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Alternative Snow Lanterns – and more
First of all, let me show you what it looks like these days when I leave the city and go up to the summer house – and the garden… This is what it looks like when I walk from the bus stop – end of the...
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Christmas Decorations
Many cities have Christmas decorations, some more spectacular than others, but I really like Copenhagen at Christmas. Obviously there’s a big tree in front of the City Hall. It’s decorated courtesy of...
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Please DO shit where you eat!
Well, first of all pardon the rather crude title of this entry, but it is addressed to the deer that seem so fond of nibbling on our roses and then do this: I mean, I’m all for getting some free deer...
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The Shortest Day
At 12:12 on 21/12/2012 the Winter Solstice will finally arrive. This means that today is the shortest day of the year, of course, and because the solstice happens just after noon the coming night will...
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Gardens and Family
On Saturday I travelled over to Jutland to visit my Mum, and though the plan had initially been for me to help her with some of the work still to be done in her new garden (levelling soil, shifting a...
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Feeding the birds…
I have several problems with the feed balls that I put out for the small birds in the covered terrace. They do attract all sorts of passerine birds – blue tits, great tits, nuthatches and a robin – as...
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More visitors on the terrace…
Today for the first time I saw a squirrel come into the covered terrace, even though the blackbird tried to scare him away. However, what is interesting is that this was a black squirrel, whereas I’ve...
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On a Spring Morning in March
I woke up this morning to this view: Snow falling heavily outside, covering the cemetery in a blanket of soft, white flakes. Very pretty, but hardly spring – will you agree? However: Outside it might...
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I need an updated plan!
I have a plan for the garden. Honestly, I do! However, at present it exists only inside my head, and the last plan of the garden I drew up was the first summer we had the garden and the holiday home,...
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A Flâneur Holiday
I like going on hiking holidays, ascending the odd fell and enjoying the challenge of scrambling up crags and hillsides to finally be rewarded by the view from the peak. Sadly, the Flâneur Husband...
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