegDSC_0012https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0011-1.jpegDSC_0011https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0010-2.jpegDSC_0010https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0009-2.jpegDSC_0009https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0008-3.jpegDSC_00082025-10-19T16:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/18/wolves-eagles-ravens-and-a-try-from-someone-to-scam-my-mother/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3134.jpegDSC_3134The Raven is a rather big bird but looks pretty small beside the eagle.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3133.jpegDSC_3133https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3132.jpegDSC_3132https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3131.jpegDSC_3131Sometimes White tailed eagles flies over the cottage and they always have ravens chasing them. https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3120.jpegDSC_3120https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3118.jpegDSC_3118https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3115.jpegDSC_3115https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3114.jpegDSC_3114https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3102-1.jpegDSC_3102https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3111.jpegDSC_31112025-10-19T15:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/16/t-shirt-weather/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3045.jpegDSC_3045https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3044.jpegDSC_3044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3043.jpegDSC_3043https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_3050.jpegDSC_3050My big apple tree is actually only half a tree, the other half fell one summer because that side grew too big. 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this one on the other side. This rose have been growing in this garden for very long, perhaps already from the beginning 115 years ago. Has been moved around though so that's why it is as small as it is.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2873.jpegDSC_2873I'll have the vegetables growing close to the greenhouse instead. I do have two roses though that will be staying where they are. This one on this sidehttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2872.jpegDSC_2872The flowerbed just beside the vegetable patch, I removed half of it because there were too many wild raspberries growing in it plus that, if I ever come around to that project I'm thinking of I will need that space.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2868-1.jpegDSC_2868https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2866-1.jpegDSC_2866https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2871.jpegDSC_2871https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2864.jpegDSC_2864https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2861.jpegDSC_2861https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2860.jpegDSC_2860https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2856.jpegDSC_28562025-10-13T16:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/11/20520/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2806.jpegDSC_2806This is not the monster but most likely her sibling :-) If he/ she ever comes here I guess I'll just let it stay :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2803.jpegDSC_2803https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2802.jpegDSC_2802https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2801.jpegDSC_2801https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2797.jpegDSC_2797https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2778.jpegDSC_2778https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2776.jpegDSC_2776https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2774.jpegDSC_2774https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2772.jpegDSC_2772https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2771.jpegDSC_27712025-10-11T16:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/10/just-an-ordinary-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0064-1.jpegDSC_0064https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0063.jpegDSC_0063https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0062-1.jpegDSC_0062https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0060.jpegDSC_0060https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0058.jpegDSC_0058https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0056.jpegDSC_0056https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0053.jpegDSC_0053https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0052.jpegDSC_0052https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0048.jpegDSC_0048https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0045-2.jpegDSC_00452025-10-11T15:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/08/moose-hunting-season/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0020-1.jpegDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0021-2.jpegDSC_0021https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0016-2.jpegDSC_0016https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0015.jpegDSC_0015https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0023.jpegDSC_0023The hunters always put up a sign when ever they are out hunting. You can see it here in front of the dark caravan.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0025-1.jpegDSC_0025https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0026.jpegDSC_0026https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0013-1.jpegDSC_0013https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0018.jpegDSC_0018https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0012.jpegDSC_00122025-10-11T15:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/07/i-already-have-too-many-seeds-for-next-year/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2737.jpegDSC_2737https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0047.jpegDSC_0047https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0045-1.jpegDSC_0045https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0044-1.jpegDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0043.jpegDSC_0043https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0041-1.jpegDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0039-1.jpegDSC_0039https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0034.jpegDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0030.jpegDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0027.jpegDSC_00272025-10-08T15:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/06/20412/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2745.jpegDSC_27452025-10-08T15:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/05/20380/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2689.jpegDSC_2689https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2688.jpegDSC_2688https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2684.jpegDSC_2684https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2683.jpegDSC_2683https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2681.jpegDSC_2681https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2679.jpegDSC_2679https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2671.jpegDSC_2671https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2670.jpegDSC_2670https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2667.jpegDSC_2667https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2663.jpegDSC_26632025-10-07T12:51:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/04/finally-the-storm-has-passed-its-still-raining-though/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251004_114806.jpg20251004_114806https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251004_070503.jpg20251004_070503https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251004_062754.jpg20251004_0627542025-10-05T13:21:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/03/now-im-waiting-for-the-storm-to-arrive/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2643.jpegDSC_2643And the golf club outside the door :-) :-) https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2641.jpegDSC_2641I also py some support on the outside but doubt that will help much.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2640.jpegDSC_2640Twelve new pegs on the inside all pointing att different directions. I should have bought 24 because there are a lots of holes on the side that won't be hit by the wind.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2639.jpegDSC_2639This is one of the storm anchors on the outside.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2637.jpegDSC_2637https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2636.jpegDSC_2636https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2635.jpegDSC_2635https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2633.jpegDSC_2633https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2624.jpegDSC_2624https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2627.jpegDSC_26272025-10-04T06:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/02/cold-night-again/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2597.jpegDSC_2597https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2589.jpegDSC_2589https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2588.jpegDSC_2588https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2586.jpegDSC_2586https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2584.jpegDSC_2584https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2575.jpegDSC_2575https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2561.jpegDSC_2561https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2559.jpegDSC_2559https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2558.jpegDSC_2558https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_2551.jpegDSC_25512025-10-03T14:01:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/10/01/i-was-a-bit-stressed-today-and-the-wolves-have-returned-they-say/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0066.jpegDSC_0066I found three more pots with plants in beneath them today (yesterday I found yet another potted quince seedling) It is two roses and one hardy hibiscus. They are now the first habitants in the greenhouse :-) https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0065.jpegDSC_0065This flower covered the entire flowerbed outside the kitchen and since I didn't see more than one bumblebee all day I ripped them up. They spread like weeds so I'll have plenty next year again.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0064.jpegDSC_0064https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0062.jpegDSC_0062https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0057.jpegDSC_0057https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0051.jpegDSC_0051https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0050.jpegDSC_0050https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0045.jpegDSC_0045https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0044.jpegDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dsc_0041.jpegDSC_00412025-10-04T06:43:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/30/20237/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0046-2.jpegDSC_0046https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0047-2.jpegDSC_0047https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0043-2.jpegDSC_0043https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0041-3.jpegDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0036-2.jpegDSC_0036https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0035-1.jpegDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0034-5.jpegDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0032-1.jpegDSC_0032https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0030-2.jpegDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0024.jpegDSC_00242025-09-30T14:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/29/20197/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/a20332_003a.jpegA20332_003Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/a20332_015a.jpegA20332_015Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/a20332_016a.jpegA20332_016Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/a20332_019a.jpegA20332_019Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2469.jpegDSC_2469https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2467.jpegDSC_2467https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2461.jpegDSC_2461https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2452.jpegDSC_2452https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2447.jpegDSC_2447https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2444.jpegDSC_24442025-09-29T15:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/28/the-next-project/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2525.jpegDSC_2525Today the dogs made sure to go indoors to have something to eat :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2470.jpegDSC_2470I forgot to eat while building the greenhouse yesterday but realised I had to stop when my entire body started to shake :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2466.jpegDSC_2466https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2458.jpegDSC_2458https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2457.jpegDSC_2457https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2454.jpegDSC_2454https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2522.jpegDSC_2522https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2519.jpegDSC_2519https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2514.jpegDSC_2514https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2508.jpegDSC_25082025-09-29T05:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/26/my-little-project/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2393.jpegDSC_2393https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2394.jpegDSC_2394https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2395.jpegDSC_2395https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0013-2.jpegDSC_0013https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0017-3.jpegDSC_0017https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2389.jpegDSC_2389https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2388.jpegDSC_2388https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2387.jpegDSC_2387https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0012-4.jpegDSC_0012So this is what it looks like now. There is some water in it so I'll have to check it for frogs and toads every morning plus the eventual other animal that might be in it.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0011-3.jpegDSC_0011Here You can see the moat properly. I'll have to adjust it next spring because winter tends to make the ground settle in new ways :-)2025-09-28T16:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/25/even-colder-this-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/a20331_001.jpgA20331_001I think this might have been taken with a Agfa Ambiflex or perhaps an Agfa Colorflex.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2312.jpegDSC_2312https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2349.jpegDSC_2349https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2348.jpegDSC_2348https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2346.jpegDSC_2346https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2343.jpegDSC_2343https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2341.jpegDSC_2341https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2339.jpegDSC_2339https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2335.jpegDSC_2335https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2334.jpegDSC_23342025-09-26T16:22:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/24/20038/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2293.jpegDSC_2293https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2292.jpegDSC_2292https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2289.jpegDSC_2289https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2288.jpegDSC_2288https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2287.jpegDSC_2287https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2286.jpegDSC_2286https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2277.jpegDSC_2277https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2275.jpegDSC_2275https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2271.jpegDSC_2271https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2270.jpegDSC_22702025-09-25T17:41:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/23/frosty-night/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0056.jpegDSC_0056https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0061.jpegDSC_0061The tomato plants were protected and only the tops were slightly hit but the unripe fruits are still fine :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0058-1.jpegDSC_0058The pawpaws grow in the most protected place I have in the garden and the frost had not reached them at all, not even the smaller ones were touched by it.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0057-1.jpegDSC_0057https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0054.jpegDSC_0054https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0051.jpegDSC_0051https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0046.jpegDSC_0046https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0044-2.jpegDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0040-2.jpegDSC_0040https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0037-1.jpegDSC_00372025-09-24T16:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/22/frost-tonight/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0043-1.jpegDSC_0043https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0042-2.jpegDSC_0042I found this and the next one for sale at the grocery store, less than US 3$ each, so I bought them :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0041-2.jpegDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0044-1.jpegDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0038.jpegDSC_0038https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0036-1.jpegDSC_0036https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0034-3.jpegDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0033.jpegDSC_0033https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0027-1.jpegDSC_0027https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0028-2.jpegDSC_00282025-09-25T16:35:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/21/it-will-get-colder-theyre-guessing/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0058.jpegDSC_0058https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0030-1.jpegDSC_0030Still getting strawberries but they don't taste especially much now.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250921_115625.jpg20250921_115625https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20250921_150144.jpg20250921_150144https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0053.jpegDSC_0053https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0050-1.jpegDSC_0050https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0048.jpegDSC_0048https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0047-1.jpegDSC_0047https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0026-1.jpegDSC_0026https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0021-1.jpegDSC_00212025-09-23T17:01:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/19/i-sort-of-miss-those-days/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0007-1.jpegDSC_0007I really hope we don't get frost next week because this is the only squash (I think it is squash, have actually no idea because I used seeds I had saved from something I harvested years ago and can't remember what it was, could be a pumpkin as well :-) :-) ). The plants only gave male flowers until now.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0005.jpegDSC_0005https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0004-2.jpegDSC_0004https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0057.jpegDSC_0057https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0047.jpegDSC_0047https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0045.jpegDSC_0045I had to take this and the next photo through the kitchen door window so they look a bit off I'm afraid.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0041.jpegDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0040-1.jpegDSC_0040https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0036.jpegDSC_0036By the way, almost all photos today are taken with the "new" camera (I always buy second hand and when it is cheap :-) ). It takes a few days until we know each other well enough so I can get photos to look like I want them to look :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0035.jpegDSC_0035This and the next ones are even better :-) I'll think I'll bring a bag so I can pick them all tomorrow on our morning walk :-)2025-09-21T14:54:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/18/first-sunshine-then-rain-and-repeat-all-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2234.jpegDSC_2234https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2232.jpegDSC_2232https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2231.jpegDSC_2231https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2229.jpegDSC_2229They are beautiful though!https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2221-1.jpegDSC_2221https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2228.jpegDSC_2228Or this one, the Swedish name for it is forest salad or lettuce might be a better word. I doubt You'll die but ...https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2226.jpegDSC_2226https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2224.jpegDSC_2224Never ever eat this one!https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2218.jpegDSC_2218It won't do much to You but they don't taste a thing :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2221.jpegDSC_22212025-09-20T15:54:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/17/just-as-it-dried-up-it-started-to-rain-again/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2195.jpegDSC_2195https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2197.jpegDSC_2197https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2200.jpegDSC_2200https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2190.jpegDSC_2190https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2182-1.jpegDSC_2182https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2181.jpegDSC_2181https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2179.jpegDSC_2179https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2172.jpegDSC_2172https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2178.jpegDSC_2178https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2175.jpegDSC_21752025-09-25T16:32:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/16/so-much-rain/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0034-1.jpegDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0032.jpegDSC_0032https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0028-1.jpegDSC_0028https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0027.jpegDSC_0027https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0015-1.jpegDSC_0015https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0014.jpegDSC_0014https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0011.jpegDSC_0011One of the five pawpaw seedlings. If winter doesn't kill it I'm afraid the dogs will :-) :-) They run fast and wild when they play and don't even see trees in their way :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0010-1.jpegDSC_0010https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0023-2.jpegDSC_0023I dug up the hardy hibiscus and thought the buds would fall off but here's the flower. It was filled with petals before but now it looks like this to my great joy :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0008-1.jpegDSC_00082025-09-17T17:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/15/both-fog-and-morning-mist/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2150.jpegDSC_2150https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2124.jpegDSC_2124https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2123.jpegDSC_2123https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2117.jpegDSC_2117https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2116.jpegDSC_2116https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2114.jpegDSC_2114https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2112.jpegDSC_2112https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2110.jpegDSC_2110https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2099.jpegDSC_2099https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2098.jpegDSC_20982025-09-17T17:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/14/thunder-and-rain-2/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2078.jpegDSC_2078https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2077.jpegDSC_2077https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2076.jpegDSC_2076https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2075.jpegDSC_2075https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2071.jpegDSC_2071https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2069.jpegDSC_2069https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2068.jpegDSC_2068https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2066.jpegDSC_2066https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2065.jpegDSC_2065https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2062.jpegDSC_20622025-09-15T16:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/13/ive-started-to-use-those-wood-chips-ive-made/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2037.jpegDSC_2037https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2041-1.jpegDSC_2041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2038.jpegDSC_2038https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2040.jpegDSC_2040https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2043.jpegDSC_2043I've started to fill up the area around the English walnut with the wood chipping I made from what I've been cutting down. The layer is around 20 cm (eight inches) thick. Just remember when using fresh chips they will when slowly decaying steal a lot of nitrogen from the ground. No bigger problem with a walnut though since they have taproots.