https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/the-end-of-something-is-the-beginning-of-something-else/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_00382012-10-07T14:44:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/it-is-actually-not-raining/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0048-800x507.jpgDSC_0048 (800x507)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0046-800x535.jpgDSC_0046 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0043-800x536.jpgDSC_0043 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0041-800x531.jpgDSC_0041 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0040-800x532.jpgDSC_0040 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0037-800x535.jpgDSC_0037 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0035-800x535.jpgDSC_0035 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0033-800x5351.jpgDSC_0033 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0032-800x536.jpgDSC_0032 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0029-536x800.jpgDSC_0029 (536x800)2013-07-08T18:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/finally-ive-bought-one/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0006-800x774.jpgDSC_0006 (800x774)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0033-800x535.jpgDSC_0033 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0032-531x800.jpgDSC_0032 (531x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0030-800x534.jpgDSC_0030 (800x534)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0029-800x5361.jpgDSC_0029 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0020-800x5351.jpgDSC_0020 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0031-800x536.jpgDSC_0031 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0018-800x5351.jpgDSC_0018 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0017-800x535.jpgDSC_0017 (800x535)The Altar. I've always thought this stone looks like an altar and it is guarded by two Rowans.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0015-525x800.jpgDSC_0015 (525x800)2012-10-06T04:37:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/10/04/a-chilly-evening/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0028-800x5351.jpgDSC_0028 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0025-800x5361.jpgDSC_0025 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0018-800x536.jpgDSC_0018 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0024-800x5351.jpgDSC_0024 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0014-800x535.jpgDSC_0014 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0020-800x535.jpgDSC_0020 (800x535)Is it just an old rotten tree stump way back there or is it a Bog lady?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0019-800x536.jpgDSC_0019 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0015-800x531.jpgDSC_0015 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0012-800x536.jpgDSC_0012 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0010-536x800.jpgDSC_0010 (536x800)2012-10-06T04:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/it-only-took-a-year/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0028-800x535.jpgDSC_0028 (800x535)Geese flying south. They were so high up that I almost didn't see them at first.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0026-536x800.jpgDSC_0026 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0020-800x5361.jpgDSC_0020 (800x536)She stares at it and it took a great deal of will power not to follow it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0019-800x526.jpgDSC_0019 (800x526)She spots a hare in the distance right here :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0018-800x537.jpgDSC_0018 (800x537)I call for the dogs and Sune starts running directly but take a look at Nova in the back.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0013-800x530.jpgDSC_0013 (800x530)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0009-535x800.jpgDSC_0009 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0007-536x800.jpgDSC_0007 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0004-800x536.jpgDSC_0004 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0003-800x536.jpgDSC_0003 (800x536)2012-10-05T16:13:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/not-the-healthiest-stuff/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0029-800x536.jpgDSC_0029 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0025-800x537.jpgDSC_0025 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0023-800x524.jpgDSC_0023 (800x524)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0021-800x535.jpgDSC_0021 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0020-800x536.jpgDSC_0020 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0018-800x535.jpgDSC_0018 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0016-800x536.jpgDSC_0016 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0015-800x536.jpgDSC_0015 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0014-800x536.jpgDSC_0014 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0008-800x536.jpgDSC_0008 (800x536)2012-10-03T16:25:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/cleaning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0024-800x529.jpgDSC_0024 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x544.jpgDSC_0019 (800x544)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0012-800x529.jpgDSC_0012 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0010-560x800.jpgDSC_0010 (560x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0028-800x524.jpgDSC_0028 (800x524)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027-800x540.jpgDSC_0027 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0026-800x540.jpgDSC_0026 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x5362.jpgDSC_0023 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-800x535.jpgDSC_0020 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0017-800x5362.jpgDSC_0017 (800x536)2012-10-02T15:54:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/a-nap-should-never-continue-for-longer-than-half-an-hour/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0032-800x5352.jpgDSC_0032 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0031-800x541.jpgDSC_0031 (800x541)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0029-800x5362.jpgDSC_0029 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0024-800x537.jpgDSC_0024 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-536x800.jpgDSC_0020 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x5366.jpgDSC_0019 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0017-800x5354.jpgDSC_0017 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0015-800x5362.jpgDSC_0015 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0010-800x531.jpgDSC_0010 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0009-800x5371.jpgDSC_0009 (800x537)2012-09-30T14:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/this-brain-of-mine/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0048-800x5352.jpgDSC_0048 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0042-800x540.jpgDSC_0042 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0040-800x533.jpgDSC_0040 (800x533)The best raspberries I've eaten this year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0038-800x5391.jpgDSC_0038 (800x539)I've never seen this kind of bumblebee before.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0032-800x5361.jpgDSC_0032 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0028-800x5361.jpgDSC_0028 (800x536)The Forbidden Forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027-800x5362.jpgDSC_0027 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0026-536x8001.jpgDSC_0026 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0025-800x5362.jpgDSC_0025 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0024-536x8002.jpgDSC_0024 (536x800)2012-09-30T03:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/dogs/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0043-535x800.jpgDSC_0043 (535x800)A non climbing Clematis, I don't know what species though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0037-535x8001.jpgDSC_0037 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0035-800x536.jpgDSC_0035 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0034-536x8001.jpgDSC_0034 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0030-800x5291.jpgDSC_0030 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0028-800x538.jpgDSC_0028 (800x538)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027-800x5361.jpgDSC_0027 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-800x5362.jpgDSC_0020 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0012-800x5354.jpgDSC_0012 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0011-800x5352.jpgDSC_0011 (800x535)2012-09-29T04:25:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/censorship/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021-800x5362.jpgDSC_0021 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0015-800x533.jpgDSC_0015 (800x533)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0014-800x5361.jpgDSC_0014 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0013-536x800.jpgDSC_0013 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0011-536x8001.jpgDSC_0011 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0008-538x800.jpgDSC_0008 (538x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0007-800x5351.jpgDSC_0007 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0004-800x5352.jpgDSC_0004 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0003-800x5353.jpgDSC_0003 (800x535)2012-09-29T04:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/it-is-time-to-write-a-letter/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0001-800x524.jpgDSC_0001 (800x524)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0002-800x5362.jpgDSC_0002 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0005-800x537.jpgDSC_0005 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0007-800x5362.jpgDSC_0007 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0010-536x800.jpgDSC_0010 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0012-800x5353.jpgDSC_0012 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0038-800x531.jpgDSC_0038 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0036-800x528.jpgDSC_0036 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0035-800x537.jpgDSC_0035 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0034-536x800.jpgDSC_0034 (536x800)2012-09-25T16:26:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/soon-night-will-rule-my-world/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0016-800x529.jpgDSC_0016 (800x529)and down he goes :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0015-800x528.jpgDSC_0015 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0014-800x558.jpgDSC_0014 (800x558)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0003-559x800.jpgDSC_0003 (559x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0002-800x531.jpgDSC_0002 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0036-800x571.jpgDSC_0036 (800x571)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0030-800x529.jpgDSC_0030 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0031-800x530.jpgDSC_0031 (800x530)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-564x800.jpgDSC_0020 (564x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0017-800x5353.jpgDSC_0017 (800x535)2012-09-24T16:45:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/just-like-s-summer-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0058-800x544.jpgDSC_0058 (800x544)You know that rose in a pot standing on my ladder? This is it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021-800x525.jpgDSC_0021 (800x525)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0016-800x5362.jpgDSC_0016 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0011-800x5361.jpgDSC_0011 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0014-800x5352.jpgDSC_0014 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0047-800x535.jpgDSC_0047 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0045-800x5351.jpgDSC_0045 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0040-800x523.jpgDSC_0040 (800x523)Nova's Achilles heal, she never stops looking for hares! 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(536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0012-536x800.jpgDSC_0012 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0011-800x5351.jpgDSC_0011 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0010-800x5362.jpgDSC_0010 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0006-536x8001.jpgDSC_0006 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0005-536x8002.jpgDSC_0005 (536x800)2012-09-22T04:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/light-bulbs/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0044-536x800.jpgDSC_0044 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0041-800x5361.jpgDSC_0041 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0038-800x526.jpgDSC_0038 (800x526)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0040-800x530.jpgDSC_0040 (800x530)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0037-800x5351.jpgDSC_0037 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0030-800x5363.jpgDSC_0030 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0029-800x5351.jpgDSC_0029 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0026-536x800.jpgDSC_0026 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0024-800x5363.jpgDSC_0024 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-535x800.jpgDSC_0020 (535x800)2012-09-21T16:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/a-dear-blog-friend-is-gone/2012-09-20T18:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/chilly/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0043-800x536.jpgDSC_0043 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0038-800x535.jpgDSC_0038 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0034-800x5351.jpgDSC_0034 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0032-800x5351.jpgDSC_0032 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0031-800x535.jpgDSC_0031 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x528.jpgDSC_0023 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x5352.jpgDSC_0019 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0015-535x800.jpgDSC_0015 (535x800)A Wood Nymph (Bog Lady) looks like a very beautiful woman, but when she turns her back to You she looks like a tree or a tree stump, Like the one in this photograph perhaps :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0009-800x5363.jpgDSC_0009 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0008-800x5361.jpgDSC_0008 (800x536)2012-09-20T16:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/its-something-with-mondays/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0033-800x5352.jpgDSC_0033 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0028-800x526.jpgDSC_0028 (800x526)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0025-800x5361.jpgDSC_0025 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x532.jpgDSC_0023 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0053-800x527.jpgDSC_0053 (800x527)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0046-800x550.jpgDSC_0046 (800x550)Can You see that rather high tree stump in the middle of the photograph? Sometimes when I pass it like this it looks like a woman in a cape with a hood :-) I wonder if it is a Bog woman in disguise :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0044-800x538.jpgDSC_0044 (800x538)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0040-800x5351.jpgDSC_0040 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0039-535x800.jpgDSC_0039 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0037-800x536.jpgDSC_0037 (800x536)2012-09-18T16:48:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/the-stove/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0014-800x543.jpgDSC_0014 (800x543)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0013-800x546.jpgDSC_0013 (800x546)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0012-800x5352.jpgDSC_0012 (800x535)But I do speak loud so no tempting animals are left when we walk around :-) He's too young to run away in the forest yet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0010-800x531-2.jpgDSC_0010 (800x531) (2)I let Sune walk without a leash more and more now. So far so good :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0061-800x537.jpgDSC_0061 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0060-800x5361.jpgDSC_0060 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0060-800x536.jpgDSC_0060 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0058-800x537.jpgDSC_0058 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021-800x5361.jpgDSC_0021 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0052-800x536.jpgDSC_0052 (800x536)2012-09-17T16:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/suddenly-we-werent-alone/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0041-800x5352.jpgDSC_0041 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0039-536x800.jpgDSC_0039 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0038-536x800.jpgDSC_0038 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0036-515x800.jpgDSC_0036 (515x800)I can't have any Gunnera manicata (a plant with leafs that can get up to over 2 meters, the same in yards, wide) in my garden but I think that the Chinese rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) is a good substitute.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0034-800x535.jpgDSC_0034 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0032-800x535.jpgDSC_0032 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0030-800x5361.jpgDSC_0030 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0029-800x538.jpgDSC_0029 (800x538)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0028-800x531.jpgDSC_0028 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x537.jpgDSC_0023 (800x537)2012-09-18T16:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/stormy-weather/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0033-570x800.jpgDSC_0033 (570x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0002-800x5361.jpgDSC_0002 (800x536)And here is the North American continent. As You can see Sweden's most southern point is very much at the same level as Alaska's is.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0003-800x5351.jpgDSC_0003 (800x535)I have promised to show how much more north I live than most of the ones reading this blog so now I've taken two photographs on my old map book, well used as You can see :-) I've marked the pages with two lines, the lower line shows Sweden's most southern point and the upper line shows how far north I live (still very south in Sweden though). Since this is a map with swedish text it says Sverige where Sweden is placed Just beside where the crack between the pages is.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0039-800x538.jpgDSC_0039 (800x538)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0038-800x539.jpgDSC_0038 (800x539)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0036-800x5351.jpgDSC_0036 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0026-800x5362.jpgDSC_0026 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0024-800x5362.jpgDSC_0024 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-800x5361.jpgDSC_0020 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x535.jpgDSC_0019 (800x535)2012-09-19T16:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/finally-we-slept-an-entire-night/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0001-800x529.jpgDSC_0001 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0005-561x800.jpgDSC_0005 (561x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0004-800x530.jpgDSC_0004 (800x530)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0011-538x800.jpgDSC_0011 (538x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0010-800x535.jpgDSC_0010 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0008-604x800.jpgDSC_0008 (604x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0026-800x533.jpgDSC_0026 (800x533)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0024-800x5341.jpgDSC_0024 (800x534)There are plastic ribbons in the forest again but they won't make a clear cut this time. The forest must stand if that want to have cattle outside all winter, that will be there protection when snowstorms arrives.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x5352.jpgDSC_0023 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021-800x5371.jpgDSC_0021 (800x537)2012-09-15T03:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/this-and-that-3/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0001-800x531.jpgDSC_0001 (800x531)In my bathroom.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0038-800x536.jpgDSC_0038 (800x536)I didn't manage to get one descent photograph of Sune today but I took this one yesterday.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0026-800x5361.jpgDSC_0026 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0025-800x536.jpgDSC_0025 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-536x800.jpgDSC_0023 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x5363.jpgDSC_0019 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021-535x800.jpgDSC_0021 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-800x550.jpgDSC_0020 (800x550)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0018-535x800.jpgDSC_0018 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0016-800x535.jpgDSC_0016 (800x535)2012-09-13T16:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/this-day-has-been-better-than-any-of-the-ones-we-had-this-summer/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0029-800x536.jpgDSC_0029 (800x536)Yes he's definitely after something :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x5362.jpgDSC_0019 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x5361.jpgDSC_0019 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0015-800x536.jpgDSC_0015 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0012-800x5361.jpgDSC_0012 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0011-591x800.jpgDSC_0011 (591x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0008-800x533.jpgDSC_0008 (800x533)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0007-800x5361.jpgDSC_0007 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0005-800x531.jpgDSC_0005 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0001-800x533.jpgDSC_0001 (800x533)We didn't have especially nice weather yesterday, at least not after noon. It was the kind of drizzle that eats its way through the clothes within seconds.2012-09-12T16:19:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/a-cold-night-once-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0040-800x535.jpgDSC_0040 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0049-800x542.jpgDSC_0049 (800x542)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0048-800x535.jpgDSC_0048 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0047-800x538.jpgDSC_0047 (800x538)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0046-800x529.jpgDSC_0046 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0041-800x536.jpgDSC_0041 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0033-800x5361.jpgDSC_0033 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0031-800x525.jpgDSC_0031 (800x525)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0029-800x535.jpgDSC_0029 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027-594x800.jpgDSC_0027 (594x800)2012-09-11T16:22:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/why-mow-the-lawn-today-when-i-can-do-it-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0037-800x522.jpgDSC_0037 (800x522)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0044-800x535.jpgDSC_0044 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0035-800x532.jpgDSC_0035 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0034-800x5651.jpgDSC_0034 (800x565)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0034-800x565.jpgDSC_0034 (800x565)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0033-800x524.jpgDSC_0033 (800x524)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027-800x536.jpgDSC_0027 (800x536)I thought they had placed two new bulls in the pasture by my mailbox but there's nothing but bulls in that pasture now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0025-800x539.jpgDSC_0025 (800x539)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x536.jpgDSC_0023 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0022-565x800.jpgDSC_0022 (565x800)2012-09-11T16:23:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/they-all-looked-so-tired/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0028-800x536.jpgDSC_0028 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027-800x5351.jpgDSC_0027 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0026-800x535.jpgDSC_0026 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0024-800x5361.jpgDSC_0024 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x5351.jpgDSC_0023 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021-800x535.jpgDSC_0021 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0017-800x525.jpgDSC_0017 (800x525)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0016-800x541.jpgDSC_0016 (800x541)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0015-800x541.jpgDSC_0015 (800x541)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0014-800x532.jpgDSC_0014 (800x532)2012-09-08T12:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/she-payed-us-a-visit-this-morning-morran/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021-800x537.jpgDSC_0021 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027-800x532.jpgDSC_0027 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0026-800x530.jpgDSC_0026 (800x530)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0025-800x543.jpgDSC_0025 (800x543)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0017-800x5351.jpgDSC_0017 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0009-800x5362.jpgDSC_0009 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0005-536x800.jpgDSC_0005 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0003-800x535.jpgDSC_0003 (800x535)I wonder if this is a home for a little forest mouse or perhaps a storage place for the squirrels.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0009-800x5361.jpgDSC_0009 (800x536)It is Orvars and Hectors birthday today :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0015-800x540.jpgDSC_0015 (800x540)2012-09-07T15:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/i-tried-to-avoid-writing-i-think/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0030-800x539.jpgDSC_0030 (800x539)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0025-800x524.jpgDSC_0025 (800x524)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0024-800x536.jpgDSC_0024 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x530.jpgDSC_0023 (800x530)I only managed to take one almost deasent photograph with Sune today.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0022-800x536.jpgDSC_0022 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x536.jpgDSC_0019 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0014-800x528.jpgDSC_0014 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0009-800x540.jpgDSC_0009 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0008-800x536.jpgDSC_0008 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0007-800x532.jpgDSC_0007 (800x532)2012-09-06T15:57:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/earlier-evenings-and-later-mornings/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0042-800x550.jpgDSC_0042 (800x550)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0037-536x800.jpgDSC_0037 (536x800)this. I know they have to do it if they don't want the grounds to return to the swamps they once used to be, but I don't like it. I tell myself that this might help against the horse flies that need wet soil or water for their larvae.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0036-536x800.jpgDSC_0036 (536x800)Tomorrow this ditch most likely will look like ...https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0033-800x536.jpgDSC_0033 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0029-800x531.jpgDSC_0029 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0023-800x535.jpgDSC_0023 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0022-800x535.jpgDSC_0022 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-800x530.jpgDSC_0020 (800x530)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0016-800x531.jpgDSC_0016 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0013-800x536.jpgDSC_0013 (800x536)Nicer weather today but I have to admit that I love to walk around in the forest when there's very little light.2012-09-04T16:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/things-i-think-of-days-like-these/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0022-800x539.jpgDSC_0022 (800x539)It is rare but he actually does get tired and stops sometimes :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0021-800x536.jpgDSC_0021 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0020-800x534.jpgDSC_0020 (800x534)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0019-800x542.jpgDSC_0019 (800x542)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0008-800x535.jpgDSC_0008 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0003-800x536.jpgDSC_0003 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0002-800x538.jpgDSC_0002 (800x538)The weather yesterday was rather nice though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0051-588x800.jpgDSC_0051 (588x800)Something that thrives here though is the Jerusalem artichoke. This one is around 3 meters high (much the same in yards). Even though I threw away over 7 kg (15,4 pounds) I still have more of them than before :-) I'll never have to walk around hungry though. Most perennial sunflowers are very, very weedy.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0050-800x535.jpgDSC_0050 (800x535)Roses also prefers clay in the soil so most of them die here because I mostly have sand. But this one survives even if it never get especially big.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0027-800x535.jpgDSC_0027 (800x535)An Alkstroemeria hybrid. This one can also become weedy but not here, it would actually be a big surprise if it survived at all :-) 2012-09-03T16:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/a-morning-like-others/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0046-800x539.jpgDSC_0046 (800x539)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0045-800x538.jpgDSC_0045 (800x538)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0044-800x533.jpgDSC_0044 (800x533)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0043-800x535.jpgDSC_0043 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0041-800x535.jpgDSC_0041 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0035-800x545.jpgDSC_0035 (800x545)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0032-800x533.jpgDSC_0032 (800x533)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0038-800x532.jpgDSC_0038 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0030-800x537.jpgDSC_0030 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0029-800x503.jpgDSC_0029 (800x503)2012-09-03T16:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/last-day-of-summer/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0019-800x534.jpgDSC_0019 (800x534)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0017-800x514.jpgDSC_0017 (800x514)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0015-800x550.jpgDSC_0015 (800x550)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0020-800x5351.jpgDSC_0020 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0011-800x5363.jpgDSC_0011 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0005-800x536.jpgDSC_0005 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-800x546.jpgDSC_0008 (800x546)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0007-800x528.jpgDSC_0007 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0006-800x562.jpgDSC_0006 (800x562)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0004-800x5351.jpgDSC_0004 (800x535)2012-09-01T04:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/every-second-day-weather/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0018-800x543.jpgDSC_0018 (800x543)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0015-800x532.jpgDSC_0015 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0013-800x532.jpgDSC_0013 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-800x521.jpgDSC_0012 (800x521)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0016-591x800.jpgDSC_0016 (591x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0005-800x532.jpgDSC_0005 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0004-800x544.jpgDSC_0004 (800x544)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0003-800x5351.jpgDSC_0003 (800x535)Much nicer weather yesterday.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0033-571x800.jpgDSC_0033 (571x800)Balkan mallow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0028-800x521.jpgDSC_0028 (800x521)2012-08-31T16:05:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/almost-too-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0037-800x603.jpgDSC_0037 (800x603)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0034-536x800.jpgDSC_0034 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0033-536x8001.jpgDSC_0033 (536x800)The trees turn yellow now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0032-800x5351.jpgDSC_0032 (800x535)It looks as if they were in a fight :-) But they had so fun :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0029-800x5362.jpgDSC_0029 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0028-800x540.jpgDSC_0028 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0027-800x5351.jpgDSC_0027 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-800x5352.jpgDSC_0025 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0016-800x526.jpgDSC_0016 (800x526)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0015-800x5361.jpgDSC_0015 (800x536)2012-08-30T12:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/another-tree-is-gone/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0059-800x536.jpgDSC_0059 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0030-800x5362.jpgDSC_0030 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0029-800x528.jpgDSC_0029 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0027-597x800.jpgDSC_0027 (597x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0026-800x553.jpgDSC_0026 (800x553)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0014-800x530.jpgDSC_0014 (800x530)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0024-800x5352.jpgDSC_0024 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0015-800x5351.jpgDSC_0015 (800x535)My fuchsia has decided to flower now when the summer is over :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0016-800x5351.jpgDSC_0016 (800x535)Do You remember the rose cutting that gotten roots? Here it is and it has a big bud :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1005-553x800.jpgDSCF1005 (553x800)It too have this disease and You can see how the branch has started to rot.2012-08-30T12:22:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/even-more-apples-in-my-garden/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0005-800x5351.jpgDSC_0005 (800x535)Thank You, found it!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-800x5362.jpgDSC_0025 (800x536)I want some too!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0024-800x5351.jpgDSC_0024 (800x535)Do You eat something?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-800x537.jpgDSC_0012 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0016-800x535.jpgDSC_0016 (800x535)It isn't easy to walk in very high grass, perhaps I'll fly if I flap my ears :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0020-800x551.jpgDSC_0020 (800x551)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0018-800x549.jpgDSC_0018 (800x549)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0017-800x5362.jpgDSC_0017 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0010-593x800.jpgDSC_0010 (593x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-800x5362.jpgDSC_0008 (800x536)2012-08-27T16:41:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/the-air-smells-like-apples/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0046-800x594.jpgDSC_0046 (800x594)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1010-800x600.jpgDSCF1010 (800x600)Finished! I placed all the branches and twigs that isn't too thick beside the other half of the apple tree that still stands, I'll chip them down to wood chips next year when they have dried. If You have a dog or many, don't tidy up too well, they usually loves chewing on those apple twigs :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1009-800x600.jpgDSCF1009 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1008-800x600.jpgDSCF1008 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1007-800x600.jpgDSCF1007 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1006-800x600.jpgDSCF1006 (800x600)Then I started to cut off all branches that didn't have any contact with the ground.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1005-800x600.jpgDSCF1005 (800x600)I started by cutting the tree as close to the ground as I could, I didn't want to risk that the tree would start to rise when the weight from the branches got lighter. But I wouldn't have to worry about that, the trunk was almost totally broken of.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0054-800x543.jpgDSC_0054 (800x543)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0053-800x559.jpgDSC_0053 (800x559)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0052-800x541.jpgDSC_0052 (800x541)2012-08-26T02:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/finally-friday-4/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0043-800x537.jpgDSC_0043 (800x537)Grevia.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0040-800x532.jpgDSC_0040 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0039-800x521.jpgDSC_0039 (800x521)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0031-800x550.jpgDSC_0031 (800x550)I found lots of Lingon berries.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0030-800x5351.jpgDSC_0030 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0029-800x5361.jpgDSC_0029 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0028-800x504.jpgDSC_0028 (800x504)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0027-800x536.jpgDSC_0027 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0026-536x800.jpgDSC_0026 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-800x5361.jpgDSC_0025 (800x536)2012-08-25T17:53:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/autumn-colors/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0004-800x559.jpgDSC_0004 (800x559)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0016-800x5581.jpgDSC_0016 (800x558)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-584x8001.jpgDSC_0012 (584x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0009-800x5491.jpgDSC_0009 (800x549)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0022-800x5511.jpgDSC_0022 (800x551)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-800x5354.jpgDSC_0008 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0007-800x5355.jpgDSC_0007 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0016-800x558.jpgDSC_0016 (800x558)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-584x800.jpgDSC_0012 (584x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0009-800x549.jpgDSC_0009 (800x549)2012-08-25T17:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/still-warm-and-nice/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0026-800x5351.jpgDSC_0026 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0015-800x549.jpgDSC_0015 (800x549)OOOOOH YEAH!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0014-800x544.jpgDSC_0014 (800x544)Almost there.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0013-800x590.jpgDSC_0013 (800x590)It itches really bad.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0022-800x536.jpgDSC_0022 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0024-800x550.jpgDSC_0024 (800x550)But she had to walk together with Orvar the last part of our walk.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-561x800.jpgDSC_0012 (561x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0010-800x5352.jpgDSC_0010 (800x535)I surprised Nova by letting her off the leash too.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-614x800.jpgDSC_0008 (614x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0007-800x5353.jpgDSC_0007 (800x535)2012-08-22T18:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/de-worming-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0053-800x536.jpgDSC_0053 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0049-800x5351.jpgDSC_0049 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0048-800x536.jpgDSC_0048 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0026-800x558.jpgDSC_0026 (800x558)I still have some photographs from the plant swapping day.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0014-800x574.jpgDSC_0014 (800x574)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0024-549x800.jpgDSC_0024 (549x800)I just love how dogs faces looks while running :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0023-596x800.jpgDSC_0023 (596x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0022-800x540.jpgDSC_0022 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0011-567x800.jpgDSC_0011 (567x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0027-800x533.jpgDSC_0027 (800x533)He loves to run around and I can see that he's running like a big heavy dog, not like a smaller one.2012-08-21T16:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/where-did-the-energy-go/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0002-800x575.jpgDSC_0002 (800x575)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0003-581x800.jpgDSC_0003 (581x800)Aconitum 'Bicolor'. It's not the same as I showed yesterday. This is a hybrid and that's why I have ' before and after the name. The other one is a species.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0005-565x800.jpgDSC_0005 (565x800)Kitaibelia vitifolia, Balkan mallow. It's around two meters high (the same in yards) in my garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0004-800x551.jpgDSC_0004 (800x551)Globe thistle, before the flowers open up.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0007-800x531.jpgDSC_0007 (800x531)The biggest blueberry :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0050-800x528.jpgDSC_0050 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0049-800x535.jpgDSC_0049 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0048-800x525.jpgDSC_0048 (800x525)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0047-800x543.jpgDSC_0047 (800x543)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0034-800x535.jpgDSC_0034 (800x535)2012-08-21T16:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/a-to-do-nothing-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0017-800x535.jpgDSC_0017 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0052-800x536.jpgDSC_0052 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0047-800x536.jpgDSC_0047 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0046-800x536.jpgDSC_0046 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0022-800x555.jpgDSC_0022 (800x555)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0043-536x800.jpgDSC_0043 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0045-800x535.jpgDSC_0045 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0044-800x535.jpgDSC_0044 (800x535)Here are some more photographs from the garden we had the swapping at.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0022-800x535.jpgDSC_0022 (800x535)A very tired puppy.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0019-800x566.jpgDSC_0019 (800x566)Some are almost ripe.2012-08-21T16:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/too-many-apples-breaks-an-entire-tree/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0072-800x536.jpgDSC_0072 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0027-800x578.jpgDSC_0027 (800x578)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-800x557.jpgDSC_0025 (800x557)it's blue as the sky. Few butterflies are as beautiful as these. It belongs to the family Blue wings.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0023-800x580.jpgDSC_0023 (800x580)This butterfly looks pretty enough with its wings closed, but when it opens up...https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0020-800x531.jpgDSC_0020 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0016-800x536.jpgDSC_0016 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0014-800x5351.jpgDSC_0014 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-800x5352.jpgDSC_0012 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0011-800x527.jpgDSC_0011 (800x527)This will be a mushroom year to remember with all that rain falling all summer.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-800x5352.jpgDSC_0008 (800x535)2012-08-18T03:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/computers/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0067-800x535.jpgDSC_0067 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0040-800x539.jpgDSC_0040 (800x539)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0039-535x800.jpgDSC_0039 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0037-800x560.jpgDSC_0037 (800x560)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-800x529.jpgDSC_0025 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0010-800x5351.jpgDSC_0010 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0007-800x571.jpgDSC_0007 (800x571)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0006-800x577.jpgDSC_0006 (800x577)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0002-800x5351.jpgDSC_0002 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0032-800x558.jpgDSC_0032 (800x558)It is almost impossible to see a katydid when it is in the trees and even here when coming real close with the camera. We have so many this year that they almost are as loud as cicadas :-) That sound is my favorite autumn sound I think.2012-08-18T04:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/time-just-flies/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0076-800x536.jpgDSC_0076 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0038-800x536.jpgDSC_0038 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0028-800x541.jpgDSC_0028 (800x541)2012-08-17T15:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/tired/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0023-800x532.jpgDSC_0023 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0035-536x800.jpgDSC_0035 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0034-800x536.jpgDSC_0034 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0033-536x800.jpgDSC_0033 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0030-800x536.jpgDSC_0030 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0021-800x5361.jpgDSC_0021 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0029-800x536.jpgDSC_0029 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0013-800x527.jpgDSC_0013 (800x527)More photograps from the swapping day.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0023-800x541.jpgDSC_0023 (800x541)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0022-800x560.jpgDSC_0022 (800x560)2012-08-14T16:18:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/fog-swapping-and-kittens/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0019-800x556.jpgDSC_0019 (800x556)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-800x536.jpgDSC_0012 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0011-800x5361.jpgDSC_0011 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0006-800x5351.jpgDSC_0006 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0009-536x8001.jpgDSC_0009 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-800x5361.jpgDSC_0008 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0003-566x800.jpgDSC_0003 (566x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0007-800x5362.jpgDSC_0007 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0001-800x522.jpgDSC_0001 (800x522)They have way over 350 different varieties of day lilies in the garden I visited yesterday and most of them flowered. They also had loads of kittens :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0119-800x535.jpgDSC_0119 (800x535)I wonder where he dropped his two other legs :-)2012-08-14T16:16:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/a-bit-chilly/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0059-800x569.jpgDSC_0059 (800x569)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0054-800x536.jpgDSC_0054 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0050-800x536.jpgDSC_0050 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0047-800x519.jpgDSC_0047 (800x519)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0045-800x523.jpgDSC_0045 (800x523)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0038-800x575.jpgDSC_0038 (800x575)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0037-800x535.jpgDSC_0037 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0036-800x532.jpgDSC_0036 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0027-536x800.jpgDSC_0027 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-800x542.jpgDSC_0025 (800x542)2012-08-12T03:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/im-back/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0049-800x536.jpgDSC_0049 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0041-800x577.jpgDSC_0041 (800x577)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0036-800x521.jpgDSC_0036 (800x521)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0035-800x535.jpgDSC_0035 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0033-800x536.jpgDSC_0033 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0068-536x800.jpgDSC_0068 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0065-800x535.jpgDSC_0065 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0062-800x536.jpgDSC_0062 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0064-800x535.jpgDSC_0064 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0020-800x547.jpgDSC_0020 (800x547)2012-08-11T16:17:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/a-remote-computer-dislikes-me/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0006-800x536.jpgDSC_0006 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0001-536x800.jpgDSC_0001 (536x800)2012-08-10T15:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/asking-for-vacation/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-554x800.jpgDSC_0025 (554x800)We almost made it all the way home before another shower almost drowned us :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0007-800x560.jpgDSC_0007 (800x560)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0015-800x535.jpgDSC_0015 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0010-800x536.jpgDSC_0010 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0009-800x535.jpgDSC_0009 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0010-800x617.jpgDSC_0010 (800x617)My first tomato that shows signs of getting any color :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0022-800x570.jpgDSC_0022 (800x570)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-800x529.jpgDSC_0012 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0011-800x536.jpgDSC_0011 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0009-800x536.jpgDSC_0009 (800x536)Maximilan's sunflower. One of the few perennial sunflowers that isn't especially invasive. One of my favorite flowers in autumn.2012-08-10T15:21:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/i-survived-the-first-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-800x579.jpgDSC_0025 (800x579)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0050-800x590.jpgDSC_0050 (800x590)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0049-800x615.jpgDSC_0049 (800x615)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0040-800x569.jpgDSC_0040 (800x569)I tried to have Sune leashed to Orvar yesterday and that didn't work well at all :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0029-800x5351.jpgDSC_0029 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0023-800x552.jpgDSC_0023 (800x552)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0017-800x5461.jpgDSC_0017 (800x546)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0021-800x529.jpgDSC_0021 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0002-800x5362.jpgDSC_0002 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0069-800x536.jpgDSC_0069 (800x536)2012-08-07T16:17:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/no-energy-at-all/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0019-800x552.jpgDSC_0019 (800x552)Later in the afternoon.