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2029.jpegDSC_2029https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2035.jpegDSC_2035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2033.jpegDSC_2033And this is the opposite side towards east. Big and thorny roses on both sides of the entrance :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2031.jpegDSC_2031This is one the other side of the cottage, the northern side looking towards west.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_2028.jpegDSC_2028And the north side towards west corner where my Pawpaws grows.2025-09-14T14:01:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/12/now-i-can-see-the-mess/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0020.jpegDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0023-1.jpegDSC_0023https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1995.jpegDSC_1995https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1994.jpegDSC_1994https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1991.jpegDSC_1991And today it opened up bright red :-) Dahlias are supposed to have migraine-inducing colours according to my taste so this one I like :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0008.jpegDSC_0008Yesterday morning I found this bud.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0007.jpegDSC_0007Then some showed some orange as well.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0006-1.jpegDSC_0006The Dahlias I sowed had only bright yellow flowers in the beginning.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1988.jpegDSC_1988https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1983.jpegDSC_19832025-09-12T17:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/10/19654/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1956.jpegDSC_1956https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1954.jpegDSC_1954https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1953.jpegDSC_1953https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1946.jpegDSC_1946https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1943.jpegDSC_1943https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1940.jpegDSC_1940https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1937.jpegDSC_1937https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1934-1.jpegDSC_1934https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1932-1.jpegDSC_1932https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1931.jpegDSC_19312025-09-11T17:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/09/one-more-nice-day-tomorrow-after-that-the-rain-comes/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0003.jpegDSC_0003My Black walnut. I wish that I had planted it just a meter (much the same as a yard) to the right but I guess in the long run that wouldn't have helped anyway :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0006.jpegDSC_0006https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0013.jpegDSC_0013https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0015.jpegDSC_0015https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0042.jpegDSC_0042https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0040.jpegDSC_0040https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0039.jpegDSC_0039https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0037.jpegDSC_0037https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0034.jpegDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_0031.jpegDSC_00312025-09-09T17:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/08/19593/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1915-1.jpegDSC_1915My closest neighbours rooster. I think he's really beautiful.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1916.jpegDSC_1916https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1911.jpegDSC_1911https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1910.jpegDSC_1910https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1909.jpegDSC_1909So many small spiderwebs.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1908.jpegDSC_1908https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1904.jpegDSC_1904https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1903.jpegDSC_1903https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1900.jpegDSC_1900https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1899.jpegDSC_18992025-09-09T17:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/07/ive-been-working-hard-today/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1877.jpegDSC_1877https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1870.jpegDSC_1870https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1865.jpegDSC_1865https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1863.jpegDSC_1863https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1857.jpegDSC_1857I do hope the frost will wait a long time because if it does I might have ripe tomatillos :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1856.jpegDSC_1856https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1855.jpegDSC_1855https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1852.jpegDSC_1852The Kankakee mallow is really high now :-) Taller than I am as well :-) I still have a few potted ones that needs to be planted before it gets too cold. https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1872.jpegDSC_1872and I hope that will benefit my Pawpaw trees.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1871.jpegDSC_1871Lots of air and light will have a chance to get down to the ground.2025-09-07T17:22:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/06/19525/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1834.jpegDSC_1834They needed to have a long rest after my hard work with the apple trees :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1843.jpegDSC_1843Another perennial sunflower, they are quite popular amongst pollinators.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1842.jpegDSC_1842https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1841.jpegDSC_1841https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1840.jpegDSC_1840The Jerusalem artichoke, a perennial sunflower, already flowers, almost a month early.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1838.jpegDSC_1838https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1836.jpegDSC_1836https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1835.jpegDSC_1835https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1808.jpegDSC_1808https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1831.jpegDSC_18312025-09-07T16:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/05/finally-lots-of-rain-but-still-not-enough/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1800.jpegDSC_1800https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1797.jpegDSC_1797https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1795.jpegDSC_1795https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1794.jpegDSC_1794https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1791.jpegDSC_1791https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1790.jpegDSC_1790https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1789.jpegDSC_1789https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1786.jpegDSC_1786https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1782.jpegDSC_1782https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1778.jpegDSC_17782025-09-05T16:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/04/i-just-cant-find-it-or-the-hammer/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1754.jpegDSC_1754https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1752.jpegDSC_1752https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1751.jpegDSC_1751https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1745.jpegDSC_1745https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1739.jpegDSC_1739https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1737.jpegDSC_1737https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1736.jpegDSC_1736https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1734.jpegDSC_1734https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1733.jpegDSC_1733https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1731.jpegDSC_17312025-09-06T14:18:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/03/it-did-rain-all-night/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1709.jpegDSC_1709https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1708.jpegDSC_1708https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1706.jpegDSC_1706https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1704.jpegDSC_1704https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1700.jpegDSC_1700https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1699.jpegDSC_1699https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1698.jpegDSC_1698https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1697.jpegDSC_1697https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1715.jpegDSC_1715https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1702.jpegDSC_17022025-09-06T14:20:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/02/19399/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1668.jpegDSC_1668I was going to cut off the top on this barrel so I could have one more rainwater barrel. Didn't happen because I can't for my life find my jigsaw :-) :-) I looked at it just a few days ago and can't remember where it is :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1667.jpegDSC_1667https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1665.jpegDSC_1665https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1656-1.jpegDSC_1656https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1664.jpegDSC_1664https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1660.jpegDSC_1660https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1655.jpegDSC_1655https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1651.jpegDSC_1651https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1649.jpegDSC_1649https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1646.jpegDSC_16462025-09-03T07:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/09/01/they-say-itll-finally-rain-a-lot-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1593.jpegDSC_1593I want to remove the wild plum tree I have but I'm afraid to even go close to it with thorns like these :-) :-) :-) The sooner I do it the better though, it's just a young tree and if I with it'll only get more thorns :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1597.jpegDSC_1597https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1598.jpegDSC_1598https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1604.jpegDSC_1604https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1606.jpegDSC_1606https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1639.jpegDSC_1639https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1638.jpegDSC_1638I would like to tear up all these vibes with small yellow flowers now. They are annuals and has already spread so many seeds that there's no risk of them not coming back. However we have loads of bumblebees here and these small flowers are perfect when they need nectar sonce they will continue to flower until the frost kills them.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1636.jpegDSC_1636https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1633.jpegDSC_1633https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/dsc_1631.jpegDSC_16312025-09-02T08:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/30/19341/2025-09-01T16:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/29/fog/2025-08-29T16:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/28/i-also-found-my-grass-trimmer/2025-08-29T18:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/27/that-was-truly-a-surprise/2025-08-30T12:27:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/26/it-worked-after-all-these-years/2025-08-27T16:31:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/24/trellied-tree-or-at-least-it-will-be/2025-08-24T18:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/23/every-fifth-month/2025-09-20T11:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/22/thunder-and-hail/2025-08-26T17:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/20/19114/2025-08-22T17:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/18/last-day-with-hot-weather/2025-08-20T15:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/17/a-tad-chilly-in-the-morning/2025-08-18T13:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/16/so-nice/2025-08-17T21:07:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/13/hot-and-dry/2025-09-07T16:37:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/12/its-getting-warmer-again/2025-08-16T14:46:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/11/ive-felt-a-bit-cold-today/2025-08-12T17:10:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/10/i-never-heard-the-thunder/2025-08-13T16:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/08/18880/2025-08-08T18:22:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/07/18842/2025-08-09T17:34:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/05/i-can-hear-the-storm-roaring-through-the-forest/2025-08-07T15:34:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/04/a-storm-will-pay-us-a-visit-tomorrow/2025-08-04T17:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/03/misty-morning-and-spider-webs/2025-08-06T17:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/02/potato-tomatoes/2025-08-03T17:08:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/08/01/18674/2025-08-09T17:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/30/finally-a-bit-cooler/2025-08-01T13:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/27/ive-done-my-chores/2025-07-30T16:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/26/a-visit-at-an-arboretum-and-two-found-pots-in-the-cool-cellar/2025-08-01T13:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/25/it-missed-us-totally/2025-07-25T17:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/23/one-cool-day-is-what-well-get/2025-07-24T16:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/20/just-as-hot-today-but-with-a-cool-wind-blowing/2025-07-23T16:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/19/this-time-it-worked/2025-07-19T17:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/18/scandinavian-hot-and-i-dont-like-it/2025-07-19T16:58:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/17/thunder-and-lightning/2025-07-18T17:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/13/i-want-good-weather-for-those-on-vacation-but-really-bad-for-us-who-works/2025-07-15T18:06:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/12/18311/2025-07-13T09:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/11/18275/2025-07-11T17:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/10/a-nice-summer-day/2025-07-11T17:02:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/08/it-was-easier-than-i-thought/2025-07-11T17:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/06/18175/2025-07-07T14:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/05/lots-of-rain-and-i-like-it/2025-07-06T14:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/04/then-showers-passed-by/2025-07-05T14:19:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/07/01/only-took-me-seven-months-to-figure-out/2025-07-04T17:30:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/29/the-laundry-dried-fast-today/2025-07-01T16:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/28/quite-a-nice-day-despite-the-rain/2025-06-29T19:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/27/strong-winds-2/2025-06-27T17:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/25/my-first-strawberries/2025-06-2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know I told You about that deep red peony I had bought but the dogs managed to kick off the bud? So it is pink instead :-) :-) Two wrong deliveries A creamy yellow that should have been ours white and one pink that should have been dark red. All peonies are beautiful is I won't complain anyway, they were both on sale anyway :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9079.jpegDSC_90792025-06-20T18:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/13/i-think-it-is-finally-letting-go/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9058.jpegDSC_9058https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9054.jpegDSC_9054https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9055.jpegDSC_9055https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9062.jpegDSC_9062https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9042.jpegDSC_9042Scleroderris canker hit our prunus trees (and other trees as well) hard sometimes so this is what many of them look like now. Hard to fight as well so we either have to live with it or take anything hit by it down.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9041.jpegDSC_9041So are the potatoes in the vegetable garden.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9033.jpegDSC_9033The sprouts are growing rather well now.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9052.jpegDSC_9052These gooseberries aren't ripe until red.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9051.jpegDSC_9051https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9050.jpegDSC_90502025-06-15T09:45:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/10/a-little-update/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9000.jpegDSC_9000Buttercups everywhere now.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8998.jpegDSC_8998Buds on the Laburnum.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8996.jpegDSC_8996Red oak.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8995.jpegDSC_8995Pawpaw.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9020.jpegDSC_9020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9016.jpegDSC_9016https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9014.jpegDSC_9014https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9013.jpegDSC_9013https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9010.jpegDSC_9010https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_9005.jpegDSC_90052025-06-13T06:07:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/08/not-the-best-of-days-today/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8983.jpegDSC_8983https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8989.jpegDSC_8989https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8991.jpegDSC_8991https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8993.jpegDSC_8993https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8979.jpegDSC_8979https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8972.jpegDSC_8972https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8971.jpegDSC_8971https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8968.jpegDSC_8968https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8958.jpegDSC_8958https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8956.jpegDSC_89562025-06-09T06:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/06/i-have-a-cold-again/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0017.jpegDSC_0017These are the roses from the other side :-) No one can see me from the garden and no one from the road because of the lilacs :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0009-1.jpegDSC_0009It ends in my woodland.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0002.jpegDSC_0002It continues on the other side of the gate.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0003-2.jpegDSC_0003I can also walk where You see Alma.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0007.jpegDSC_0007Now I can pass without being drenched every time it has rained.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0014.jpegDSC_0014https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0022.jpegDSC_0022https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0016-1.jpegDSC_0016https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0004-1.jpegDSC_0004https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0029-1.jpegDSC_00292025-06-07T11:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/04/my-rosemary-survived-the-winter/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8927.jpegDSC_8927So it is tree peony leafs that shows but I doubt it will give any flowers this year.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8926.jpegDSC_8926New leafs on the Gingko.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8923.jpegDSC_8923Our wild Wood even. Each flower doesn't last for long but it keeps on making more. Unfortunately the seeds have small hooks, like velcro, so it spreads really easy. Also easy to keep control of it since it doesn't spread via the roots.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8916.jpegDSC_8916Jerusalem artichoke. A beautiful but rather weedy perennial sunflower. There's only one variety that manages to flower here and it is called Bianca.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8925.jpegDSC_8925New growth on my hardy rosemary plant! Normally rosemary plants die here if I just would think winter but this is supposed to be the hardiest there is and so it looks :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8915.jpegDSC_8915https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8914.jpegDSC_8914https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8908.jpegDSC_8908https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8913.jpegDSC_8913https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8912.jpegDSC_8912The first strawberry! These plants have been a bit odd since they usually only give berries in autumn, looks like that has changed now.2025-06-06T17:55:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/03/17588/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0041.jpegDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0040.jpegDSC_0040https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0037.jpegDSC_0037https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0036.jpegDSC_0036https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0034.jpegDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0033.jpegDSC_0033https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0029.jpegDSC_0029https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0028.jpegDSC_0028https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0021.jpegDSC_0021https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_0016.jpegDSC_00162025-06-06T15:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/06/01/its-a-bad-aphid-year-here/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8898.jpegDSC_8898It's a bad aphid year here.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8903.jpegDSC_8903https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8886.jpegDSC_8886https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8882.jpegDSC_8882https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8892.jpegDSC_8892https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8877.jpegDSC_8877https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8878.jpegDSC_8878https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8879.jpegDSC_8879https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8901-1.jpegDSC_8901https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dsc_8871.jpegDSC_88712025-06-06T15:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/31/benn-gardening-a-lot-today/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8832.jpegDSC_8832https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8861.jpegDSC_8861Last year I bought one bood red peony and one pure white. The dogs managed to rip away the only bud on the deep red and the pure white is yellow :-) :-) To be honest I could have gotten something much more valuable because it does look like a Golden peony, nicknamed Molly the witch because of a part of its scientific namemlokosewitschii :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8863.jpegDSC_8863https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8823.jpegDSC_8823The old broken wheelbarrow will be full of annuals like always. Poppies and I think clarkia seems to take over this year :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8820.jpegDSC_8820I have lots of creeping bellflower in my garden and they can be devastating towards other flowers. They grow so dense that no other flower can survive there. I usually dig up a big chunk of them when they become too many and pick it all up in one piece. Any tiny piece of roots that's left will be a new flower.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8796.jpegDSC_8796I've also cut away parts of my biggest wild rose so that my little red oak gets some sunshine.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8807.jpegDSC_8807https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8805.jpegDSC_8805https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8801.jpegDSC_8801https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8816.jpegDSC_88162025-06-08T11:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/30/tiny-little-thorns/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250530_193538.jpg20250530_193538He is always keeping an eye on her.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250530_193354.jpg20250530_193354https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250530_193349.jpg20250530_193349I haven't been able to walk here in almost 20 years because of the dogrose growing there. I cut off all dead and some living branches and now I have loads of tiny thorns in my hands now 😄😄😄https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20250529_200903.jpg20250529_2009032025-05-31T13:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/29/17469/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8785.jpegDSC_8785https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8789.jpegDSC_8789https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8788.jpegDSC_8788https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8787.jpegDSC_8787https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8780.jpegDSC_8780https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8776.jpegDSC_8776https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8774.jpegDSC_8774https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8772.jpegDSC_8772https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8770.jpegDSC_8770https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8763.jpegDSC_87632025-05-30T17:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/28/17434/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8725.jpegDSC_8725https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8724.jpegDSC_8724https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8723.jpegDSC_8723https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8722.jpegDSC_8722https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8719.jpegDSC_8719Carrots and beetroots growing fine beside the strawberries.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8717.jpegDSC_8717https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8715.jpegDSC_8715https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8714.jpegDSC_8714My new neighbours ponies, so beautiful.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8711.jpegDSC_8711https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8710.jpegDSC_87102025-06-01T16:52:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/27/17409/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8684.jpegDSC_8684Light blue Forgetmenots in deep shadow shines like tiny stars.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8683-1.jpegDSC_8683Honeysuckle is easy to propagate, just cut of a branch, place in in a pot with soil and water.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8682-1.jpegDSC_8682https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8681-1.jpegDSC_8681https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8683.jpegDSC_8683https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8679.jpegDSC_8679https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8678.jpegDSC_8678https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8677.jpegDSC_8677https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8676.jpegDSC_8676https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8675.jpegDSC_86752025-05-28T17:48:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/25/17373/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8672.jpegDSC_8672https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8670.jpegDSC_8670I bought a tree peony last spring and the variety I bought seems to have died but a new branch is growing up from the roots. Usually these varieties are grafted on herbaceous peonies but it does look like tree peony leafs coming up so who knows what it once will look like.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8669.jpegDSC_8669https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8666.jpegDSC_8666https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8665.jpegDSC_8665https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8663.jpegDSC_8663https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8660.jpegDSC_8660https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8659.jpegDSC_8659https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8658.jpegDSC_8658We didn't continue since that grass now is a paradise for ticks. Had it been dry the ticks would have dug themselves down into the ground.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8657.jpegDSC_8657a feeding station. Too many wild hogs around now days.2025-05-27T17:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/24/i-dont-complain-about-the-weather-sites-got-it-wrong/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8637.jpegDSC_8637https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8635.jpegDSC_8635and on the ginkgos as well.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8633.jpegDSC_8633New leafs on the Pawpaw treeshttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8632.jpegDSC_8632https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8630.jpegDSC_8630https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8629.jpegDSC_8629https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8627.jpegDSC_8627https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8623.jpegDSC_8623https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8619.jpegDSC_8619https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8617.jpegDSC_86172025-05-27T16:53:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/23/i-managed-the-first-week-but-im-soo-tired-now/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8582.jpegDSC_8582The Kankakee mallow has adapted well to where they grow now, I think I have six more in pots though and they look fine today, I think they liked the rainy and cooler weather a lot.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8585.jpegDSC_8585It's easy to see why this rose is called Red leafed rose in English.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8586.jpegDSC_8586My Red oak shows leafs as well.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8579.jpegDSC_8579https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8578.jpegDSC_8578https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8576.jpegDSC_8576https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8574.jpegDSC_8574https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8571.jpegDSC_8571https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8569.jpegDSC_8569https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8568.jpegDSC_8568No flowers in my woodland but Solomons' seal has some buds now.2025-05-23T15:21:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/20/the-first-evening-was-quite-ok/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8560.jpegDSC_8560I've mowed this sand cherry tree too often now so it was time to plant it. It becomes quite high when forcing it to grow upwards :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8548.jpegDSC_8548https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8545.jpegDSC_8545https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8541.jpegDSC_8541https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8539.jpegDSC_8539https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8538.jpegDSC_8538https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8537.jpegDSC_8537https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8532.jpegDSC_8532https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8530.jpegDSC_8530https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8528.jpegDSC_85282025-05-23T14:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/18/17238/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8490-1.jpegDSC_8490https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8488-1.jpegDSC_8488https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8485-1.jpegDSC_8485https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8477-1.jpegDSC_8477https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8476-1.jpegDSC_8476https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8474.jpegDSC_8474https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8472.jpegDSC_8472https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8471.jpegDSC_8471https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8459-1.jpegDSC_8459https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8461.jpegDSC_84612025-05-20T09:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/17/i-can-hear-a-gentle-rain-hitting-my-windows/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8438.jpegDSC_8438https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8437.jpegDSC_8437https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8434.jpegDSC_8434https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8431-1.jpegDSC_8431https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8431.jpegDSC_8431https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8430.jpegDSC_8430https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8428.jpegDSC_8428https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8426.jpegDSC_8426https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8421.jpegDSC_8421https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8420.jpegDSC_84202025-05-23T14:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/16/17182/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8394.jpegDSC_8394https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8393.jpegDSC_8393https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8392.jpegDSC_8392https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8391.jpegDSC_8391https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8390.jpegDSC_8390https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8388.jpegDSC_8388https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8387.jpegDSC_8387https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8386.jpegDSC_8386https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8385.jpegDSC_8385https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8382.jpegDSC_83822025-05-18T16:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/15/17153/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8372.jpegDSC_8372https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8371.jpegDSC_8371https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8369.jpegDSC_8369https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8368.jpegDSC_8368https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8362.jpegDSC_8362I have a Red oak I sowed ten? years ago. It's still so small but it hasn't had any problems with our winters.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8360.jpegDSC_8360The least hardy fruit tree I planted last summer seems to be the one managing this winter the best, the Pawpaws :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8356.jpegDSC_8356https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8364.jpegDSC_8364https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8361.jpegDSC_8361https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8359.jpegDSC_83592025-05-17T17:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/13/there-she-stood-just-looking-at-us/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8349.jpegDSC_8349We passed this roe goat on our way home from our walk. Alma didn't notice her thankfully, Malkolm did but just stood there watching her. I took one photo and then we left because I didn't want to stress her more than necessary.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8308.jpegDSC_8308https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8347.jpegDSC_8347https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8344.jpegDSC_8344https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8343.jpegDSC_8343https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8342.jpegDSC_8342https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8322.jpegDSC_8322https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8309.jpegDSC_8309https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8312.jpegDSC_8312https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8311.jpegDSC_8311If You want tulips that comes back from year to year buy bulbs from the wild species. They tend also to spread quite happily :-)2025-05-14T16:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/11/no-sunshine-but-so-nice/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8199-1.jpegDSC_8199https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8198.jpegDSC_8198https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8197.jpegDSC_8197https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8195.jpegDSC_8195Three of my worst garden enemies at the same place. Stinging nettles, cleavers and white bryony. The last one can cover an entire tree during one summer. I have no idea where it came from but it always grows so it's hard to remove it. Smells bad and is also poisonous :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8305.jpegDSC_8305I have a Fuchsia in my garden, Hardy Fuchsia (F. Magellanic), and it has survived outside this mild winter. All parts above ground will freeze but new shoots comes from the roots.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8304.jpegDSC_8304https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8297.jpegDSC_8297https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8291.jpegDSC_8291https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8281.jpegDSC_8281https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8279.jpegDSC_82792025-05-13T18:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/10/17047/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8181.jpegDSC_8181https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8186.jpegDSC_8186https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8189.jpegDSC_8189https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8190.jpegDSC_8190https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8202.jpegDSC_8202https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8204.jpegDSC_8204https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8206.jpegDSC_8206https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8235.jpegDSC_8235https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8239.jpegDSC_8239https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8238.jpegDSC_8238A few of the Kankakee mallows.2025-05-13T18:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/08/warmer-nights-again/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0046.jpegDSC_0046https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0044.jpegDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0042.jpegDSC_0042https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0039.jpegDSC_0039https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0037.jpegDSC_0037https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0036.jpegDSC_0036https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0034.jpegDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0030.jpegDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0029.jpegDSC_0029https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_0026.jpegDSC_00262025-05-10T13:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/04/biting-cold-today/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8144.jpegDSC_8144https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8143.jpegDSC_8143https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8140.jpegDSC_8140https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8138.jpegDSC_8138https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8134.jpegDSC_8134https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8130.jpegDSC_8130https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8129.jpegDSC_8129https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8128.jpegDSC_8128https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8117.jpegDSC_8117https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8116.jpegDSC_8116Strawberries flower in the forest but as You can see the flower is black in the middle, that means it's destroyed by frost and won't give any berry.2025-05-06T16:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/03/surprisingly-pleasant-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8088-1.jpegDSC_8088https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8107.jpegDSC_8107Not this one though, it grows in full sunlight and dry soil.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8106.jpegDSC_8106https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8105.jpegDSC_8105https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/dsc_8104.jpegDSC_81042025-05-06T16:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/05/02/i-didnt-rest-on-the-workers-day/2025-05-02T17:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/30/holiday-tomorrow/2025-05-03T15:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/27/cold-when-cloudy/2025-04-30T16:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/26/heavy-frost-last-night/2025-04-30T16:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/23/it-has-been-pouring-down/2025-04-26T15:54:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/21/she-darted-in-when-i-opened-the-door/2025-04-23T16:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/20/sort-of-meh-weather/2025-04-23T16:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/18/last-warm-and-nice-day-fora-while/2025-04-20T09:41:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/17/the-potatoes-are-down/2025-05-06T16:57:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/15/16564/2025-05-06T16:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/13/the-last-day-of-my-seven-month-long-vacation/2025-04-13T14:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/11/now-i-know-the-lawn-mower-works/2025-04-11T17:34:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/10/16460/2025-04-11T16:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/09/16429/2025-04-09T17:28:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/08/i-got-it/2025-04-17T17:26:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/06/the-wild-hogs-comes-closer-and-closer/2025-04-09T16:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/05/16328/2025-04-14T15:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/03/the-ticks-and-mosquitoes-are-back-yay/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/dsc_7107.jpegDSC_71072025-04-05T17:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/04/01/the-first-butterflies-and-being-lost-in-falkoping/2025-04-05T17:20:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/31/i-couldnt-put-it-off-any-longer/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_0024-1.jpegDSC_00242025-04-01T17:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/29/they-say-itll-rain-tomorrow/2025-03-31T16:08:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/28/our-nesting-couples-are-here-now/2025-03-31T16:09:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/26/hold-your-thumbs-and-cross-your-fingers/2025-03-28T18:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/24/16091/2025-03-26T16:19:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/21/spring-is-sprung/2025-03-24T08:21:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/19/cranes/2025-03-21T17:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/18/a-day-outside-for-the-monsterkitten/2025-03-21T17:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/16/northern-winds/2025-03-17T15:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/15/snow-is-slowly-melting-away-again/2025-03-16T16:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/14/15842/2025-03-15T17:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/13/15809/2025-03-13T17:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/12/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_0096.jpegDSC_0096https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_0095.jpegDSC_0095https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_0094.jpegDSC_00942025-03-13T16:58:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/11/so-now-the-snow-falls-again/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6395.jpegDSC_6395https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6393.jpegDSC_6393https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6392.jpegDSC_6392https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_0058.jpegDSC_0058Can You see the back of the wild hog in the middle of the photo?https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6436.jpegDSC_6436https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6433.jpegDSC_6433https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6431.jpegDSC_6431https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6430.jpegDSC_6430https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6428.jpegDSC_6428https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6427.jpegDSC_64272025-03-12T11:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/08/another-wonderful-spring-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6320.jpegDSC_6320https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250308_153227.jpg20250308_153227https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250308_153221.jpg20250308_153221https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250307_114629.jpg20250307_114629https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6345.jpegDSC_6345https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6343.jpegDSC_6343The first one I found today. The sun broke through and the croci opened up :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6336.jpegDSC_6336https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6334.jpegDSC_6334https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6302.jpegDSC_6302https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6301.jpegDSC_63012025-03-10T10:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/06/roaring-winds-all-night/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6253.jpegDSC_6253Many years of dogs running along the hedge shows now :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6257.jpegDSC_6257It looks like all three Camellias have survived the winter but spring is the big killer here so it's too early to say yippie yet.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6252.jpegDSC_6252The Croci show everywhere now.