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-800x5351.jpgDSC_0025 (800x535)Bertil did not injure any dog even though he is capable to do so :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0024-800x535.jpgDSC_0024 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0023-550x800.jpgDSC_0023 (550x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0019-800x581.jpgDSC_0019 (800x581)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0006-607x800.jpgDSC_0006 (607x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-800x528.jpgDSC_0008 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0005-585x800.jpgDSC_0005 (585x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0003-595x800.jpgDSC_0003 (595x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-800x5351.jpgDSC_0012 (800x535)2012-08-06T15:34:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/lots-of-growling/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0007-800x536.jpgDSC_0007 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0042-800x582.jpgDSC_0042 (800x582)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1013-800x576.jpgDSCF1013 (800x576)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1026-800x600.jpgDSCF1026 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1018-600x800.jpgDSCF1018 (600x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1024-800x600.jpgDSCF1024 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1021-800x595.jpgDSCF1021 (800x595)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1020-800x600.jpgDSCF1020 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf1017-800x600.jpgDSCF1017 (800x600)I thought You would like to see the place we went to this morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0030-800x530.jpgDSC_0030 (800x530)The Magpie flew slower though :-)2012-08-05T03:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/a-close-encounter-of-the-third-degree/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0027-800x535.jpgDSC_0027 (800x535)Echinacea hybrid.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0038-800x564.jpgDSC_0038 (800x564)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0049-595x800.jpgDSC_0049 (595x800)Monkshood.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0068-800x541.jpgDSC_0068 (800x541)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0067-800x536.jpgDSC_0067 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0063-568x800.jpgDSC_0063 (568x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0062-536x800.jpgDSC_0062 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0058-800x535.jpgDSC_0058 (800x535)Redberried elderberry bush.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0012-800x549.jpgDSC_0012 (800x549)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-800x535.jpgDSC_0008 (800x535)Eryngium giganteum.2012-08-05T03:24:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/a-very-valuable-lesson/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0027-606x800.jpgDSC_0027 (606x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0029-800x535.jpgDSC_0029 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0025-578x800.jpgDSC_0025 (578x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0024-800x536.jpgDSC_0024 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0018-800x535.jpgDSC_0018 (800x535)It takes only one puppy to tangle them all together :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0013-800x536.jpgDSC_0013 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0008-800x536.jpgDSC_0008 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0002-800x536.jpgDSC_0002 (800x536)2012-08-02T03:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/our-first-medal/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0063-800x526.jpgDSC_0063 (800x526)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0062-800x536.jpgDSC_0062 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0061-800x536.jpgDSC_0061 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0059-800x521.jpgDSC_0059 (800x521)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0054-800x535.jpgDSC_0054 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0049-800x5361.jpgDSC_0049 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0053-800x5361.jpgDSC_0053 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0051-800x532.jpgDSC_0051 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0044-800x603.jpgDSC_0044 (800x603)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0058-800x5361.jpgDSC_0058 (800x536)I don't think anyone lived here for quite some time.2012-08-02T03:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/it-would-have-been-better-to-make-a-phone-call/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0038-566x8001.jpgDSC_0038 (566x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0038-566x800.jpgDSC_0038 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(800x549)Raspberry flowers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/013-800x534.jpg013 (800x534)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/008-800x544.jpg008 (800x544)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/007-536x800.jpg007 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/005-800x5351.jpg005 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/003-800x560.jpg003 (800x560)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/002-800x547.jpg002 (800x547)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/001-800x530.jpg001 (800x530)Aquilegia chrysanta2012-06-17T12:42:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/it-is-amazing-how-much-water-there-is-up-there/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/024-800x538.jpg024 (800x538)Iris ensata I think.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/025-800x548.jpg025 (800x548)Iris sibirica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/021-589x800.jpg021 (589x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/018-800x536.jpg018 (800x536)The Tree peony flowers can't survive a rain like that.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/016-536x800.jpg016 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/013-800x535.jpg013 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/012-800x5361.jpg012 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/011-800x533.jpg011 (800x533)We ran the last part of the road to take cover in the stable.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/009-800x529.jpg009 (800x529)We hadn't come far when it started again. You can see the stable at the end of the road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/007-800x5362.jpg007 (800x536)That didn't last for long though :-) Here we are in the Portal looking out on the rain.2012-06-15T16:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/im-under-attack-and-ive-started-to-protect-myself/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/032-800x585.jpg032 (800x585)Unfortunately the Magpies found the little birds nest in the apple tree. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/034-582x800.jpg034 (582x800)Bigroot geranium, Geranium macrorrhizum.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/030-800x543.jpg030 (800x543)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/029-800x571.jpg029 (800x571)There's not two flowers that looks alike on my Cinnamon rose (Rosa majalis).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/003-800x5351.jpg003 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/015-800x539.jpg015 (800x539)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/026-800x536.jpg026 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/025-536x800.jpg025 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/023-800x569.jpg023 (800x569)Bitter vetch, a relative to the Sweet pea.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/022-800x533.jpg022 (800x533)The Portal.2012-06-14T16:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/too-much-good-football-on-tv/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/017-800x539.jpg017 (800x539)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/016-800x532.jpg016 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/013-800x577.jpg013 (800x577)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/012-800x530.jpg012 (800x530)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/008-800x600.jpg008 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/007-800x569.jpg007 (800x569)2012-06-12T14:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/how-to-do-with-the-blog-in-the-future/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/047-800x5361.jpg047 (800x536)Sunset yesterday night.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/062-800x5361.jpg062 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/054-800x596.jpg054 (800x596)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/042-800x536.jpg042 (800x536)This thundercloud passed us yesterday but didn't release any lightning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/050-800x542.jpg050 (800x542)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/045-800x5361.jpg045 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/061.jpg061https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/058.jpg058Dragonflies are fairly common around here but Damselflies aren't. I think this is the first one I've seen in over five years.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/010-800x600.jpg010 (800x600)Her ears followed us all the time it took to pass her :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/003-800x502.jpg003 (800x502)2012-06-11T16:46:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/it-is-a-rather-nice-day-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/051-800x600.jpg051 (800x600)Rhododendron catawbiense.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/054-800x554.jpg054 (800x554)Rosa glauca.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/049-800x579.jpg049 (800x579)Syringa josikea. This one smells less strong and spreads less aggressively so I prefer this one to the more common one. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/005-800x600.jpg005 (800x600)The Hosta's are filling out the space rather well considering I walked on them while planting them :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/004-800x578.jpg004 (800x578)Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus, Blomstervass på svenska) grows a bit to well in my pond :-) But thanks to that the water always is clean and bright because it uses every single nutrient that floats around in the water :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/037-800x600.jpg037 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/034-800x586.jpg034 (800x586)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/033-800x589.jpg033 (800x589)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/031-800x559.jpg031 (800x559)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/029-800x550.jpg029 (800x550)2012-06-10T05:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/panic-in-europe-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/009-800x535.jpg009 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/010-800x535.jpg010 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/006-800x535.jpg006 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/002-800x551.jpg002 (800x551)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/007-800x5361.jpg007 (800x536)I got one! flower oin my rhododendron Nova Zembla :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/025-800x535.jpg025 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/005-800x528.jpg005 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/001-800x517.jpg001 (800x517)These last photographs will show flowers in my garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/028-800x560.jpg028 (800x560)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/027-800x600.jpg027 (800x600)2012-06-11T16:40:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/this-is-what-i-did-on-our-national-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/079-800x536.jpg079 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/078-800x536.jpg078 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/077-800x536.jpg077 (800x536)On my way home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/073-800x536.jpg073 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/069-536x800.jpg069 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/067-800x536.jpg067 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/065-800x536.jpg065 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/063-800x536.jpg063 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/062-800x536.jpg062 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/060-800x536.jpg060 (800x536)2012-06-11T16:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/our-national-day-is-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/eftermiddag-037-800x556.jpgeftermiddag 037 (800x556)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/eftermiddag-020-800x600.jpgeftermiddag 020 (800x600)I have a tree peony called Paeonia delavayi growing in my garden but the climate is too tough for it here. It does flower once in a while after very mild winters and has a beautiful maroon flower. You can also see the read leafs from a weed extraordinaire, Oxalis. Once in the garden, always in the garden :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/008-800x536.jpg008 (800x536)I've started to plant around the pond but as You all can see I still have plenty of space to fill. I want more ferns and I'll try to get some grass species that doesn't spread like hell too. Plus some low shrubs and something for the little hill beside the Hosta.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/020-800x511.jpg020 (800x511)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/019-800x540.jpg019 (800x540)She walked slowly and jumped a lot to get our attention.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/017-800x543.jpg017 (800x543)Suddenly she just stood there, the doe. It was obvious that she wanted us to see her and hopefully follow her as well. Anything to make us walk away from the ditch where her young one was hidden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/016-800x572.jpg016 (800x572)This is how they usually look.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/014-800x558.jpg014 (800x558)Unusually many Forest stars (Trientalis europaea) have unusually many petals this year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/013-800x536.jpg013 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/012-800x536.jpg012 (800x536)The cool weather makes the lilacs flower for an unusual long period.2012-06-07T16:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/04/ive-made-a-call/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/016-800x535.jpg016 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/eftermiddag-032-800x534.jpgeftermiddag 032 (800x534)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/eftermiddag-027-600x800.jpgeftermiddag 027 (600x800)My dogs make their own paths in the garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/eftermiddag-019-800x600.jpgeftermiddag 019 (800x600)Columbine. I have to say I prefer the normal varieties better than this one.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/011-800x520.jpg011 (800x520)Guelder-rose.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/010-587x800.jpg010 (587x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/009-800x536.jpg009 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/006-532x800.jpg006 (532x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/004-800x457.jpg004 (800x457)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/002-800x580.jpg002 (800x580)Geum urbanum, I think they are called Avens in English. The seeds from this species stick in my dogs fur when they pass by and fall off in my garden. I have way to many of them, but they are kind of cute aren't they :-)2012-06-05T16:23:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/cant-start-a-day-without-tea/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/senare-020-800x555.jpgsenare 020 (800x555)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/senare-017-800x538.jpgsenare 017 (800x538)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/senare-013-800x565.jpgsenare 013 (800x565)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/senare-006-800x535.jpgsenare 006 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/senare-005-536x800.jpgsenare 005 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/senare-004-800x522.jpgsenare 004 (800x522)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/017-800x600.jpg017 (800x600)Tiarella cordifolia I think.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/013-800x578.jpg013 (800x578)Columbines mixes heavily with each other and one never knows how they will look after a couple of years. This one isn't bigger than my thumbnail.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/009-600x800.jpg009 (600x800)I normally never shape any trees or bushes but this apple tree grows to close to a field and would get damaged by tractors driving by. So I've shaped it as a fan. It isn't thicker than 15cm (6 inches) but rather wide instead :-) I forgot to see if it flowered this year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/007-800x562.jpg007 (800x562)Later on our walk I found this one looking at us while it was sheltered by some bushes :-)2012-06-04T16:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/i-think-ill-skip-the-lawn-mowing-this-week/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/042-800x535.jpg042 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/041-535x800.jpg041 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/034-800x605.jpg034 (800x605)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/033-800x514.jpg033 (800x514)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/029-536x800.jpg029 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/025-800x543.jpg025 (800x543)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/021-800x5351.jpg021 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/018-800x522.jpg018 (800x522)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/016-800x536.jpg016 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/012-800x543.jpg012 (800x543)2012-06-04T16:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/new-fish-and-a-berry-fart/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sc3b6ndag-024-588x800.jpgsöndag 024 (588x800)This is a Berry fart, our more kind relative to the American stinkbugs I've read so much about. These hardly ever do any kind of damage at all.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/014-800x535.jpg014 (800x535)Nova still have some issues with sharing :-) These are her stick and all other sticks one might find is hers too :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/003-800x529.jpg003 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/011-800x536.jpg011 (800x536)Haberlea rhodopensis.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/021-800x535.jpg021 (800x535)Aronia melanocarpa. Beautiful flowers but the berries are overrated to be honest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/019-800x554.jpg019 (800x554)My multi colored Cinnamon rose (Rosa majalis).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/015-800x546.jpg015 (800x546)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/008-800x535.jpg008 (800x535)Acer tatarica ssp. ginnala. First time it flowers and it was sown seven years ago.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/006-536x800.jpg006 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/005-800x606.jpg005 (800x606)Paeonia anomala ssp. veitchii.2012-06-02T03:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/needs-to-take-care-of-some-things/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/012-535x800.jpg012 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/013-800x5363.jpg013 (800x536)2012-06-01T20:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/spring-is-here-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x5362.jpg018 (800x536)Z&M! This one is for You :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-800x5361.jpg017 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/014-800x5352.jpg014 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/013-800x5362.jpg013 (800x536)Some kind of Eonymus.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/012-800x567.jpg012 (800x567)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/009-800x553.jpg009 (800x553)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-800x5351.jpg006 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/004-800x5361.jpg004 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/003-800x536.jpg003 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/002-800x509.jpg002 (800x509)2012-06-01T15:30:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/it-is-time-to-buy-fish/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-525x800.jpg016 (525x800)I must remember to buy a new chain to my chain saw! This might look sort of cute or even romantic but it's just a bloody nuisance. It's impossible to walk there rainy days and not get soaking wet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/014-800x568.jpg014 (800x568)Nova thinks that I'm boring :-) She's not allowed to chew on Hectors legs, she's not allowed to take his or Orvars toys while they are playing with them and she's not allowed to chase hares. Life is so unfair :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010-800x571.jpg010 (800x571)My Frost grape or River Bank grape vine has lots of flowers this year. The problem is that frost has taken them all every year. I do hope we won't get any more frost this spring/summer. It would be so fun to finally get some grapes.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/009-585x800.jpg009 (585x800)The flowers on the Eleagnus commutata aren't big and they aren't beautiful :-) But they have a scent that is fantastic. It isn't overwhelming but still one can feel it in the entire garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/004-800x535.jpg004 (800x535)Euphorbia polychroma.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-601x800.jpg007 (601x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/003-605x800.jpg003 (605x800)I have lots of Columbines in my garden, they tend to mix much so they can look very different from each other after a while.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/022-800x5363.jpg022 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/001-800x539.jpg001 (800x539)They tend to change the scientific names on tree peonies every now and again, but I think this one now days is called Paeonia suffruticosa Rockii.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sc3b6ndag-027-800x536.jpgsöndag 027 (800x536)Even the tree peony started yesterday.2012-05-30T16:25:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/guess-who-won-yesterday-night/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x600.jpg018 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-800x6002.jpg017 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-800x588.jpg016 (800x588)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/014-800x6001.jpg014 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010-800x6001.jpg010 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-800x6003.jpg007 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-800x526.jpg006 (800x526)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/005-800x559.jpg005 (800x559)I don't remember the name on this flower but I sowed seeds from it in my garden and now its impossible to get rid of :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/004-582x800.jpg004 (582x800)Apple trees grows here and there in the area.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/002-800x553.jpg002 (800x553)I hope the wind doesn't blow and the rain stays away when the tree peony starts to flower in a couple of days.2012-05-30T16:26:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/up-with-the-badger/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/056-800x573.jpg056 (800x573)The flower on my red leafed clematis. I love that color it has!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/036-800x530.jpg036 (800x530)The Maple seedlings are growing fine now :-) They aren't this yellow in the real world though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/029-800x553.jpg029 (800x553)The other side of the pond is the fern part. They are still so small that they are hard to see right now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x6002.jpg030 (800x600)It doesn't look much for the world right now, it's actually looking a bit less than it should because I walked on some of them while planting them :-) But I'll plant more Hosta here when I can see how these fill up their places.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/052-800x571.jpg052 (800x571)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/048-800x582.jpg048 (800x582)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/047-800x600.jpg047 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/044-610x800.jpg044 (610x800)Who could have guessed, lilacs in the forest as well :-9 and these are just a few ones.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/042-800x600.jpg042 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/040-800x571.jpg040 (800x571)2012-05-27T14:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/ruins-in-the-cradle-of-sweden/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/037-800x600.jpg037 (800x600)This is a café just outside the Monastery. I was wondering if I shopuld stop there for a cup of coffee and something else when suddenly a cat came running like crazy. Jumping over fences and under tables at the café. After it a huge Rotweiller came and took just the same route creating a bit of chaos since it didn't take the curves just as well as the cat did :-) So I decided to drive home instead :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/023-800x6001.jpg023 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/022-800x5362.jpg022 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021-800x532.jpg021 (800x532)The area around the church isn't that bad either :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/035-800x600.jpg035 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x6001.jpg030 (800x600)Birger Jarl was born not far away from here and this is now days seen as the cradle of Sweden. It was people in this area that wanted the country to grow but the power moved away from here to what now days is our Capital, Stockholm. Stockholm is founded by Birger I've heard.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/029-800x600.jpg029 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/033-800x569.jpg033 (800x569)His grave is inside the church ( he died 1266) and next time I'll bring some cash so I can go in and take some photographs inside the church. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/028-800x565.jpg028 (800x565)The man was called Birger Jarl, Jarl being a title. He never became a king but his son did. He was a cruel leader and didn't hesitate to lie to get where he wanted. Before him Sweden mostly were small kingdoms that constantly were in fight with each other. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/027-800x600.jpg027 (800x600)I never walked in to the area though. They actually take an entrance fee now days. This church is very important historically because here is the mane that created the country Sweden buried.2012-05-29T16:33:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/blood-was-taken-from-me/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-584x800.jpg006 (584x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-800x663.jpg007 (800x663)Solomon's seal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/028-536x800.jpg028 (536x800)Clematis 'Propertius'. One of the few clematis that has a scent.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x591.jpg030 (800x591)Haberlea rhodopensis, a hardy relative to the African violet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/012-632x800.jpg012 (632x800)Geum of some kind. One I wouldn't want to be without.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/003-517x800.jpg003 (517x800)Red Baneberry, Actaea erythrocarpa.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/002-800x536.jpg002 (800x536)Forget me nots.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-800x523.jpg017 (800x523)Lily in the valley.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/020-800x543.jpg020 (800x543)It tried so hard to hide in the grass.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-800x5363.jpg016 (800x536)The Portal is closed at the top, once again I can enter the magic kingdom :-)2012-05-29T16:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/cant-complain-about-the-weather/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x5361.jpg018 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x536.jpg018 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/019-800x5351.jpg019 (800x535)Bleeding heart.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-534x800.jpg017 (534x800)I've planted different kinds of fern by my pond this spring and now they grow nicely. It is a bit fun because the one I knew would die due to hardiness lives and one that I was sure would survive due to hardiness has died :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-800x5362.jpg016 (800x536)View from my kitchen table.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/014-800x5281.jpg014 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/014-800x528.jpg014 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/011-582x800.jpg011 (582x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010-800x553.jpg010 (800x553)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/009-800x5361.jpg009 (800x536)2012-05-29T16:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/it-aint-beautiful-but-its-in-one-piece/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/037-800x541.jpg037 (800x541)It is just the same with violets really. Sow one kind and after a couple of years there are loads of different looks on them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/032-586x800.jpg032 (586x800)Just buy seeds, spread them in the garden and they can flower already the first year. I don't mind when weeds look like this :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/013-800x5351.jpg013 (800x535)Welsh poppy, Meconopsis cambrica. The easiest of all in the Blue poppy family. This can become a nice weed :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/009-800x533.jpg009 (800x533)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-800x5351.jpg007 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-800x5362.jpg006 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x535.jpg030 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/022-800x5361.jpg022 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/020-800x531.jpg020 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-800x536.jpg017 (800x536)2012-05-29T16:21:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/whilst-most-still-were-sleeping/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/014-542x800.jpg014 (542x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/039-568x800.jpg039 (568x800)Teodor was waiting at home for our return.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/037-800x576.jpg037 (800x576)Wild strawberries.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/033-800x520.jpg033 (800x520)I guess it is cooler to mow the lawn at this time in the morning :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/009-800x516.jpg009 (800x516)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/031-800x581.jpg031 (800x581)It was Bertil trying to come to us. The grass is now almost higher than he is :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x5361.jpg030 (800x536)Suddenly I saw something tiny jumping towards us out in the field.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/026-800x5361.jpg026 (800x536)There grows thousands of Lily in the valley in the Portal. These are just a few I show here. Buds are showing on some of them now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/025-800x5361.jpg025 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021-800x530.jpg021 (800x530)2012-05-29T16:18:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/busy-morning-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/eftermiddag-008-800x600.jpgeftermiddag 008 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/eftermiddag-005-800x553.jpgeftermiddag 005 (800x553)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/023-800x575.jpg023 (800x575)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/026-800x573.jpg026 (800x573)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-800x6001.jpg017 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/015-800x6001.jpg015 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/008-800x6001.jpg008 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-800x6002.jpg007 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-800x6001.jpg006 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/003-800x6003.jpg003 (800x600)2012-05-29T16:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/18/moose-hogs-some-deers-and-my-dogs/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/020-800x535.jpg020 (800x535)Solomon's Seal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/022-800x526.jpg022 (800x526)Clematis 'Propertius'.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/025-800x511.jpg025 (800x511)Lots of flowers on the old crabapple tree this year. It is so old now that it only manages to flower every second year as best.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/042-800x520.jpg042 (800x520)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/038-800x5361.jpg038 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/035-800x5352.jpg035 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/033-613x442.jpg033 (613x442)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/032-800x514.jpg032 (800x514)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/031-800x5361.jpg031 (800x536)I suddenly wished that I had brought my little camera with me when these two ran out beside us, I never thought they would stop so I could get some photographs :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-800x534.jpg016 (800x534)2012-05-19T15:08:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/another-long-weekend/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010-800x539.jpg010 (800x539)Today the first flowers on the wild strawberries opened up in the forest :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/029-800x526.jpg029 (800x526)I can't say it was easier to say what color it has today either :-) Pinkish? I think I'll know better next year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/039-800x545.jpg039 (800x545)This is one of the self sown Trilliums that now flowers for the first time. It was a bit hard to say what color the flower had.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/040-800x548.jpg040 (800x548)The white Trillium has opened up now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/032-800x5361.jpg032 (800x536)She really needs a younger friend than Orvar and Hector. They play some with her but not as wild as she wants to :-) But four dogs again? Well I'll see when the vacation comes.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/031-800x536.jpg031 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x536.jpg030 (800x536)Sometimes Nova just has to run around the cottage like crazy, to get rid of all extra energy. I guess she hunts imaginary hares :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021-800x5361.jpg021 (800x536)They are the best of friends most of the time the two brothers, but sometimes they can't come close without getting in to a fight.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x508.jpg018 (800x508)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-800x544.jpg017 (800x544)2012-05-29T16:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/15/isnt-that-typical/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x551.jpg018 (800x551)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021-800x574.jpg021 (800x574)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/014-800x531.jpg014 (800x531)These two does didn't care about us at all even if e only were 15 meters (much the same in yards) away. I think it is a mother and her daughter from last year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/013-800x514.jpg013 (800x514)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/011-600x800.jpg011 (600x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/008-583x800.jpg008 (583x800)The wild trees and bushes rarely have more colorful flowers than this, slightly green or yellow. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010-800x563.jpg010 (800x563)I used my little camera today and I have to say it has a fantastic zoom! This bird would only have been a tiny brown spot if I had used my big camera.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-800x6001.jpg007 (800x600)I found a Shadbush (amelanchier) in the forest today, not a common site here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-800x600.jpg006 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/003-800x6002.jpg003 (800x600)2012-05-17T15:54:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/finally/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/004-800x562.jpg004 (800x562)Trilliums likes it in my woodland and self sows well. But this one is a bit different than the others, the bud stands straight up unlike the others who are hanging down. So this might come from a pot where I sown seeds and thought I had failed :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/003-800x584.jpg003 (800x584)I would like to say that this is a Trillium grandiflora but the one giving it to me said it most likely is a hybrid.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-561x800.jpg007 (561x800)I have a red leafed clematis that I sowed years ago. It is a survivor because it has managed to stay alive despite my dogs :-) They have torn it to pieces, dug it up and peed on it and still it lives :-) It has only flowered once and it had a fantastic flower, this year it has several buds and I'll show You how the flowers look when they open up.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/031-800x540.jpg031 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x528.jpg030 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/029-800x542.jpg029 (800x542)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/028-800x540.jpg028 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/025-800x537.jpg025 (800x537)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/024-800x538.jpg024 (800x538)Most of the wild cherry trees in the forest are very high, but there are a few that doesn't seem to become higher that three meters (much the same in yards). They have smaller flowers as well. I think this is the kind we call Bird berries, they have the most delicious berries but the birds take them too early.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/022-536x800.jpg022 (536x800)Bird cherry. Some smell wonderful some smell cat pee :-)2012-05-16T16:52:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/ive-been-effective-this-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/052-643x800.jpg052 (643x800)This I know what it is though :-) It is a special variety of Male fern, Dyopteris filix-mas. It split up in to four plants when I divided the old one by the woodland.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/051-800x538.jpg051 (800x538)This fern just started to grow on the north side of my cottage one year and now I moved it to the pond. I think it is a Matteuccia struthiopteris, Ostrich fern.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/049-800x536.jpg049 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/048-800x525.jpg048 (800x525)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/044-800x533.jpg044 (800x533)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/043-800x535.jpg043 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/042-800x5351.jpg042 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/039-800x536.jpg039 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/038-800x536.jpg038 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/035-800x5351.jpg035 (800x535)2012-05-16T16:55:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/grey-and-dreary/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/037-800x539.jpg037 (800x539)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/033-800x600.jpg033 (800x600)The Portal is getting green again and soon it will close in the top.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x600.jpg030 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/025-800x561.jpg025 (800x561)I've seen this vane for many years now and always wondered what it looked like. The "new" camera has a great zoom and now I know it is a rooster.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/024-800x593.jpg024 (800x593)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021-800x600.jpg021 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/020-600x8001.jpg020 (600x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-800x6001.jpg016 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/015-800x600.jpg015 (800x600)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/012-800x600.jpg012 (800x600)2012-05-13T02:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/the-continuing-annoying-story-about-my-thumb/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/050-800x600.jpg050 (800x600)Uvularia grandiflora, my absolute favorite amongst the woodland plants I have.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/044-800x600.jpg044 (800x600)Checkered lilies, they also behaves like weeds in my garden but that's ok with me :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/047-517x800.jpg047 (517x800)Mecenopsis cambrica, Welsh poppy. We call them English poppy. The easy sibling to the Blue poppy. This behaves much like a weed, nothing the Blue poppy never does.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/040-800x600.jpg040 (800x600)Daffodils, or as we call them Pentecost lilies, behind my garage.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/036-800x600.jpg036 (800x600)Some of the Cherry trees are blossoming in the forest now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/020-600x800.jpg020 (600x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/026-800x600.jpg026 (800x600)Orvar waiting for us to finally start walking again :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/025-800x600.jpg025 (800x600)Hector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/023-800x600.jpg023 (800x600)The Super Nova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/022-800x600.jpg022 (800x600)2012-05-12T15:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/today-i-got-what-i-bought-at-the-internet-auction/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021-800x540.jpg021 (800x540)I have no idea what this is to be honest :-) But it does get white flowers :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/eftermiddag-028-800x620.jpgeftermiddag 028 (800x620)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/052-800x535.jpg052 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/001-800x514.jpg001 (800x514)Here it is my little camera. What I really was looking for was a new lens to my Nikon but I had just missed one. So when I saw this I placed a bid (after looking at reviews about it) and won :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/054-800x538.jpg054 (800x538)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/eftermiddag-018-800x574.jpgeftermiddag 018 (800x574)Geese walking around outside my cottage.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-800x536.jpg016 (800x536)I wonder who lives here. I could see that the entrance is used often because there's no moss or grass growing in front of it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/015-536x8001.jpg015 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/004-800x530.jpg004 (800x530)No photographs from today I'm afraid, well one further down. I hope I haven't shown these before :-)2012-05-12T03:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/yes-i-know-its-wednesday/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/042-800x535.jpg042 (800x535)Tulipa tarda.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/025-800x536.jpg025 (800x536)Yellow wood anemone (anemone ranunculoides) and White wood anemone (anemone nemorosa).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/023-800x505.jpg023 (800x505)Trillium hubrid.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/036-535x8001.jpg036 (535x800)Uvularia grandiflora.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/026-800x556.jpg026 (800x556)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/024-536x800.jpg024 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/023-536x800.jpg023 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021-800x526.jpg021 (800x526)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/019-800x532.jpg019 (800x532)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-800x535.jpg017 (800x535)Paeonia anomala ssp. veitchii.2012-05-12T03:22:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/sorry-but-the-internet-doesnt-like-me-today/2012-05-09T18:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/chilly-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010-800x528.jpg010-800x528I saved the beat one for last since I know how much You love spiders :-) The thing beside it is a clematis seed I think.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/017-800x565.jpg017 (800x565)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/011-800x522.jpg011 (800x522)One of the Clematis I planted by the pond seems to have survived.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/012-800x513.jpg012 (800x513)Gemsrot (Leopard's Bane).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/008-800x5361.jpg008 (800x536)This is how the sky mostly looked yesterday.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/041-800x510.jpg041 (800x510)Teodor chose to take a shortcut when he realized we were close to home again :-) So we met just outside the cottage. Now he's asleep upstairs :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/033-800x515.jpg033 (800x515)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/037-800x525.jpg037 (800x525)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/032-800x535.jpg032 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030-800x533.jpg030 (800x533)One of the ditches were filled with dove feathers. I guess it met its destiny here last night.2012-05-10T16:17:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/cooler-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/036-535x800.jpg036 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/014-800x530.jpg014 (800x530)Bjurum castle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/009-800x576.jpg009 (800x576)I've read that we have the biggest colony in Scandinavia of Laughing gulls here. My favorite seagull of them all :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-800x541.jpg007 (800x541)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/005-800x547.jpg005 (800x547)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/004-800x485.jpg004 (800x485)Dagsnäs castle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/003-800x535.jpg003 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/002-800x535.jpg002 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/001-800x5361.jpg001 (800x536)I took some photographs by the lake before the road association meeting yesterday. This is the visitors center and it is open during crane season.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/034-800x572.jpg034 (800x572)2012-05-07T16:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/ive-gotten-them-all/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/015-800x553.jpg015 (800x553)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/013-800x536.jpg013 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/019-800x536.jpg019 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x535.jpg018 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/010-800x519.jpg010 (800x519)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/009-800x550.jpg009 (800x550)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-800x536.jpg006 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/004-800x536.jpg004 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/002-539x728.jpg002 (539x728)2012-05-06T14:18:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/so-off-i-went-to-work-again-and-then-i-went-home-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/013-800x509.jpg013 (800x509)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/034-800x575.jpg034 (800x575)Acer tatarica ssp. Ginnala.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-536x800.jpg006 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/005-536x800.jpg005 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/015-800x514.jpg015 (800x514)Violet of some kind. The magpies took the name tag :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x525.jpg018 (800x525)Tulipa tarda, a nice little weed :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-800x521.jpg016 (800x521)Tulip.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006-800x535.jpg006 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/008-800x536.jpg008 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/007-800x536.jpg007 (800x536)The White wood anemone spreads quickly, there wasn't a single one here five years ago. I've seen hill sides completely white filled with these flowers.2012-05-04T15:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/sometimes-i-dont-know-what-to-write-about-and-sometimes-i-just-have-to-many-things-to-write-about/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/020-800x536.jpg020 (800x536)The woodland is the only place in my garden that I try the dogs to stay away from and I'm not too successful :-) Here trilliums thrive and self sows :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/019-800x564.jpg019 (800x564)Glaucidium palmatum. I divided my plant into several last year so I doubt that any of them will flower this year, they are a bit cranky that way :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/015-536x800.jpg015 (536x800)The Amelanchier will soon open up as well. It gets delicious berries but the birds get to them first I'm afraid :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/026-800x592.jpg026 (800x592)They are very closely related and if You have both You'll get fruit on both as well.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/022-800x565.jpg022 (800x565)The flowers are quite pretty but small. As You can see in the next photo they look just the same as the flowers on wild plum do. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/024-800x536.jpg024 (800x536)The sloe is filled with flower buds now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/021-800x522.jpg021 (800x522)Rosa glauca.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/020-800x552.jpg020 (800x552)Lilac.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/018-800x571.jpg018 (800x571)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/016-800x600.jpg016 (800x600)2012-05-03T14:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/no-one-knows-who-walpurgis-was-still-we-celebrate-her-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-800x535.jpg029 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/023-800x557.jpg023 (800x557)The Yellow wood anemone (Anemone ranunculoides) thrives in my garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017-800x552.jpg017 (800x552)The different Veronica's are probably the most common weed in my garden and they are allowed to stay :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/013-535x800.jpg013 (535x800)Black walnut.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/extra-012-800x545.jpgExtra 012 (800x545)It flew so low that it was hard to take a photograph of it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/extra-009-800x561.jpgExtra 009 (800x561)And yesterday we saw this falcon? hawk?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/043-796x558.jpg043 (796x558)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/042-800x547.jpg042 (800x547)I think this is a Golden eagle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-800x534.jpg025 (800x534)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/035-800x5361.jpg035 (800x536)2012-05-01T14:59:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/cuttings-spotify-and-frog-egg-rescue/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/012-800x5361.jpg012 (800x536)The water in the ditch is very rusty and now these frog eggs are placed in my pond with clear water. Some of the eggs were already eaten by predators but I hope many enough will make it. I also got some water beetles and leaches in that pitcher as well :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/003-800x5361.jpg003-800x5361Here they are in pots. Don't over water them now so they start to rot. Won't take long until these starts to produce tomatoes :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/002-800x535.jpg002-800x535I took these three. I don't know if the cutting will sacrifice the flowers on the right one or if it will manage to give tomatoes anyway. Tomatoes has the great capability to create roots anywhere on its stem so these will be planted as deep as the pot allows. The deeper the better.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/001-800x553.jpg001 (800x553)This poor tomato plant has been growing by my kitchen window all winter and hasn't enjoyed it at all :-) I think I could have taken at least twenty good cuttings from this plant if I had wanted to.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/008-800x5352.jpg008 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/006-800x548.jpg006 (800x548)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/005-800x5363.jpg005 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-800x5362.jpg029 (800x536)Do You remember the little grey calf I photographed last summer? Here she is and she's not little any longer :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027-800x529.jpg027 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/026-800x5361.jpg026 (800x536)2012-05-01T04:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/i-have-left-winter-behind-me-now/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/036-535x800.jpg036 (535x800)The second peach tree that I sowed last year, well it might be a nectarine instead but I won't know that until it has flowered and given the first fruits. I also have my Black Walnut there and three apricots that I sowed at the same time, they will all get new pots this spring and next spring the walnut will get a permanent place in my garden. It should survive here with no bigger problems.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/035-800x566.jpg035 (800x566)One of the peaches I've sown. This was kernels from those flat peaches that we can buy now days. That doesn't mean the fruits from the trees I now have will give flat fruits though, but they will taste just as sweet as any peach does.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/034-800x535.jpg034 (800x535)One of my absolute favorite flowers, the Dandelion. The first one to open up here :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-800x5361.jpg029 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027-800x566.jpg027 (800x566)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-800x527.jpg025 (800x527)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/024-800x535.jpg024 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/022-800x519.jpg022 (800x519)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/018-800x5361.jpg018 (800x536)I thought I could see something in the field to the right when we were walking down the road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017-800x5281.jpg017 (800x528)2012-04-28T18:15:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/it-is-the-price-i-have-to-pay-i-guess/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/042-800x5741.jpg042 (800x574)A lemon butterfly resting on the ground. This is slightly green so it must be a male.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/036-800x548.jpg036 (800x548)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/034-800x536.jpg034 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/033-800x5361.jpg033 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/032-800x535.jpg032 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/031-536x800.jpg031 (536x800)This is farm country and this is one of two big silos in the town.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/030-800x5361.jpg030 (800x536)There was a small market in the town square today, this was the best part of it :-) Falköping is a bit strange in the way that it actually has two town squares :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-800x529.jpg029 (800x529)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/028-800x5361.jpg028 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027-800x536.jpg027 (800x536)2012-04-28T17:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/its-just-safer-to-stay-in-bed-some-days/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/012-569x800.jpg012 (569x800)Euonymus cornutus quinquecornutus, at least that's what was written on the label.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/015-609x800.jpg015 (609x800)Primula vulgaris.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/013-608x800.jpg013 (608x800)Primula veris.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/010-800x606.jpg010 (800x606)Red-leafed Elderberry.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/007-800x522.jpg007 (800x522)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/006-800x536.jpg006 (800x536)Gooseberry flower. They grow wild in our forests.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/005-800x5362.jpg005 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/004-625x800.jpg004 (625x800)Rowan.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/001-800x5363.jpg001 (800x536)And then the sun went away and rain came instead.2012-04-27T18:10:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/someone-up-there-heard-me/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/035-800x598.jpg035 (800x598)And so did this spider :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/030-800x565.jpg030 (800x565)Teodor was waiting by the cottage when we came home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-800x507.jpg029 (800x507)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/026-800x525.jpg026-800x525I think we were around 100 meters (much the same in yards) away from them when they decided that was too close.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/024-800x531.jpg024 (800x531)The cranes that nests not far from my cottage. They are much more shy here than they are by the lake.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020-800x535.jpg020 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017-800x528.jpg017 (800x528)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/014-661x800.jpg014 (661x800)Looking for the bore :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/010-800x541.jpg010 (800x541)Wehave a couple of different bulbs in the Gagea family growing in this country and I don't think this is the same as I have in my garden. We call them Spring onions.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/008-608x800.jpg008 (608x800)2012-04-26T15:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/the-sun-always-shines-while-were-at-work/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-800x569.jpg025-800x569I got tubers to this Corydalis of a garden friend some years ago and it is one of my favorites in the garden. Spreads like crazy but vanish after it has spread its seeds in early summer. I have it on the opposite side of my garden now and one day my neighbor asked me what those strange little pink flowers were, he had them all over his lawn :-) Thank You Renate for sending them to me :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/006-800x535.jpg006-800x535There's not a place where the Scilla sibirica doesn't like to grow :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/019-800x5361.jpg019 (800x536)Unlike seeds from annuals or perennials seeds from trees needs fertilization quite early in life. So if You like to try sowing seeds from trees and bushes this is important to remember.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/018-800x535.jpg018-800x535Here You can see one of the seeds that has germinated. It is very important not to damage that long root, it dies if one does.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/021-535x800.jpg021-535x800Corydalis something :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001Tree peony.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017-535x800.jpg017 (535x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/013-800x5361.jpg013 (800x536)This is one of the places out on the bog where the Black Grouse roosters tries to impress their hen.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/011-800x577.jpg011 (800x577)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/010-800x549.jpg010-800x549Lesser Celandine.2012-04-24T16:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/it-isnt-nice-enough-to-go-outside-but-not-bad-enough-to-stay-indoors/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-652x800.jpg029-652x800Rheum palmatum, a relative to our common rhubarb. But this isn't edible but it has beautiful leafs and is often used as a decorative perennial over here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/030-800x607.jpg030 (800x607)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017-623x8001.jpg017-623x8001Coltsfoot, a weed extraordinaire. Nothing one wants in the garden but love since it is one of the first flowers to show in spring.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017-623x800.jpg017-623x800Coltsfoot, something one really doesn't want in the garden, it is a weed extraordinaire. But I love it as it is one of the first spring flowers to show.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/013-800x5351.jpg013 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/005-800x5361.jpg005 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/004-800x5351.jpg004-800x5351The weather did get nicer yesterday afternoon and I hope it'll be the same today.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/026-800x591.jpg026 (800x591)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-800x576.jpg025 (800x576)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/024-535x800.jpg024 (535x800)2012-04-23T16:32:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/perhaps-spring-has-survived-anyway/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-800x542.jpg025-800x542The peat blocks are getting the surface I want them to have, lots of moss growing on them :-) The water level is low in the pond but since we'll get more rain and snow the coming days I didn't think there was any idea to fill it up.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/023-536x8001.jpg023-536x8001The other clematis I planted beside the old plum tree. I also planted a white Wisteria there. I really don't know why I bought that one, they normally freeze down to the ground every winter here. We call the Wisteria Blue Rain here (no matter what color they have :-) )https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/022-800x564.jpg022-800x564I planted one clematis beside the branches closest to the cottage. If it survives the move it will soon cover the branches totally.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/021-800x536.jpg021-800x536I just leaned towards the tree and then it fell :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020-536x800.jpg020-536x800The plum tree is gone and now the Laburnum (we call it Golden Rain) will get a better chance to grow up faster. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/016-800x5362.jpg016-800x5362White wagtail.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/012-800x536.jpg012-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/011-800x5361.jpg011 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/008-800x535.jpg008 (800x535)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/007-800x578.jpg007 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(800x561)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/011-800x531.jpg011-800x531Canadian goose. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/006-800x511.jpg006 (800x511)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/004-800x566.jpg004 (800x566)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/001-800x522.jpg001-800x5222012-04-21T04:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/i-didnt-like-what-i-saw-this-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/018-800x515.jpg018-800x515https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/016-581x800.jpg016-581x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/015-599x800.jpg015 (599x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/011-800x536.jpg011-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/010-800x524.jpg010-800x524https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/009-800x536.jpg009-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/005-800x536.jpg005-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/003-800x536.jpg003-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/001-800x5362.jpg001-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/002-800x536.jpg002-800x5362012-04-20T15:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/in-april-weather-can-change-within-a-minute/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/021-622x800.jpg021 (622x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/018-555x800.jpg018-555x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/016-536x800.jpg016-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/006-568x800.jpg006 (568x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/003-800x540.jpg003 (800x540)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/001-800x5361.jpg001 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/026-800x536.jpg026-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/023-679x475.jpg023 (679x475)2012-04-20T16:00:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/spring-has-taken-a-break/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/021-800x554.jpg021-800x554Hepatica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/015-800x626.jpg015 (800x626)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/012-800x535.jpg012-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/009-800x513.jpg009 (800x513)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/023-596x800.jpg023-596x800Gagea lutea.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/002-800x542.jpg002 (800x542)The Lungwort is spreading from my garden out into the wild :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/019-800x525.jpg019-800x525The left side looks quite ok but I ran out of thicker branches when I came to the right side :-) I think this will be ok after I've planted some ferns to cover the gaps between the different branches and some climbers to grow along the thinner ones. Perhaps some clematis?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/042-800x522.jpg042 (800x522)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/041-800x531.jpg041 (800x531)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/038-800x529.jpg038 (800x529)2012-04-18T15:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/the-answer-was-rather-surprising/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/035-800x536.jpg035-800x536Frosted flower buds on an Amelanchier.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/031-600x800.jpg031-600x800Lungwort.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027-800x507.jpg027-800x507https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-800x536.jpg025-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020-800x536.jpg020-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017-800x597.jpg017-800x597https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/016-800x521.jpg016-800x521https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/015-800x5362.jpg015-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/014-800x5361.jpg014-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/012-800x585.jpg012-800x5852012-04-17T15:54:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/i-got-the-dna-results-yesterday/2012-04-14T02:24:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/ill-take-a-short-break/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/005.jpg005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/028-800x562.jpg028-800x5622012-04-13T17:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/thats-one-way-to-wake-up/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/019-555x800.jpg019-555x800Hector's frozen paw print.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/044-800x541.jpg044-800x541https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/048-800x564.jpg048-800x564https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/023-800x543.jpg023-800x543https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-800x523.jpg029-800x523https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/030-800x532.jpg030-800x532I have to admit that I wouldn't want to live that close to the lake this time of year, just imagine the sound of 26 500 cranes early in the morning :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027-800x520.jpg027-800x520https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/042-800x519.jpg042-800x519There weren't that many cranes here where I walked but there were no humans either and that is a big plus :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/040-800x536.jpg040-800x536The creek is much bigger here close to the lake. I'm not allowed to pass behind that yellow sign You can see. We have a similar just outside the village but we are allowed to go to our homes :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/012-800x581.jpg012-800x581And the flies came out from their hiding places to get some warmth from the sun.2012-04-14T05:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/at-least-its-beautiful/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/extra-015-800x575.jpgextra-015-800x575https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/extra-019-800x536.jpgextra-019-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/extra-014-536x800.jpgextra-014-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/extra-011-525x800.jpgextra-011-525x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/extra-006-530x800.jpgextra-006-530x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/034-599x800.jpg034-599x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/032-800x545.jpg032-800x545https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027-800x5351.jpg027-800x5351https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/024-800x516.jpg024-800x516This cat has just the same temperament as my Bertil, but he is around four times bigger :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020-800x522.jpg020-800x5222012-04-14T05:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/it-is-april-after-all/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/041-800x5361.jpg041-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/040-566x800.jpg040-566x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/037-571x800.jpg037-571x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/034-593x800.jpg034-593x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/030-800x536.jpg030-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-800x536.jpg029-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/026-532x800.jpg026-532x800The Forbidden Forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-536x800.jpg025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/023-800x536.jpg023-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/022-525x800.jpg022-525x8002012-04-14T05:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/the-easter-bunny-will-freeze-to-death-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/038-800x530.jpg038-800x530I think we've gotten five centimeters (two inches) in less than half an hour and it just continues to fall. Happy easter :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/037-800x535.jpg037-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/036-800x536.jpg036-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/033-800x536.jpg033-800x536Hungry deers and moose have stripped trees from its bark when there's nothing else to eat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/032-800x536.jpg032-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/034-800x590.jpg034-800x590Neither is Nova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/031-800x540.jpg031-800x540Not a happy camper.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/028-800x536.jpg028-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027-536x800.jpg027-536x800It was much harder not to capture the snowfall on our second walk :-) It was bad in the beginning and it only got worse :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-500x800.jpg025-500x800Nova however prefers to sit in my not so tidy patio beneath a roof :-)2012-04-08T08:18:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/easter-traditions/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/010-680x480.jpg010-680x480I guess most easter hags flew to Blåkulla already last night since it was calm with a clear sky with lots of moon light. Everyone new this day would be much worse :-) Most will probably go by broom, cows are rare now days :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/009-800x595.jpg009-800x595https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/008-532x800.jpg008-532x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/007-596x800.jpg007-596x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/006-536x8002.jpg006-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/004-572x800.jpg004-572x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/003-527x800.jpg003-527x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/002-520x800.jpg002-520x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/001-536x800.jpg001-536x800Yesterday was much nicer even though it was -10C (14F) in the morning. But the sun shone and the wind kept its distance all day.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017-800x525.jpg017-800x5252012-04-07T08:58:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/im-glad-the-wage-negotiations-will-start-when-petrolprices-are-as-high-as-they-are/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020-616x800.jpg020-616x800The moon is like a giant Christmas tree ornament in the pine :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027-800x535.jpg027-800x535Bitter cold weather doesn't stop the Lungwort from flowering.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025-800x537.jpg025-800x537https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/021-536x800.jpg021-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/013-800x535.jpg013-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/012-532x800.jpg012-532x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/007-800x536.jpg007-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/006-536x8001.jpg006-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/004-800x509.jpg004-800x509https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/002-800x485.jpg002-800x4852012-04-07T14:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/one-can-have-the-iq-of-spongebob-squarepants-and-still-be-successful/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/010-800x535.jpg010-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/009-800x535.jpg009-800x535It isn't more that fare that nice Teodor get two photographs in my blog today since nasty Bertil got three yesterday.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/024-600x800.jpg024-600x800The ice created during the night didn't melt away during the day.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/023-536x800.jpg023-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/022-535x800.jpg022-535x800One of the fox traps we have here. They use it when there are foxes with scabies in the neighborhood. If the fox is healthy it is released, if not it's killed. But none of these traps has ever caught a fox, they have however caught all my dogs, my neighbors dogs, hares, badgers and a lot of different animals. But no fox :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/021-800x582.jpg021-800x582https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020-535x800.jpg020-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/018-800x536.jpg018-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/016-800x562.jpg016-800x562https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/015-800x536.jpg015-800x5362012-04-04T16:39:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/it-is-a-bit-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/020-800x511.jpg020-800x511https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/018-800x519.jpg018-800x519https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029-587x800.jpg029-587x800Since You all like this rather unpleasant little cat I thought I would put in three extra with him today.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/014-800x555.jpg014-800x555My favorite crocus showed themselves yesterday.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/010-536x800.jpg010-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/009-563x800.jpg009-563x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/045-535x800.jpg045-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/042-800x574.jpg042-800x574https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/041-800x536.jpg041-800x5362012-07-07T03:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/living-in-a-winter-wonder-land/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/019-536x800.jpg019-536x800Perhaps there's still some time for kicksledding yet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/012-1280x920-800x575.jpg012-1280x920-800x575https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/009-857x1280-536x800.jpg009-857x1280-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/008-857x1280-536x800.jpg008-857x1280-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/007-857x1280-536x800.jpg007-857x1280-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/004-1280x815-800x509.jpg004-1280x815-800x509Much niser yesterday though :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/021-536x8001.jpg021-536x8001I think You can see the snowfall better if You click on this photo to make it bigger.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/017-800x536.jpg017-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vc3a4xthus-sida1.pngVäxthus sidahttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/vc3a4xthus-fram1.pngVäxthus fram2012-04-04T16:43:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/taking-a-day-off/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/031-800x5501.jpg031-800x55012012-03-30T23:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/there-are-more-muscles-in-our-bodies-than-we-even-can-imagine-it-seems/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/002-534x800.jpg002-534x800I do like these new orchid hybrids. The easiest plants to keep and they usually flowers over and over again, as long as one can figure out how they want to be treated. It is all about what origin their parents have.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/012-800x577.jpg012-800x577I don't count my red-berried elderberries. They always starts too early and they will freeze badly next week. But they always survive strangely enough.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/009-577x800.jpg009-577x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/008-517x800.jpg008-517x800The Honeysuckle is the only bigger plant that has started to sprout yet. Good thing since it will be rather cold next week.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/006-800x546.jpg006-800x546https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/005-800x536.jpg005-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/004-535x800.jpg004-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/003-800x5351.jpg003-800x5351https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/001-800x5364.jpg001-800x5364I've never driven a bigger vehicle than this before and lucky me that the wind was nasty strong when driving home :-) Now I know I'll never become a lorry driver :-)2012-04-01T16:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/not-a-sweater-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/014-800x532.jpg014-800x532https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/015-800x562.jpg015-800x562https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/013-800x535.jpg013-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/011-615x800.jpg011-615x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/010-558x800.jpg010-558x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/012-559x800.jpg012-559x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/009-632x800.jpg009-632x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/008-800x577.jpg008-800x577https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/006-800x536.jpg006-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/005-578x800.jpg005-578x8002012-03-29T15:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/easier-than-i-thought-it-would-be/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/022-606x800.jpg022-606x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/010-800x570.jpg010-800x570The wind calmed down yesterday so I started making wood chips, You can see where I put the new ones on the color on them. Now almost the entire area around the pond is covered, I just have a small piece left but no more branches to chip down to wood chips :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/015-800x528.jpg015-800x528https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/011-800x5363.jpg011-800x5363https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/007-800x532.jpg007-800x532Butterflies are already flying around.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/006-800x540.jpg006-800x540There are so many that it almost is impossible to see individuals.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/004-800x5362.jpg004-800x5362The ant stacks is crowded on the sunny side.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/003-800x5363.jpg003-800x5363https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/002-800x5351.jpg002-800x5351There's still some ice left in the creeks.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/021-624x800.jpg021-624x8002012-03-27T16:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/the-wind-makes-it-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/037-800x536.jpg037-800x536The motor homes is just as reliable spring sign as the cranes are :-) Some of them have been here more than 14 days already. But my village won't get any visit from them. The entire village is now a bird protection area until the last of April. Only we who live here or visitors to us are allowed in the village now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/033-800x531.jpg033-800x531https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/031-800x550.jpg031-800x550https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/028-630x800.jpg028-630x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/027-800x5361.jpg027-800x5361I went down to the lake this morning to take a look at the cranes. There's only a few thousands there yet so they could keep their distance to us visitors. That made it a bit hard to get any good photographs. The yellow building in the background is Dagnäs Castle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/021-800x554.jpg021-800x554https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/020-800x538.jpg020-800x538https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/013-800x538.jpg013-800x538https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/012-536x8001.jpg012-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/011-536x800.jpg011-536x8002012-03-26T18:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/one-must-never-overdo-it/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/030-800x561.jpg030-800x561https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/036-800x5361.jpg036-800x5361The area I dug them up from isn't even a square yard big. One really get real value for money by planting them :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/035-800x536.jpg035-800x536I dug up 7 kg of the Jerusalem artichoke. I do like it but I have no wish of preparing that much so I tossed them all in my heat compost.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/034-536x800.jpg034-536x800I've started to bring home the windows for my green house. My car is small so I can only bring a few at a time and only those that isn't to big :-) I think You call these Tripple-glazed windows. There are even labels telling what side must be on the outside, if I understand things right one side lets the warmth from the sun in and the other side keeps in there.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/046-536x800.jpg046-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/045-800x536.jpg045-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/044-536x800.jpg044-536x800I'll miss it because it gives shadow and coolness during summer and few flies fly in there.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/043-536x800.jpg043-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/042-536x800.jpg042-536x800We walked in to that part of the forest we might not be able to later on, when the Highland cattle arrives. I'm allowed to walk there even if they have arrived but they are half wild and attack dogs if there are calves around :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/022-535x800.jpg022-535x8002012-03-25T15:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/annoyed/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/010-800x583.jpg010-800x583The second of the hepatica's in my garden opens up now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/009-800x5362.jpg009-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/008-800x5361.jpg008-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/003-536x800.jpg003-536x800I just noticed that I had forgotten to put in any photographs here :-) :-) :-) So I'll just put in some from todays walk :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/048-800x522.jpg048-800x522The train towards home, but I came with car so I didn't care :-) I have a few more photographs with the surrounding of the lake that I'll show later on.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/051-800x519.jpg051-800x519And they could see it from the windows of the mansion.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/043-800x536.jpg043-800x536Here by this little pier the Dickson's had their small boats.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/040-800x5361.jpg040-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/042-800x536.jpg042-800x536I've heard that there's a well in what looks like a root cellar. I didn't check though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/038-536x800.jpg038-536x8002012-03-24T05:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/sunny-and-warm-and-internet-problems/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/016-800x566.jpg016-800x566Iris something.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/004-800x539.jpg004-800x539Scilla sibirica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/012-800x561.jpg012-800x561Canadian geese.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/010-800x542.jpg010-800x542https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/009-529x800.jpg009-529x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/007-800x535.jpg007-800x535I think this looks like a dragon's head. But it's better in the real :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/002-800x535.jpg002-800x535This morning.2012-03-24T04:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/you-never-stop-to-worry-do-you/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/023-800x5361.jpg023-800x5361I'll show You the rest of my photographs I took on Thursday, but this is how it starts.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/021-800x5363.jpg021 (800x536)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/020-800x536.jpg020-800x536Well almost all are :-) I guess this one will be for sale this spring.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/019-800x537.jpg019-800x537They are all very well taken care of and the lawn is always tidy and green.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/018-800x5362.jpg018-800x5362But there are exceptions of course. There were a couple looking very much like this one.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/016-800x5363.jpg016-800x5363One rarely see two cottages looking alike.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/015-536x800.jpg015-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/014-800x536.jpg014-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/011-800x592.jpg011-800x592This road is called something like Raspberry stroll.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/010-800x5361.jpg010-800x5361All these has cottages built on them. They are usually allowed to be around 15 square meters (161,5 square feet). If the rules in the allotment association allows it they can sell these on the open market and get over one million swedish kronor (that would be around US $ 143000). They all have electricity and water during summer but very few during winter.2012-03-22T18:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/it-can-turn-quickly/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/221-800x539.jpg221-800x539https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/216-800x598.jpg216-800x598https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/214-800x560.jpg214-800x560https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/213-800x536.jpg213-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/212-535x800.jpg212-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/210-800x536.jpg210-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/223-572x800.jpg223-572x800This is what was left until this afternoon.2012-03-21T17:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/and-off-she-went-like-a-bullet-from-a-gun/2012-03-21T17:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/looking-for-signs/2012-03-21T17:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/everything-from-a-warm-day-and-cranes-to-nemesis-today/2012-03-24T04:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/perhgaps-this-year-ill-get-those-windows-home/2012-03-24T04:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/stubborn-deers/2012-03-15T16:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/spring-is-really-the-time-of-year-when-we-should-have-our-vacation/2012-03-14T17:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/it-is-warm-but-not-as-warm-as-they-predicted/2012-04-07T06:55:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/i-think-spring-has-started/2012-03-20T16:02:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/the-annual-pension-statement-has-arrived/2012-03-11T09:47:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/when-hoping-for-spring-winter-slaps-us-in-the-face-once-again/2012-03-10T05:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/the-petrol-prices-are-insanely-high-now-and-it-will-get-worse/2012-03-08T16:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/and-another-day-has-gone-by/2012-03-06T17:19:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/nova-and-i-are-participating-in-a-campaign/2012-03-08T16:54:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/the-lights-are-down-for-the-season/2012-03-06T17:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/today-is-a-perfect-day-to-fly-a-kite-if-i-only-had-one/2012-03-06T17:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/a-semla-and-a-cup-of-coffee-on-the-kitchen-stairs/2012-03-02T12:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/corvids-are-really-smart/2012-03-02T04:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/dandruff-is-falling-from-the-sky/2012-03-02T04:58:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/i-actually-did-something-today/2012-02-27T03:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/i-can-feel-the-wind-towards-my-entire-head-now/2012-02-26T08:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/the-monarchy-is-dissolving/2012-02-26T08:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/now-we-have-one-more-princess-in-our-royal-family/2012-02-24T16:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/and-it-is-on-its-way/2012-02-22T16:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/the-test-tube-has-arrived/2012-02-21T16:29:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/the-antiques-roadshow/2012-02-22T16:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/the-gardener-inside-me-wakes-up-as-soon-as-it-gets-above-0c-32f/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/018-536x800.jpg018-536x800Hector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/017-547x800.jpg017-547x800Orvar. The fur in his face has almost grown back totally now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/016-577x800.jpg016-577x800Nova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/030-800x733.jpg030-800x733I've placed four cuttings in each flower pot. Since this is a window that gets lot of sunshine I'll place them in plastic bags later so they won't dry out and die. Something the azalea beside them almost did after the sunshine yesterday.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/029-800x536.jpg029-800x536The paper towles I had wrapped around the cuttings has started to mould some. But only a few cuttings was infected with it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/012-800x551.jpg012-800x551The claws has made these long marks so it's hard to think it is a fox :-) This one reminds of that foot print I saw in the sand by the creek, but that one was 12cm (almost 5 inches) wide. So it might have been a wolf foot print in the sand. I'm still waiting for an answer on that photograph.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/011-800x604.jpg011-800x604This is the foot print of a fox and so is the one below. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/006-800x597.jpg006-800x597https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/003-542x800.jpg003-542x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/002-627x800.jpg002-627x8002012-02-22T16:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/today-i-was-happy-that-im-not-a-vet/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/030-800x590.jpg030-800x590Nova runs like crazy because she knows she doesn't stand a chance of running away from Orvar :-) He might be 8,5 years old but he is so much bigger and faster than she is :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/029-800x522.jpg029-800x522https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/028-800x544.jpg028-800x544https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/022-800x579.jpg022-800x579https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/012-800x522.jpg012-800x522https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/011-523x800.jpg011-523x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/006-800x518.jpg006-800x518He hesitated for a while but then he decided it was far more important to eat than to worry about us :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/005-800x519.jpg005-800x519A deer were walking towards my neighbors feeder when he saw us. At first he didn't know what to do.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/001-800x5361.jpg001-800x53612012-02-19T16:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/where-do-i-have-my-roots/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/024-526x800.jpg024-526x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/020-536x800.jpg020-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/009-800x586.jpg009-800x586https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/006-800x536.jpg006-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/004-528x800.jpg004-528x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/003-800x482.jpg003-800x482https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/002-800x480.jpg002-800x480https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/005-800x535.jpg005-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/003-527x800.jpg003-527x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/001-639x800.jpg001-639x800I managed to take three photographs today, this one early this morning. I love the color of the moon.2012-02-26T16:38:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/when-the-roads-finally-was-great-to-drive-on-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/038-524x800.jpg038-524x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/036-800x536.jpg036-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/031-800x5361.jpg031-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/025-800x568.jpg025-800x568https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/012-800x536.jpg012-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/024-536x8001.jpg024-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/019-536x8001.jpg019-536x8001I found a file called Save for a rainy day and since this is water falling from the sky I thought I should use them today :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/004-800x536.jpg004-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/003-536x800.jpg003-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/001-536x8001.jpg001-536x8001I only managed to take four photographs today. This one I took through my bathroom window early this morning.2012-02-16T17:09:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/i-cant-remember-what-i-wanted-to-remember/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/028-557x800.jpg028-557x800I still have the yule lights on in the garden at night and will continue to do so until late february. It stioll gets dark rather early here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/022-800x550.jpg022-800x550https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/013-800x551.jpg013-800x551The city pidgeons that lives in a barn close to here. The one in the middle is a male and he started to court the one to the left when we passed by. I do like any kind of dove.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008-800x535.jpg008-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/006-800x585.jpg006-800x585https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/005-575x800.jpg005-575x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/002-800x532.jpg002-800x532How many cats can You see? I can see four but I'm sure there were more when I lifted my camera.2012-02-15T16:45:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/bertil-would-naturally-walk-out-there-with-us-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/070-536x800.jpg070-536x800Outside the nature reserv and finally free from the leash :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/064-800x517.jpg064-800x517https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/062-800x536.jpg062-800x536We walked where the deforestation machines had driven before to get out of the nature reserv.