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6255.jpegDSC_6255https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6250.jpegDSC_6250https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6249.jpegDSC_6249https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6245.jpegDSC_6245https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6244.jpegDSC_6244https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6242.jpegDSC_6242https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6241.jpegDSC_62412025-03-08T17:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/04/windy/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6218.jpegDSC_6218https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6216.jpegDSC_6216https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6214.jpegDSC_6214https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6213.jpegDSC_6213https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6212.jpegDSC_6212https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6211.jpegDSC_6211https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6210.jpegDSC_6210https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6203-1.jpegDSC_6203https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6206.jpegDSC_6206https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6203.jpegDSC_62032025-03-06T15:28:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/03/02/feeling-better-and-springs-approaching/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6152.jpegDSC_6152https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6150.jpegDSC_6150https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6153.jpegDSC_6153https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6186.jpegDSC_6186https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6183.jpegDSC_6183https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6181.jpegDSC_6181https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6180.jpegDSC_6180https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6166.jpegDSC_6166https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6163.jpegDSC_6163https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/dsc_6155.jpegDSC_61552025-03-06T14:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/27/a-wonderful-spring-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6106.jpegDSC_6106https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6103.jpegDSC_6103https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6102.jpegDSC_6102https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6100.jpegDSC_6100https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6099.jpegDSC_6099It isn't easy for them but they still manages to play even though they both most likely wants to do something else :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6113.jpegDSC_6113An iceberg in the water barrel :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6112.jpegDSC_6112Snowdrops.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6111.jpegDSC_6111Hardy Rosemary, it's an variety from the US and seen as the hardiest Rosemary there is.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6110.jpegDSC_6110Hard to see but the Himalayan Cedar looks really well, conifers this small usually show pretty early if they are dying.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_6090.jpegDSC_60902025-03-06T14:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/24/the-first-crane-has-arrived/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5989-1.jpegDSC_5989https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5986-1.jpegDSC_5986https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5984-1.jpegDSC_5984https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5936-1.jpegDSC_5936https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5975.jpegDSC_5975https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5967.jpegDSC_5967https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5963.jpegDSC_5963https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5958.jpegDSC_5958https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5954.jpegDSC_5954https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5951.jpegDSC_59512025-03-02T16:57:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/20/warmer-winds/2025-03-02T16:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/19/foggy-and-cold/2025-02-24T10:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/17/a-bit-less-cold-today/2025-02-17T17:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/16/a-tad-chilly/2025-02-17T17:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/14/that-made-grocery-shopping-a-bit-more-tricky/2025-02-15T16:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/13/the-vet-visit-2/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250213_154308.jpeg20250213_154308https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250213_154056.jpeg20250213_154056https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250213_154048.jpeg20250213_154048https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_0017.jpegDSC_0017https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_0015.jpegDSC_0015https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_0014.jpegDSC_0014https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_0013.jpegDSC_0013https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_0012.jpegDSC_0012https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_0011.jpegDSC_0011https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_0010.jpegDSC_00102025-02-15T16:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/11/i-only-had-to-call-twice-to-make-it-work/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5671.jpegDSC_5671https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5670.jpegDSC_5670https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5669.jpegDSC_5669https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5668.jpegDSC_5668https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5663.jpegDSC_5663https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5661.jpegDSC_5661https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5658.jpegDSC_5658https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5656.jpegDSC_5656https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5653.jpegDSC_5653https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5652.jpegDSC_56522025-02-13T16:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/09/i-should-have-used-one-more-egg/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250205_123326.jpeg20250205_123326after that she had a well deserved nap :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250208_145417.jpeg20250208_145417and Alma is so happy that it isn't her :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250208_145244.jpeg20250208_145244https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250208_145305.jpeg20250208_145305https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250208_145411.jpeg20250208_145411The Monster kitten is attacking poor Malkolm ferrousiously.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5577.jpegDSC_5577https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5578.jpegDSC_5578https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5579.jpegDSC_5579https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5586.jpegDSC_5586https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5582.jpegDSC_55822025-02-13T16:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/07/why-did-they-waste-paper-on-that/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250205_123326.jpg20250205_123326https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5499.jpegDSC_5499The sun is actually already giving away some heat noe, a bit early but I like it, nights the temperature can drop down to -8 C (17,6F) This is a season we call Springwinter. Not spring because it is still too cold at nights but not winter either because it is too warm during the days. A prefect season for picnics :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5494.jpegDSC_5494https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5492.jpegDSC_5492https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5489.jpegDSC_5489https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5486.jpegDSC_5486https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5484.jpegDSC_5484https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5481.jpegDSC_5481https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5479.jpegDSC_5479https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dsc_5475.jpegDSC_54752025-02-11T16:28:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/05/we-even-had-sunshine-today/2025-02-07T17:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/04/school-shooting/2025-02-09T16:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/02/02/the-flu/2025-02-04T17:42:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/30/15065/2025-02-02T11:28:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/27/more-snow-to-melt-away/2025-01-30T16:28:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/26/theres-always-a-way/2025-01-30T16:32:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/26/i-can-work-around-the-photo-problem-thankfully/2025-01-30T16:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/25/14986/2025-01-26T08:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/23/snow-and-rain/2025-01-24T16:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/22/everything-tasted-bacon/2025-01-26T08:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/21/even-i-thought-the-weather-was-nice/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4984.jpegDSC_4984https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4985.jpegDSC_4985https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4982.jpegDSC_4982https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4979.jpegDSC_4979https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4977.jpegDSC_4977https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4975.jpegDSC_4975https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4973.jpegDSC_4973https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4969.jpegDSC_4969https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4964.jpegDSC_4964https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4961.jpegDSC_49612025-01-23T16:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/20/14868/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4913.jpegDSC_4913https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4912.jpegDSC_4912https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4911.jpegDSC_4911https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4915.jpegDSC_4915The Himalayan Cypress also looks good but the most dangerous time for plants here is when spring starts and those late frosts suddenly kill them.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4917.jpegDSC_4917My hardy Rosemary, survived -18 C (-0,4 F) beside it some Oregano but they survive everything :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4908.jpegDSC_4908https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4904.jpegDSC_4904https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4905.jpegDSC_4905https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4903.jpegDSC_4903https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4902.jpegDSC_4902The last snow for this time :-)2025-01-21T08:48:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/19/14839/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4872.jpgDSC_4872The dogs couldn't see her but knew she was there somewhere :-) She really didn't care about us since she knows my dogs so well :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4870.jpgDSC_4870When she did she hunkered down and took a look at us.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4869.jpgDSC_4869So we caught up with her, yes it's a her because it's my neighbors cat :-) She was so concentrated on catching a mouse he didn't realize how close we were.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4859.jpgDSC_4859Can You see that little dark spot on the road almost all the way to the old stable? I thought that was a barn cat but it didn't run away in panic like they usually do.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4865.jpgDSC_4865https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4855-1.jpgDSC_4855https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4854-1.jpgDSC_4854https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4852.jpgDSC_4852https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4837.jpgDSC_4837https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4832-1.jpgDSC_48322025-01-20T15:15:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/18/14808/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4740.jpgDSC_4740https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4744.jpgDSC_4744The night crew were still working when we woke up in the morning :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4880.jpgDSC_4880https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4799.jpgDSC_4799https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4855.jpgDSC_4855https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4854.jpgDSC_4854https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4832.jpgDSC_4832https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4792.jpgDSC_4792https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4770.jpgDSC_4770https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4768.jpgDSC_47682025-01-18T16:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/16/14778/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/imag0007.jpgI put up the wildlife camera for two weeks when we had the snowstorm and the only thing the camera got was this hare, it had found the deer food I had tossed out :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4737.jpgDSC_4737https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4735.jpgDSC_4735https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4734.jpgDSC_4734https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4733.jpgDSC_4733https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4732.jpgDSC_4732https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4728.jpgDSC_4728https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4726.jpgDSC_4726https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4723.jpgDSC_4723https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4720.jpgDSC_47202025-01-18T16:14:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/15/14741/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4695.jpgDSC_4695https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4692.jpgDSC_4692https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4681.jpgDSC_4681https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4680.jpgDSC_4680https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4683.jpgDSC_4683low flying mist here and there on our walkhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4679.jpgDSC_4679https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4678.jpgDSC_4678https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4677.jpgDSC_4677https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4676.jpgDSC_4676https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4659.jpgDSC_46592025-01-20T15:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/14/sometimes-i-wonder-about-internet-companies/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037The swamp behind my garage is now the lake again :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0032-2.jpgDSC_0032https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0030-2.jpgDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0028-2.jpgDSC_0028https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0026-1.jpgDSC_0026https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0025-1.jpgDSC_0025https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0024-1.jpgDSC_0024https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0022-1.jpgDSC_0022https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0020-1.jpgDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0016-1.jpgDSC_00162025-01-16T17:44:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/13/the-new-computer-i-installed/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250113_104955.jpg20250113_104955https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250112_212629.jpg20250112_212629https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0045.jpgDSC_0045https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0042.jpgDSC_0042https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0034-2.jpgDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0032-1.jpgDSC_0032https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0031-3.jpgDSC_0031https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0030-1.jpgDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0024.jpgDSC_0024https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0023-2.jpgDSC_00232025-01-18T16:03:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/12/14652/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250112_154104.jpg20250112_154104I turned around after tossing the garbage in the bin and saw that it most likely is a full moon night.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0064.jpgDSC_0064https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0062.jpgDSC_0062https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0061.jpgDSC_0061https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0060.jpgDSC_0060https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0059.jpgDSC_0059https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0046.jpgDSC_0046https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0044.jpgDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0041.jpgDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0040.jpgDSC_00402025-01-13T17:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/11/14623/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250111_122338.jpg20250111_122338https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250107_145041.jpg20250107_145041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4616.jpgDSC_4616https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4615.jpgDSC_4615https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4613.jpgDSC_4613https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4608.jpgDSC_4608https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4603.jpgDSC_4603https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4596.jpgDSC_4596https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4594.jpgDSC_4594https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4592.jpgDSC_45922025-01-13T17:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/10/14592/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/s-12.jpgs (12)She has grown quite a lot since she came here :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/s-11.jpgs (11)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/s-10.jpgs (10)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/r-54.jpgR (54)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/s-18.jpgs (18)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/s-17.jpgs (17)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/s-16.jpgs (16)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/s-15.jpgs (15)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/r-44.jpgr (44)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/r-43.jpgr (43)2025-01-13T17:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/09/14562/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250109_125631.jpg20250109_125631https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250107_153941.jpg20250107_153941https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250107_153931.jpg20250107_153931https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4529.jpgDSC_4529https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4527.jpgDSC_4527https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4525.jpgDSC_4525https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4523.jpgDSC_4523https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4519.jpgDSC_4519https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4517.jpgDSC_4517https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4514.jpgDSC_45142025-01-11T17:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/06/14536/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0026.jpgDSC_0026https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0023.jpgDSC_0023https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0020.jpgDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0015.jpgDSC_0015https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_0038https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0036.jpgDSC_0036https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0035.jpgDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0034.jpgDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_0033.jpgDSC_0033North eastern winds so the snow gets stuck in the lilacs and barely reaches the Pawpaws and Camellia.2025-01-09T16:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/05/after-nasty-cold-comes-snowstorm-and-then-rain/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4460.jpgDSC_4460https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250105_151538.jpg20250105_151538https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250105_150639.jpg20250105_150639https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250105_153349.jpg20250105_153349https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4456.jpgDSC_4456https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4443.jpgDSC_4443https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4451.jpgDSC_4451https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4421.jpgDSC_4421My neighbors huge Birches.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4420.jpgDSC_4420https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4418.jpgDSC_44182025-01-09T17:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2025/01/04/14479/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250104_141739.jpg20250104_141739https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250104_141636.jpg20250104_141636https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4399.jpgDSC_4399https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4397.jpgDSC_4397https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4389.jpgDSC_4389https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4388.jpgDSC_4388The entire road in the forest looks like this. Wild hogs are good for nature but not for us trying to walk on the roads :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc_4387.jpgDSC_4387I was thinking of walking out on the peninsula but no way I'll have us all covered in cold snow 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Green Finch, haven't seen many of those so far.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3863.jpgDSC_38632024-12-27T16:26:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/12/23/yule-knock/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_0022-3.jpgDSC_0022 (3)This photo was taken three years ago. 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garden after I had come back home from the second drive to the store 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have removed the blockage in the creek so now the water level is much lower again.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3265.jpgDSC_3265https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3263.jpgDSC_3263https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3262.jpgDSC_32622024-12-11T16:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/12/08/13862/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241208_172300.jpg20241208_172300https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241206_211006.jpg20241206_211006https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3200.jpgDSC_3200https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3194.jpgDSC_3194I only brought in one of the Camellias and the ones outside look really healthy despite -13 C (8,6 F).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3190.jpgDSC_3190https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3189.jpgDSC_3189https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3188.jpgDSC_3188https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3186.jpgDSC_3186https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3181.jpgDSC_3181https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3179.jpgDSC_31792024-12-11T16:41:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/12/06/13834/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241206_082859.jpg20241206_082859I wonder what the Yule Gnome is trying to defend himself from? People who'd rather have Julmust? the biggest of all sodas during this time of year :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241205_185316.jpg20241205_185316https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241205_184414.jpg20241205_184414Well if Alma is cleaning her up she of course does the same to her :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3124.jpgDSC_3124https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3115.jpgDSC_3115https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3112.jpgDSC_3112https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3111.jpgDSC_3111https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3108.jpgDSC_3108https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3107.jpgDSC_3107https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3105.jpgDSC_31052024-12-08T18:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/12/05/13792/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241205_120953.jpg20241205_120953https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3082.jpgDSC_3082https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3080.jpgDSC_3080https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3074.jpgDSC_3074https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3072.jpgDSC_3072https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3069.jpgDSC_3069https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3066.jpgDSC_3066https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3064.jpgDSC_3064https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3063.jpgDSC_3063https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3061.jpgDSC_30612024-12-08T18:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/12/04/a-winter-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3002.jpgDSC_3002Northern winds today.