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/056-800x522.jpg056-800x522https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/054-800x536.jpg054-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/053-800x536.jpg053-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/051-536x800.jpg051-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/046-800x5361.jpg046-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/044-536x8001.jpg044-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/042-800x536.jpg042-800x536Turning homewards again and this time we walked straight through the forest on the islands. I doubt this would have been dry land if the lake still would have been as high as it once was.2012-02-13T17:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/66-pound-of-liver-a-lemon-and-a-bog/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/050-800x536.jpg050-800x536Here we've reached the end of the island and looking towards the place the lake is. I checked on the map and it's around 1,6 kilometers (around one mile) to the lake from here. Here beginss unchartered grounds for me though so we turned homewards. Strangely enough almost all my foot prints were gone but not my dogs?! Bogs are strange places :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/052-536x800.jpg052-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/047-528x800.jpg047-528x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/046-800x536.jpg046-800x536We followed the edges of the island just going in here and there to see how it looked. When a tree falls in the nature reserve it stays. This tree looked much the same several years ago and is home to millions of small creatures.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/044-536x800.jpg044-536x800Back in the days when this still was a lake this place was a shallow lagoon. I can see myself camping here during the night after a day of canoing :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/043-800x536.jpg043-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/040-536x800.jpg040-536x800The nature reserv is bigger now days from what I've heard. But it's easy to see the old borderline :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/039-536x800.jpg039-536x800An old hunting tower.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/036-800x535.jpg036-800x535The bog is very big and this is just a tiny part of it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/035-536x800.jpg035-536x800It's easiest to just follow where the deers has walked, they never walk where there's deep holes.2012-02-12T13:52:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/and-the-price-of-petrol-just-goes-up-and-up-and/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/015-800x536.jpg015-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/012-536x800.jpg012-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/011-536x8001.jpg011-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008-800x523.jpg008-800x523https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/007-800x484.jpg007-800x484Rush hour on the big road outside the village. There was actually one more car 100 meters (the same in yards more or less)behind this one.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/009-800x5361.jpg009-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/006-800x534.jpg006-800x534https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/005-800x503.jpg005-800x503https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/002-535x800.jpg002-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/001-800x536.jpg001-800x5362012-02-11T14:25:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/back-to-work-again-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/040-800x555.jpg040-800x555And the chase starts :-) They can go one for ever doing this :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/038-800x557.jpg038-800x557Nova doesn't realise that Hector already has the stick, but his brother does :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/030-800x515.jpg030-800x515https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/027-800x530.jpg027-800x530A Hare and a Doe. That could be a great name for a Tavern in England :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/020-800x5351.jpg020-800x5351Nuthatch and Bif tit.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/018-800x515.jpg018-800x515A Blue tit eatring on the tallow balls and a Big tit flying.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/013-800x516.jpg013-800x516https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/011-800x506.jpg011-800x506https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/005-800x516.jpg005-800x516https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/015-515x800.jpg015-515x8002012-02-11T06:00:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/a-cold-isnt-discriminatory-it-greets-us-all-with-joy/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/019-800x566.jpg019-800x566https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/016-800x528.jpg016-800x528Deers just outside my cottage this afternoon.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/004-536x800.jpg004-536x800I planted a small cutting last autumn, it hasn't grown especially much but it has started to flower.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/026-800x535.jpg026-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/025-536x800.jpg025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/024-536x800.jpg024 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/010-536x800.jpg010-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008-530x800.jpg008-530x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/006-585x800.jpg006-585x8002012-02-09T17:56:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/a-bit-of-this-and-a-bit-of-that/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/012-800x487.jpg012-800x487Can You see that spot in the middle of the road far away? That's a fox :-) It isn't our big male one though. I guess he is that big because no one hunts foxes here so they do get a chance to become really big. Our male fox is just slightly smaller than Nova and that's big for a fox.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/006-800x591.jpg006-800x591https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008-524x800.jpg008-524x800Thankfully I did take some extra photographs on our walk yesterday afternoon.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008-800x534.jpg008-800x534https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/002-800x536.jpg002-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/001-536x800.jpg001-536x800I only took four photographs today because Orvar and Hector just refused to listen to what I told them :-) So I had to put Orvar in a leash after a while and then Hector walked sooo good :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/004-800x515.jpg004-800x5152012-02-09T17:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/she-resisted-it/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/extra-015-800x536.jpgextra-015-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/extra-014-536x800.jpgextra-014-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/extra-009-800x536.jpgextra-009-800x536It was rather nice outside yesterday when the sun had shined a couple of hours. It gives a lot of heat already.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/017-640x451.jpg017-640x451https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/011-640x394.jpg011-640x394https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/010-640x428.jpg010-640x428https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008-428x640.jpg008-428x640https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/007-640x428.jpg007-640x428https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/006-428x640.jpg006-428x640https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/005-428x640.jpg005-428x6402012-02-05T18:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/i-was-wrong-yesterday-wasnt-cold-at-all/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/034-800x528.jpg034-800x528https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/032-800x529.jpg032-800x529https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/030-536x800.jpg030-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/027-536x800.jpg027-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/024-800x531.jpg024-800x531https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/023.jpg023The Alder is ready for spring. There are already cones hanging on the branches.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/021-536x800.jpg021-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/019-536x800.jpg019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/018-800x535.jpg018-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/017-536x800.jpg017-536x8002012-02-05T09:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/cold-cold-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/020-800x535.jpg020-800x535The wind comes from east-northeast.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/019-800x517.jpg019-800x517Smoke's coming out of chimneys all over the village now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/017-800x548.jpg017-800x548https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/015-800x535.jpg015-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/012-800x519.jpg012-800x519She'll never get a hare, I know I've tried. Damn those hare's!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/009-800x536.jpg009-800x536Hares, hares everywhere!!!!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/005-800x571.jpg005-800x571https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/003-800x5361.jpg003-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/002-800x530.jpg002-800x530https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/004-800x521.jpg004-800x5212012-02-04T18:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/the-continuing-saga-of-my-car-and-the-garage/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/066-800x5361.jpg066-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/065-536x800.jpg065-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/064-800x536.jpg064-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/009-800x603.jpg009-800x603https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/016-800x536.jpg016-800x536I tried to walk out on the bog last weekend but the ice was just to thin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008-581x800.jpg008-581x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/033-800x535.jpg033-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/031-800x536.jpg031-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/030-800x599.jpg030-800x599https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/070-800x536.jpg070-800x5362012-02-05T15:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/for-some-reason-i-didnt-like-the-idea-to-walk-the-same-way-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/065-800x536.jpg065-800x536Home sweet home :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/060-800x506.jpg060-800x506Do You remember the run down cottage by the church ruins? This is it and it can only be seen from the road during winter.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/057-800x679.jpg057-800x679https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/056-800x569.jpg056-800x569https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/055-800x536.jpg055-800x536Finally I could see the beginning of my village :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/050-800x536.jpg050-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/048-800x5361.jpg048-800x5361After that it was the open fields again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/047-800x534.jpg047-800x534The glassed porch do need to be fixed though. But it is sort of cute with the cat sitting there :-) I saw lots and lots of cats around this house so I guess they doesn't have any problems with rats :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/044-800x532.jpg044-800x532This house however didn't have any inhabitants when I moved here and it stood empty for quite some time. It is a two family house but I'm not sure if it is any longer. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/045-800x536.jpg045-800x5362012-02-03T16:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/i-couldnt-have-picked-a-better-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/075-800x536.jpg075-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/074-800x536.jpg074-800x536This time it was Nova that found it but they all managed to get it a couple of times each :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/073-800x536.jpg073-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/072-800x536.jpg072-800x536At this moment none of them really knows where the stick is :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/071-800x536.jpg071-800x536The rest of the photographs will be shown tomorrow :-) These are from when I threw a stick on my walk with my dogs after coming home :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/033-800x536.jpg033-800x536This is how the creek You can see photographs of here almost every week looks down by the castle, a bit bigger :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/032-536x8001.jpg032-536x8001I'm closing in ti the castle area now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/030-522x800.jpg030-522x800I'm pretty sure there were three cottages here when I mived to this area, but now there's only two left. I wonder what happened to the third one. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/028-536x8003.jpg028-536x8003Suddenly, in the middle of nowhere with no house in sight I find this garbage bin :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/026-536x8001.jpg026-536x8001I got off the bus one stop earlier than I had to just so I could get a different walk from what I've had before.2012-02-02T18:19:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/planning-for-the-walk-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/061-800x535.jpg061-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/060-800x536.jpg060-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/058-800x535.jpg058-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/057-800x575.jpg057-800x575We went down to the creek after the hunters had left. I had hoped the sun would shine on the ice and water but it still doesn't manage to go above the tree tops.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/046-536x800.jpg046-536x800The tree to the right in the photograph above grows up from an old well.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/045-800x647.jpg045-800x647https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/043-800x536.jpg043-800x536It is hard to see the stone circle because of the snow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/041-536x8001.jpg041-536x8001Finally the cow dung in the pasture is frozen so we can walk there again :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/025-536x8003.jpg025-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/023-800x5361.jpg023-800x53612012-02-01T17:19:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/one-year-living-with-a-super-nova/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/034-673x800.jpg034-673x800Damn those hares! They are everywhere! You should be happy that I chase them away! They will take over the wolrd You know! OH! Was that a hare over there?!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/041-800x535.jpg041-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/037-800x5363.jpg037-800x5363https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-800x520.jpg035-800x520https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/028-536x8002.jpg028-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/022-800x5361.jpg022-800x5361Yes a squirrel has climbed here, most certainly a squirrel. Or perhaps a beaver?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/021-536x8002.jpg021-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/017-536x8001.jpg017-536x8001Yes the bridge is safe to walk on! Takes my weight without any problems!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/015-536x8003.jpg015-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/014-536x8002.jpg014-536x8002The ground frost is probably rather deep now so the water level has sunken quite much leaving a ice roof above it.2012-01-30T11:59:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/the-weekend-is-finally-here/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/082-536x800.jpg082-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/084-536x800.jpg084-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/076-536x800.jpg076-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/046-800x536.jpg046-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/029-566x800.jpg029-566x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/010-800x5362.jpg010-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/008-800x5362.jpg008-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/007-536x8003.jpg007-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/006-525x800.jpg006-525x8002012-01-28T08:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/i-found-a-garage-close-to-home-that-wont-tell-me-what-i-want-to-spend-my-money-on/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/069-800x600.jpg069-800x600https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/059-536x800.jpg059-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/043-800x660.jpg043-800x660https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/037-800x535.jpg037-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/023-536x8002.jpg023-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/017-800x595.jpg017-800x595This and the rest of the photographs was taken last Sunday.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/012-800x5361.jpg012-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/007-536x8002.jpg007-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/006-800x5361.jpg006-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/005-536x8003.jpg005-536x80032012-01-27T16:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/a-very-strange-garage-indeed/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/019-591x800.jpg019-591x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/016-800x5362.jpg016-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/015-800x659.jpg015-800x659https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/013-536x8002.jpg013-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/011-800x5362.jpg011-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/009-800x580.jpg009-800x580https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/008-800x534.jpg008-800x534https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/005-800x5351.jpg005-800x5351https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/003-534x800.jpg003-534x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/001-528x800.jpg001-528x800I managed to take a couple of photographs before it became to dark when we were out walking after I'd come home from work.2012-01-26T16:47:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/the-vet-will-feel-pain-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/041-800x543.jpg041-800x543https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/039-536x8001.jpg039-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/033-800x630.jpg033-800x630https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/030-800x617.jpg030-800x617https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/018-800x519.jpg018-800x519https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/015-528x800.jpg015-528x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/012-800x536.jpg012-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/013-536x8001.jpg013-536x8001There's no railroad any longer but it is perfect to walk on instead.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/009-800x5364.jpg009-800x5364https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/007-800x5362.jpg007-800x5362The old railroad bridge.2012-01-24T19:35:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/it-is-here-and-i-dont-like-it/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/058-536x800.jpg058-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/061-800x666.jpg061-800x666https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/056-800x536.jpg056-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/042-800x535.jpg042-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/039-800x5361.jpg039-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-800x612.jpg035-800x612https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/025-536x8002.jpg025-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/019-536x800.jpg019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/010-536x800.jpg010-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/007-535x800.jpg007-535x8002012-01-23T16:29:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/lots-of-politics-in-the-air-now/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/033-536x8001.jpg033-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-536x8001.jpg035-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/034-536x8001.jpg034-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/032-800x5362.jpg032-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/029-800x536.jpg029-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/028-524x800.jpg028-524x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/040-800x546.jpg040-800x546https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/026-800x536.jpg026-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/024-800x536.jpg024-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/023-536x8001.jpg023-536x80012012-01-26T17:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/the-year-of-the-dragon/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/031-536x800.jpg031-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/013-800x5352.jpg013-800x5352https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/041-800x5362.jpg041-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/044-800x572.jpg044-800x572We were walking by a creek when Orvar suddenly sank down several inches in to the ground. Water had made these strange looking ice chrystals that broke very easily. I've never seen anything like it before and it reminded me of Supermans home up in the arctic :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-800x5362.jpg035-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/028-800x5361.jpg028-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/027-800x5362.jpg027-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/025-536x8001.jpg025-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/010-535x800.jpg010-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/008-800x522.jpg008-800x5222012-01-23T16:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/master-orvar/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/hector-och-orvar.jpgHector och Orvar.This photograph of Orvar (sitting) and Hector (lying) was taken last February.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/037-800x5362.jpg037-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/030-536x8002.jpg030-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/032-800x5361.jpg032-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/029-800x518.jpg029-800x518https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/021-536x8001.jpg021-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/002-800x5351.jpg002-800x5351https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/007-536x8001.jpg007-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/061-800x556.jpg061-800x556https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/059-800x589.jpg059-800x5892012-01-21T16:20:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/fog-and-freezing-cold-is-not-a-good-combination/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/042-800x530.jpg042-800x530Home sweet home :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/039-800x524.jpg039-800x524https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/034-536x800.jpg034-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/033-800x542.jpg033-800x542https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/023-800x536.jpg023-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/022-536x8001.jpg022-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/020-536x800.jpg020-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/018-536x8003.jpg018-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/015-536x8002.jpg015-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/014-536x8001.jpg014-536x80012012-01-19T16:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/miss-nova/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/021-582x800.jpg021-582x800Miss Nova. She's been with us a whole year the 28th this month. Time just flies away!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/036-536x800.jpg036-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/030-536x8001.jpg030-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/034-535x800.jpg034-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/028-536x8001.jpg028-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/029-536x800.jpg029-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/027-800x5361.jpg027-800x5361There once stood a little cottage where the Portal is now. On one side of the road they had a cottage and on the other a small barn. The only thing that reminds of that now are the foundation stones.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/018-800x5361.jpg018-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/008-800x5361.jpg008-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/007-800x535.jpg007-800x5352012-01-18T18:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/absolutely-no-energy-at-all/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/055-800x486.jpg055-800x486We ran in to a couple of deers again this morning and Nova behaved so good :-) She just stood there and watch them jump away.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/025-800x5362.jpg025-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/021-800x6971.jpg021-800x6971https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/021-800x697.jpg021-800x697https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/019-800x5361.jpg019-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/015-536x8001.jpg015-536x8001Sometimes I just must try to see how far I can walk when I see spaces like this between pastures :-) I showed that I could walk around one of the pastures so I ended up to the old barn and sheds in the coming photographs.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/016-800x5361.jpg016-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/011-800x536.jpg011-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/010-800x5361.jpg010-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/009-800x5363.jpg009-800x53632012-01-16T16:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/it-hasnt-rained-blowed-or-snowed-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/066-656x800.jpg066-656x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/065-800x542.jpg065-800x542https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/064-536x800.jpg064-536x800Bertil usually greets us when we're coming close to home those few times he doesn't follow us on our walks.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/040-536x800.jpg040-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/041-536x800.jpg041-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/039-800x590.jpg039-800x590https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-800x528.jpg035-800x528https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/027-800x536.jpg027-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/021-800x5361.jpg021-800x5361A hole in the ground is always intriguing :-) What animal lives here? A water vole or a mink perhaps?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/012-536x8001.jpg012-536x80012012-01-15T16:58:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/pears-really-are-a-bit-strange/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/009-800x5362.jpg009-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/027-800x535.jpg027-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/007-800x577.jpg007-800x577https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/002-591x800.jpg002-591x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/005-536x8002.jpg005-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/004-536x8001.jpg004-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/002-638x800.jpg002-638x800A tiny part of the night sky yesterday. We can see a partvof the Orion with Betelgeuse (a red super giant star)on the left upper part.2012-01-14T16:47:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/home-again-after-the-visit-to-the-vet/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/075-521x800.jpg075-521x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/048-800x536.jpg048-800x536Trumpet swans on their way to the smaller lake nearby.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/041-800x5361.jpg041-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/037-800x536.jpg037-800x536Another one of all the stone piles we have in the village. I don't think it is a grave from the broze age but I'm not sure. Not all of these old graves is marked on the maps. I'll try to find out more about them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/034-800x5362.jpg034-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/031-800x531.jpg031-800x531https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/023-536x800.jpg023-536x8002012-01-13T16:14:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/local-specialities/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/069-800x536.jpg069-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/066-800x536.jpg066-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/039-536x800.jpg039-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-800x535.jpg035-800x535For a very long time I've wondered if any one lived in this house, I haven't seen a person there in years. But last weekend smoke came up the chimney :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/032-800x536.jpg032-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/030-800x536.jpg030-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/021-536x800.jpg021-536x8002012-01-12T17:50:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/back-to-reality-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-800x5361.jpg035-800x5361Wrap moist, but not wet paper vtowels around the bottom part where the new roots will come and put the cuttings in a plastic bag. Place them in the fridge till it's time to plant them in soil. Up here in the north that would be around late Mars. While it's very har to get green cuttings to root, these rarely fails at all. Grape vines really are weeds :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/034-800x5361.jpg034-800x5361Here are the cuttings I took from my Frostgrape vine. It is best if it is so long that one has three places on it where leafs has grown. One in the bottom where the new roots will come, one that is placed just above the soil and one in the top. But it usually works with only two as well. It is very important to know what is the top of the cutting so I always cut it slightly pointy.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/031-800x539.jpg031-800x539https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/065-536x800.jpg065-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/062-536x800.jpg062-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/053-536x800.jpg053-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/027-800x599.jpg027-800x599https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/022-536x800.jpg022-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/016-536x8004.jpg016-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/016-536x8003.jpg016-536x80032012-01-13T16:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/last-day-before-reality-comes-back-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/057-800x522.jpg057-800x522I took a lot of photographs today that I'll show You during the week. It's still too dark when I come home after work to take any You see.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/051-800x568.jpg051-800x568https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/044-800x536.jpg044-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/042-598x800.jpg042-598x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/036-800x524.jpg036-800x524We have lots of stone piles like this all over the village, looking much like the ones at Ekornavallen. But I doubt that these are graves though, they are more likely stones they have found in the fields when the plowed them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/025-536x800.jpg025-536x800Nova is allowed to be free from the leash more and more now, just as long as I can see some distance ahead.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/024-536x8001.jpg024-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/020-800x552.jpg020-800x552https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/018-536x8002.jpg018-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/017-536x800.jpg017-536x8002012-01-09T17:51:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/reading-ads-from-the-other-side-of-the-ocean/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/036-800x535.jpg036-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-536x800.jpg035-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/033-800x637.jpg033-800x637https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/032-536x800.jpg032-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/031-561x800.jpg031-561x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/030-536x800.jpg030-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/029-567x800.jpg029-567x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/028-536x800.jpg028-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/025-800x5361.jpg025-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/022-800x490.jpg022-800x4902012-01-08T20:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/super-volcanos-and-moufflons/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/045-536x800.jpg045-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/043-566x800.jpg043-566x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/042-800x531.jpg042-800x531It is possible to see the ruins after the castke Gräfsnäs on the other side of the lake. It is said that a curse was layed on the castle, It should burn down three times with 100 years between each fire and so it did! It burned down 1634, 1734 and 1834. It was never rebuilt after the last fire.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/041-800x536.jpg041-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/038-800x529.jpg038-800x529https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/039-800x536.jpg039-800x536There are lot of new houses built here and they are not red :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/035-800x536.jpg035-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/034-800x536.jpg034-800x536This was once the village school but it has also been a store where one could find most anything and it has also been a pizzeria. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/033-800x522.jpg033-800x522https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/018-536x8001.jpg018-536x8001We decided to take a walk with my dogs, so the coming photographs is taken during that walk.2012-01-07T11:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/and-anopther-day-just-pass-by/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/008-591x800.jpg008-591x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/005-800x566.jpg005-800x566https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/004-800x509.jpg004-800x509https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/040-800x536.jpg040-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/026-536x800.jpg026-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/024-536x800.jpg024-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/022-800x536.jpg022-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/021-800x536.jpg021-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/020-800x5361.jpg020-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/018-800x536.jpg018-800x536The little pond behind my garage is now more looking like a small lake :-) It has rained a lot here this winter.2012-01-07T06:28:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/miss-ruth-was-a-lady-and-a-lady-always-know-when-to-leave/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/002-800x578.jpg002-800x578fern leafs in a ditch covered with rust.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/012-800x535.jpg012-800x535He is a beautiful dog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/009-800x536.jpg009-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/008-800x489.jpg008-800x489Nova followed them with her eyes and I could see how much she wanted to run after them, but she didn't :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/005-800x520.jpg005-800x520https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/017-800x494.jpg017-800x494https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/016-536x8002.jpg016-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/014-800x535.jpg014-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/013-536x800.jpg013-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/008-800x536.jpg008-800x5362012-01-06T06:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/guess-what-a-new-storm-is-on-its-way/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nattfjc3a4ril-800x536.jpgnattfjc3a4ril-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/janne-lc3a5ngben-800x536.jpgjanne-lc3a5ngben-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/043-536x800.jpg043-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/att-spara-till-vintern-033-696x800.jpgatt-spara-till-vintern-033-696x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/att-spara-till-vintern-009-536x800.jpgatt-spara-till-vintern-009-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/att-spara-till-vintern-010-626x800.jpgatt-spara-till-vintern-010-626x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/att-spara-till-vintern-008-587x800.jpgatt-spara-till-vintern-008-587x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/att-spara-till-vintern-007-579x800.jpgatt-spara-till-vintern-007-579x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/att-spara-till-vintern-006-536x800.jpgatt-spara-till-vintern-006-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/att-spara-till-vintern-004-536x800.jpgatt-spara-till-vintern-004-536x8002012-01-03T07:00:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/what-makes-a-story-great/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/020-800x536.jpg020-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/018-536x800.jpg018-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/016-536x8001.jpg016-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/016-536x800.jpg016-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/015-536x800.jpg015-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/014-536x800.jpg014-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/013-800x535.jpg013-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/011-800x535.jpg011-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/010-800x655.jpg010-800x655https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/009-536x800.jpg009-536x8002012-01-03T06:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/have-a-good-end-of-this-year-and-a-good-new-one/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/096-800x628.jpg096-800x628https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/088-800x527.jpg088-800x527https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/087-800x614.jpg087-800x614https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/086-606x800.jpg086-606x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/081-800x525.jpg081-800x525https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/074-800x536.jpg074-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/069-800x610.jpg069-800x610https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/068-536x800.jpg068-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/056-800x566.jpg056-800x566https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/050-800x536.jpg050-800x5362012-01-01T07:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/what-to-do-on-a-glorious-day-like-this-why-not-think-of-death/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/031-800x5363.jpg031-800x5363This old stone age tomb is closer to home though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/024-800x5362.jpg024-800x5362On our way home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/027-800x5361.jpg027-800x5361There are also a lot of Stone settings. These are graves that were built from early bronz age to early iron age. Hard to see thoug, a roof of a couple of layers of stone over the grave itself..https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/022-800x5362.jpg022-800x5362We couldn't come closer to this Cairn because of yet another iron bar passage. But it is probably from late bronz age or early iron age.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/021-800x5361.jpg021-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/018-800x5361.jpg018-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-800x5363.jpg017-800x5363https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/020-800x527.jpg020-800x527https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/014-800x5362.jpg014-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/015-800x511.jpg015-800x5112012-01-01T07:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/back-in-the-days-and-now/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/018-800x496.jpg018-800x496https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-800x553.jpg017-800x553https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/014-800x5361.jpg014-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/013-800x5362.jpg013-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/012-536x8003.jpg012-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/011-800x545.jpg011-800x545https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/010-800x579.jpg010-800x579https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/009-800x5362.jpg009-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/008-519x800.jpg008-519x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/006-800x626.jpg006-800x6262011-12-30T04:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/to-sow-a-seed-is-to-have-hope-for-the-future/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/028-800x481.jpg028-800x481https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/027-800x5351.jpg027-800x5351https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/022-536x800.jpg022-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/021-536x8001.jpg021-536x8001While taking this photograph I had to stand on that little bridge in the next photograph. It is rotten so I wasn't sure it would hold my weight :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/019-536x8001.jpg019-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-800x535.jpg017-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/015-536x8001.jpg015-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/002-591x800.jpg002-591x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/007-800x577.jpg007-800x577https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/012-800x514.jpg012-800x5142011-12-29T05:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/those-little-signs-i-dont-want-to-notice/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/013-800x535.jpg013-800x535This is the foot print I wrote about. I've only made it lighter and given it more contrast so that it can bee seen more clearly. This makes the sand look dry but it isn't. My guess would have been badger but it is way to big.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/037-800x518.jpg037-800x518https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/036-800x543.jpg036-800x543https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/033-800x593.jpg033-800x593https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/029-800x522.jpg029-800x522The wind was just to strong last night and the roof of this old shed collapsed.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/027-800x515.jpg027-800x515https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/026-800x434.jpg026-800x434https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/025-800x531.jpg025-800x531https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/023-800x540.jpg023-800x540https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/021-582x800.jpg021-582x800The storm came back last night and it is still blowing real hard out there. Novas ears flapped around like crazy this morning :-)2011-12-29T05:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/a-day-to-rest/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/032-800x516.jpg032-800x516https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/031-800x539.jpg031-800x539https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/029-800x535.jpg029-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/028-800x5351.jpg028-800x5351https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/026-536x8001.jpg026-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/023-536x8001.jpg023-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/020-800x5361.jpg020-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-536x8002.jpg017-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/016-535x800.jpg016-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/013-536x8001.jpg013-536x80012011-12-27T06:19:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/have-a-good-continuing-of-yule/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/055-800x532.jpg055-800x532https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/046-536x8001.jpg046-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/045-800x628.jpg045-800x628https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/039-605x800.jpg039-605x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/035-800x5361.jpg035-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/033-536x800.jpg033-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/027-800x535.jpg027-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/024-800x519.jpg024-800x519https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/016-536x8001.jpg016-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/008-800x5361.jpg008-800x53612011-12-25T17:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/a-good-yule-i-wish-you-all/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/041-536x8001.jpg041-536x8001The first signs of the sun showing up :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/040-800x606.jpg040-800x606https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/035-800x535.jpg035-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/032-800x520.jpg032-800x520I found an old birds nest on our way home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/028-536x8001.jpg028-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/027-800x536.jpg027-800x536This is a very peaceful place. It feels like walking in to a church even though there's nothing left but some big stones.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/030-800x5362.jpg030-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/023-800x5362.jpg023-800x5362We never walked in to the garden because of the risk if glass and other sharp objects the dogs might walk on. But I will return by my self one day to take a better look at this soon to be ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/022-800x5361.jpg022-800x5361There's no road or trail leading to it so we walked up to it through some bushes :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/021-536x800.jpg021-536x800Suddenly I see the roof of an old cottage. This is almost impossible to find during summer and can only be seen from two places during winter.2011-12-25T17:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/the-day-before-the-dipping-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/036-800x536.jpg036-800x536The old school in Bjurum. Children came here from all the small villages around to educate themselves here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/035-800x536.jpg035-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/031-800x5362.jpg031-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/038-800x529.jpg038-800x529And this is Dagsnäs Castle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/029-587x800.jpg029-587x800We have two castles within a kilometer (slightly less than a mile) here. This is Bjurums Castle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/022-800x536.jpg022-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/023-800x5361.jpg023-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/025-800x536.jpg025-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/020-528x800.jpg020-528x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/019-800x5363.jpg019-800x53632011-12-24T17:49:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/it-has-finally-turned-towards-longer-days/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/081-800x526.jpg081-800x526https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/070-800x536.jpg070-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/047-800x549.jpg047-800x549https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/041-800x541.jpg041-800x541https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/040-536x800.jpg040-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/039-800x536.jpg039-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/035-588x800.jpg035-588x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/033-800x5362.jpg033-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/031-800x5361.jpg031-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/028-536x800.jpg028-536x8002011-12-24T17:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/the-yule-gnome-came-early-a-package-from-joyce-has-arrived/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/teskedsgumman-797887.jpgThe Yule Gnome came early! A package from Joyce has arrived :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/031-800x519.jpg031-800x519https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/028-800x530.jpg028-800x530https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-536x8001.jpg017-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/016-536x800.jpg016-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/012-800x535.jpg012-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/013-536x800.jpg013-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/011-536x8001.jpg011-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/009-800x536.jpg009-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/004-800x574.jpg004-800x574It has been snowing all day here, sometimes less sometimes more.2011-12-24T06:00:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/tomorrows-the-inspection/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/006-569x800.jpg006-569x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/004-800x518.jpg004-800x518The garage window facing the dog yard.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/078-800x536.jpg078-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/061-800x536.jpg061-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/032-536x800.jpg032-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/025-536x800.jpg025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-18-eftermiddag-011-536x800.jpg2011-12-18-eftermiddag-011-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-18-eftermiddag-010-536x800.jpg2011-12-18-eftermiddag-010-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-18-eftermiddag-006-536x800.jpg2011-12-18-eftermiddag-006-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2011-12-18-eftermiddag-005-800x539.jpg2011-12-18-eftermiddag-005-800x5392011-12-22T16:15:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/living-in-a-winter-wonderland/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/076-800x536.jpg076-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/068-800x5361.jpg068-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/060-536x800.jpg060-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/030-800x5361.jpg030-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/029-536x800.jpg029-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/026-536x800.jpg026-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/019-800x619.jpg019-800x619https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-536x800.jpg017-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/013-800x626.jpg013-800x626https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/008-536x8001.jpg008-536x80012011-12-22T16:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/the-stupidest-idea-ive-ever-come-up-with/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/elsa_beskow_4.jpgThe stupidest idea I've ever come up with :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/042-800x505.jpg042-800x505I've been looking for tracks to see if I could find any unusual ones. These claws scratches is the only thing I can't say what they come from. The bigger one is rather big, around 7,5 cm or three inches wide. I have no idea what animal can have made those.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-800x5362.jpg017-800x5362But then Nova started to look for filed voles or if it was moles, I never can tell the difference when looking at those dirt piles in the background.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/016-800x506.jpg016-800x506Something very interesting had walked around on the fields and the road, my dogs followed the tracks thoroughly.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/019-535x800.jpg019-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/014-800x504.jpg014-800x504https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/012-536x8001.jpg012-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/009-536x8001.jpg009-536x8001We couldn't go on our usual tripp down to the creek through the forest this morning. For once a hunter was up early and he had his dog with him. Even though I could hear the dog barking for quite some time they were out of luck :-) So we went down to the creek the other way instead.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/005-536x8002.jpg005-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/004-800x472.jpg004-800x472Even though this was just when the sun was supposed to go up it still was so dark that I had to brighten these photographs up so You could see anything on them :-)2011-12-18T15:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/soon-oh-very-soon/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/image1_e39525acf4a08f58c079ef93aa28bfc1.jpgSoon oh very soon 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looks rather nice in the dark since one can't see the spruce immitation 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the more mildly colored females.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/045-800x502.jpg045-800x502Bullfinches comes daily now. This is the bright red male.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/040-800x535.jpg040-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/038-800x535.jpg038-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/033-800x5361.jpg033-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/021-800x536.jpg021-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/011-800x5361.jpg011-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/008-536x800.jpg008-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/007-800x536.jpg007-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/005-800x572.jpg005-800x5722011-12-12T16:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/today-would-be-a-good-day-to-own-a-wind-power-plant/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/037-800x491.jpg037 (800x491)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/028-800x535.jpg028-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/030-800x481.jpg030-800x481https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/020-582x800.jpg020-582x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/018-536x8001.jpg018-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/012-536x800.jpg012-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/008-589x800.jpg008-589x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/007-536x8001.jpg007-536x8001It was further down this road close to the creek I and Bertil realised that something followed us.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/005-536x8001.jpg005-536x80012011-12-10T20:23:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/steady-she-blows/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-013-536x800.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-013-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-025-536x800.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-023-536x800.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-023-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-022-800x5661.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-022-800x5661https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-020-536x800.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-020-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-021-800x617.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-021-800x617https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-019-536x800.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-009-800x536.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-009-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-010-800x588.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-010-800x588https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-007-800x547.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-007-800x547I hope I haven't shown these photographs earlier.2011-12-10T05:07:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/two-wrongs-make-one-right-right/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/024-800x536.jpg024-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/020-800x536.jpg020-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/019-536x800.jpg019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/018-536x800.jpg018-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-800x5361.jpg017-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/015-800x536.jpg015-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/003-536x8001.jpg003-536x8001Lots of the photographs came out like this though :-) :-) I really need a tripod to my cvamera :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/005-800x536.jpg005-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/014-536x800.jpg014-536x800I took some photographs when we were out walking after work today. I hate that blue light we get here in winter when thye snow have fallen so I made most of them in sepia instead.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/011-800x571.jpg011-800x5712011-12-09T15:19:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/and-even-more-came-last-night/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/christmas2beve2bcarl2blarsson.jpgAnd even more came last night.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/047-658x800.jpg047-658x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/053-536x800.jpg053-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/052-536x800.jpg052-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/044-591x800.jpg044-591x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/045-800x531.jpg045-800x531I also managed to take some photographs when I came home. The camera decided how long the shutter should stay open and some of them turned out quite well.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/032-800x498.jpg032-800x498https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/037-800x526.jpg037-800x526https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/031-800x517.jpg031-800x517https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/034-800x449.jpg034-800x4492011-12-08T16:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/and-so-it-came-that-white-garbage-from-the-sky/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-022-800x566.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-022-800x566Bertil the tiger.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-024-800x510.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-024-800x510From yesterdays walk in the forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/till-senare-i-veckan-003-800x501.jpgtill-senare-i-veckan-003-800x501The Bullfinch came to the birdfeeders yesterday :-) They normally doesn't show until there's nothing left to eat in the forest. The photograph is a blurry because I took it through a not especially clean window :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/089-537x800.jpg089-537x800My entrance.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/085-800x417.jpg085-800x417My neighbors cottage.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/083-800x589.jpg083-800x589There's a risk that they over decorated with lights this year :-) :-) But to be honest, no one else has any lights up at all yet. I´ll put up my lights on Wednesday I hope.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/078-431x800.jpg078-431x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/073-800x450.jpg073-800x450https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/070-800x450.jpg070-800x450This is waht I saw this morning. I took some photographs with my mobile phone today just to show You how it looks here now. Not the best of quality though.2011-12-07T17:20:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/the-barometers-low-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/033-800x536.jpg033-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/026-559x800.jpg026-559x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/025-800x563.jpg025-800x563https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/019-800x5361.jpg019-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/011-800x536.jpg011-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/007-536x800.jpg007-536x800Clubb moss and lichen.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/006-800x536.jpg006-800x536The Forbidden Forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/005-536x800.jpg005-536x800It was really dark down by the creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/002-800x5361.jpg002-800x53612011-12-07T17:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/it-rains-horizontaly/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/040-800x579.jpg040-800x579https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/038-800x565.jpg038-800x565https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/037-800x536.jpg037-800x536Beard lichen. It can only grow where the air is clean and we have lots of it in our forest here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/036-569x800.jpg036-569x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/034-536x800.jpgBertil.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/023-536x800.jpgBy my pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/012-800x536.jpgThe Altar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/011-800x532.jpg011-800x532The old fence pole is slowly decading in to soil again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/008-595x800.jpg008-595x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/005-800x482.jpg005-800x482The night had stayed cold until this morning, so the roads were still covered in ice when the rain started. Very slippery indeed!2011-12-04T10:43:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/im-not-sure-what-it-was-i-bought/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bauer2.jpgI'm not sure what it was I bought :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tranor-039-851x375-800x353.jpgtranor-039-851x375-800x353https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tranor-037-800x405.jpgtranor-037-800x405These two photographs are since last spring.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/047-536x800.jpg047-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/046-536x800.jpg046-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/026-800x535.jpg026-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/033-800x568.jpg033-800x568https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/019-800x536.jpg019-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/017-800x536.jpg017-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/013-632x800.jpg013-632x8002011-12-04T06:16:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/the-animal-welfare-act-will-be-strengthened/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-026-650x800.jpgsenare-026-650x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-025-618x800.jpgsenare-025-618x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-041-536x800.jpgsenare-041-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-031-536x800.jpgsenare-031-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-044-664x800.jpgsenare-044-664x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-009-536x800.jpgsenare-009-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-007-578x800.jpgsenare-007-578x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-005-800x592.jpgsenare-005-800x592https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/senare-004-800x536.jpgsenare-004-800x536I'm not sure if I have shown some of the coming photographs before. Normally I delete every photograph posted here in my blog but I've been sloppy these last weeks :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/001-800x775.jpgAdvent star.I've put up my traditional advent star made of red paper.2011-12-03T17:15:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/change-of-plans/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/005-585x800.jpg005-585x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/003-800x475.jpg003-800x475https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/019-536x800.jpg019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/016-536x8002.jpg016-536x8002I had some fun with the editing program :-) This photograph came out much better in sepia!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/013-800x5361.jpg013-800x5361This was the only tree that I could find that had fallen down.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/011-536x8002.jpg011-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/007-512x800.jpg007-512x800I went home an hour early yesterday and we walked out in to the forest to see if any trees had fallen. This looks like the top of a dead pine, but I have no idea where it came from because all trees there looked fine :-)2011-12-03T17:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/i-have-been-through-worse/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/009-800x5181.jpg009-800x5181https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/014-536x8001.jpg014-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/011-536x8001.jpg011-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/048-800x5361.jpg048-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/047-800x5591.jpg047-800x5591https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/009-800x518.jpg009-800x518https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/012-550x724.jpg012-550x724https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/056-800x536.jpg056-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/055-800x545.jpg055-800x5452011-11-30T16:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/have-a-nice-first-of-advent/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jenny2.jpgHave a nice first of Advent!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/054-800x594.jpg054-800x594https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/059-800x694.jpg059-800x694This is how it looks this year, an improvement if I may say so myself. Thise would be a fire hazard if I would light the candles :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/044-603x800.jpg044-603x800This is how the Advent candlestick looked last year. I now realize that I should have taken these photographs outside my cottage, it's never a good thing to take a photograph like this towards the light :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/018-800x531.jpg018-800x531https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/016-800x528.jpg016-800x528https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/015-800x5361.jpg015-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/012-536x800.jpg012-536x800This house would work great in a horror movie now when we're having this weather :-) :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/009-535x800.jpg009-535x800This is not a good sight. The fence that keeps the Highland cattle away from the rest of the village has fallen down and not a cattle in sight! I hope they moved them before this happened.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/008-800x5363.jpg008-800x53632011-11-28T16:51:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/waiting-for-the-big-storm-to-come/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/041-519x800.jpg041-519x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/031-800x485.jpg031-800x485A swedish crow isn't totally black as You can see here. The same species though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/027-800x510.jpg027-800x510https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/026-800x501.jpg026-800x501Nova free as the bird in the sky :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/017-800x5361.jpg017-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/014-536x800.jpg014-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/012-535x800.jpg012-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/010-800x5364.jpg010-800x5364https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/008-536x8001.jpg008-536x8001There are lots old roads like this one leading out to the bog and forest that no one use today. Slowly but surly they will be covered by trees and 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isn't a ladder leaning to that pine, it is a temporary hunting tower. One can sit rather comfortable on the top of that.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/011-800x536.jpg011-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/008-536x8002.jpg008-536x80022011-10-26T16:09:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/this-day-will-soon-be-over-anyway/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hitta-rc3a5djuret-4.jpghitta-rc3a5djuret-4https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hitta-rc3a5djuret-31.jpgHitta rådjuret 3This was the second one and here the deer is easier to spot because You can see more of it white behind :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hitta-rc3a5djuret-2.jpgHitta rådjuret 2https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hitta-rc3a5djuret-11.jpgHitta rådjuret 1This was the first photograph I showed You yesterday. The deer is in the red circle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eftermiddag-004-800x574.jpgeftermiddag-004-800x574https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eftermiddag-010-800x556.jpgeftermiddag-010-800x556https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eftermiddag-020-536x800.jpgeftermiddag-020-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eftermiddag-019-536x800.jpgeftermiddag-019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eftermiddag-016-618x800.jpgeftermiddag-016-618x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eftermiddag-014-599x800.jpgeftermiddag-014-599x8002011-10-26T16:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/quite-the-opposite-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hitta-rc3a5djuret-3.jpgHitta rådjuret 3https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/hitta-rc3a5djuret-1.jpgHitta rådjuret 1Here are two photographs with deers in them, can You find them? I have big problems and I know where they are :-) :-) :-) This one is the toughest, the other is much easier even if that one is diffucult as well. I'll show You where they are tomorrow :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/007-617x800.jpg007-617x800Some dandelions has taken the chance to flower once more before winter :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/059-800x564.jpg059-800x564https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/057-800x536.jpg057-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/054-800x5361.jpg054-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/052-800x596.jpg052-800x596This passage between the two cow pastures are feared by Orvar and Nova. Both have touched the electric fence here and this is the only time I don't have to tell them to walk properly :-) :-) They are like glued to my legs :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/043-535x8001.jpg043-535x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/037-800x535.jpg037-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/035-800x541.jpg035-800x541This photograph says a lot about my dogs :-) The two brothers look at one direction while Nova looks the opposite way :-) :-)2011-10-24T16:30:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/like-one-of-those-eventless-documantaries/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/026-800x497.jpg026-800x497Not a bullfinch but a Nuthatcher. That was the only bird brave enoiúgh to come to the feeders while I was outside looking at it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/024-567x800.jpg024-567x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/023-800x476.jpg023-800x476https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/022-536x8001.jpg022-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/020-800x5361.jpg020-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/016-800x5361.jpg016-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/014-518x800.jpg014-518x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/008-589x800.jpg008-589x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/005-536x8002.jpg005-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/002-586x800.jpg002-586x800We went out long after the sun should have brightened up the day but still it was so dark that I had to adjust the camera for night photography. I still had to make them even brighter with my editing program :-)2011-10-23T04:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/5717/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/009-609x800.jpg009-609x800Geese flying north!?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/012-536x8004.jpg012-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/011-536x8001.jpg011-536x8001The Portal looking towards north.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/006-536x8001.jpg006-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/005-646x800.jpg005-646x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/002-800x481.jpg002-800x481https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/001-800x524.jpg001-800x524The Portal looking towards south.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/003-800x509.jpg003-800x5092011-10-22T17:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/so-this-might-be-it/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/007-800x5361.jpg007-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/014-536x8005.jpg014-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/020-800x536.jpg020-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/019-800x545.jpg019-800x545https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/013-598x800.jpg013-598x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/012-536x8003.jpg012-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/006-586x800.jpg006-586x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/003-536x8001.jpg003-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/013-536x8002.jpg013-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/010-536x8002.jpg010-536x80022011-10-21T15:31:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/cocoa-and-gingerbread-weather/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/061-536x800.jpg061-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kor-007-800x484.jpgkor-007-800x484https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kor-013-664x800.jpgkor-013-664x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/028-585x800.jpg028-585x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/025-737x494.jpg025-737x494https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/022-635x800.jpg022-635x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/018-800x583.jpg018-800x583https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/065-536x800.jpg065-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/050-596x800.jpg050-596x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/048-634x800.jpg048-634x8002011-10-30T18:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/problems-dogs-or-problem-owners/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/067-624x800.jpg067-624x800Nightshade berries.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/059-536x8001.jpg059-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/049-674x800.jpg049-674x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/066-800x521.jpg066-800x521https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/074-800x535.jpg074-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/073-800x536.jpg073-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/063-723x505.jpg063-723x505The last of the dragonflies?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/059-536x800.jpg059-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/061-587x800.jpg061-587x800I didn't take many photographs today but luckily for me I have saved some from earlier walks :-) I think this is the entrance to a forest mouse home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/014-638x800.jpg014-638x800The last of the Buttercups.2011-10-21T15:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/it-is-over-on-friday-because-how-many-times-can-he-be-wrong/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kor-027-800x537.jpgkor-027-800x537Field sparrow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kor-022-536x800.jpgkor-022-536x800I made this little construction yesterday so I could put up my bird feeders. It took a couple of hours for them to find it but now there's lots of birds eating from them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/044-800x532.jpg044-800x532https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/042-536x800.jpg042-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/043-535x800.jpg043-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/040-588x800.jpg040-588x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/037-800x542.jpg037-800x542https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/035-800x535.jpg035-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/033-800x536.jpg033-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/032-800x5361.jpg032-800x53612011-10-17T16:19:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/if-weather-could-stay-like-this-i-would-like-winter/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/047-558x800.jpg047-558x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/043-800x535.jpg043-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/041-485x659.jpg041-485x659A hunter from a neighboring hunting area, he's not allowed to shoot towards my direction even if I wasn't there and he could see hundred of moose :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/042-800x570.jpg042-800x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/037-800x497.jpg037-800x497https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/034-800x546.jpg034-800x546https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/030-536x800.jpg030-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/027-536x800.jpg027-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/022-536x800.jpg022-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/025-536x800.jpg025-536x8002011-10-16T03:13:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/no-change-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/004-800x545.jpg004-800x545https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/019-800x600.jpg019-800x600https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/018-800x599.jpg018-800x599https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/033-800x518.jpg033-800x518https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/027-800x536.jpg027-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/025-672x800.jpg025-672x8002011-10-15T16:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/just-bored/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/027-602x800.jpg027-602x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/022-535x800.jpg022-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/020-536x8002.jpg020-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/018-536x800.jpg018-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/015-558x800.jpg015-558x800Nightshade berries.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/012-619x800.jpg012-619x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/010-536x8001.jpg010-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/007-553x800.jpg007-553x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/004-545x800.jpg004-545x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/003-653x800.jpg003-653x8002011-10-16T17:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/tomorrow-it-starts-and-the-comment-problems-on-blogger/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/076-536x800.jpg076-536x800This is not how I see a troll but he could be worse :-) To much human in his appearance to be honest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/066-536x800.jpg066-536x800Red leafed Nine bark.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/051-716x800.jpg051-716x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/047-536x800.jpg047-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/045-800x586.jpg045-800x586https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/043-536x8001.jpg043-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/038-800x537.jpg038-800x537https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/036-800x542.jpg036-800x542https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/032-800x502.jpg032-800x502https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/028-800x498.jpg028-800x4982011-10-16T17:57:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/i-bet-that-cow-was-responsible-anyway/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/052-602x800.jpg052-602x800Helleborus niger.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/056-619x800.jpgJapanese rose.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/061-555x800.jpg061-555x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/060-616x800.jpg060-616x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/048-592x800.jpg048-592x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/043-536x800.jpg043-536x800A tiny Bertil in a big, big world.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/041-800x503.jpg041-800x503https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/039-800x511.jpg039-800x511https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/037-800x519.jpg037-800x519We got sunshine for almost ten minutes :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/035-800x521.jpg035-800x521This is the house they covered the brick walls with wood panels instead, now they have painted it red :-) 2011-10-16T17:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/im-already-thinking-of-spring/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/028-800x592.jpg028-800x592https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/025-535x800.jpg025-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/024-536x8001.jpg024-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/021-800x536.jpg021-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/019-586x800.jpg019-586x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/018-551x800.jpg018-551x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/015-536x8001.jpg015-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/014-536x8002.jpg014-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/009-800x536.jpg009-800x5362011-10-16T17:53:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/autumn-weather/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/023-800x572.jpg023-800x572A non climbing Clematis.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/024-536x800.jpg024-536x800Wisteria sinensis. It freeze down to the ground every year so I never get any flowers on it :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/025-623x800.jpg025-623x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/022-800x5361.jpg022-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/018-556x800.jpg018-556x800Black walnut.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/013-577x800.jpg013-577x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/012-800x472.jpg012-800x472https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/010-800x462.jpg010-800x462https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/008-800x482.jpg008-800x482https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/005-617x800.jpg005-617x8002011-10-08T02:51:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/europe-is-in-trouble-it-seems/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/013-685x800.jpg013-685x800The last raspberry of the season.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/010-800x536.jpg010-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/006-800x536.jpg006-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/005-536x8001.jpg005-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/004-536x8001.jpg004-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/002-536x8001.jpg002-536x8001Oak leafs.2011-10-06T16:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/fast-forward-or-stop-rewind-and-start-all-over-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/026-800x629.jpg026-800x629Here she is the little troll. The face isn't at all what I want it to be so I didn't put to much energy in to it to be honest. I think I'll have to do a bigger drawing to get it like I want it. Well maybe next time.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/032-535x800.jpg032-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/031-550x800.jpg031-550x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/029-800x479.jpg029-800x479https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/038-594x800.jpg038-594x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/033-579x800.jpg033-579x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/022-546x800.jpg022-546x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/021-800x552.jpg021-800x552Geranium pyrenaicum, weed that spreads fast :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/020-536x800.jpg020-536x800Helleborus niger. Christmas rose.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/019-647x800.jpg019-647x8002011-10-07T15:55:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/yet-another-warm-and-sunny-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/050-599x800.jpg050-599x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/014-800x437.jpg014-800x437https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/067-684x800.jpg067-684x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/065-542x800.jpg065-542x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/062-800x530.jpg062-800x530https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/060-633x800.jpg060-633x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/054-800x536.jpg054-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/049-800x536.jpg049-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/046-800x536.jpg046-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/045-800x536.jpg045-800x5362011-10-04T18:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/fog-embraces-us/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/002-800x5361.jpg002-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/027-800x490.jpg027-800x490https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/029-800x464.jpg029-800x464https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/032-800x526.jpg032-800x526https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/028-536x800.jpg028-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/023-536x800.jpg023-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/022-800x536.jpg022-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/020-652x800.jpg020-652x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/016-536x800.jpg016-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/015-536x800.jpg015-536x8002011-10-02T08:30:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/is-there-any-hope-for-mankind-really/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/024-611x800.jpg024-611x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/023-800x526.jpg023-800x526https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/020-800x5361.jpg020-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/018-536x8005.jpg018-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/017-536x8006.jpg017-536x8006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/015-536x8008.jpg015-536x8008https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-597x800.jpg016-597x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/014-536x8006.jpg014-536x8006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-536x8009.jpg013-536x8009https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-487x621.jpg012-487x6212011-10-02T04:11:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/memory-like-a-goldfish/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/023-536x8005.jpg023-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/025-536x8003.jpg025-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/024-586x800.jpg024-586x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/019-566x800.jpg019-566x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/017-536x8005.jpg017-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-536x8006.jpg016-536x8006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/015-536x8007.jpg015-536x8007https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/014-536x8005.jpg014-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-536x8008.jpg013-536x8008https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-536x8006.jpg011-536x80062011-09-30T16:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/sowing-apple-seeds-like-johnny-appleseed/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1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lying photographs get bigger and hopefully better if You click on them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-535x8002.jpg010-535x8002There's a tractor somewhere that is in need of repaire.2011-09-29T17:42:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/one-never-knows/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/017-536x8003.jpg017-536x8003I have planted the three roses I bought some time ago and an iris behind them. Impressive already isn´t it :-) :-) :-) To my own big surprise I´ve ordered three really hardy shrub roses (I´m not a big fan of roses You see) and I have a White rose of Finland waiting to find a new place as well and they will all be planted in this flowerbed.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/026-536x8003.jpg026-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/025-800x488.jpg025-800x488https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/024-536x8003.jpg024-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/023-536x8004.jpg023-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/022-800x469.jpg022-800x469https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-536x8005.jpg021-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/020-536x8002.jpg020-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/018-536x8003.jpg018-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-536x8005.jpg016-536x80052011-09-29T17:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/quite-the-opposite-this-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lc3b6rdag-006-565x710.jpglc3b6rdag-006-565x710https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/045-558x702.jpg045-558x702https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/043-536x800.jpg043-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/042-536x800.jpg042-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/036-558x800.jpg036-558x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/035-536x8001.jpg035-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/034-536x8004.jpg034-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/026-536x8002.jpg026-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/029-583x800.jpg029-583x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/027-536x8002.jpg027-536x80022011-09-27T16:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/one-of-those-morning-you-don%c2%b4t-want-to-miss/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/037-528x800.jpg037-528x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/034-536x8003.jpg034-536x8003The rodeo horses.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/033-536x8001.jpg033-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/032-800x524.jpg032-800x524https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/029-800x5361.jpg029-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/027-800x5361.jpg027-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/026-800x536.jpg026-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/023-536x8003.jpg023-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/022-536x8003.jpg022-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-536x8004.jpg021-536x80042011-09-26T16:05:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/23/those-electric-fences-and-the-pain-they-give/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/030-800x5362.jpg030-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/032-536x8001.jpg032-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/028-536x8001.jpg028-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/027-604x800.jpg027-604x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/023-536x8002.jpg023-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/019-536x8001.jpg019-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/017-536x8002.jpg017-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-678x800.jpg012-678x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-536x8005.jpg011-536x80052011-09-24T08:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/autumn/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/014-585x800.jpg014-585x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/028-571x800.jpg028-571x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/025-536x8001.jpg025-536x8001The Altar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/022-800x5361.jpg022-800x5361Stone circle hill.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-800x574.jpg021-800x574https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/020-800x541.jpg020-800x541Such father like son :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/019-800x536.jpg019-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-615x800.jpg011-615x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-536x8006.jpg010-536x8006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-536x8008.jpg009-536x80082011-09-23T19:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/a-link-to-my-old-blog-and-those-drawings/2011-09-23T19:06:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/some-days-its-best-to-just-stay-in-bed/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-536x8003.jpg021-536x8003My delicious crab apples, smaller than a ping-pong ball :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/017-800x480.jpg017-800x480https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-606x800.jpg016-606x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/015-536x8004.jpg015-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/014-536x8002.jpg014-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-800x536.jpg013-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-536x8004.jpg011-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-535x8001.jpg010-535x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/007-521x800.jpg007-521x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/006-536x8004.jpg006-536x80042011-09-22T16:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/poor-gnome/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/026-536x8001.jpg026-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/024-536x8002.jpg024-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/022-536x8002.jpg022-536x8002Aralia something. It doesn´t spread at all and bocomes as high as I am, around six feet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-800x5362.jpg021-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/015-536x8003.jpg015-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-536x8006.jpg013-536x8006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-536x8006.jpg012-536x8006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-536x8003.jpg011-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-800x466.jpg009-800x466https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/007-536x8003.jpg007-536x80032011-09-21T15:45:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/flaah/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/066-597x800.jpg066-597x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/049-641x800.jpg049-641x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/064-536x800.jpg064-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/063-536x800.jpg063-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/efermiddagspromenad-022-800x544.jpgefermiddagspromenad-022-800x544https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/efermiddagspromenad-014-800x564.jpgefermiddagspromenad-014-800x564https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/efermiddagspromenad-010-800x484.jpgefermiddagspromenad-010-800x484This is how a champignon looks like. It is very easy to separate it from the deadly white toadstool. The Toadstool is ALWAYS white underneith, the Champignon is NEVER white underneith.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/efermiddagspromenad-019-582x800.jpgefermiddagspromenad-019-582x800Cotoneaster.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/efermiddagspromenad-011-800x500.jpgefermiddagspromenad-011-800x500Hampus the former hunting dog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/efermiddagspromenad-006-800x525.jpgefermiddagspromenad-006-800x525We still have plenty of butterflies and dragonflies despite the frost nights.2011-09-19T16:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/i-better-enjoy-the-sun-while-i-can/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/056-536x800.jpgTeodor.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/057-551x800.jpg057-551x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/067-800x519.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/061-619x800.jpgNova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/060-657x800.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/042-800x593.jpg042-800x593https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/040-800x5361.jpg040-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/038-536x800.jpg038-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/036-614x800.jpg036-614x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/034-536x8002.jpg034-536x80022011-09-18T04:54:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/finally-she-arrived/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/022-800x539.jpg022-800x539The first flower on my hibiscus just got touched by the frost. I bought two just before my vacation and they have struggeled to stay alive. All hibiscuses are treated with a hormone to stay low and compact and usually they give to much so the plant eventually dies. But both mine are still alive and has lots of buds now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-552x800.jpg021-552x800Like always he goes to Nova first.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/020-646x800.jpg020-646x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/019-703x800.jpg019-703x800For once Bertil wasn´t with us on the walk, but he greeted us when we came home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/017-536x8001.jpg017-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/015-536x8002.jpg015-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/014-536x8001.jpg014-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-536x8005.jpg013-536x8005Lingonberry bushes.