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3001.jpgDSC_3001https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_3000.jpgDSC_3000https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2995.jpgDSC_2995https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2992.jpgDSC_2992https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2990.jpgDSC_2990https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2989.jpgDSC_2989https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2987.jpgDSC_2987https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2985.jpgDSC_2985https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2983.jpgDSC_29832024-12-06T17:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/12/03/winter-wonderland/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241202_200442.jpg20241202_200442https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20241202_200801.jpg20241202_200801A bit grumpy after having a nap in my sweater :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2933.jpgDSC_2933https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2925.jpgDSC_2925https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2920.jpgDSC_2920https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2926.jpgDSC_2926https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2916.jpgDSC_2916https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2905.jpgDSC_2905https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2912.jpgDSC_2912https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2910.jpgDSC_29102024-12-06T17:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/12/02/so-dark-outside/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2866.jpgDSC_2866https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2865.jpgDSC_2865https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2864.jpgDSC_2864https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2863.jpgDSC_2863https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2847.jpgDSC_2847https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2845.jpgDSC_2845https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2844.jpgDSC_2844https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2842.jpgDSC_2842https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2834.jpgDSC_2834https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/dsc_2833.jpgDSC_28332024-12-04T17:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/30/13652/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241130_162224.jpg20241130_162224https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2760.jpgDSC_2760https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2758.jpgDSC_2758https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2755.jpgDSC_2755https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2753.jpgDSC_2753Back in the days when the dogs living with me and were quiet dogs on our walks :-) We sometimes surprised deer sleeping here in the sunshine. They all knew these dogs so they rarely bothered to move when they noticed us :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2750.jpgDSC_2750https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2748.jpgDSC_2748https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2746.jpgDSC_2746https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2745.jpgDSC_2745https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2742.jpgDSC_27422024-12-16T16:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/29/13623/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/imag0007-1.jpgNot many photos from the wild life camera lately. So here's one of the cats from the farm uphill :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2692.jpgDSC_2692https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2689.jpgDSC_2689https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2685.jpgDSC_2685https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2683.jpgDSC_2683https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2682.jpgDSC_2682https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2680.jpgDSC_2680https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2679.jpgDSC_2679https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2678.jpgDSC_2678https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2675.jpgDSC_26752024-11-30T17:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/27/13591/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2643.jpgDSC_2643https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2654.jpgDSC_2654https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2649.jpgDSC_2649https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2637.jpgDSC_2637https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0048-1.jpgDSC_0048Just as I arrived here my neighbor picked me up :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0042.jpgDSC_0042https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0040-1.jpgDSC_0040https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0039-4.jpgDSC_0039https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0030-3.jpgDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0026-5.jpgDSC_00262024-11-29T16:29:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/25/christmas-isnt-that-far-away/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/r-38.jpgr (38)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/r-37.jpgr (37)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/r-36.jpgr (36)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/r-35.jpgr (35)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15264_017a.jpgA15264_017Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15264_015a.jpgA15264_015Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15264_014a.jpgA15264_014Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15264_013a.jpgA15264_013AThese were taken with a Voightländer Bessamatic.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17337_005.jpgA17337_005https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17337_004.jpgA17337_0042024-11-27T17:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/24/much-hardier-than-i-thought/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241122_192816.jpg20241122_192816https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241124_063939.jpg20241124_063939https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241124_063932.jpg20241124_063932https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2575.jpgDSC_2575https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2571.jpgDSC_2571https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2568.jpgDSC_2568https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2567.jpgDSC_2567https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2566.jpgDSC_2566https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2558.jpgDSC_2558https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2556.jpgDSC_25562024-11-25T06:33:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/22/a-bit-chilly/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2510.jpgDSC_2510https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2508.jpgDSC_2508https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2506.jpgDSC_2506The waterfilled puddles are impossible to see when the thin layer of snow covers them.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2499.jpgDSC_2499https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2498.jpgDSC_2498https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2495.jpgDSC_2495https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2484.jpgDSC_2484https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2482.jpgDSC_2482https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2494.jpgDSC_2494https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2491.jpgDSC_24912024-11-24T15:03:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/21/13461/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241121_072033.jpg20241121_072033https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241121_072027.jpg20241121_072027https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241121_072026.jpg20241121_072026https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241121_072017.jpg20241121_072017Malkolm and Sara playing in the living room, a bit blurry but I wanted You all too see how vicious she is :-) https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2431.jpgDSC_2431https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2420.jpgDSC_2420https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2419.jpgDSC_2419https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2417.jpgDSC_2417https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2415.jpgDSC_2415https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2411.jpgDSC_24112024-11-27T16:57:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/20/13429/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2342.jpgDSC_2342https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2372.jpgDSC_2372https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2371.jpgDSC_2371https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2357.jpgDSC_2357https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2325.jpgDSC_2325https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2315.jpgDSC_2315https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2314.jpgDSC_2314https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2303.jpgDSC_2303https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2291.jpgDSC_2291https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2289.jpgDSC_22892024-11-21T16:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/18/well-our-weather-service/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241118_141932.jpg20241118_141932https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2239.jpgDSC_2239https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2238.jpgDSC_2238https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2236.jpgDSC_2236https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2235.jpgDSC_2235https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2229.jpgDSC_2229I cleaned some carrots I dug up yesterday in the water barrel, this is what I found today :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2211.jpgDSC_2211https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2207.jpgDSC_2207https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2204.jpgDSC_2204https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_2202.jpgDSC_2202I cleaned some carrots I brought in from the vegetable patch in the water barrel, this is what I found this morning :-)2024-11-20T16:43:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/17/one-more-day-before-winter/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0011-2.jpgDSC_0011https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0010-6.jpgDSC_0010https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0009-7.jpgDSC_0009https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0008-4.jpgDSC_0008https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0004-3.jpgDSC_0004https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0012-5.jpgDSC_0012https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0014-8.jpgDSC_0014https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0002-3.jpgDSC_0002https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0001-5.jpgDSC_0001https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0040.jpgDSC_00402024-11-18T16:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/16/a-horrible-smell-of-burnt-metal-and-god-knows-what/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241116_071621.jpg20241116_071621https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241113_212010-1.jpg20241113_212010https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0034-5.jpgDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0033-3.jpgDSC_0033https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0032-6.jpgDSC_0032https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0027-3.jpgDSC_0027https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0023-5.jpgDSC_0023https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0021-5.jpgDSC_0021https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0018-6.jpgDSC_0018https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0016-4.jpgDSC_00162024-11-17T16:09:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/14/today-we-were-lucky-with-the-weather/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241113_212010.jpg20241113_212010Malkolm and Alma do like Sara the cat but she's never calm so they prefer to avoid her when they want to sleep. Old Nova made Sara calm in some way so I think she's missed by the kitten. Sometimes however they make an exception and let her stay close :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0059-2.jpgDSC_0059https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0057-1.jpgDSC_0057https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0070.jpgDSC_0070https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0067.jpgDSC_0067https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0051-5.jpgDSC_0051https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0049-1.jpgDSC_0049https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0046-1.jpgDSC_0046https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0045-2.jpgDSC_0045https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0043-2.jpgDSC_00432024-11-16T16:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/13/i-missed-a-foggy-morning-walk/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0059-1.jpgDSC_0059Our squirrels are really shy so this was a surprise to see today :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0052-3.jpgDSC_0052and where's the bridge over the creek?https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0051-4.jpgDSC_0051It looks like there still is mist at the far back of the photo, odd because the fog/ mist had already vanished eslewhere.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0044-4.jpgDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0043-1.jpgDSC_0043https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0038-3.jpgDSC_0038Behind those birches there's a big but swampy meadow, I only walk there during droughts :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0036-1.jpgDSC_0036https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0034-4.jpgDSC_0034This tree looks like something that will wake up at night and start wandering around looking for prey :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0032-5.jpgDSC_0032It is easy to walk here because of the absolute flat surface, the other side of the island is just the opposite and also very swampy :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0024-2.jpgDSC_00242024-11-14T15:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/12/13207/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0065.jpgDSC_0065https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0046.jpgDSC_0046https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0038-2.jpgDSC_0038https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0035-3.jpgDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0024-1.jpgDSC_0024https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0019-4.jpgDSC_0019https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0016-2.jpgDSC_0016https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0013-4.jpgDSC_0013https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0012-4.jpgDSC_0012https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241112_133133.jpg20241112_1331332024-11-13T17:18:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/11/13176/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15264_019a.jpgA15264_019AAnd four taken with my analog camera Voigtländer Bessamatic.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15264_021a.jpgA15264_021Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15264_018a.jpgA15264_018Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a15264_016a.jpgA15264_016Aand four taken with my analog camera Voigtländer Bessamatic.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17339_014a.jpgA17339_014Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17339_012a.jpgA17339_012Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17339_018a.jpgA17339_018Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17339_017a.jpgA17339_017Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17339_005a.jpgA17339_005Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/a17339_004a.jpgA17339_004A2024-11-12T14:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/09/a-sort-of-meh-fog-today/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0039-2.jpgDSC_0039https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0037-1.jpgDSC_0037I'm not a fan of horses to be honest but I really like these two. No matter how much my dogs (Alma that is) would sound they still don't care :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0035-2.jpgDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0034-1.jpgDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0031-3.jpgDSC_0031https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0030-2.jpgDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0028-3.jpgDSC_0028https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0025-1.jpgDSC_0025https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0024.jpgDSC_0024https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0023-3.jpgDSC_00232024-11-10T17:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/08/foggy-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241105_213305.jpg20241105_213305https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0049.jpgDSC_0049https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0047.jpgDSC_0047https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0039-1.jpgDSC_0039https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0038-1.jpgDSC_0038https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0036.jpgDSC_0036https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0033-1.jpgDSC_0033https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0032-2.jpgDSC_00322024-11-09T15:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/07/13075/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0017-1.jpgDSC_0017https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0044-2.jpgDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0041-1.jpgDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_0038https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0035-1.jpgDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0028-1.jpgDSC_0028https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0025.jpgDSC_0025https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0023-2.jpgDSC_00232024-11-08T16:22:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/05/grey-and-dull/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241102_174735.jpg20241102_174735https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241102_102142.jpg20241102_102142https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241102_101754-1.jpg20241102_101754https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/imag0007.jpgBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/imag0006.jpgBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/imag0005.jpgBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/imag0004.jpgBURRELBURRELhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0005-2.jpgDSC_0005 (2)I do have a piece of cinnamon in it while it boils but when it is done I sprinkle more over it all and today I also added some strawberry jam :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0004-2.jpgDSC_0004It is basically round rice (even though any rice can be used, it just gets a slightly different texture). First boiled in some water for 15 minutes and after that milk in around 40 to 60 minutes.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0003-2.jpgDSC_0003 (2)So since it was so dark and gloomy today and like always this time of year I felt a liitle Christmas spirit I made some rice porridge :-) And of course I used the Christmas porridge plate :-)2024-11-07T17:48:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/04/the-bog/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0004-1.jpgDSC_0004https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0003.jpgDSC_0003https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0002.jpgDSC_0002https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0001-1.jpgDSC_0001https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0045.jpgDSC_0045https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0044-1.jpgDSC_0044https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0041.jpgDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0039.jpgDSC_0039It isn't easy to find the small bridge so one can pass over the creek if one doesn't know where it is :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0035.jpgDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0032-1.jpgDSC_00322024-11-05T16:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/03/12980/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241102_101754.jpg20241102_101754https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x-18.jpgx (18)Eating the few apples still lying on the ground.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x-8.jpgx (8)It finally looks like the Pawpaws are letting go of their leafs.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/x-14.jpgx (14)Now only two walnuts still hang in the tree.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0034.jpgDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0033.jpgDSC_0033https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0032.jpgDSC_0032https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0031-1.jpgDSC_0031https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0027.jpgDSC_0027https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0023-1.jpgDSC_00232024-11-04T15:31:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/11/01/stormy-weather/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0031.jpgDSC_0031https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0105.jpgDSC_0105https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0018.jpgDSC_0018https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0076.jpgDSC_0076https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0114.jpgDSC_0114https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0113.jpgDSC_0113https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0110.jpgDSC_0110https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0103.jpgDSC_0103https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0051.jpgDSC_0051https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dsc_0048.jpgDSC_00482024-11-02T14:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/29/so-today-we-had-to-part-ways/2024-11-02T14:31:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/28/today-she-had-her-second-shot/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dsc_0035-6.jpgDSC_0035https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dsc_0034-3.jpgDSC_0034https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dsc_0040-3.jpgDSC_0040The peach is still refusing to accept winter slowly is coming :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dsc_0038-5.jpgDSC_0038The Apricots are finally dropping their leafs, some of them get this rather dark red color.