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-536x8004.jpg012-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-536x8002.jpg011-536x8002Out by the bog.2011-09-17T17:28:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/ham-and-liverpate-sandwiches-with-lots-of-cheese-and-for-dessert-apple-pie-and-custard/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/029-536x8002.jpg029-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/024-800x575.jpg024-800x575https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/028-624x800.jpg028-624x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/019-536x800.jpg019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-536x8004.jpg010-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-536x8007.jpg009-536x8007https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/004-535x800.jpg004-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/014-800x510.jpg014-800x510https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-800x393.jpg011-800x393https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-536x8006.jpg009-536x80062011-09-16T16:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/i-guess-she-was-tired/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-536x8004.jpg013-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/014-608x800.jpg014-608x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-536x8003.jpg012-536x8003Bogs are treacherous places. Just in front of us is a deep hole filled with water and mud, but it's impossible to see it. Grass and moss covers the surface. The reason I know there is a deep hole there is because Hector sort of plunged in to it one time :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-800x5361.jpg011-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-536x8003.jpg010-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/008-536x8002.jpg008-536x8002The old road is almost impossible to see now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/005-536x8001.jpg005-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/004-800x565.jpg004-800x565https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/003-536x8002.jpg003-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/002-536x8002.jpg002-536x80022011-09-16T16:44:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/katia-is-coming-for-a-visit/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/030-800x5361.jpg030-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/029-536x8001.jpg029-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/020-583x800.jpg020-583x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/028-632x800.jpg028-632x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/027-800x536.jpg027-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/026-800x641.jpg026-800x641https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/025-636x800.jpg025-636x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/024-535x800.jpg024-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/023-536x8001.jpg023-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-536x8002.jpg021-536x80022011-09-13T16:15:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/we-all-remember-what-we-did-ten-years-ago/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-536x8004.jpg016-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-597x800.jpgAutumn Aster.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-695x800.jpg012-695x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-536x8004.jpg009-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/007-550x8001.jpg007-550x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/007-550x800.jpg007-550x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/006-800x534.jpg006-800x534https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/003-800x518.jpg003-800x518I love the color on this mushroom.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/002-675x800.jpg002-675x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-800x526.jpg001-800x5262011-09-13T16:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/the-sixth-of-september-eight-years-ago/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/037-608x688.jpg037-608x688Do You remember those kittens I photographed a while ago? This is one of them and it is so much bigger already.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/035-800x475.jpg035-800x475The only deers we saw this morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/034-536x8001.jpg034-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/033-536x800.jpg033-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/032-536x800.jpg032-536x800This horse is used in some kind of rodeo show. The owner (always wearing a cowboy hat wich is unusual over here) sits on him while lassoing calves. I don´t understand the fun in that but if the horse likes it and the calf isn´t hurt who am I to complain.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/031-800x5361.jpg031-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/030-800x536.jpg030-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/029-800x536.jpg029-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/028-536x800.jpg028-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/027-536x8001.jpg027-536x8001I do like these horses, they come running to the fence as soon as they see us comming. Especially this one, he gallops :-)2011-09-13T16:09:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/frost-tonight/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-645x800.jpg021-645x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-536x8002.jpg016-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-565x800.jpg013-565x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-536x8002.jpg012-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-536x8002.jpg010-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-536x8002.jpg009-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/006-536x8002.jpg006-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/005-551x800.jpg005-551x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/002-536x8001.jpg002-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001.jpg001The moon last night.2011-09-10T02:37:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/a-nice-evening/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/017-621x800.jpg017-621x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-536x8001.jpg016-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/015-800x670.jpg015-800x670https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/014-800x536.jpg014-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-800x610.jpg012 (800x610)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-536x8001.jpg010-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-800x655.jpg009-800x655https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/005-800x5362.jpg005-800x5362https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/004-536x800.jpg004-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/003-536x8001.jpg003-536x80012011-09-09T16:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/eight-years-passes-quickley/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-603x8001.jpg001-603x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-536x8001.jpg021-536x8001The Milk thistle flowers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-536x8001.jpg012-536x8001No new signs of beaver activity here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-536x8001.jpg011-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-670x800.jpg010-670x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-536x8001.jpg009-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/008-536x8001.jpg008-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/006-621x800.jpg006-621x800The two birthday boys.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/005-800x5361.jpg005-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/004-625x800.jpg004-625x8002011-09-08T16:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/sitting-in-my-kitchen-thinking-of-yule/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-800x536.jpg010-800x536The area I cxleaned up from roses, false spirea and all their roots. It looks tiny now :-) but is actually around six square meters (around the same in square yards). Now I´m not sure whatv to plant there :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/041-800x578.jpg041-800x578We still have lots of dragon flies flying around here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/040-800x536.jpg040-800x536I would like to have this tree stump with its roots by my pond but I´m not sure if I´m aloowed to bring it home with me. But the Public access law however gives my the right to use it in a camp fire if I wish to start one. Laws are never easy to understand :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/036-536x800.jpg036-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/035-536x800.jpg035-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/034-536x800.jpg034-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/033-800x586.jpg033-800x586https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/031-800x536.jpg031-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-800x511.jpg009-800x511https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/002-565x800.jpg002-565x8002011-09-06T18:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/a-simply-fantastic-autumn-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/006-612x800.jpg006-612x800A new member in the family of spiders :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/008-536x800.jpg008-536x800It isn't the lastes model amongst harvesters :-) but it does what it is supposed to. The only problem with it as I can see is that it doesn't have a lot of storage capacity so they have to empty it a bit to often.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/007-536x800.jpg007-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/005-536x800.jpg005-536x800Suddenly I found some sunflowers not far from home and I do hope they´ll get the chance to open up before it gets to cold.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/002-616x800.jpg002-616x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/001-536x800.jpg001-536x800I was out walking yesterday evening as well and it was just as nice as this mornings walk was.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/026-536x800.jpg026-536x800It was impossible to pass the property You can see here for a rather long time unless one was driving passt it. The road goes straight through the yard and the ones renting it wa, lets say a bit difficult and they also had one aggressive dog. Now they are gone and the property is or will be out on the market. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/027-582x800.jpg027-582x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/025-800x527.jpg025-800x527https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/024-800x536.jpg024-800x5362011-09-05T16:11:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/it-feels-like-autumn/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/022-800x536.jpg022-800x536Lots of small dew drops makes the silvery leaf of Rosa glauca even more silvery.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/026-532x800.jpg026-532x800Nova however is fascinated by the cows on the field. She won´t go near them after the fence incident but she lowes to sit on the stairs and look at them. I would have joined her if it hadn´t been so chilly :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-800x536.jpg021-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/027-536x800.jpg027-536x800Hector wants to go inside as well.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/019-605x800.jpg019-605x800The Marsh mallow finally flowers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-604x800.jpg016-604x800The Magpies doesn´t care about me pointing the camera towards them any longer. I guess no one tried to shoot them for a while now so they are more relaxed.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/015-595x800.jpg015-595x800Teodor met us when we came home, he wanted to get in to the warm cottage so he could get some sleep after actually moving around outdoors for a couple of minutes :-) :-) He is a lazy cat :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/012-743x490.jpg012-743x490https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-800x488.jpg011-800x488Thisis the same deer buck we´ve met almost all mornings this summer. He really doesn´t care about us any longer. He takes a glance at us for a while and that´s it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/009-536x800.jpg009-536x800Bertil was somewhere else when we started our walk but he met us half way home.2011-09-03T17:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/finally-friday-3/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/025-536x800.jpg025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/031-536x800.jpg031-536x800But the geraniums has kept on flowering all summer.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/029-536x800.jpg029-536x800My first sweet pea to flower. I did sow them very late to be honest :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/036-599x800.jpg036-599x800We still have lots of butterflies here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/023-800x691.jpg023-800x691Isn´t this a cool looking moth!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-603x800.jpg021-603x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-536x800.jpg016-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/015-536x800.jpg015-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/013-536x8001.jpg013-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/010-535x800.jpg010-535x8002011-09-03T15:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/it-is-already-september/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/022-536x800.jpg022-536x800We have a beaver in the area now :-) But I can almost guarantee that it won´t be long lived. I think this might be both the first and last sign of it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/021-536x800.jpg021-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/018-536x800.jpg018-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/016-518x800.jpg016-518x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800We went down to the creek yesterday afternoon. The sun shone and the mosquitoes bit us all :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/024-536x800.jpg024-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/023-536x800.jpg023-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/020-536x800.jpg020-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/019-597x800.jpg019-597x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/018-800x600.jpg018-800x6002011-09-02T16:43:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/i%c2%b4m-here-at-least-for-a-minute-or-so/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/012-800x523.jpg012-800x523https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/006-536x8005.jpg006-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/011-536x8001.jpg011-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/008-634x800.jpg008-634x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/010-536x8004.jpg010-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/003-536x8001.jpg003-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/004-800x5362.jpg004-800x53622011-09-01T15:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/sorry-having-internet-problems/2011-08-30T16:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/feeling-a-bit-cold-on-my-head/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/027-800x533.jpg027-800x533https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/025-541x800.jpg025-541x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/007-633x800.jpgBertil.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/006-800x709.jpgNova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/005-800x563.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/004-796x800.jpgHector.The rain this morning didn´t make me want to bring out my camera from its bag to many times but fortunate for me I always save some photographs for times like this :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/010-536x8003.jpg010-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-536x8002.jpg009-536x8002Milk thistle. This one is about to flower and it shouldn´t! It is a biennial and I sowed it late this summer so it should flower next summer. Well we just can´t control everything and that´s sort of nice :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/008-536x800.jpg008-536x800Clematis tangutica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/007-536x8002.jpg007-536x80022011-08-29T15:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/up-before-the-rooster/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/021-536x8002.jpg021-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/019-551x800.jpg019-551x800This is a filled Rudbeckia, doesn´t spread much at all but gets just as high as the artichoke.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/022-582x800.jpg022-582x800Maximilians sunflower is lower and doesn´t spread that much.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/018-536x8002.jpg018-536x8002My second sunflower, the artichoke, is finally flowering now. It is over 3 meters high now :-) It is a beautiful but terrible weed so I must dig them up now and replant them where they can´t spread to much. This variety is called 'Bianca'.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/008-588x800.jpg008-588x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/007-800x536.jpg007-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/005-800x536.jpg005-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/004-800x5361.jpg004-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/002-536x8001.jpg002-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/003-519x800.jpg003-519x800The Portal. It is a bit hazy this morning but I had hoped for fog. Why is it that the best foggy mornings always comes when I have to work? :-)2011-08-28T07:41:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/that-dinner-was-just-to-big/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/028-536x800.jpg028-536x800Autumn colors.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/026-536x8001.jpg026-536x8001They are putting up fence poles on a new field now, so I guess we´ll have even more cattle here now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/024-655x800.jpg024-655x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/023-611x800.jpg023-611x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-536x8004.jpg016-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/015-536x8004.jpg015 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/012-535x800.jpg012-535x800This is a very nice mushroom but I didn´t have anything with me to put it in during our walk.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/011-580x800.jpg011-580x800She had one big problem though, she couldn´t bite the beetle so it was still alive when she tried to wrap it in :-) She didn´t stand a chance and cut it loose after a while. The beetle survived and the spider has to catch something in the right size instead :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/001-658x800.jpg001-658x800A female Cross spider (European garden spider, Araneus diadematus) cought a dung beetle in her web just as I got out from my car.2011-08-27T02:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/i%c2%b4m-a-bit-distraught/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/012-536x8002.jpg012-536x8002This is the little rose I bought and it alone coasted almost as much as the two rhododendrons did together :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014-800x5361.jpg014-800x5361And this is Roseum eleganse. They only costed 59 kronor each, that would be around 9 US dollars each and that´s cheap here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/013-536x8001.jpg013-536x8001Most rhododendrons freeze to death in my garden but I found two that will survive. This is Roseum eleganse.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/011-800x618.jpg011-800x618The Angelica had a successful year. Lots of seeds to secure next generation and lots of food for small birds as well.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-516x800.jpg009-516x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/006-535x8001.jpg006-535x8001More and more trees are changing colors now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/001-800x405.jpg001-800x405https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/007-517x800.jpg007-517x800We´ll get some ripe blackberries before frost this year. But my neighbors says we already have had one night with frost here but my cottage is placed lower than theirs so it never reached my garden. I don´t know if we ever have had frost that early before.2011-08-26T16:44:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/those-two-dogs/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/020-536x8002.jpg020-536x8002This is how Nova walks around every time she sees a deer :-) :-) She only stops when the leash doesn´t allow her to go further or the deer gets out of sight :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/019-495x636.jpg019-495x636https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/018-519x626.jpg018-519x626https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-635x800.jpg016-635x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014-616x800.jpg014-616x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/007-536x8001.jpg007-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/006-606x800.jpg006-606x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/010-572x753.jpg010-572x753https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-608x775.jpg009-608x775https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/008-618x800.jpg008-618x800I saw thes birds flying around in the sky. It is a raven chasing a common buzzard.2011-08-26T16:34:38+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/i%c2%b4m-busy-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/013-800x534.jpg013-800x534https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/008-800x568.jpg008-800x568https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/004-800x536.jpg004-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/010-536x8002.jpg010-536x80022011-08-24T16:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/dogs-on-the-run/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-649x800.jpg016-649x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/001-536x8004.jpgLemon flower.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/019-418x563.jpg019-418x563And then he kept on eating :-) :-) We were only fifteen meters (the same in yards) away from each other.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/020-573x674.jpg020-573x674We passed this deer yesterday and first he took a look at us.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/013-800x510.jpg013-800x510This however is a false chanterelle. Taste absolutely nothing but is at least harmless.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/008-709x800.jpg008-709x800I´ve never seen this kind of mushroom before so I have no idea what it is. I found it out by the bog yesterday evening and I´ll have to go back there again to see how it looks later on. I´ll send my photographs to the Natural history museum in Gothenburg , they usually knows what anything is :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/007-480x800.jpg007-480x800I have a catalpa in my garden and it struggles to survive every winter. It is ten years old and has never been higher that half a meter (much the same in yards) :-) :-) There´s a mix of photographs here today and I realized that I had veruý strange settings on my camera and that´s why some photographs looks a bit bad.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/003-585x800.jpg003-585x800This katydid came flying through the air. Look at its side, it looks very much like a leaf!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/013-800x791.jpg013-800x791He is very beautiful and he stayed on the right side of the hedge all the time when we walked away :-) Its a shame Hector didn´t like him :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/010-644x800.jpg010-644x800He didn´t look to happy at first about me and my dogs stopping to talk to my neighbor but that soon changed.2011-08-24T16:17:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/it-only-took-me-eleven-years-to-go-there/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/061-800x486.jpg061-800x486I stopped on a meeting place while another big car with a horse trailer passed and saw my neighbors horses on a field. I like these horse that I call working horses (even though they don´t do much of the work they used too back in the days). Every now and again I can see him out on the gravel road sitting on a carriage behind them :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/057-536x800.jpg057-536x800I saw this gate on my way back to the car.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/051-800x536.jpg051-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/050-536x8001.jpg050-536x8001The church in Bjurum was built 1768 so these stones has been like this since then.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/049-536x800.jpg049-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/047-800x536.jpg047-800x536I think this is where the church entrance was. Behind it there´s a huge stone wall or a long high pile of stones is a better name for it. No signs what so ever!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/046-800x536.jpg046-800x536I finally came to a big open space and started to look after the ruin. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/043-579x800.jpg043-579x800A Cabbage butterfly.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/042-800x536.jpg042-800x536We don´t have any heather either.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/041-536x800.jpg041-536x800I don´t think we have a single juniper in my part of the village. Here they were everywhere and big too.2011-08-23T17:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/it-is-one-of-those-days/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/026-579x800.jpg026-579x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/024-572x800.jpg024-572x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/022-583x800.jpg022-583x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/021-800x536.jpg021-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/019-536x8003.jpg019-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/017-536x8001.jpg017-536x8001The arrowhead flowers in my pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-536x8003.jpg016-536x8003My lemon tree has lots of buds now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/013-800x590.jpg013-800x590https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/012-800x5361.jpg012-800x5361Home sweet home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-800x536.jpg009-800x5362011-08-21T15:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/there%c2%b4s-a-fire-in-the-stove/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/001-800x651.jpg001-800x651Teodor sleeping by the pond yesterday evening.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/024-624x800.jpg024-624x800Kirengeshoma palmata, Yellow wax bells. This normally never gets a chance to flower in my garden because of the frost. But the heat started early this spring.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/033-576x800.jpg033-576x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/021-800x505.jpg021-800x505https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/020-531x800.jpg020-531x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/019-535x8001.jpg019-535x8001Like always Bertil followed us on our walk this afternoon. But he didn´t like all that wet grass and gravel :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/013-492x594.jpg013-492x594Especially this cow and her calf was curious about what gave away those cries :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014-536x8007.jpg014-536x8007So here poor Nova sat, just in front of that trre, looking miserable.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014-536x8006.jpg014-536x8006So here she sat poor Nova looking miserable, not far from that tree .https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/011-800x5361.jpg011-800x53612011-08-24T16:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/back-to-work-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/901-536x800.jpg901-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/913-536x800.jpg913-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/912-536x800.jpg912-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/908-536x800.jpg908-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/905-536x800.jpg905-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/899-536x800.jpg899-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/892-536x800.jpg892-536x800No fog this afternoon though. As You can see some trees are now changing color. A bit early actually.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/889-800x600.jpg889-800x600https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/891-800x600.jpg891-800x600https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/884-800x600.jpg884-800x6002011-08-20T03:53:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/computers-and-aronia-jam/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/031-618x800.jpg031 (618x800)A Corydalis I also got at the swapping day. I flowers once and then it dies, hopefully it has spread a lots of seeds that germinates the coming year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/029-635x800.jpg029-635x800Primulas I got at the plant swapping day. They are now planted in the parts where I have lots of peat in the soil.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/006-536x8003.jpg006-536x8003Campanula punctata rubrifolia, I couldn´t find an english name for this one. Not as weedy as many bluebells and lives rather shadowy in my garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-536x8002.jpg016-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/015-536x8003.jpg015-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014-536x8005.jpg014-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/017-800x659.jpg017-800x659This one however I´m not sure about. It is one of those that is easily mixed up with a toxic one.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/007-800x564.jpg007-800x564This one too.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/003-800x755.jpg003-800x755Yes this one is edible and great to mix with other mushrooms.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/010-536x8001.jpg010-536x8001But it looks like this outside the new area of the nature reserve thankfully :-)2011-08-22T16:16:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/tea-and-crisp-rolls/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/029-478x565.jpg029-478x565This is the first time I´ve seen any of the goldfish I bought earlier this summer :-) I have seen all goldfish but none of the Gobio gobio (but they are mostly brown and lives on the bottom) I bought. But this means that no heron has stopped by or that the cats has been successful fishermen :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/022-619x800.jpg022-619x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/019-800x655.jpg019-800x655The crabapple tree is filled with small apples now. I wonder if they taste any good? I don´t think I´ll try to get any because it is surrounded with nettles and thistles :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/032-629x800.jpg032-629x800Cranefly.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/018-800x536.jpg018-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014-800x536.jpg014-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/011-554x718.jpg011-554x718https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-800x535.jpg009-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/005-800x481.jpg005-800x481https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/003-800x726.jpg003-800x726Only in this photograph there´s three of them :-)2011-08-18T17:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/there%c2%b4s-a-war-in-my-stomach/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/igc3a5r-2.jpgSweden's most southern point.I wanted to give You a hint on how much further north I live comparing to You in the USA and southern Canada. The black line I´ve drawn straight over Canada (We swedes spells it with a K) is where the most southern point of sweden would be if it was placed on the american continent. I live further north from that point, around 300 kilometers I think.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/007-536x800.jpg007-536x800The Autumn aster shows buds now. A bit early but the did get a bang start on the spring with very high temperatures.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/017-800x535.jpg017-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-555x800.jpg016-555x800On my way to get my morning newspaper.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/015-536x8002.jpg015-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-534x800.jpg009-534x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014-536x8004.jpg014-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/004-570x800.jpg004-570x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/001-536x8003.jpg001-536x80032011-08-16T05:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/what-a-disappointment/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/024-536x8001.jpg024-536x8001Pardancanda norisii, one of the plants I got at the plant swapping day.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/001-538x800.jpg001-538x800I bought a mix of clematis seeds from Gardens North (no I´m not payed to mention them :-) It just tell You because it is a great seed firm and my favorite one as well) so I don´t have the name on it. I like it though. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/006-536x717.jpg006-536x717https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/004-611x800.jpg004-611x800There are butterflies everywhere as soon as the sun shines.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/035-800x447.jpg035-800x447I guess someone is burning hay on the other side of the lake.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/033-536x800.jpg033-536x800The church in Bjurum.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/032-800x458.jpg032-800x458https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/028-800x406.jpg028-800x406Mount Billingen. This mountain contains one of the biggest deposits of uranium in the world I´ve heard and many years ago they had a small mine there. They closed it down thankfully but now new mining companies wants to start mining again. That will never happen because the whole population is against it and this is something the local politicians doesn´t dare go against the people :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/027-800x540.jpg027-800x540https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/026-536x800.jpg026-536x800The little creek I love to walk by here has become a bigger brook down by the lake.2011-08-15T04:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/rather-chilly-this-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/020-653x800.jpgBertil the Cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/017-529x800.jpg017-529x800This one however must spend at least two winters in my cool cellar. Pinus wallichiana, Bhutan pine isn´t the hardiest of pines.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-580x800.jpg016-580x800Malus toringo, a little wild apple tree I got on the plant swapping day. I´m not sure whether I should plant it now or wait till next spring. I think it will cope with winter but will it cope with three dogs running over it :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/023-556x800.jpg023-556x800Nettle with seeds. Lots of food for small birds now when flies getting rare (yippee!!!).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-640x800.jpg016-640x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014-536x8003.jpg014-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/012-564x800.jpg012-564x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/011-578x800.jpg011-578x800Now these wheel shaped webs can be seen everywhere.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/006-800x536.jpg006-800x536Phlox in the dusk.2011-08-14T06:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/if-i-had-vermin-in-the-cottage-before-i-sure-don%c2%b4t-have-it-now/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/033-696x800.jpg033-696x800The water lily continues to flower in my pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/032-536x800.jpg032-536x800One of the plants I got at the plant swapping day, Helleborus foetidus.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/021-640x800.jpg021-640x800My lemon tree is full with flowers, buds and small lemons now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/023-535x800.jpg023-535x800In the beginning was this lily white with lots of small brown spots, then it suddenly changed to pure white. Now it looks like this :-) The smell is just as fantastic anyway.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/022-535x800.jpg022-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/020-583x800.jpg020-583x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/019-536x8002.jpg019-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/018-536x8001.jpg018-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/017-800x536.jpg017-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/015-536x8001.jpg015-536x80012011-08-15T03:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/nothing-much/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-557x659.jpg009-557x659https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/003-800x495.jpg003-800x495Tuesday evening.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/017-535x8001.jpg017-535x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-702x800.jpg016-702x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/011-535x800.jpg011-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-536x8001.jpg009-536x8001This very old tree mushroom could be a home for a small mouse in a fairy tale :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/008-800x536.jpg008-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/002-646x800.jpg002-646x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/001-536x8001.jpg001-536x8001We walked on old deer paths in a part of the forest that we haven´t been in for a long time.2011-08-15T03:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/still-limping-around/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/020-575x800.jpg020-575x800Yellow finger mushroom.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/019-535x800.jpg019-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/018-773x800.jpg018-773x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/017-535x800.jpg017-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/016-536x8001.jpg016-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/015-800x5361.jpg015-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/013-545x800.jpg013-545x800The swedish name for this mushroom is Grape finger mushroom.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/012-577x800.jpg012-577x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/009-536x800.jpg009-536x8002011-08-12T15:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/guess-where-i%c2%b4m-going-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-057-800x536.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-057-800x536Going home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-054-536x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-054-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-053-800x536.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-053-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-044-800x536.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-044-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-043-536x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-043-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-042-536x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-042-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-040-536x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-040-536x800There´s water where ever one looks from that garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-012-536x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-012-536x800The first one sees when going to my friends garden is this.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/025-800x649.jpg025-800x649A Winter creeper to have by the pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/020-588x800.jpg020-588x800A small rhododendron that most probably will freeze to death this winter :-)2011-08-09T15:53:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/07/daylily-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-047-612x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-047-612x800They had lots and lots of dragonflies there as well!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-045-536x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-045-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-016-610x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-016-610x800This cat just didn´t care about how many people walk around it :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-021-536x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-021-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dagliljedag-i-marum-027-536x800.jpgdagliljedag-i-marum-027-536x800In to this pond. Unfortunately I forgot to photograph the water flowing down from a mountain on the back of the house, that´s really great.2011-08-08T16:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/it-has-been-a-funny-day/2011-08-07T04:46:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/and-off-to-the-vet-we-went-again/2011-08-07T18:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/this-and-that-2/2011-08-05T06:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/i-had-a-day-without-any-energy-at-all/2011-08-04T03:45:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/i-got-a-bit-surprised/2011-08-03T18:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/the-last-week-of-my-way-to-short-vacation/2011-08-02T05:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/early-morning-fog/2011-08-01T12:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/short-today-due-to-bad-internet-connection-i%c2%b4m-afraid/2011-08-01T06:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/busy-morning/2011-08-01T06:33:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/today-i-bought-an-extension/2011-07-30T14:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/sunny-weather-and-the-start-of-the-history-lesson-i%c2%b4ve-promised/2011-07-29T04:07:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/funguses-in-the-ear/2011-07-28T10:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/visiting-the-vet-again/2011-07-26T05:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/crosswords-and-fried-green-tomatoes-and-sowing-apricot-seeds/2011-07-26T05:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/today-i-think-of-those-affected-in-norway/2011-07-24T04:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/dark-red-spots-all-over-my-stove/2011-07-23T14:30:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/no-rain-yet-but-it-is-coming/2011-07-23T14:33:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/white-spots/2011-07-23T17:25:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/the-continuing-of-my-little-trip/2011-07-20T12:59:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/it%c2%b4s-raining-it%c2%b4s-pouring/2011-07-20T12:55:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/with-the-occasional-exception-of-course/2011-07-17T08:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/haggling-lemon-tree-and-shoes/2011-07-13T05:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/orvar-is-cranky-and-with-all-right-as-well/2011-07-11T04:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/just-a-normal-saturday-morning-2/2011-07-10T03:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/i-should-have-taken-the-time/2011-07-17T08:55:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/only-one-more-day/2011-07-08T16:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/now-the-factories-close-down-for-vacation/2011-07-08T16:08:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/the-longest-week-in-the-year/2011-07-06T19:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/reruns-and-butterflies/2011-07-04T15:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/a-bit-of-this-and-that-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/028-800x666.jpg028-800x666https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/012-535x800.jpg012-535x800Large yellow loosestrife. Grows where most other plants gives up. A weed really but then again, I have lots of weedy flowers here :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/010-536x800.jpg010-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800I ran out of photographs taken today but thankfully I always save some from other days :-) This is a Beauty bush, or as we call it Paradise bush. It´s time to take cuttings from that now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/018-637x746.jpg018-637x746There´s a new horse in town. Well there are actually three new horses and I can´t figure out to whom they belong because that property isn´t sold yet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/017-800x523.jpg017-800x523https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/015-715x800.jpg015-715x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/013-581x800.jpg013-581x800My favorite stone at Stone circle hill. I think I have renamed the whole village because I never remember the right names :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/010-800x518.jpg010-800x518https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/007-536x800.jpg007-536x8002011-07-06T19:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/fluffernutters-and-home-made-strawberry-jam/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/026-651x800.jpg026-651x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/028-679x800.jpg028-679x800Not the best camouflage I´ve ever seen :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/018-655x800.jpg018-655x800Do You remember that I planted some primulas by the pond? The first one is flowering now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/020-800x536.jpg020-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/007-545x800.jpg007-545x800I´ve forgotten the name on this deep red potentilla. Here it grows together with an Iris.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/008-623x800.jpg008-623x800Potentilla erecta.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/009-614x800.jpg009-614x800Rosa multiflora. A weed to be honest, nothing seems to be able to kill it :-) :-) :-) But I like it so it will stay.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/006-611x800.jpg006-611x800This tree gives plums this year too. It´s either a shoot from the roots of the old tree or a kernel that has germinated. The problem is that they can´t both grow there one of them will finally give up and die and it isn´t necessary the old dying one. So if these plums tastes good I most probably will take down the old one (even if the plums are delicious).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/005-756x800.jpg005-756x800The old plum tree gives loads of plums this year. The tree is slowly dying and I have had to remove lots of old dead branches this spring. But a new tree is growing up just beside it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/004-612x800.jpg004-612x8002011-07-02T14:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/no-one-touches-his-food-any-more/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-536x8005.jpg012-536x8005I´ll let the thistle flower before I put salt on it. Butterflies just loves them :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-800x608.jpg009-800x608https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/004-536x8007.jpg004-536x8007https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003-536x8007.jpg003-536x8007https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/017-800x693.jpg017-800x693A few things of what I´ve been sowing this winter.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/027-570x800.jpg027-570x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001-536x8005.jpg001-536x8005Nova and one of her so loved plastic bottles :-) This one was great because it floated just like a frisbee when I threw it away. But then Hector decided he wanted it too :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/011-558x800.jpg011-558x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/013-647x800.jpg013-647x800Toadflax.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-536x8008.jpg009-536x80082011-07-02T05:54:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/warm-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/014-800x530.jpg014-800x530https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-535x800.jpg012-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-536x8007.jpg009-536x8007This is where I got bitten by the horse fly. I know how much they love this place but I have to go through it on my walks.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/007-670x800.jpg007-670x800The bumblebee beetle loves this kind of flower and the two ones below seems to love each other :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/006-709x800.jpg006-709x800I lied the other day (without knowing it) when I said we only have one elderberry tree in the village. Today I found this young one too :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/005-536x8002.jpg005-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003-800x510.jpg003-800x510https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001-800x5361.jpg001-800x5361This morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-543x724.jpg010-543x724I thought for a while that this might be to much south for the arctic raspberry, because I couldn´t find any berries at all. But the temperature dropped when the were flowering and no bees came to them. But I did find this and another one :-) This is not how they are supposed to look like, they should look like a raspberry. But it shows that it isn´t to much south anyway :-) It was delicious :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001-688x800.jpg001-688x800My first tomato :-) I only grow Russian black this year because I failed totally when I sowed my tomato seeds. 2011-06-29T15:33:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/teodor-the-fantastic-hunter/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/028-683x800.jpg028-683x800Oh no! He decides that it´s time for a nap :-) :-) :-) No wonder the magpies knows there´s absolutely no risk of flying in to my kitchen to take the cat food :-) :-) :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/027-641x800.jpg027-641x800Teodor knows his dinner is right beside him, so does he think of a great strategy to take that bird?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/026-628x800.jpg026-628x800I just have to show You these photographs even if they are blurry, my camera decided the espalier was a much better object to focus on :-) This is Teodor the fantastic hunter with a magpie just a meter (yard) away.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/021-514x746.jpg021-514x746https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/028-536x8003.jpg028-536x8003Club moss.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/025-536x8002.jpg025-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-536x8004.jpg024-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/023-536x8003.jpg023-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/022-800x536.jpg022-800x536I don´t know what has happened in this puddle but it doesn´t look healthy :-) All lying photographs will get bigger and hopefully better when You click on them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/019-536x8001.jpg019-536x80012011-06-28T16:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/just-another-nice-summer-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/027-609x800.jpg027-609x800The last one of my irises to flower.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/034-557x800.jpg034-557x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/030-635x800.jpg030-635x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/025-800x502.jpg025-800x502https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/016-631x800.jpg016-631x800A neighbors cat. It´s really big and also a big coward :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/018-572x800.jpg018-572x800The only Elderberry tree in the village. Well I have one too but it freezes down to the ground every winter. I think I better take some cuttings from this one.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/022-536x8005.jpg022-536x8005Back to the morning walk again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003-536x8005.jpg003-536x8005The ginger too.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/002-536x8006.jpg002-536x8006My tomato plants has plenty of space.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/004-536x8005.jpg004-536x8005Here it is! A wonder of technology :-) :-) I think I´ve used more screws to keep this together than they used in total to build the Titanic. I´m afraid that this one will go very much the same way, well not hit an ice berg but meet its end rather soon :-) :-) :-)2011-06-28T16:08:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/my-dogs-are-keeping-an-eye-on-each-other/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/041-521x800.jpg041-521x800An old bath house but I don´t know if it still woks as that though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/039-800x536.jpg039-800x536A little stage for local talents perhaps?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/037-536x800.jpg037-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/033-800x533.jpg033-800x533https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/030-534x800.jpg030-534x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/032-800x701.jpg032-800x701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/031-536x8002.jpg031-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/027-536x800.jpg027-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/026-536x8002.jpg026-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/025-800x674.jpg025-800x6742011-06-26T05:40:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/midsummer/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/020-536x8004.jpgWell I had to end with seven flowers today so You women can have them under Your pillow :-) :-) This is called Sweet William in english, we called it brush carnation.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/038-547x800.jpgGeranium hybrid.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/037-653x800.jpgBig root geranium.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/034-536x8001.jpgRosa glauca.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/031-536x8001.jpg031-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/029-580x800.jpg029-580x800Dahlia.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/028-554x800.jpg028-554x800Nepeta sibirica. We call it Big dragon flower here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/025-800x536.jpg025-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-536x8003.jpg024-536x8003Elderberry tree, the one that can be used to make lemonade. I know of two species that one can do lemonade from but from what I know the rest are toxic for us humans.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/023-698x800.jpg023-698x8002011-06-25T13:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/long-weekend-and-some-propagation/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/023-536x8002.jpg023-536x8002Larkspurs, Big betony´s, aquilegias and Masterwort.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/016-536x8003.jpg016-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001-687x800.jpg001-687x800Ninebark. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/026-536x8001.jpg026-536x8001And Turkey rhubarbs (Rheum palmatum). Not for eating though, just ornamental.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/025-536x8001.jpg025-536x8001Milk thistles. We call them Maria thistles.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-536x8002.jpg024-536x8002Magnolias on their way to become small trees.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-536x8004.jpg012-536x8004You´ve been successful when a new stem grows up from the cutting. Don´t remove the plastic bag yet, just open it up in the top so the little plant can get used to the drier air. This can be planted in the garden this autumn.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/011-536x8007.jpg011-536x8007Put the cutting down in to almost wet soil. The side that is cut in half must lay towards the soil. Put a see through plastic bag over the pots and place them light but without sunshine.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-536x8004.jpg010-536x8004cut off around 1 cm (little less than a third of an inch) on the stem and then cut of half of it (along the length of the stem).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-536x8005.jpgBlackberry propagation.Cut off a piece of a blackberry stem (or perhaps branch is a better word?) The leafs must stay on it.2011-06-25T13:42:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/plastic-bottles-are-noisy/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/037-737x800.jpg037-737x800Rhamonda myconi, a cousin to the African violet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/020-522x800.jpg020-522x800My rose with no name. I think it is an Alba rose but that´s all.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/034-536x800.jpg034-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/021-536x8001.jpg021-536x8001My blue geraniums, well a few of them anyway :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/033-666x800.jpg033-666x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-645x800.jpg010-645x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-800x536.jpg009-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/008-536x8003.jpg008-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/007-536x8007.jpgThe altar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/005-800x446.jpg005-800x4462011-06-23T14:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/thunder-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/030-800x536.jpg030-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/029-604x800.jpg029-604x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/028-536x8002.jpg028-536x80022011-06-21T16:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/there%c2%b4s-a-fire-in-my-stove/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/013-800x5361.jpg013-800x5361https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/016-642x800.jpg016-642x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/018-535x800.jpg018-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/006-577x800.jpg006-577x800Silene something.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/014-536x800.jpg014-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/019-647x800.jpg019-647x800Giant poppy by my neighbors greenhouse. I haven´t started building my own greenhouse yet but I feel I´m coming closer to it :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/011-536x8005.jpg011-536x8005Look at this little spruce, almost all branches dips down at the end. Even the top one and I wonder if this characteristics will follow it all through life?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-536x8003.jpg010-536x8003I usually don´t like grasses but they can be truly wonderful- Unfortunately most of them spread like crazy so I try to avoid them in my garden (except around my pond).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/007-536x8006.jpg007-536x8006A miss in the nature. This raspberry plant has almost no chlorophyll so it almost looks white. I think it might have just enough to survive though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/004-536x8004.jpg004-536x8004On our way to the forest.2011-06-20T18:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/kissing-hares/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/028-549x800.jpgRosa glauca.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/011-535x800.jpgDog rose by the road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/008-536x8002.jpg008-536x8002Despite all the rain we´ve had there´s still not much water in the big creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/007-536x8005.jpg007-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/006-535x8001.jpg006-535x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-412x572.jpg009-412x572No ther are not kissing even though it looks like it :-) :-) There was a rather big distance between them :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/004-536x8003.jpg004-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003-800x440.jpg003-800x440https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001-536x8003.jpg001-536x8003The road to the cow pasture. Not a place I would walk after a long period of rain unless I have rubber boots and a rain coat on :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/002-536x8002.jpg002-536x80022011-06-19T06:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/there%c2%b4s-a-little-village-in-france/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/021-605x800.jpg021-605x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/022-536x8003.jpg022-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/033-536x8001.jpg033-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/030-546x800.jpg030-546x800Buttercup 'Citrina'.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/027-628x800.jpg027-628x800Geranium 'Biokovo'.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-536x8001.jpg024-536x8001A rose with no name.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001-642x800.jpg001-642x800Dog rose.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/016-661x800.jpg016-661x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/017-536x8001.jpg017-536x8001Blackberry flower.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-800x540.jpg012-800x540Bumblebee beetle.2011-06-19T06:58:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/scientists-really-doesn%c2%b4t-know-what-they-want-it-seems/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/035-622x800.jpg035-622x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/034-633x800.jpgThistle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/022-544x800.jpgDog rose.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/020-536x8002.jpgMock orange.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/014-461x568.jpg014-461x568https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-536x8003.jpg012-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/011-536x8003.jpg011-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/008-535x8001.jpg008-535x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/007-535x800.jpg007-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003-536x8003.jpg003-536x80032011-06-19T06:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/the-good-old-days/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/020-603x800.jpg020-603x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/017-611x800.jpg017-611x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/016-535x800.jpg016-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/015-539x800.jpg015-539x800Welsh poppy ( we call it english poppy).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-536x800.jpg024-536x800Can´t for my life remember the name on this one. But it likes it here and becomes more and more every year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/023-535x800.jpg023-535x800Clematis integrifolia.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/022-536x8002.jpg022-536x8002Nepeta sibirica, Siberian catmint.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-606x800.jpg012-606x800I remember the first time I heard the motor on this car. It was a warm sunny day and I thought thunder was closing in :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-536x8002.jpgThe Stone circle hill.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-536x8003.jpg009-536x80032011-06-17T16:05:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/so-much-to-do-so-little-time/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/017-536x800.jpgRosa glauca.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/019-571x800.jpg019-571x800Geranium of some kind.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/020-681x800.jpg020-681x800Iris pseudacorus.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001-536x8002.jpg001-536x8002Lilacs for the stove :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/006-536x8001.jpg006-536x8001Can You see? No green algae on the wall or the door! It was very easy to wash away.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/005-601x800.jpg005-601x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/005-695x800.jpg005-695x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/007-536x8003.jpg007-536x8003A Dog rose has grown between the hedge and the other lilacs so it has no strength by it self. So I had to tie a rope around it to a pole so it can stand up :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003-536x8002.jpg003-536x8002I´ve finally done it :-) I started to cut down the lilacs by the entrance :-) Once there was a beautiful flower bed here but the lilacs killed almost everything in it. I think I´ll have Rowans or Golden chain (laburnum, we call them golden rain)) here instead. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-619x800.jpg024-619x800This is Hampus and he is Orvars best friend :-) He is probably the kindest dog in the world :-) He is originally a hunting dog but has a heart failure so he´s not allowed to run any longer. He is a Drever, a swedish breed. 2011-06-19T06:53:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/all-creatures-great-and-small/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/079-502x800.jpg079-502x800See You all tomorrow!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/047-560x800.jpg047-560x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/046-558x800.jpg046-558x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/045-559x800.jpg045-559x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/044-540x800.jpg044-540x800I thought I should show You the different flowers on my Cinnamon rose. They can grow just beside each other and look very different and it´s not sure they look the same next year either :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/049-536x800.jpg049-536x800A self sown geranium. Geraniums likes it a bit to much here so they behave like weeds and can be found everywhere.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/064-578x800.jpg064-578x800Clematis integrifolia.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bc3a5lgeting-008-536x800.jpgbc3a5lgeting-008-536x800The first Iris sibirica that I´ve ever sown that finally flowers. I have sown several more but they still stand in my old nursey and I never got the chance to see them flower.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/019-564x800.jpg019-564x800She looks at us probably in fear of us already have found out that her youngling is in the bushes. She might also have realized who we are and that there´s no danger for the youngling at all.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/017-589x800.jpg017-589x800She realizes that it won´t do the trick to run so she stops again.2011-06-15T15:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/i-don%c2%b4t-think-i%c2%b4ll-mow-my-lawn-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/038-558x800.jpg038-558x800Beauty bush or as we call it over here Paradise bush. I´m just looking in to how propagate this one as a cutting. If I find anything I´ll write about it here later on.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/041-549x800.jpg041-549x800My favorite rose is also opening up now. Rosa glauca. I love the color of the leafs and that pink color of the flower itself. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/002-531x800.jpg002-531x800Slowly opening up. This one had buds already last year but a couple of dogs ran right over it before I could see how it looked :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/031-536x800.jpg031-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/026-800x536.jpg026-800x536https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-800x494.jpg024-800x494https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/023-536x8001.jpg023-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/021-536x800.jpg021-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/017-710x800.jpg017-710x8002011-06-12T04:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/cooler-weather-and-fish/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/042-800x536.jpg042-800x536Always put the cuttings by the edge of the pot. If You do that the risk of rotting is minimal if You water to much. But these mustn´t ever dry out before they get roots! It´ll be interesting to see the result of all the propagation I´m doing in this blog :-) I´ll show You the result as soon as I know how things goes. The small tomatoes are on their way to become plants with roots of their own now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/041-800x536.jpg041-800x536Ready to be planted.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/040-800x536.jpg040-800x536These are some cuttings from my red leafed and yellow leafed (well it looks more green leafed at the moment) ninebark´s. This can also be done with lilacs. Lilacs are weeds so when a neighbor of mine stuck down an inch thick branches in the ground I wasn´t surprised when they got roots and started to grow!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/030-606x800.jpg030-606x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-653x800.jpg024-653x800Incarvillea zhongdianensis. This flower is a relative to the Catalpas. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/023-520x800.jpg023-520x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/020-535x800.jpg020-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/018-536x8001.jpg018-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/016-533x800.jpg016-533x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/015-535x800.jpg015-535x8002011-06-11T11:40:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/thunderstorms-and-fertilizers/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/016-536x8002.jpg016-536x8002Put a lid on! This is extremely important because this smells like, well I can´t write what it smells like when it´s finished because then I would be banned on Word Press :-) :-) :-) Lets say it smells nasty :-) :-) Put the bucket in a shadowy place for at least two weeks. When it´s ready try not to breath while You rinse away the residues from the old nettles (that You put in a compost or perhaps dig down). The nettle water should then be mixed like one part to nine-ten parts of water. If You grow different species in the cabbage family You can make it even stronger. This can also work on different pests. As I wrote earlier You can use any kind of plant to be honest but different plants contains different nutrients and have different characters. If You do this on for instance Horse tails You´ll get an even better pest controller!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/015-536x800.jpg015-536x800Fill the bucket until it covers the nettles or up to the edge of the bucket.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/014-800x5361.jpg014-800x5361So how to do nettle water one of the best fertilizers there is?! Take a bucket and fill it with as much nettles as possible. This can naturally be done with any kind of plant to be honest but nettles contains a lot of goodies for other plants.Do be careful when harvesting the nettles so You don´t get stung like I got today :-) :-) I usually push it down real hard so I get lots of nettles in to the bucket.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/030-607x800.jpg030-607x800Japanese quince.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-536x800.jpg010-536x800The Cinnamon rose again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/011-536x8001.jpg011-536x8001Japanese rose.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003-536x8001.jpg003-536x8001Dogrose.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/004-536x800.jpg004-536x800Yes this is also a columbine. I love the color but I prefer the normal looking ones.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/042-677x800.jpg042-677x800Columbines.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/034-631x800.jpg034-631x800This one becomes pure white if I remember right.2011-07-06T16:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/sorry-thunderstorms-outside-my-cottage/2011-06-09T15:38:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/the-last-day-on-a-long-weekend-and-also-our-national-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/004-800x536.jpg004-800x536I´ve put some down in an old candy box by the edge of it. Then oxygen easier comes down and the risk of the cuttings rotten is smaller. The soil should be moist, never wet. I´ve pulled a see through plastic bag over it and placed it in light shadow outdoors. If this works this time I´ll have to place them cool during winter because if we get a winter like we´ve had these two last ones it´ll be way to cold for their little root system. But if You live further south it might be enough just to dig a deep hole, put dry leafs in the bottom, place the cuttings on the leafs and cover them with more leafs. Then put back all soil over it. The leafs will decay and keep the cuttings warm enough during winter. Just remember where You dug them down :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/003-800x494.jpg003-800x494Gently pull off the bottom leaf and thingy downwards. The new roots comes from the place where they have been. I also pull off most of the other leafs that might follow the cutting. I leave one leaf in the top and if it is a big one I cut it in half. If it´s small I leave it as it is.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/002-800x491.jpg002-800x491You can see here how I´ve cut the vine just beneath a leaf and that thingy that grasps for something to hold on to :-) and I´ve done the same in the top. Sometimes I let the new top be over two pairs of leafs if You understand what I mean.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/001-800x509.jpg001-800x509I pruned my frost grapevine yesterday (as one should if one wants bigger grapes) and even if cuttings from herbaceous vines never get roots I might as well try when I had some (lignified is like weeds though). https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/007-613x800.jpg007-613x800I´m pretty sure this is Iris ensata buds.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/promenad-033-535x800.jpgIris psedacorus.Yeloow flag iris. This grows wild here in sweden and I do hope it is the yellow one I soon will see flowering. I have a pure white one to that is very rare and I should be hoping that this is that one. But I do like the yellow better :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/029-536x8002.jpg029-536x8002I have a soft spot for irises too, especially I. sibirica, I. setosa and I. ensata. But I have others too. I sowed this I. sibirica three years ago and now it will flower for the first time :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/030-636x800.jpg030-636x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/027-584x800.jpg027-584x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/026-536x800.jpg026-536x8002011-06-09T15:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/ticks-and-propagation-well-not-propagation-of-ticks-of-course/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/014-625x800.jpg014-625x800Teodor loves to stay by the pond. He thinks birds can´t see him :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/013-800x536.jpg013-800x536I´ve "planted" the leafs in an old candy box that I can get for free from any store, they are only happy to get rid of them :-) Plant the leafs deep enough so that they can´t dry out even if the surface of the soil dries and cover with see through plastic. The soil should be moist. Place the pot in a light spot but never, never in sunlight. This can be a test of Your patience :-) Sometimes new plants show quickly sometimes not :-) You can use this method on some begonias too, like the Rex begonia. However and this is VERY IMPORTANT! New varieties of almost all plants are now days always protected by patent rights and they even protect coming seed varieties! So You can´t make more plants of new varieties to sell at a yard sell or to make money out of them! You can make for Yourself and to give to friends but that´s it! But if You find old varieties You can do as You please. I´ll show how to sow these when seeds are ready. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-800x573.jpg012-800x573I think it´s easier to cut smaller pieces and plant them than one whole half of a leaf, they can become rather big those streptocarpus leafs. Always remember what part was growing from that stem because it´s that part that must go down in to the soil.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/011-800x592.jpg011-800x592Cut of the middle stem of the leaf and throw it away. It´s where every nerve that grew out from it that the new plants will grow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-800x623.jpg010-800x623Streptocarpus however is a totally different thing. You can do like You do with an African violet , push down the cut of part in to soil, if You only want one new plant. But if You want several new ones You still only need one leaf.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-536x8002.jpg009-536x8002The soil should be slightly more than moist but not wet! If You feel unsure just keep the soil moist. Usually there´s no need to cover these with plastic, especially if You live in a place with high humidity. Put the pots light but not in sunlight!! I have put my pots in the kitchen beneath fluorescent tubes. I´ll keep them there until tomorrow afternoon. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/008-800x791.jpg008-800x791Pull them gently of the big plant downwards, it doesn´t matter if the leaf beneath it comes along. Remove most of the leafs of the cutting before planting them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/007-536x8001.jpg007-536x8001Now we´re coming to the propagation part :-) You know those twigs You have to remove from tomato plants rather often (unless it´s one of those tomato plants that are supposed to become bush like), they are excellent to use as cuttings to get more plants. It´s easier if they are a bit bigger than these though. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/promenad-049-536x800.jpgpromenad-049-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/promenad-047-800x503.jpgpromenad-047-800x5032011-06-08T16:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/summer-is-here/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/029-536x8001.jpg029-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/028-535x800.jpgStreptocarpus.I don´t have many pot plants but I do have a couple of Streptocarpuses. They are easy to have and rather easy to propagate. I can show You how if You want me to, just tell me in a comment.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/047-536x800.jpg047-536x800I only got one and a half flower on my tree peony this year. The hot weather followed by snow and freezing cold weather destroyed nine and a half of the eleven buds it had.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/052-596x800.jpg052-596x800I´ve hung up two fly catchers and must find a place for the third I have. I pour some brown rather smelly powder in to the plastic bag and fills the bag with water. After two weeks this has sort of fermented and flies can´t resist the smell. They get in easily but can´t get out. Unfortunately the smell also seems to be irresistible for dogs so I have to hang them high :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/037-612x800.jpg037-612x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/023-536x800.jpg023-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/022-536x8001.jpg022-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/021-576x800.jpg021-576x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/030-535x800.jpg030-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/031-545x800.jpg031-545x800I bought three different colors but the white and light pink looks just the same on my photographs :-) :-)2011-06-05T13:57:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/early-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/059-587x696.jpg059-587x696This fly suddenly came and sat down on my t-shirt. It´s almost 2,5 cm (an inch) long! I think this one drinks nectar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/032-635x800.jpg032-635x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/035-586x800.jpg035-586x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/022-536x800.jpg022-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/016-589x800.jpg016-589x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/013-593x745.jpg013-593x745https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-536x8001.jpg012-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-682x800.jpg010-682x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/005-536x800.jpg005-536x8002011-06-04T03:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/finally-a-looong-weekend/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/024-643x800.jpg024-643x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/020-536x800.jpg020-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/014-800x500.jpg014-800x500Sometimes things happen in nature that makes plants look a bit different from normal. This weed (Greater plantain,Plantago major) normally is light green, but here the leafs are variegated. Many people put these leafs on wounds so it heals faster.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/009-536x800.jpgThe natural pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/012-536x800.jpgThe Altar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/010-571x800.jpgThe Portal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/019-685x800.jpg019-685x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/029-536x800.jpgSolomon´s seal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/028-536x800.jpg028-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/026-540x800.jpg026-540x800This is most likely an Hungarian lilac (Syringa josikaea). I like it much better than our common one because the scent is weaker and it doesn´t spread like crazy :-) I have lots of this one too. My highest one is almost five meters (much the same in yards) high now.2011-06-04T03:53:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/thunder-is-closing-in/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/023-637x800.jpg023-637x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/018-583x800.jpg018-583x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/017-664x800.jpg017-664x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-536x8004.jpg015-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-587x800.jpg013-587x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-636x800.jpg010-636x800Silver weed.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-529x800.jpg009-529x800The Portal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-656x800.jpg008-656x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-535x8001.jpg006-535x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-536x8008.jpg001-536x8008The edge of a gigantic thundercloud that passed north of us. I could see it all the way home from work and every now and again the sun colored it red so it looked evil. One time a part of it looked like a fox head with shining red eyes :-) :-)2011-06-02T13:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/where-the-wind-blows-mosquitoes-don%c2%b4t-fly/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/004-800x535.jpg004-800x535https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/023-536x8003.jpg023-536x8003The first Delphinium to open up, Delphinium oxypetalum.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/019-536x8003.jpg019-536x8003Doris the doe ate most of the buds on one of my azaleas and that showed to be a good thing. Lots of new shoots shows now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-639x800.jpg015-639x800The first Columbine to open up.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-535x8001.jpg014-535x8001The Rose peony.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-620x800.jpg013-620x800A Polemonium of some kind.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/011-534x800.jpg011-534x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-536x8006.jpg010-536x8006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-536x8005.jpg009-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-536x8005.jpg008-536x80052011-06-03T03:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/i-have-no-one-to-blame-but-myself/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/023-536x8002.jpg023-536x8002Haberlea rhodopensis, a relative to the African violet. All buds froze last frost but is quickly made new ones :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/026-602x800.jpg026-602x800Snowdrop anemone.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/020-695x800.jpg020-695x800Tiarella.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/031-536x800.jpg031-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/033-536x8003.jpg033-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/030-632x800.jpg030-632x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-565x800.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-800x789.jpgNova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-800x563.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/005-536x8005.jpg005-536x8005So here it is. The strange thing is that the pole on the left side actually is shorter above the ground than the right one is, still it looks the opposite way :-) :-) The espalier is absolutely horizontal so that´s not why it looks sort of wrong :-) :-) 2011-05-31T16:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/espalier/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sc3b6ndag-003-765x800.jpgsc3b6ndag-003-765x800Wolf-willow. The flowers isn´t big but they smell rather strong and nice :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/025-536x8002.jpg025-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/016-593x8001.jpg016-593x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/005-536x8004.jpg005-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-536x8005.jpg001-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/012-765x800.jpg012-765x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-573x800.jpg015-573x800Lilacs, everywhere there´s lilacs. This one grows in the dog yard behind the garage. We have them in the forest as well and every single property has at least a couple of lilacs. I´m so tired of them :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-536x8004.jpg014-536x8004Whitebeams in bloom.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-800x536.jpg013-800x536Do You remember the old pigsty? that stood here? They have torn it down now because the property is going to be sold. If I would buying it I would have payed more to let it still stand :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/011-536x8003.jpg011-536x80032011-06-02T04:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/i-must-never-forget-to-drink-water/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/003-536x8004.jpg003-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-536x8005.jpg002-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/023-536x8001.jpg023-536x8001Frost grape leaf.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/016-800x655.jpg016-800x655Euphorbia Fire glow, I think.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-506x800.jpg015-506x800A bud on the Paeonia veitchii var. woodwardii. We call it The Rose peony.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-415x503.jpg010-415x503It´s not easy to get a photograph of our squirrels. Fast as the wind and very shy.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-536x8006.jpg007-536x8006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-536x8007.jpg006-536x8007https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/017-536x8002.jpg017-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/016-536x8001.jpg016-536x80012011-05-29T14:21:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/to-late-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-536x8004.jpgTeodor the cat.This is Teodor this morning two seconds after I had let him out. Suddenly he decided that he wanted to get in again. A couple of minutes later he wanted to go out! Cats :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-536x8003.jpg009-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-610x800.jpg008-610x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-800x242.jpg013-800x2422011-05-29T14:16:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/wind/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/021-536x8003.jpg021-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/012-688x800.jpg012-688x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-851x493.jpg009-851x493https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-536x8005.jpg006-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/004-536x8003.jpg004-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/003-536x8003.jpg003-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-851x709.jpg002-851x709https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-536x8004.jpg001-536x80042011-05-26T17:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/nova-is-improving/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/017-536x8001.jpg017-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/016-593x800.jpgThe last of the Marsh marigolds.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-536x8002.jpg015-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-536x8003.jpgThe creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-549x800.jpg013-549x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-536x8004.jpgThe creek up streams.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-536x8002.jpgThe Forbidden forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-652x800.jpg007-652x800I have absolutely no idea what bird this eggshell comes from. It´s fairly big though.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-536x8004.jpgThere are lots of old roads that leads out to the bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/004-743x451.jpgCranes.2011-05-25T16:35:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/well-that-was-a-bit-of-a-letdown/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-536x8003.jpg002-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-587x800.jpg008-587x800Cowslip.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-536x8003.jpg006-536x8003Globe flower, we call them Butter balls.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-617x800.jpg009-617x800A Geum of some kind.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/053-535x800.jpg053-535x800Snowdrop anemone (Anemone sylvestris).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/051-536x800.jpg051-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/050-536x800.jpg050-536x800Bleeding heart.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/047-677x800.jpg047-677x800And yellow leafed.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/046-581x800.jpg046-581x800Red leafed Nine bark.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/046-630x800.jpg046-630x800Wild Gooseberries.2011-05-27T15:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/the-end-is-near/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/038-541x800.jpg038-541x800Morning dew on my arctic raspberries.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/041-521x800.jpg041-521x800Cinnamon rose bud.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/037-851x570.jpg037-851x570it seems a couple of ducks now live in the pond behind my garage, but they know how to hide for my camera :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/036-536x800.jpg036-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/035-699x800.jpg035-699x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/033-536x8002.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/032-536x8002.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/028-561x800.jpg028-561x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/024-564x800.jpg024-564x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/023-622x800.jpg023-622x800I was searching for spider webs this morning but most of the ones I found was impossible to photograph. But here I finally got one close enough.2011-05-22T06:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/finally-friday-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/032-536x8001.jpg032-536x8001My friend Didi once saw a photograph of a beetle I had taken and got inspired. So she made this embroidery of it. I got it in the mail the other day and now I´ll have it framed and I´ll hang it in the stairway so I can see it every day :-) Thank You Didi, I love it! https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/026-638x800.jpg026-638x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/022-536x800.jpg022-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/021-563x800.jpg021-563x800My favorite in the forest, Trientalis europaea. We call it Forest star in swedish.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/019-543x800.jpg019-543x800The last of the cherry flowers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/018-536x800.jpg018-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/016-535x800.jpg016-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-536x8002.jpg014-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-536x8002.jpg013-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/012-536x8002.jpg012-536x80022011-05-21T15:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/back-to-normal-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/023-541x800.jpg023-541x800Forget me nots.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/022-603x800.jpg022-603x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/019-615x800.jpg019-615x800Claytonia sibirica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/016-619x800.jpg016-619x800Vinca minor.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-535x8001.jpg013-535x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-600x800.jpg010-600x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-536x8002.jpg008-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-537x800.jpg009-537x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-536x8005.jpg007-536x8005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-536x8002.jpg006-536x80022011-05-20T19:07:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/my-dogs-loved-my-dinner-anyway/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/021-536x8002.jpg021-536x8002No summer without red geraniums :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-536x8002.jpg002-536x8002Clematis 'Propertius'. Has a weak but nice smell.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/020-536x8006.jpg020-536x8006I just can´t remember the name on this fern at the moment. I´ll write it down the next time.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-536x8001.jpg014-536x8001Japanese Wood poppy.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-536x8001.jpg013-536x8001Double greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) a bit of a weed but I like it a lot.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-536x8002.jpg010-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-564x8001.jpgBy the bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-851x5701.jpg007-851x5701This used to be my favorite place by the bog. Not so beautiful any longer.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-645x800.jpgStrawberry flower.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/005-800x778.jpg005-800x7782011-05-19T16:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/just-cold-enough-for-a-fire-in-the-stove/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/030-673x738.jpg030-673x738Rain, rain, rain.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/042-694x800.jpg042-694x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/035-851x440.jpg035-851x440https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/034-551x800.jpg034-551x800This happened after some real cold rain had fallen and then the sun shone and gave heat to the ground. Can You see the elves dancing?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/049-800x791.jpg049-800x791https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/003-470x800.jpg003-470x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-851x580.jpg015-851x580https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/040-645x739.jpg040-645x739https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-592x800.jpg009-592x800I´ve planted a primula between two peat blocks by the pond. Many primulas likes really acidic soil and I hope this one does :-) As You can see I need to fill the pond with water but nature seems to be doing it for me instead :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-538x800.jpg006-538x800Ranunculus amplexicaulis, a relative to the Butter cup.2011-05-17T16:32:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/we-didn%c2%b4t-win-but-yippee-we-sort-of-won/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/039-556x800.jpg039-556x800Teodor came to greet us when we were almost home again. He´s hard to see but he is there on the road :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/038-536x800.jpg038-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/037-851x627.jpg037-851x627https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/035-851x570.jpg035-851x570Cherry flowers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/034-536x8001.jpg034-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/033-536x8001.jpg033-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/032-536x800.jpg032-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/029-511x800.jpg029-511x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/027-536x800.jpg027-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/025-536x8001.jpg025-536x80012011-05-16T16:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/cooler-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/027-596x800.jpg027-596x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/025-851x570.jpg025-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/024-800x688.jpg024-800x688https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/021-536x800.jpg021-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/020-536x8004.jpg020-536x8004Leaving the Portal behind us.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/019-536x800.jpg019-536x800And so does the Lily of the valley too.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/018-546x800.jpg018-546x800The Bitter vetch (Lathyrus linifolius) close relative to the sweet pea, grows in the Portal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-598x800.jpgAltar.The first I thought of when I saw this was: It´s like an altar. The stone in the middle and the two Rowans just beside it. The place is in the middle of the Portal and very peaceful as well. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-536x8001.jpg010-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-851x570.jpg008-851x5702011-05-15T05:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/a-bit-of-this-and-a-bit-of-that-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/016-800x630.jpg016-800x630I do hope I´ll get some grapes on my Frost Grape this year. There are plenty of flower buds on it already.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-536x800.jpg014-536x800Trillium.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-659x800.jpg010-659x800Glaucidium palmatum, Japanese Wood Poppy.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/005-536x8002.jpg005-536x8002Plum trees flowers too.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/003-536x8002.jpg003-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-536x8001.jpg001-536x8001All apple trees flowers more or less now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/011-536x8001.jpg011-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-672x800.jpg008-672x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/022-700x800.jpg022-700x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/021-777x800.jpg021-777x800These two photographs show how easy it is to see the difference in the two varieties of arctic raspberries I have.2011-05-14T03:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/sorry-thunder-and-lightning-here-now/2011-05-12T17:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/i%c2%b4ve-never-gotten-any-mid-life-crisis-it%c2%b4s-not-fair/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-554x800.jpg015-554x800I have absolutely no idea what this is :-) I´m pretty sure it´s nothing I´ve sown myself and it´s most likely not a weed because of its gentle behavior. So I must have gotten it from someone but I can´t remember that either :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-641x800.jpg014-641x800Arctic raspberry flowers. I have two varieties of this (must have if one wants berries) and it´s possible to see the difference on the flowers. The other one will open up tomorrow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/012-696x800.jpg012-696x800Milkweed Spurge, a relative to the Poinsettia.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/011-851x481.jpg011-851x481https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-536x800.jpg010-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-536x800.jpg009-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-536x8003.jpg007-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/005-626x800.jpg005-626x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/003-536x8001.jpg003-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-536x8001.jpg002-536x80012011-05-12T17:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/really-warm-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-536x800.jpg013-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/025-552x800.jpg025-552x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/020-536x8002.jpg020-536x8002My white Trillium has opened up.