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dsc_0021-10.jpgDSC_0021https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dsc_0020-4.jpgDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dsc_0019-6.jpgDSC_0019https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/dsc_0018-10.jpgDSC_00182024-10-29T15:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/26/12880/2025-09-16T06:07:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/25/12845/2024-10-26T15:53:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/24/bad-but-also-sort-of-good-news-for-me-today/2024-10-29T15:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/23/been-to-falkoping-today/2024-10-24T16:21:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/22/12757/2024-10-23T16:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/21/a-belated-birthday-present/2024-10-24T16:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/19/it-was-there-just-for-a-second-then-it-was-gone-again/2024-10-21T16:23:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/18/misty-rain/2024-10-22T17:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/17/warmish/2024-10-17T17:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/16/12595/2024-10-17T16:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/15/they-moved-the-cattle/2024-10-16T15:21:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/14/my-second-favorite-weather/2024-10-15T09:28:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/13/it-would-have-been-nicer-if-it-had-been-spring/2024-10-14T13:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/12/sunny-and-nice/2024-10-13T16:59:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/10/12444/2024-10-12T16:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/09/going-through-the-garden/2024-10-09T10:54:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/08/12391/2024-10-09T09:50:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/07/12357/2024-10-08T15:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/06/i-did-it-again/2024-10-08T23:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/04/12287/2024-10-06T15:33:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/03/12257/2024-10-05T00:52:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/02/my-favorite-autumn-weather/2024-10-03T16:26:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/10/01/chilly-mornings/2024-10-03T15:30:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/29/12149/2024-10-03T15:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/27/a-too-long-nap/2024-09-29T16:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/26/from-now-on-itll-rain-for-at-least-24-hours/2024-09-27T07:09:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/25/busy-morning/2024-09-26T13:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/23/well-i-guess-i-have-a-cat-now/2024-10-01T15:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/21/must-be-the-warmest-september-in-ages-and-i-like-it/2024-09-25T05:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/20/it-feels-like-it-is-going-the-right-way/2024-09-21T18:12:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/18/11939/2024-09-20T15:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/17/11905/2024-09-20T15:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/16/a-really-nice-day-despite-only-a-little-sunshine-and-a-gf-bread-recipe/2024-09-18T15:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/15/first-frost-but-a-beautiful-day/2024-09-16T14:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/14/coughing-and-sneezing/2024-09-15T16:22:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/13/so-my-last-work-day-and-it-feels-just-fine/2024-09-15T16:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/12/11732/2024-09-13T18:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/11/11707/2024-09-12T18:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/10/am-i-getting-a-cold/2024-09-11T17:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/08/11644/2024-09-11T17:34:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/07/11606/2024-09-07T13:03:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/06/today-is-her-18th-birthday/2024-09-06T18:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/05/11545/2024-09-06T16:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/04/heat-record-for-september/2024-09-05T17:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/03/summer-is-back-for-a-few-days/2024-09-04T16:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/09/01/august-was-a-shitty-month-but-today-its-september/2024-09-03T16:42:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/28/dont-collect-kidney-stones/2024-08-29T18:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/27/11390/2024-08-28T17:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/25/11361/2024-08-27T17:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/24/autumn-flowering-strawberries/2024-08-25T16:26:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/23/a-storm-passing-by/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a15659_026a.jpgA15659_026Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a15659_024a.jpgA15659_024Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a15659_023a.jpgA15659_023Ahttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a15659_022a.jpgA15659_022AThese photos are taken with an old camera called Agfa Flexilette. It was never popular to be honest. It's a twin lens reflex camera and that means that one is looking through a separate lens via the view finder but take the photo with a separete lens beneath the view finder. Lets see if I can put a link in here that shows Googles photos of it. https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ebba84b6bdc58d29&rlz=1C1AVUC_enSE931SE931&q=agfa+flexilette&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0A6bwEop21ehxKWq5cj-cHabtDF9k5_O8FotNkF4z1i4ePnB2mb9gUfeQsmfo5W7oxDQfRpufQSeKjHSnOkdhjsXJiJ5KXVvBPzklstDtT91BUtbsMAIsMYHlqcSHjtpBFy6RdukrvVhPcb7QPp49Ofo_XEtYmc5hhb8wi7lEQ31sgdqbdzdu5VyJ-FoO1uy_vthqiu&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwj4yZfQ14uIAxVyDhAIHZC_OJ8QtKgLegQICRAB&biw=1920&bih=919&dpr=1https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1564.jpgDSC_1564https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1561.jpgDSC_1561https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1558.jpgDSC_1558https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1554.jpgDSC_1554https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a-24.jpga (24)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/a-23.jpga (23)2024-08-24T17:03:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/21/i-didnt-expect-that-after-17-in-the-same-work-place/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/x-1.jpgx (1)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2335.jpgDSC_2335https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2334.jpgDSC_2334https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2333.jpgDSC_2333https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2325.jpgDSC_2325https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2347.jpgDSC_2347https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2345.jpgDSC_2345The Rowan trees gives loads of berries this year. One can make the most delicious jelly from them even though the berries themselves are pretty tart.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2341.jpgDSC_2341https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2339.jpgDSC_2339This is a Jerusalem artichoke called Bianca. Normally it starts to flower at the end of September so it's around a month early. I guess it's because we had that long heatwave in May.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2321.jpgDSC_23212024-08-23T17:26:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/18/plum-pie-is-that-a-thing/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1581.jpgDSC_1581https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1570.jpgDSC_1570https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1569.jpgDSC_1569https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1544.jpgDSC_1544https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1565.jpgDSC_1565https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1560.jpgDSC_1560https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1557.jpgDSC_1557https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1552.jpgDSC_1552https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1532.jpgDSC_1532https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1521.jpgDSC_15212024-08-21T17:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/17/walking-in-the-village/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1491.jpgDSC_1491My Butterfly bush finally shows buds :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1489.jpgDSC_1489https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1465.jpgDSC_1465One Honey bee, one spider and one species of Hymenoptera. Could be that the tiny hymenoptera actually is after the spider while the spider is after the honey bee. The hoeybee managed to escape though.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1463.jpgDSC_1463The Hardy Fuchsia likes how much more sunshine it gets after I thinned the Golden rain (laburnum)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1460.jpgDSC_1460Finally the Lupinus texensis looks like they do in photos, my first ones only had one or two flowers and they were also white.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1487.jpgDSC_1487https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1486.jpgDSC_1486https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1485.jpgDSC_1485https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1461.jpgDSC_1461https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1456.jpgDSC_14562024-08-21T17:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/16/finally-friday-2/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1404.jpgDSC_1404https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1403.jpgDSC_1403https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1402.jpgDSC_1402https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1400.jpgDSC_1400https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1398.jpgDSC_1398https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1396.jpgDSC_1396https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1391.jpgDSC_1391https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1387.jpgDSC_1387https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1394.jpgDSC_1394https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1386.jpgDSC_13862024-08-17T16:37:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/14/warm/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1372.jpgDSC_1372https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1370.jpgDSC_1370https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1365.jpgDSC_1365https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1354.jpgDSC_1354https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1371.jpgDSC_1371Finally! Bellpeppers on the way :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1367.jpgDSC_1367My seed sown apple tree. Delicious apples but they are easily attacked by fungus.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1364.jpgDSC_1364Aronia berries, if You love tart and very bitter berries these are the ones for You. No ammount of sugar can make them taste good but the birds and Alma loves them :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1362.jpgDSC_1362The English walnut, a better photo than I had the last time.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1361.jpgDSC_1361https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1358.jpgDSC_13582024-08-16T18:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/11/11088/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1341.jpgDSC_1341https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1343.jpgDSC_1343https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1328.jpgDSC_1328https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1346.jpgDSC_1346https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1327.jpgDSC_1327My seed sown Pawpaws. They are a bit slow because they did start to grow very late in the autumn, then started their winter rest just when spring started here. I hope they have adjust to how it really is already next year.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1326.jpgDSC_1326The Troll grapes has been opened by the birds so now the seeds can be seen.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1325.jpgDSC_1325The Hardy Fuchsia likes to get more light. I'll cover it over winter with lots of leafs and grass.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1323.jpgDSC_1323The Wisteria started to grow really well but then it stopped. The canopy above was so dense that almost no rain water reached the ground, it was the same where the Pawpaws grow. So I've strated to remove branches so that both water and sunshine can reach the ground.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1316.jpgDSC_1316This is to be honest an impossible photo because it's impossible to actually see what it is :-) It shows the two new stems on my English walnut.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1302.jpgDSC_13022024-08-16T11:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/10/insurance-companies-arent-there-because-they-love-to-help-they-are-there-for-the-money-and-nothing-else/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1249.jpgDSC_1249The church in Vilske-kleva.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1247.jpgDSC_1247A Kestrel.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1246.jpgDSC_1246I walked up to my mailbox and said hello to this pig :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1245.jpgDSC_1245The first autumn colors. This maple always starts in the middle and sometime those leafs fall off before the rest of the tree get yellow leafs :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1243.jpgDSC_1243https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1241.jpgDSC_1241https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1240.jpgDSC_1240https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1238.jpgDSC_1238https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1235.jpgDSC_1235The fox sat there and just looked at us 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Persimmon branches growing up from the root of the dead persimmon hybrid looks good. https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2191.jpgDSC_2191https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2190.jpgDSC_2190https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2184.jpgDSC_2184https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2180.jpgDSC_2180https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2179.jpgDSC_2179https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2177.jpgDSC_2177https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_2176.jpgDSC_21762024-08-10T16:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/03/the-rebellious-stage-has-begun/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1061.jpgDSC_1061He doesn't look too guilty after chewing on my plants :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1070.jpgDSC_1070https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1054.jpgDSC_1054https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1064.jpgDSC_1064https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1063.jpgDSC_1063My strawberry plants are thriving now, I'll get plenty of strawberries if the warm weather continues for a while.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1069.jpgDSC_1069My two peach seedlings. The one to the right was the first tree Malkolm decided to chew on :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1071.jpgDSC_1071Here are the Apricots, I have one more but I test planted it amongst the Siberian nepeta. It doesn't look happy because the nepeta is too invasive.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1068.jpgDSC_1068These are the Guvava seedlings, they haven't grown much in the cold weather we've had but look really healthy.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1043.jpgDSC_1043https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1039.jpgDSC_10392024-08-03T18:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/02/last-day-of-vacation-but-still-the-weekend-left/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0553.jpgDSC_0553Chicory. I tossed the left over seeds from yesterday all over the garden and one germinated. The ones that grew quite well last year died during winter.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1006.jpgDSC_1006https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0999.jpgDSC_0999https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0995.jpgDSC_0995https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0992.jpgDSC_0992https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0998.jpgDSC_0998The blueberries are coming fine as well but they ripe really unevenly, so I'll have to pick and freeze them one by one.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0997.jpgDSC_0997My seed sown apple tree has lots of apples. They taste delicious but the tree almost always get attacked by fungus and the apples rot directly on the tree, doesn't look like that will happen this year though. So this tree proves that seed sow apples always becomes sour and bitter.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_1004.jpgDSC_1004I sowed sunflowers all over the garden this spring and the few that started to grow are still small and tiny. This one however, sown by birds I think, grows in the vegetable garden :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0991.jpgDSC_0991The perennial sunflower the Jerusalm artichoke is very early this year, they normally start to flower some time in Early September but I can already see buds. Badly eaten by snails this year.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0985.jpgDSC_09852024-08-02T18:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/08/01/if-ive-learned-something-today-its-that-it-is-always-best-to-be-patient/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0930.jpgDSC_0930Nova has finally gotten her appetite back and today she even spent some time with the rest of us in the garden :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0942.jpgDSC_0942https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0937.jpgDSC_0937https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0935.jpgDSC_0935I've always believed that all strawberries were spring flowers, my starts now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0926.jpgDSC_0926Finally! One of the Texas lupines that looks like it is supposed to, all the other ones has had just a few flosers at most except one that only had one flower. So I'll make sure to save the seeds from this one and hope that the seedlings will turn out as its parent.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0922.jpgDSC_0922https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0921.jpgDSC_0921https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0915.jpgDSC_0915https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0907.jpgDSC_0907https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/dsc_0916.jpgDSC_09162024-08-02T17:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/31/one-of-those-summer-days-one-remembers-from-childhood/2024-08-01T17:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/30/10723/2024-08-01T16:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/29/the-village/2024-08-01T16:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/28/nica-day-and-bread-baking/2024-07-29T17:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/27/im-finding-potato-plants-everywhere-now/2024-07-28T16:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/26/10582/2024-07-26T16:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/24/a-bit-too-close/2024-07-25T16:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/23/10510/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0466.jpgDSC_0466https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0465.jpgDSC_0465None of the dogs saw him and he didn't see them because of a few dense and low pines. WE looked at each other for a while and then he trotted away.2024-07-25T16:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/21/i-forgot-to-take-a-nap/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0388.jpgDSC_0388https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0394.jpgDSC_0394https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0395.jpgDSC_03952024-07-22T15:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/20/10440/2024-07-21T18:01:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/19/10407/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0358.jpgDSC_0358https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0349.jpgDSC_0349https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0356.jpgDSC_03562024-07-20T17:11:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/18/i-hope-it-starts-to-dry-up-now/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0271.jpgDSC_0271https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0270.jpgDSC_0270https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0269.jpgDSC_0269https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0256.jpgDSC_0256https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0251.jpgDSC_0251https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0249.jpgDSC_0249https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0247.jpgDSC_0247https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0245.jpgDSC_0245https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0240.jpgDSC_0240https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0239.jpgDSC_02392024-07-20T17:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/16/a-morning-i-liked/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-56.jpga (56)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-58.jpga (58)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-48.jpga (48)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-51.jpga (51)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0172.jpgDSC_0172https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0161.jpgDSC_0161https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0170.jpgDSC_0170https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0160.jpgDSC_0160https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-39.jpga (39)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-38.jpga (38)2024-07-18T16:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/14/there-are-places-that-need-water-so-why-does-all-of-it-fall-here/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0041-1.jpgDSC_0041https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0037-1.jpgDSC_0037https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0030-1.jpgDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0035-1.jpgDSC_0035I wonder if he will continue to have that quilted fur in his neck when he gets older?https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0044-1.jpgDSC_0044I'll get at least two pink poppies this year and if You look at the top of the photo You can see the leafs from the Californian poppy, no summer here without it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0025-1.jpgDSC_0025This one is rather delicious and it looks like it has a thick layer of clear coat put on it. It's actually a thick layer of slime that protects it from pests, easily removed though and I usually pick lots of it.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0024-2.jpgDSC_0024https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0021-2.jpgDSC_0021Lots of lingonberries this year.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0020-2.jpgDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0017.jpgDSC_00172024-07-19T16:41:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/13/10264/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0088.jpgDSC_0088The second time she made sure that Malkolm didn't notice her leaving :-) :-) https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0084.jpgDSC_0084The first time she stole the chewing rawhide.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0080.jpgDSC_0080https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0078.jpgDSC_0078https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0075.jpgDSC_0075https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0072.jpgDSC_0072https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0057-1.jpgDSC_0057https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0056.jpgDSC_0056https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0051-1.jpgDSC_0051https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0049-2.jpgDSC_00492024-07-13T16:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/12/the-new-compost/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0153.jpgDSC_0153https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0127.jpgDSC_0127https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0126.jpgDSC_0126https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0122.jpgDSC_0122Doesn't Malkolm look worried here? Two seconds after I took this photo he attacked Alma :-) :-) :-) https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0108.jpgDSC_0108The Elderberry tree suddenly started to flower :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0115.jpgDSC_0115I do however have plenty of wild raspberries, they trly behaves like weed :-) The wild one are probably the most delicious berries we have this far south in the country. We have even more delicious berries up far north but they can't give any berries this far south.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0111.jpgDSC_0111My garden raspberries aren't especially tasty but the birds love them.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0106.jpgDSC_0106https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0154.jpgDSC_0154So every time one puts anything in the compost one is supposed to spint it a few times and one must also spin it around every now and again so it composts evenly. This one is supposed to be totally smell free.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0147.jpgDSC_0147In this photo I thought I would show the middle wall but forgot to brighten up the photograph :-) :-) :-)2024-07-13T15:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/11/i-slept-away-an-entire-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-22.jpga (22)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-34.jpga (34)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-33.jpga (33)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-32.jpga (32)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-31.jpga (31)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-28.jpga (28)The perennial sunflowers are early this year.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-26.jpga (26)My Gardenias seems to like staying outside and this is the first flower to open up.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-25.jpga (25)My Himalayan Cedar looks great.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-24.jpga (24)My first hazelnuts :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-15-1.jpga (15)2024-07-12T17:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/09/summer-weather-for-once/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9970.jpgDSC_9970https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9969.jpgDSC_9969https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9968.jpgDSC_9968https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9926.jpgDSC_9926https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9936.jpgDSC_9936https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9935.jpgDSC_9935https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9933.jpgDSC_9933https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9932.jpgDSC_9932https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9920.jpgDSC_9920We met the fox again, too bad I was too slow with the camera.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9919.jpgDSC_9919For once the dogs sat still while I removed the wires, if they are there tomorrow I'll detach them (and of course put up the wires that stop the cattle from going out of the pasture). I'm rather tired of those workers by now!2024-07-11T16:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/08/the-morning-was-really-nice-anyway/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9862.jpgDSC_9862https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9861.jpgDSC_9861https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9860.jpgDSC_9860https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9846.jpgDSC_9846The peas are in bloom and have started to grow over to their neighbors :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9847.jpgDSC_9847https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9837.jpgDSC_9837https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9840.jpgDSC_9840This is a Creeping bluebell because the flowers all grow out from the same side of the stalk. Almost impossible to see the difference otherwise but my guess is that they both spread just as happily :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9835.jpgDSC_9835This is most likely not a creeping bluebell because the flower grow out from the stalk n several sides of it.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9819.jpgDSC_9819https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9817.jpgDSC_98172024-07-09T16:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/07/10081/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9777.jpgDSC_9777https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9772.jpgDSC_9772https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9769.jpgDSC_9769https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9768.jpgDSC_9768https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-21.jpga (21)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-20.jpga (20)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-16.jpga (16)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-15.jpga (15)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-12-1.jpga (12)I've been thinking about having a pond again but this time make sure no vole can chew through the rubber.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-11-1.jpga (11)2024-07-08T17:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/06/its-raining-its-pouring-2/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9736.jpgDSC_9736https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9755.jpgDSC_9755https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9754.jpgDSC_9754https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9752.jpgDSC_9752https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9751.jpgDSC_9751https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9747.jpgDSC_9747https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9725.jpgDSC_9725https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9724.jpgDSC_9724https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9723.jpgDSC_9723https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_9716.jpgDSC_9716the first blueberries growing by the bog :-)2024-07-07T17:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/05/finally-2/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0027-1.jpgDSC_0027Don't know the name on this one. It is a climbing vine and I think it once belonged to theCorydalis family but now have been moved to the Fumaria family, my favorite weed family :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0026-1.jpgDSC_0026The Hardy Fuchsia cuttings I've taken are now planted in three pots. The yellow in the leafs indicate that they lack nutrients of some kind and that's most likely because all the rain that has washed through the soil, there's simply nothing left for the plants to use.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0025.jpgDSC_0025The three tomato shoots I removed a couple of days ago now have roots. If we hadn't loved tomatoes so much we would call it a weed :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0024-1.jpgDSC_0024https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0023.jpgDSC_0023My pees are now all entwined :-) Plus I saw that a few bean vines still are alive and grows well.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0021-1.jpgDSC_0021Musk Mallow, grows everywhere in this area, I have the pink one as well.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0020.jpgDSC_0020https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0019-1.jpgDSC_0019My little Mango tree. It stopped growing when it went colder unfortunately.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0016.jpgDSC_0016My tomatoes are coming fine :-)2024-07-06T16:33:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/04/only-one-more-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-130.jpga (130)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-128.jpga (128)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-126.jpga (126)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-125.jpga (125)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-123.jpga (123)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-122.jpga (122)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-121.jpga (121)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-120.jpga (120)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/a-13.jpga 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(12)2024-07-05T18:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/03/im-rarely-nostalgic-and-malkolm-is-much-better/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0055-2.jpgDSC_0055https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0057.jpgDSC_0057https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0049.jpgDSC_0049https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0054-1.jpgDSC_0054https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0043.jpgDSC_0043https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0042.jpgDSC_0042https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0040.jpgDSC_0040https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_0038https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0036.jpgDSC_0036https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0035.jpgDSC_0035I have two Hardy Hibiscus in my garden but so far no signs of buds.2024-07-04T17:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/07/02/sick-puppy/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0047.jpgDSC_0047https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0046.jpgDSC_0046https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0045.jpgDSC_0045https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0055.jpgDSC_0055Here are the cuttings (the second round) I took from the Hardy fuchsia, all fuchsias tend to produce flower buds really early and there's no use in removing them, all that happens is that it will continue to produce even more flowerbuds and that takes more energy than to just let them stay.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0054.jpgDSC_0054And here are the two seed sown peaches.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053I know it's hard to see but here are a few of my seed sown apricots.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0051.jpgDSC_0051https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0048.jpgDSC_0048I was sure that last winter had killed my Eastern redbud but then I saw new lafs :-) It never grows bigger than this though.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dsc_0031.jpgDSC_00312024-07-04T11:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/06/30/a-persistent-but-nice-summer-rain/2024-07-03T17:40:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/06/29/such-a-nice-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a-41.jpga (41)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a-38.jpga (38)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/a-37.jpga 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was too hot for Malkolm to have a walk but he and Alma could play for over an hour in the garden when we came home :-) :-)2024-06-02T16:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/05/30/thunder-and-rain/2024-05-30T17:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/05/28/so-slow-today/2024-05-30T16:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/05/27/rain-and-thunder-and-summer-tires-on-the-car/2024-05-28T16:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/05/26/sticky-flypaper/2024-05-27T15:54:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/05/25/i-didnt-mind-they-were-wring-about-todays-weather/2024-05-26T13:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/05/24/the-mosquitoes-love-the-rain/2024-05-25T16:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/05/23/rain-and-thunder-is-close-but-wont-reach-us/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dsc_8760.jpgDSC_8760https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/a-41.jpga 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really like this photo, just look at Alma :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8184.jpgDSC_8184https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8183.jpgDSC_8183https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8182.jpgDSC_8182https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8181.jpgDSC_8181https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8180.jpgDSC_81802024-05-01T16:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/28/it-finally-arrived/2024-04-29T16:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/27/they-say-itll-be-warm-next-week-but-ill-believe-it-if-it-happens/2024-04-28T15:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/26/now-i-fear-the-phone-when-im-working/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/a-15-1.jpga (15)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/a-14-1.jpga (14)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/a-13-1.jpga (13)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/a-12-1.jpga (12)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8078.jpgDSC_80782024-04-27T05:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/24/dogs-sometimes-i-wonder/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8055.jpgDSC_8055Well it is nice to lay down in the grass as well :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8054.jpgDSC_8054He loses his balance though.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8053.jpgDSC_8053He's catching up really good.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8052.jpgDSC_8052He's going for her stick.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8050.jpgDSC_8050https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8049.jpgDSC_8049https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8048.jpgDSC_8048https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_8047.jpgDSC_80472024-04-27T05:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/23/the-table-has-finally-arrived/2024-04-24T16:33:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/21/if-it-wasnt-for-the-wind/2024-04-23T17:02:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/20/a-sunny-and-wind-free-day-for-a-change/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_1060.jpgDSC_1060https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_1078.jpgDSC_1078https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_1058.jpgDSC_10582024-04-20T17:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/14/storm-again/2024-04-14T16:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/13/theres-at-least-no-snow-here-now/2024-04-14T07:21:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/06/our-weather-service-is-quite-useless-to-be-honest/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7676.jpgDSC_7676https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7675.jpgDSC_7675https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7674.jpgDSC_7674https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7672.jpgDSC_76722024-04-06T18:32:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/04/05/winter-decided-we-shouldnt-think-spring-was-here/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7615.jpgDSC_7615So I had him in a backpack when we went out and had it hanging on my front side so I could have an eye on him and make sure he wouldn't try to jump out :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7599.jpgDSC_7599but didn't realize how deep the snow was :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7598.jpgDSC_7598Then he decided that he didn't want to sit on the tree stump.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7597.jpgDSC_7597https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7596.jpgDSC_7596https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7595.jpgDSC_7595https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dsc_7594.jpgDSC_75942024-04-06T18:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/03/30/life-goes-on/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_7388.jpgDSC_7388https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_7380.jpgDSC_7380https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_7386.jpgDSC_7386https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_7384.jpgDSC_7384https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_7378.jpgDSC_7378https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_7376.jpgDSC_7376https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_7372.jpgDSC_7372https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_7374.jpgDSC_7374https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/albin.jpgAlbin2024-03-31T16:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/03/17/7784/2024-03-17T16:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/03/16/cataract-in-my-right-eye/2024-03-17T16:00:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/03/10/winter-weather-again/2024-03-10T19:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/03/03/grey-and-dull-and-rain/2024-03-03T16:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2024/03/02/not-the-nicest-of-weather-but-it-is-at-least-not-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_6831.jpgDSC_6831https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/dsc_6830.jpgDSC_6830The 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taken with the Minolta 8000i.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dsc_3724.jpgDSC_3724I've started to bring in more of what is going to spend winter in my cool cellar, like these apricot trees.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dsc_3723.jpgDSC_37232023-10-22T16:36:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/10/21/ive-never-scolded-them-this-much-before/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/a16841_006af.jpgA16841_006AfFrom the Minolta.2023-10-22T16:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/10/15/they-gave-up-early/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dsc_0014-2.jpgDSC_0014.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dsc_3572.jpgDSC_3572.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dsc_3571.jpgDSC_3571.2023-10-17T10:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/10/14/strong-winds/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/dsc_0031-1.jpgDSC_00312023-10-14T14:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/10/13/not-warm-but-not-cold-either/2023-10-13T16:00:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/10/08/it-did/2023-10-08T17:13:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/10/07/the-frost-will-arrive-tonight/2023-10-07T17:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/10/01/6090/2023-10-01T16:44:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/30/chilly-wind/2023-09-30T16:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/29/shes-a-bit-picky-now-days/2023-09-30T16:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/24/i-dont-like-wild-hogs/2023-09-24T17:52:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/23/they-play-dare/2023-09-23T11:59:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/17/she-got-a-bit-lost-in-the-high-grass/2023-09-22T09:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/16/5953/2023-09-17T10:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/15/finally-a-chilly-night/2023-09-16T09:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/10/so-ive-survived-my-first-week/2023-09-14T09:15:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/03/17-years-old-quite-impressive/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_00222023-09-10T08:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/02/morning-mist/2023-09-02T19:39:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/09/01/starting-with-evening-shift-at-work/2023-09-01T10:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/27/wild-hogs/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dsc_2110.jpgDSC_2110The Sarracenia sure is slow to open up. I do hope that at least one of the four buds will before frost takes them all.2023-08-27T12:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/26/back-to-rain-again/2023-08-26T13:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/20/we-had-a-rain-free-day/2023-08-20T07:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/18/i-ordered-two-batteries/2023-08-20T06:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/13/just-a-normal-sunday-2/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dsc_1854.jpgDSC_1854.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dsc_1843.jpgDSC_18432023-08-13T16:53:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/12/a-second-harvest-and-autumn-colors/2023-08-13T11:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/11/finally-a-day-without-rain/2023-08-11T17:18:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/06/back-to-work-again/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dsc_0078.jpgDSC_0078and Alma a bit more than two years old now.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dsc_0079.jpgDSC_0079Albin's only 8https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053She will become 17 years old next month :-)2023-08-06T17:57:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/05/my-first-harvest/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/dsc_1655.jpgDSC_16552023-08-05T15:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/08/04/thunder-and-lightning-and-bank-id/2023-08-04T16:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/30/the-rain-has-given-back-what-the-drought-took-away/2023-08-03T16:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/29/no-rain-today/2023-08-03T16:38:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/28/lots-and-lots-with-rain/2023-07-29T16:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/23/grapes/2023-07-24T06:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/22/i-could-have-mowed-it-all/2023-07-22T13:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/21/much-the-same-weather-all-week-long/2023-07-22T07:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/16/the-weather-is-anything-but-boring-today/2023-07-17T16:49:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/15/cleaning-my-sofas-will-be-easier-i-hope/2023-07-16T15:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/14/first-week-soon-to-be-over/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/dsc_0705.jpgDSC_07052023-07-15T19:12:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/09/now-i-hope-i-can-start-what-i-planned-to-do-during-my-vacation-lots-of-napping/2023-07-10T07:39:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/08/well-that-didnt-go-as-i-had-planned/2023-07-09T06:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/07/vacation-time/2023-07-08T09:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/02/the-coolest-looking-beetle/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/a-17.jpga (17).2023-07-02T14:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/07/01/ticks-and-mosquitoes/2023-07-01T16:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/30/finally-cool-air-and-rain/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dsc_0049-2.jpgDSC_0049 (2)The same water as they have indoors and still they prefer to drink it from this bucket :-)2023-07-01T15:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/25/too-hot/2023-06-28T17:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/24/finally-a-mango-tree-in-my-garden/2023-06-25T09:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/23/midsummer/2023-06-23T11:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/18/nice-and-gentle-rain-but-we-need-more/2023-06-20T16:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/17/theyre-guessing-well-get-rain-tomorrow/2023-06-18T13:54:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/11/almost-forgot/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dsc_9856.jpgDSC_9856https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dsc_9854.jpgDSC_9854.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a-26.jpga (26)2023-06-11T18:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/10/felt-warmer-than-it-was/2023-06-10T17:48:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/09/poor-little-cat/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/z-8.jpgz (8)These are two examples of the same kind of cameras, Twin Lens Reflex cameras. Many using TWL cameras wanted to be able to use 135 film (the one we had in almost all cameras back then) so Agfa decided they would do a SLR sized one. One look down the cview finder in both cameras so the angle of the photo is a bit different from the SLR's. The problem was that it is almost impossible to focus with the little Agfa Flexilette :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dsc_9753.jpgDSC_9753I bought three Sarracena plants the previous weekend. This one had a too small pot so I planted it yesterday, the other two will be planted tomorrow. They are almost hardy enough to survive a winter here but these will be wintering in my cool cellar.2023-06-10T13:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/04/the-fly-season-has-started-yay/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dsc_9737.jpgDSC_97372023-06-06T16:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/03/4974/2023-06-03T15:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/03/falling-down/2023-06-03T15:47:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/02/4940/2023-06-03T15:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/06/02/frost/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dsc_9687.jpgDSC_9687Still going strong :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dsc_9676.jpgDSC_9676My seed sown Gardenia (one of four) shows its first flower. Unlike the ones we buy these flowers are single, like they are in nature. The ones we can buy are always totally filled and looks almost like a rose. It smell just enough strong and the scent fills up my kitchen. Two more flower buds and then hope it'll, and the other ones, will do it again next year.2023-06-03T14:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/28/alma-is-so-much-more-careful-when-playing-with-her/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0044-3.jpgDSC_0044 (3)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0043-3.jpgDSC_0043 (3).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0042-3.jpgDSC_0042 (3)Alma is so much more careful when she plays with Nova, like when she plays with my neighbors daughter than she is when she plays with ASlbin. Soimetimes it looks and sounds as if they are trying to kill each other :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0041-3.jpgDSC_0041 (3)Nova might almost be 17 years old but she still plays with the other dogs every now and again. https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0049.jpgDSC_0049The tiny Pawpaw is said to like growing beneath bigger trees, at least as young, so while it slowly will grow taller the apple tree stays.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0038-4.jpgDSC_0038 (4)Albin always look a bit grumpy. He doesn't have that pitty smile.2023-05-29T17:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/27/the-nettles-slid-down-my-arm/2023-05-29T17:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/26/not-happy-about-it/2023-05-28T04:12:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/21/the-sunshine-is-really-hot/2023-05-23T17:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/20/presummer-is-here/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_9478.jpgDSC_9478.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_9475.jpgDSC_9475.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_9473.jpgDSC_9473The second one and he too took it a bit to calm for my liking. It's a miracle if these deer survives the wolf pack we now have here because they react slower than cold molasses :-) :-) :-)2023-05-21T08:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/19/long-weekend/2023-05-20T17:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/14/so-we-won/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0038-1.jpgDSC_0038 (1)Parts of the three flocks that came after.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0033-2.jpgDSC_0033 (2)The second one landing.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_0025-2.jpgDSC_0025 (2)The first couple.2023-05-17T16:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/13/buzy-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_9291.jpgDSC_9291https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_9277.jpgDSC_9277.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dsc_9267.jpgDSC_9267.2023-05-14T15:22:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/12/this-year-might-become-a-great-berry-and-fruit-year/2023-05-13T12:37:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/07/finally-some-warm-weather/2023-05-07T15:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/06/im-ready-for-the-vegetable-season/2023-05-06T16:44:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/05/its-greening-up/2023-05-06T07:05:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/05/01/the-wind-is-the-same-but-now-its-raining/2023-05-01T16:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/30/this-could-have-been-such-a-nice-day/2023-05-01T12:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/29/the-wind-was-a-bit-too-chilly/2023-04-30T15:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/28/still-nasty-cold-nights/2023-04-29T08:00:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/23/nice-spring-rain/2023-04-25T18:34:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/22/the-last-of-the-nice-days-for-now/2023-04-23T16:46:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/21/a-little-toad-came-walking-by/2023-04-22T14:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/16/4316/2023-04-20T17:30:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/15/the-tick-season-has-started-yay/2023-04-16T15:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/14/not-as-uneventful-as-i-wish-it-had-been/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/a-12-1.jpga (12)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/a-11.jpga (11).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/a-10-2.jpga (10).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/a-9-1.jpga (9).2023-04-16T15:16:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/10/the-crocus-are-in-bloom/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/a-4-1.jpga (4).2023-04-12T16:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/09/ill-see-if-i-can-find-anything/2023-04-11T17:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/08/easter-continues/2023-04-09T07:29:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/07/happy-easter/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dsc_0008-2.jpgDSC_0008 (2)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dsc_0006.jpgDSC_0006.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dsc_0005-1.jpgDSC_0005 (1).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/dsc_0002-2.jpgDSC_0002 (2)I stopped by the lake Wednesday morning. The sky looked amazing so I took a few photos. Later that evening a new sow storm passed by but all of that latest snow melted away already on Thursday :-)2023-04-07T12:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/02/4150/2023-04-07T09:29:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/04/01/i-do-hope-the-time-of-snowstorms-are-over/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/a-3.jpga (3)Sixteen and a half years old, with a bad knee and still has no intentions on walking at the same pace as the rest of us :-) :-) :-)2023-04-03T17:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/03/26/we-almost-had-spring-for-a-while/2023-04-08T16:43:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2023/01/01/have-a-good-continuing-of-this-new-year/2023-01-22T04:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/12/26/a-day-of-relaxation/2023-01-01T13:08:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/12/25/have-a-good-continuing-of-the-yule/2023-01-01T13:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/12/24/i-wish-you-all-good-yule/2023-01-01T12:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/11/14/taking-a-long-break/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/b-372.jpgb (372)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/b-247.jpgb (247)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/b-24.jpgb (24)2022-12-24T15:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/11/12/we-even-had-sunshine/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dsc_0077.jpgDSC_0077https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dsc_0075.jpgDSC_0075.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/dsc_0074.jpgDSC_0074.2022-11-12T14:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/11/09/nothing-much-happens-2/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/b-166.jpgb (166)2022-11-12T13:55:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/11/05/we-never-see-wild-life-any-longer/2022-11-05T18:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/11/03/a-nice-surprise/2022-11-04T17:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/31/standard-time-again/2022-11-03T17:18:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/29/it-works-really-well/2022-11-02T17:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/27/now-he-has-to-pay/2022-10-27T17:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/25/the-rain-keeps-her-indoors/2022-10-27T16:30:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/23/sound-travels-well-in-sandy-soil/2022-10-25T16:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/21/slow-days-stuns-the-brain/2022-10-22T04:22:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/19/concrete-ice/2022-10-19T17:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/17/i-hope-it-helps-the-ground-water-levels/2022-10-19T17:09:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/15/mixed-weather/2022-10-19T17:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/13/i-might-risk-a-cup-of-tea-tonight-as-well/2022-10-15T13:13:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/11/sunny-days/2022-10-14T17:11:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/09/i-didnt-know-they-were-on/2022-10-11T17:07:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/07/does-it-stand-for-does-not-serve/2022-10-11T17:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/04/renewing-the-electricity-contract/2022-10-11T17:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/10/02/im-so-glad-she-stayed-in-the-garden/2022-10-11T17:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/30/the-cold-air-hit-me-like-a-ton-of-bricks/2022-10-11T17:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/28/strong-winds-and-sunshine/2022-09-28T17:27:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/26/tonight-theyll-hit-a-small-asteroid-far-away-in-space/2022-09-28T16:52:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/24/plum-satsuma-and-apple-jam/2022-09-25T05:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/22/new-lenses/2022-09-23T17:35:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/20/rather-chilly/2022-09-21T17:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/18/its-warm-on-the-sunny-side/2022-09-19T16:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/16/its-a-mushroom-year/2022-09-16T14:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/14/im-glad-i-like-toast/2022-09-16T13:23:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/12/we-will-knot-know-who-won-until-wednesday-thursday/2022-09-13T14:18:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/10/autumn-is-definitely-here-now/2022-09-16T13:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/08/a-bit-too-heavy/2022-09-10T12:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/06/sixteen-years-old-and-still-going-strong/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-17.jpga (17).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-16.jpga (16).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-15-1.jpga (15)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-14.jpga (14).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-13-1.jpga (13).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-12-1.jpga (12).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-11.jpga (11)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-10-1.jpga (10).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-8-2.jpga (8).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/a-7-2.jpga (7).2022-09-07T16:24:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/04/just-a-normal-sunday/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/dsc_0021-2.jpgDSC_0021 (2)2022-09-05T16:19:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/09/02/frost-again/2022-09-03T04:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/31/the-first-frost/2022-09-03T04:18:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/29/so-we-didnt-get-any-rain-at-all-really/2022-08-30T16:56:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/27/well-get-anything-from-lots-of-rain-to-a-lot-of-rain/2022-08-27T14:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/25/good-bye-forest-flies-welcome-moose-flies/2022-08-26T16:47:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/23/does-everyting-come-from-china-now-days/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc02132.jpgDSC02132.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc02130.jpgDSC02130.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc02129.jpgDSC02129https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc02128.jpgDSC02128.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc02126.jpgDSC02126.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc02125.jpgDSC02125.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc02124.jpgDSC02124On my way to work today.2022-08-26T16:52:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/21/busy-day/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc_0001-5.jpgDSC_0001 (5)One of Albins absolute favorite spots in the garden, close to the gate on the north side of the cottage.2022-08-24T16:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/19/lots-of-thunder-lately/2022-08-24T16:51:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/18/no-blog-today-due-to-thunder/2022-08-18T17:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/16/two-aggressive-thunderstorms/2022-08-18T17:35:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/13/at-least-the-morning-was-cool/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc_0010-3.jpgDSC_0010 (3).2022-08-14T14:18:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/11/i-want-a-new-coffee-maker/2022-08-12T14:29:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/09/another-heatwave-on-the-way/2022-08-10T16:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/07/the-first-harvest/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/b-18.jpgb (18)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/b-17.jpgb (17).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/b-12.jpgb (12).2022-08-08T17:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/05/apricot-and-banana-jam/2022-08-07T14:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/03/ive-failed-the-only-goal-i-had/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc_0023-1.jpgDSC_0023 (1)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/a-26.jpga (26)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/a-11.jpga (11).2022-08-05T06:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/08/01/it-could-have-rained-a-bit-more/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc_0011-10.jpgDSC_0011 (10)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc_0010-11.jpgDSC_0010 (11).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc_0008-12.jpgDSC_0008 (12).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc_0050-4.jpgDSC_0050 (4).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019.2022-08-05T06:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/30/so-many-ticks/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dsc_0025-11.jpgDSC_0025 (11)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dsc_0012-9.jpgDSC_0012 (9).2022-08-01T18:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/28/sometimes-i-do-wonder-about-our-postal-service/2022-07-29T17:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/26/terrible-morning/2022-07-29T17:45:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/24/i-thought-they-had-some-in-stock/2022-07-25T04:25:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/22/finally-cooling-down/2022-07-23T08:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/21/ive-finally-found-out-what-shes-good-at/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dsc_0035-6.jpgDSC_0035 (6).2023-08-20T06:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/19/the-beginning-of-our-three-day-heat-wave/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/original_file_home.jpgoriginal_file_homeThis is now the first thing I see when I start my mobile. He does look a bit grumpy, doesn't he :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220717_124029.jpg20220717_124029.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220717_123902.jpg20220717_123902.2022-07-21T05:39:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/17/i-really-dont-like-to-change-phone/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dsc_0012-4-1.jpgDSC_0012 (4)2022-07-17T16:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/15/theres-a-heat-wave-on-the-continent-some-places-here-had-8c-464f-as-warmest-today/2022-07-17T15:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/13/a-little-surprise-thunderstorm/2022-07-15T08:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/11/a-really-nice-first-day/2022-07-15T08:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/09/lots-of-napping-today/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/a-18-1.jpga (18).2022-07-10T18:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/08/vacation/2022-07-09T07:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/07/she-talks-a-lot/2022-07-08T16:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/05/sometimes-im-glad-they-dont-like-rain/2022-07-07T17:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/03/we-had-thunder-but-i-didnt-notice-it/2022-07-04T17:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/02/almost-cold-in-the-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/a-5.jpga (5)It wasn't happy to see us so it walked back down the road again :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/a-4.jpga (4)Turns out that a semi big calf had jumped out of the pasture.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/a-3.jpga (3)I saw something moving towards us on the road I wanted to take but it did look a bit hefty to be a deer of any kind.2022-07-03T06:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/07/01/i-hope-theyre-guessing-it-right-and-that-cool-weather-and-rain-is-on-the-way/2022-07-01T17:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/30/the-heat-is-back/2022-07-01T16:16:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/28/finally/2022-06-29T16:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/26/it-comes-close-but-then-turns-westwards-again/2022-06-27T16:23:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/25/it-is-the-wind-that-saves-us/2022-06-26T06:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/24/the-heat-has-arrived/2022-06-24T17:15:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/23/too-tired/2022-06-24T07:04:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/21/the-heat-from-south-will-reach-us-after-all-they-think/2022-06-23T17:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/19/i-think-it-hoped-we-wouldnt-see-it/2022-06-22T16:36:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/18/neither-albin-nor-alma-screamed/2022-06-18T14:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/17/i-didnt-expect-that/2022-06-18T16:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/16/i-think-i-see-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/2022-06-16T17:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/14/well-im-still-alive/2022-06-15T06:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/12/im-pretty-sure-itll-stay-a-while/2022-06-12T12:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/11/its-always-fun-to-get-a-summer-cold/2022-06-12T07:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/10/much-the-same-this-morning-as-yesterday/2022-06-11T11:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/09/today-i-paid-for-it/2022-06-09T16:19:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/07/finally-i-have-the-right-tree/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/a-12-2.jpga (12)Three times I tried to get the all three dogs too look at me, three times I failed :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/a-11-1.jpga (11).https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/a-10.jpga (10).2022-06-08T16:40:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/05/so-nice-day/2022-06-07T17:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/06/04/that-was-a-day-ill-never-get-back/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/a-14.jpga (14).2022-06-05T16:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/31/nothing-much-happens/2022-06-04T02:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/29/the-first-potatoes-are-in-the-ground-now/2022-05-31T16:57:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/28/lots-of-tea/2022-05-28T18:39:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/27/it-is-hard-to-shout-quietly/2022-05-28T06:14:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/26/lots-of-rain-and-looong-naps/2022-05-27T15:40:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/24/its-raining-its-pouring/2022-05-25T17:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/22/ive-started-to-remove-the-lawn/2022-05-23T16:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/21/nature-loves-it/2022-05-22T05:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/20/we-didnt-get-much-but-more-will-fall/2022-05-21T12:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/19/yay-the-mosquito-season-has-started/2022-05-21T12:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/17/frost-in-the-morning/2022-05-17T18:09:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/15/sunny-and-warm/2022-05-18T16:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/14/i-can-always-use-it-as-a-bersa-later-on/2022-05-15T17:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/13/i-went-out-and-took-a-look-at-the-label/2022-05-13T16:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/12/a-bit-higher-than-i-thought/2022-05-13T15:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/10/i-solved-it-quickly/2022-05-13T15:26:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/08/an-attempted-fraud/2022-05-09T16:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/07/slept-almost-all-day/2022-05-08T14:13:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/06/and-even-more-old-photos/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sickan-1.jpgsickan (1)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sickan-igen.jpgsickan igenSickan was a much better dog than I deserved :-) I made most beginners mistakes with her but she really didn't care :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/marby-2.jpgMårby (2)and old Erna. She really was a lousy mother :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/marby-1.jpgMårby (1)Cosmos the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image010_11.jpgImage010_11Hector.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image005_6-1.jpgImage005_6 (1)This is here and these are Orvar and his sisters.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image022_23.jpgImage022_23https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image019_20.jpgImage019_20.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image017_18.jpgImage017_18.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image014_15.jpgImage014_15Viran and her puppies.2022-05-07T05:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/05/more-old-photos/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/oivind.jpgÖivindThis is Öivind, later on renamed to Maxi. He was the father of Orvar and Hector and unfortunately their mother was Erna, Öivinds sister :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/teodor.jpgTeodor.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/teodor-2.jpgTeodor 2.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/backen-orvar-och-hector.jpgBäcken orvar och hectorhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bertil.jpgbertil.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/049.jpg049.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/013.jpg013.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0001-1.jpgDSC_0001Nova, she quite the spitting image of Erna but just half the size :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/erna-aldre.jpgErna äldreand at least twelve years old.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/erna.jpgErnaSlightly older.2022-05-06T16:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/03/spring-in-the-garden/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_0022https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0021.jpgDSC_0021Can't remember the name on this one either :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0020.jpgDSC_0020Lonicera caerulea var. kamtschatica gives blue edible berries.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019Cherry plum.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0016.jpgDSC_0016The Sloe are also in bloom.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0017.jpgDSC_0017Dandelion :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0014.jpgDSC_0014Can't for my life remember the name on this one right now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0012.jpgDSC_0012Lung worth.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0013.jpgDSC_0013The white one is always a few days later.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0011.jpgDSC_0011A normal Checkered lily.2022-05-05T16:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/2022/05/01/some-old-photos/https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sune.jpegSune.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/orvar.jpegOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/orvar-o-teo.jpegOrvar o Teo.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hector.webphector.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hector-o-backen.jpegHector o bäcken.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0056-800x536-1.webpdsc_0056-800x536.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0046-800x5311-1.webpdsc_0046-800x5311.https://thecottagebythecranelake.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dsc_0046-800x531-1.webpdsc_0046-800x531Nova, the only one still hanging 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