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-564x800.jpg002-564x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/023-851x676.jpg023-851x676My Frost grape vine shows signs of life. It flowered for the first time last year but gave no grapes, I do hope I´ll get at least a few grapes this year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-536x8001.jpg008-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-536x8002.jpg007-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/005-623x800.jpg005-623x800Bertil stood quite visible and watched the fox too. Why should he care about a fox? He´s a tiger :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/004.jpg004This was the best photograph I got of it. I did actually get one more good but the only thing one can see on that is the back of the fox when it ran away :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001.jpg001I really tried to save this photograph of the fox, but this was the best my editing program could do it. Well one can see that it is a fox anyway :-) :-)2011-05-12T17:36:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/mr-badger/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/045-851x604.jpg045-851x604Bird cherry flowers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/047-669x800.jpg047-669x800I didn´t know I had this violet in my garden :-) I planted it years ago but it never showed up, not until now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/038-661x800.jpg038-661x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/039-536x800.jpg039-536x800All this area is now filled with wood chips, including the little hight in which it now grows the tree peony that Doris the d oe destroyed when she robbed the bird feeders for seeds last winter :-) I forgot to take a photograph when I was finished but it will come some day :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/028-851x584.jpg028-851x584https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/027-746x796.jpg027-746x796Teodor the cat greeted us when we came home in his usual way, rolling around in the dirt :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/025-536x800.jpg025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/019-558x709.jpg019-558x709But didn´t care if we were there or not :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/016-594x688.jpg016-594x688Continuing to look for food.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-601x767.jpg014-601x767Slowly turning around.2011-05-09T16:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/a-typical-saturday-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/031-708x800.jpg031-708x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/030-536x800.jpg030-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/028-727x800.jpg028-727x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/026-536x800.jpg026-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/025-630x739.jpg025-630x739https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/023-851x570.jpg023-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/022-851x570.jpg022-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/021-851x623.jpg021-851x623I thought the fire in the stove never started when I tried to lit it, so guess if I was surprised to see smoke coming up from the chimney when I looked towards my cottage :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/019-851x570.jpg019-851x5702011-05-10T16:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/finally-friday/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/018-800x568.jpg018-800x568https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-536x800.jpg015-536x800The redberried elderberry bushes didn´t take the cold weather especially well. I doubt they will manage to get ok again this year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-755x800.jpgTulipa Tarda.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/012-471x800.jpg012-471x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-536x800.jpg006-536x800Hector jumped over the creek in the photo above and was successful the first time, but jumped straight in to it on the way back :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-536x800.jpg008-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/004-601x800.jpg004-601x800The cherry trees has started to flower in the forest now. Even if there are plenty of them out there I never get a chance to taste the berries, birds tales them before they ripen.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-535x800.jpg002-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-800x536.jpg001-800x5362011-05-07T03:49:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/at-least-it%c2%b4s-not-snowing/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/019-851x601.jpgHector and Orvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/018-851x656.jpgBertil and Hector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-851x772.jpgNova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/011-765x800.jpgBertil.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-507x572.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/012-536x800.jpg012-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-536x800.jpg007-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/006-535x800.jpg006-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/004-851x570.jpg004-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-591x800.jpg001-591x8002011-05-07T03:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/and-snow-it-did/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/015-851x542.jpg015-851x542https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-851x570.jpg014-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/012-851x5701.jpg012-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-851x5701.jpg010-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-851x570.jpg007-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/003-851x570.jpg003-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009-851x570.jpg009-851x570Snow that I saw this morning. 2011-05-06T16:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/024-705x800.jpg024-705x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/014-800x768.jpg014-800x768A red leafed clematis. It turns dark green later in summer and has the most beautiful purple flowers. I´ve sown it myself so only I and two more people have it :-) It was easy to take cuttings from it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/012-662x800.jpg012-662x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/013-578x800.jpg013-578x800Narcissus poeticus, Poets narcissus´I´ve heard it´s called in english. We call it Pentecostal lily. The yellow daffodils are called Easter lily here. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/008-800x455.jpg008-800x455Bird cherry. Some smell wonderful and some smell like cat pee :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-800x516.jpg007-800x516Did You know that there are over hundred different species of Dandelions? They are usually very local and only exists in small areas but they all look very much the same to most of us. I think it´s one of the most beautiful flower there is. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-536x800.jpg002-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/003-800x545.jpg003-800x545https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-800x526.jpg001-800x5262011-05-05T16:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/sorry-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/004-715x800.jpg004-715x800Some of the cherry trees in the foreat are already flowering but the wise trees waits some days more because of the morning frost we have here every morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-663x800.jpg001-663x800A tiny goose berry. The wild goose berries are often quite "hairy" while the ones we have in our gardens have a smooth surface.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/007-800x536.jpg007-800x5362011-05-04T16:37:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/just-a-typical-freezing-cold-sunday-morning-and-some-about-wood-chipping/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/033-536x800.jpg033-536x800Doronicum orientale, Leopard´s Bane Google tells me that it´s called in english. A flower most people forgets that it exists but it is like a shining sun in spring.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/039-542x800.jpg039-542x800The first Blue-eyed Mary for this spring (or as we call it "Snakes eye") Omphalodes verna.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/037-536x800.jpg037-536x800The first Sorrow clock that shows any color ( Uvularia grandiflora).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/034-536x800.jpg034-536x800Back to my garden again. The Paeonia anomala subsp. veitchii, we call it Rose peony, is usually the first to flower in my garden, but the last one that shows signs of life in spring :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/003-584x800.jpg003-584x800A bit longer until the Guelder-rose does though, even if the buds already are there.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/002-851x483.jpg002-851x483Wont be long until the cherry trees are flowering now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/005-536x800.jpg005-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/004-536x800.jpg004-536x800We were out by the bog yesterday afternoon. I sat down on a tree stump for a long time and that really annoyed Nova :-) She had spotted a deer and wanted to follow it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/001-851x418.jpg001-851x418It´s hard to see but there´s a Field sparrow sitting on the peat just beside the Iris.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/010-851x570.jpg010-851x570I forgot to take a photograph of how it looked before I started to cover the ground cloth with chips. Behind Orvar You can see a pile of what looks like soil (it´s really a lot of dug away grass with roots), that will also be covered with ground cloth and wood chips. There is already growing a tree peony in it, the one that Doris the doe broke down this winter. 2011-05-03T16:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/30/so-quiet/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/042-649x800.jpg042-649x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/041-800x661.jpg041-800x661Largeflower Bellwort, one of my absolute favorites in my garden. It won´t be long until it flowers now. We call it Sorrow clock.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/040-800x754.jpg040-800x754https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/039-536x8001.jpg039-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/032-536x8001.jpg032-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/038-536x800.jpg038-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/033-536x800.jpg033-536x800Clematis 'Propertius' starts to flower early and then it continues all summer through.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/036-660x800.jpg036-660x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/035-536x800.jpg035-536x800The "new" plum tree is flowering and luckily the Black thorn is too so I might get some fruit this year on it. If it´s tasty I´ll keep it but I might try and move it of course.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/026-800x763.jpg026-800x7632011-05-01T08:57:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/well-my-lungs-are-great-anyway/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/020-634x800.jpg020-634x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/018-800x710.jpg018-800x710Some of my Checkered daffodils. I can collect seeds if someone likes me to.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/017-536x8003.jpg017-536x8003Blackthorn.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/015-851x569.jpg015-851x569A small part of my woodland. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/014-496x800.jpg014-496x800Tulipa tarda. This is probably the easiest tulip there is! Buy one bulb and it self sows like crazy :-) One of the few tulips I really like! It´s only around 15 cm ( 6 inches) high. I can collect seeds if anyone is interested.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/012-851x747.jpg012-851x747https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/009-579x800.jpg009-579x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/008-536x8003.jpg008-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/006-536x8003.jpg006-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/003-851x648.jpg003-851x6482011-05-01T03:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/making-wood-chips/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/029-800x534.jpg029-800x534https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/030-535x800.jpg030-535x800My blueberries already have flower buds. I do hope we won´t get any more frost then. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/027-536x800.jpgSloe or Blackthorn. The berries are inedible until they have gone through three nights with frost. After that they are perfect to make lemonade of :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/025-535x800.jpg025-535x800Shadbush. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/009-536x8003.jpg009-536x8003and the yellow leafed too, but it always looks a bit lime green in the beginning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/008-476x800.jpg008-476x800Red leafed Ninebark.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/007-536x8004.jpg007-536x8004We call these Pearl hyacinth.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/006-645x800.jpg006-645x800The white ones are a day or two behind. These loves it in my garden and self sows richly.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/005-770x800.jpg005-770x800Checkered daffodil.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/020-747x800.jpg020-747x800Strawberry leaf.2011-04-29T16:20:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/last-day-with-spring-warmth/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/001-800x536.jpg001-800x536This is some of the scratch marks I have on my car door now :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/016-536x8002.jpg016-536x8002This one was buttercup yellow when it flowered the first times, now it´s more lime green. I liked it better when it was yellow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/017-536x8001.jpg017-536x8001Hellebores. We call them christmas roses because the white one usually flowers in winter.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/010-535x8001.jpg010-535x8001Trillium erectum.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/007-536x8003.jpg007-536x8003Cowslip.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/009-576x800.jpg009-576x800The White Wood anemone too (anemone nemorosa).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/007-583x800.jpg007-583x800The Yellow wood anemone (anemone ranunculoides) flowers in my garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/005-536x8003.jpgEarly morning.2011-04-28T19:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/and-off-we-all-went-ton-work/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/006-741x800.jpg006-741x800Scilla siberica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/013-599x800.jpg013-599x800The Gooseberry flower. It´s actually quite beautiful.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/022-536x8001.jpg022-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/026-609x800.jpg026-609x800The very much hated Lily beetle. Both the adults and the young ones eats lilies and fritilarias. If one squeezes them between the fingers they can scream out loud. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/022-717x800.jpg022-717x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/017-800x498.jpg017-800x498We have three species of lizards living in Sweden, this is one of them. It´s legless and we call it Copper Lizard (or Copper snake).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/020-548x800.jpg020-548x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/019-602x800.jpg019-602x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/010-535x800.jpg010-535x800Buds on the lilacs.2011-04-27T16:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/sunny-sunny-sunny/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/005-536x8002.jpg005-536x8002As You can see this is way to little space for three blueberry bushes but it has to do till next year. I also planted the arctic raspberries at the same place but had to add an extra space for the fourth one :-) It looks ridicules but it will look better when I have gotten two more frames to put the other blueberry plants in :-) I´ll make a ditch around the outside of the frame too so that grass doesn´t have itv to easy to migrate in to it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/004-536x800.jpg004-536x800I´ve put peat on top of the soil and then I mixed it together as good as I could. After that In poured water in to it for over twenty minutes. Only the surface was wet, so I kept on watering for twenty more :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/003-536x8002.jpg003-536x8002I have removed all grass and dug up the thin layer of soil that I have here, mostly it´s just sand and gravel.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/002-851x570.jpg002-851x570I poured flour along the edges of the frame so I knew where to dig. NATURALLY this should be done outside the frame since I want as little grass as possible close to it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/001-851x562.jpg001 (851x562)The frame is in place and already when placing it on the ground I knew it was way to small. Nova free from the leash (as always in the garden) enjoys the sun :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/013.jpg013This beetle can be found on gravel roads, preferable on pure sand and is really a fast flyer. When the sun hits it in the right angle it becomes metallic green.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/014-640x800.jpg014-640x800Have absolutely no idea what this is but it´s tiny and flowers everywhere now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/020-592x800.jpg020-592x800Orvar and Hector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/019-615x800.jpg019-615x800The Super Nova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/024-536x8001.jpg024-536x80012011-04-29T16:22:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/wash-your-hands-it%c2%b4s-poisonous/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/001-851x508.jpgOrvar and Teodor.Best of friends.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/012-536x8004.jpg012-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/017-535x800.jpg017-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/018-536x8001.jpg018-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/016-851x566.jpg016-851x566https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/019-598x800.jpg019-598x800I never remember what the name on this Corydalis is, but it spreads like crazy if it likes the soil. I got some tubers once and now I have it everywhere in my garden and my neighbor has it too :-) :-) But it withers down as soon as the seeds has spread so it´s really not a problem. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/022-760x800.jpg022-760x800I´ve noticed that we have two or three different species of the Yellow star of Bethlehem growing in the village.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/011-800x787.jpg011-800x787This crocus is so tiny that it´s smaller than my thumb and it´s supposed to be that small :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/017-851x570.jpg017-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/015-851x5702.jpg015-851x57022011-04-24T07:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/just-a-normal-spring-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/028-536x8001.jpg028-536x8001This is the first little tree that comes from the acorns I took by the hospital and it doesn´t look like I thought if it is a Read oak. It might be because it still is young it might be because they have two kinds of north American oaks by the hospital :-) What ever it is it isn´t swedish anyway :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/027-851x611.jpg027-851x611The bumblebee wasn´t especially cooperative when I tried to photograph it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/026-851x633.jpg026-851x633https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/023-535x800.jpg023-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/022-851x5701.jpg022-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/018-536x800.jpg018-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/017-536x800.jpg017-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/016-536x800.jpg016-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/013-535x800.jpg013-535x800Bertil practicing his climbing skills.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/012-536x8003.jpg012-536x80032011-04-23T19:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/long-weekend-blueberries-and-peat/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/021-639x800.jpg021-639x800Over here daffodils are called Easter lily.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/020-536x800.jpg020-536x800My new blueberries. The plastic bag round the pot is to prevent eventual spanish wood snails. They eat anything and has no natural enemies in the country. We don´t have them in my village yet and I really don´t want to be the one that introduces them :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/011-800x569.jpg011-800x569Helleborus.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/014-706x800.jpg014-706x800Dew collected in the leafs.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/019-536x800.jpg019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/018-535x800.jpg018-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/015-571x800.jpg015-571x800Stagehttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/014-536x8003.jpg014-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/011-536x8003.jpg011-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/013-536x8001.jpg013-536x80012011-04-22T13:26:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/some-really-nice-some-really-nasty-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/016-800x536.jpg016-800x536Do You remember I wrote about bringing some rhubarb seeds with me home from the forgotten garden at my work? I sowed them and here are the first ones to show :-) In a couple of years they will give plenty of rhubarbs so I can make pie :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/011-536x8002.jpg011-536x8002Arctic raspberry plants, or hybrids to be closer to the truth. The wild ones doesn´t give berries this south as I live. Even these is said to stop giving berries further south. I have a couple of different varieties and they spread like crazy :-) Loves to grow in peat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/012-536x8002.jpgThis is one of three Osage orange trees I have had in pots outdoors for two nasty winters. They shouldn´t survive here at all but since they have managed it so far I´ll plant them somewhere this spring.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/015-604x800.jpg015-604x800I think this is called Himalayan Primula.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/014-800x793.jpg014-800x793Rhododendron dauricum.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/008-588x800.jpg008-588x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/009-574x800.jpg009-574x800The first Yellow star of Bethlehem is flowering in my garden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/003-536x8001.jpg003-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/001-800x728.jpg001-800x728https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/014-536x8002.jpgTree peony. A flower bud on one of my tree peonies. The one that Doris the doe destroyed shows life signs too and have now been moved. I´ll show You to where if it survives. 2011-04-21T16:54:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/sorry-i%c2%b4m-taking-the-day-off/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/011-800x732.jpg011-800x732The Lungwort behaves much like a weed too. It has now spread from my garden out into the forest :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/054-709x724.jpg054-709x724The Field pansy is a weed to to be honest, but it isn´t invasive and I love it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/035-851x645.jpg035-851x645Coltsfoot. A wonderful spring flower here but a nasty weed to get in to the garden! This is something that takes over totally and suffocates its neighbors. 2011-04-21T16:51:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/the-continuing-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/016-535x800.jpg016-535x800I have four tree peonies but still only one shows that it´s alive.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/006.jpg006https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/001.jpg001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/022-851x468.jpgThe first leafs on the Sorbus koheana. I couldn´t find a name in english for this one.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/023-675x800.jpg023-675x800The first daffodil this year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/015-531x800.jpg015-531x800Scilla siberica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/014-747x800.jpg014-747x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/013-665x800.jpg013-665x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/012-800x767.jpgCrocuses.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/017-800x732.jpg017-800x732But becomes blue after a short while.2011-04-20T17:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/water-sewer-and-fibre-optic-broad-band/2012-05-07T16:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/a-little-report-on-novas-condition/2011-04-17T05:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/tomorrow-the-stitches-will-be-removed/2011-04-16T05:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/there-she-sat-wagging-her-tail-looking-so-innocent/2011-04-17T05:51:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/the-reason-i-live-in-this-county/2011-04-16T05:05:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/by-the-crane-lake/2011-04-10T14:01:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/i-swear-she-smiled/2011-04-11T16:52:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/a-bit-windy-they-say/2011-04-10T04:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/well-it-could-have-been-better/2011-04-07T16:32:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/vivid-imagination-isn%c2%b4t-always-a-good-thing/2011-04-06T16:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/the-air-is-filled-with-cranes-and-geese/2011-04-04T15:17:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/cranes-outside-my-window/2011-04-03T08:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/second-day-at-work-for-little-nova/2011-04-02T09:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/nova-at-work/2011-04-02T05:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/home-again/2011-03-31T16:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/tomorrow-it-happens/2011-03-31T15:58:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/on-wednesday/2011-03-29T16:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/a-bit-of-this-and-that/2011-03-29T15:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/just-a-normal-saturday-morning/2011-03-27T09:11:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/and-so-the-working-week-is-over/2011-03-26T05:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/never-relax-for-even-a-second/2011-03-26T05:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/finally-the-forest-and-the-bog/2011-03-28T16:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/oh-joy-of-joys/2011-03-22T17:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/and-an-even-better-day-today/2011-03-21T17:25:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/spring-winter-day/2011-03-21T17:24:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/winter-wonderland-and-some-dogs-just-makes-me-crazy/2011-03-21T17:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/searching-for-cranes/2011-03-19T04:53:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/ashes-but-not-a-single-word-about-japan/2011-03-17T05:29:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/dogs-playing/2011-03-15T17:22:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/13/spring-is-finally-here/2011-03-14T16:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/and-it-seems-to-get-worse-in-japan/2011-03-13T14:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/the-big-tsunami/2011-03-12T15:57:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/10/snow-rain-and-winds-and-a-car-they-can%c2%b4t-find-anything-wrong-with/2011-03-12T15:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/the-first-crane-has-landed-and-strange-noises/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/019-394x800.jpg019-394x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/018-851x705.jpg018-851x705https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/017-851x570.jpg017-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/015-712x800.jpgThe natural pond.The little natural pond is almost invisible from all directions but one.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/014-851x382.jpg014-851x382https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/013-536x800.jpg013-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/012-851x441.jpg012-851x441https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/011-851x456.jpg011-851x456Orvar still keeps to himself most of the time, while Hector and Nova plays. But it´s changing slowly.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/008-536x800.jpg008-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/004-851x604.jpg004-851x604No deer on the road today.2011-03-10T17:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/meeting-aggressive-dogs/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/052-634x800.jpgSuper Nova.You´ve seen almost an identical photograph of Nova before, but this time she looks in to the camera :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/046-536x8001.jpg046-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/059-851x556.jpg059-851x556https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/057-851x524.jpg057-851x524I always think of Bertil as a cat with stripes, but he is really spotted.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/058-851x570.jpgBertil the cat.Can You find Bertil?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/044-851x570.jpg044-851x570I didn´t take that many photographs today so I´ve just put in some older ones today.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/005-570x800.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/014-536x800.jpg014-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/010-536x800.jpg010-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/008-851x5701.jpg008-851x57012011-03-09T17:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/a-wonderful-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/046-536x800.jpg)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/045-851x595.jpg045-851x595https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/044-536x800.jpg044 (536x800)Homewards again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/040-729x800.jpg040-729x800I wasn´t especially worried since he only weighs five pounds. But I would have had the chance to get him out of the water if the edge had broken.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/037-605x800.jpgTesting the strength of the ice.Just when we were about to turn homewards again a certain cat had to get out on the ice.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/034-536x800.jpgBy the edge of the forest.We never entered the forest because they still see the fox with scabies running around here. It looks worse every time they see it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/026-536x8001.jpg026-536x8001One of the smaller creeks that gives water to the bigger one. This one is however frozen solid at the moment.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/024-536x800.jpgThe creek.Like yesterday we walked down to the creek this morning also.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/022-574x800.jpg022-574x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/021-800x685.jpgFriends.Nova is very careful when greeting any of the cats now :-) I like how the light finally changes from the icy blue winter light to the more warm summer light again. 2011-03-07T16:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/a-sunny-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/029-851x569.jpg029-851x569Nova is a bit hesitant after being slapped on the nose with some sharp cat claws :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/038-631x800.jpg038-631x800Hector loves it too and as you can see in his face he wanted that particular stick too :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/037-851x566.jpg037-851x566Orvar loves to chew on sticks.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/033-605x800.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/021-536x800.jpg021-536x800This ant stack is placed perfect. The morning sun hits it all year long, but later in the day it gets shadow from the trees and bushes around it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/014-684x800.jpg014-684x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/012-851x570.jpg012-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/025-851x419.jpgDoris the doe.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/009-851x5702.jpg009-851x5702https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/005-851x570.jpg005-851x5702011-03-06T09:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/a-bit-blank-in-my-head/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/027-851x606.jpgBuds on my Cattleya hybrid.The buds on the Cattleya hybrid shows color. Now it won´t be long until they open up :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/014-851x570.jpgSuper Nova.Nova could hear a dog barking from a distance and jumped up on the big stone to see if she could find it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/010-514x800.jpgOrvar and Hector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/004-851x570.jpgDoris the doe.It´s not easy to take a photographs by night without a tripod, but this was the best photograph I could get through my window at Doris the doe.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/005-566x800.jpgTeodor the cat.Teodor was sitting by the stairs shouting that he wanted to get inside as soon as he saw me getting out of my car.2011-03-05T14:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/winter-has-it-reached-its-end-now/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/014-547x800.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/012-851x469.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/021-851x546.jpg021-851x546Now days we can see wind power plants almost everywhere here and I think that they are so beautiful!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/010-851x5702.jpg010-851x5702https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/010-851x5701.jpg010 (851x570)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/006-657x800.jpg006-657x800Here is one of her sisters.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/003-851x504.jpg003-851x504Doris actually has a couple of names, my neighbors have named her Lotta.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/013-653x800.jpgDoris the doe.Doris the doe is still around and soon she´ll have a young one with her :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/009-851x5701.jpg009-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/008-851x570.jpgLichens.I love lichens and mosses. The cleaner the air is the more lichens there are and we have lots :-)2011-03-05T14:10:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/daily-routines/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/025-536x800.jpg025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/026-536x800.jpg026-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/021-513x800.jpgTeodor the cat and Orvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/013-851x570.jpgTeodor the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/009-851x570.jpg009-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/008-612x800.jpg008-612x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/007-536x800.jpg007-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/006-536x800.jpg006-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/004-628x800.jpg004-628x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/003-851x569.jpgThe ruin.2011-03-05T14:13:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/now-it%c2%b4s-my-turn/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/018-536x8003.jpg018-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/016-622x800.jpg016-622x800It´s the same with these two funguses.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/014-851x693.jpg014-851x693https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/013-536x8002.jpg013-536x8002This and the one below is the same species, but the one below is over a year old and withered by now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/010-536x8001.jpg010-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/009-536x8001.jpg009-536x8001I thought I should show You some of the tree funguses I saw on our walk today.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/007-536x8001.jpg007-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/006-536x8004.jpg006-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/001-536x8002.jpg001-536x80022011-03-01T17:09:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/a-surprise-meeting-in-the-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/036-606x800.jpg036-606x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/034-851x543.jpg034-851x543https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/021-851x285.jpg021-851x285https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-851x5705.jpg015-851x5705https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/012.jpg012He turned slowly and walked away in to the forest when he realized that we wouldn´t follow him.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/0101.jpgThe fox.The fox just stood there and watched us, just like we watched it. You must click on this and the next photograph to be able to see the fox better, but it was a bit to far away to show good on the photographs.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/005.jpg005The moon this morning. It was bright orange and covered with thin clouds.2011-02-28T16:29:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/it%c2%b4s-just-one-of-those-days-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/013-851x5702.jpgCattleya hybrid.One of my Cattleya hybrids are showing new buds :-) I have two and they almost died this autumn when they got covered in hail. So I´m really happy that this one decided to flower this winter :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-528x8002.jpg023-528x8002Hector and Orvar a sunny day some weeks ago.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/021-536x8001.jpgWhere´s Bertil the cat?Can You find Bertil the cat in this photograph? I´ll show You tomorrow :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/026-851x5703.jpg026-851x5703So this is how it will work! You´ll stay on that side and I´ll on this one.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/020-536x8001.jpg020-536x8001He´s really in a bad mood :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/016-691x800.jpg016-691x800Bertil the cat in a bad mood, just look at those ears and no one is even close to him :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/010-536x800.jpg010-536x800The natural pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/007-536x800.jpg007-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/004-851x394.jpg004-851x394Nothing more exiting in the sky than this today I´m afraid :-) But we did see the sun for about five minutes :-)2011-02-27T09:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/calm-between-battles/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/069-592x800.jpg069-592x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/018-536x8002.jpg018-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/009-800x558.jpg009-800x558Great Spotted Woodpecker.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/006-851x521.jpgGreat tits.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-532x800.jpgThe Portal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/009-851x5704.jpg009-851x5704https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/005-851x242.jpgMösseberg.It was such boring weather today so I´ll show a mix of photographs from other days today.2011-02-26T05:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/a-visit-to-the-vet-and-a-big-fight/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-851x357.jpg023-851x357All lying photographs will get bigger and better if You click on them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/021-851x5702.jpg021-851x5702The old railway bridge.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/026-851x5702.jpg026-851x5702I also made a stop by my favorite place at the village Tråvad.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/011-851x5701.jpg011-851x5701The railway station in Vara.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/020-851x5702.jpg020-851x5702https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/019-536x8003.jpg019-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/018-851x5701.jpg018-851x5701The Mission Church.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/017-536x8002.jpg017-536x8002I have no idea what this tower once was.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-851x5704.jpgA house in the town Vara.I took some photographs of the town Vara because I had brought my camera with me.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/007-851x558.jpgNova meets up.This was before the big fight.2011-02-25T18:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/bird-food-and-friendship/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/041-536x800.jpg041-536x800Clothes dose actually dry outside even when temperatures are much lower than 0C (32F). It just takes much longer time :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/057-555x800.jpg057-555x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/056-851x570.jpg056-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/036-851x648.jpg036-851x648Yellowhammer with male and female Bullfinches.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/031-781x524.jpgYellowhammer.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/049-851x483.jpg049-851x483It didn´t take long until the first bird was there. Blue tits are always the first ones to try something new :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/045-851x5701.jpg045-851x5701Finished! I realised that the spaces where the birds could reach the seeds and the fat were way too small so I changed them before I hung them in the tree.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/026-851x5701.jpg026-851x5701I melted the coconut grease on the stove and it melts fast. I poured it in to the package over the seeds and put it all in the freezer for a while.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/025-851x570.jpg025-851x570I filled an old plastic yoghurt package with sunflower seeds.I had made a hole in the bottom and put a thread through it so the ball can be hanged in the tree.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/038-851x5701.jpg038-851x57012011-02-24T04:50:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/sunrise/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/035-601x851.jpg035-601x851https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/030-709x851.jpg030-709x851https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/012-851x451.jpg012-851x451I know this is a bit blurry, but it was so amazing how that little ice crystal cought the last of the red in the lights from the sun.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/010-851x5703.jpg010-851x5703And this was the last I saw of it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/009-851x5703.jpg009-851x5703There it is.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/007-851x5702.jpg007-851x5702The first sign of it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/006-851x5702.jpg006-851x5702Almost there.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/005-851x5702.jpg005-851x5702Not long now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/003-851x570.jpg003-851x570Even though the sun won´t come up until 07:16 in the morning, the light starts showing around 6 am. The sun will go down at 5:17 pm. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/002-851x5703.jpg002-851x57032011-02-22T10:03:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/smoke-and-fog-and-cold-air/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/072-536x800.jpgApple tree.This is an apple tree that I sowed several years ago and I´ve decided to make it fan shaped. Then it won´t take up much more space than a trellised apple tree. I hope it will fklower for the first time this year. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/074-851x570.jpgThe old bird feeder.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/066-536x800.jpgOld apple.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/052-851x537.jpgThe peace maker.Just when Bertil is about to attack her the peace maker Orvar comes between the two. I decided not to interfere because Nova needs to learn the rules in this family. She later tried the same thing with Teodor and he did scratch her a bit, so now she knows that cats are cute but dangerous :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/051-851x477.jpgNove pretends as if she didn´t notice that :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/049-851x457.jpgCome closer and You´ll be blind.Right after this Bertil´s paw with all his claws almost hit Nova on her nose.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/048-851x490.jpgNo I don´t want to play!Yesterday Nova learned that Bertil is anything but playful.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/060-536x800.jpg060-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/016-536x800.jpg016 (536x800)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-851x5703.jpg015-851x57032011-02-25T16:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/if-it-isn%c2%b4t-one-thing-it%c2%b4s-another/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/036-851x498.jpgBlckbird.This is the Blackbird The Beatles sings about. Blackbird singing in the dead of night.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/031-851x550.jpgYellowhammer.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/030-851x502.jpgRavens.We have so many Ravens now days that they actually has become a problem. One might not believe it but they kill small lambs and calfs. They start by chopping out their victims eyes and when they are defenseless they do the rest. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-536x8004.jpgBertil the cat on the look out.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/022-536x8001.jpgBertil the cat on the look out.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/019-536x8002.jpg019-536x8002The moss on the stone was sparkling in the sun, but nothing of that shows on the photograph.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-536x8003.jpg015-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/014-851x570.jpgMount Mösseberg in haze. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/013-851x5701.jpgAngelica with some seeds left.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/010-851x5702.jpg010-851x57022011-02-19T22:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/fox-scabies/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-009-851x570.jpgsc3b6ndagspromenad-009-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/018-851x540.jpg018-851x540https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/043-851x443.jpg043-851x443https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/042-851x539.jpg042-851x539https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/041-851x483.jpg041-851x483We have new horse owners in our village and this is what I saw this morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/032-535x800.jpg032-535x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/029-554x800.jpg029-554x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/028-851x5701.jpg028-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/027-527x800.jpg027-527x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/017-536x8001.jpg017-536x80012011-02-19T16:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/cyclophyllid-tapeworm/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/035-530x800.jpg035-530x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/029-536x800.jpg029-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/021-536x800.jpg021-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-536x8003.jpg023-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/019-851x570.jpg019-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/020-851x5701.jpg020-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/018-536x8001.jpg018-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/006-536x8003.jpg006-536x8003https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/004-685x800.jpg004-685x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/011-543x800.jpg011-543x8002011-02-19T07:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/the-new-coat/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/019-536x8001.jpgGoing down.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-851x5702.jpg015-851x5702https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/012-851x5701.jpg012-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/011-851x389.jpg011-851x389https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/008-536x8002.jpgThe continuing.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/004-595x800.jpgRun, run, run.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/002-851x5701.jpgThe new coat.As You can see the coat moves towards her head leaving her back bare.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/001-536x8001.jpgThe start of the sunset.Today the sun went up 7:30 am and went down at 5:03 pm (or as we say 17:03)2011-02-17T14:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/a-new-winter-coat/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-022-536x800.jpgsc3b6ndagspromenad-022-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-020-536x800.jpgsc3b6ndagspromenad-020-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-019-851x570.jpgWhere the island is.All lying photographs gets bigger and better if You click on them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-017-536x800.jpgCrossing to safety :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-014-536x800.jpgThe rotten bridge.He didn´t calm down until he understood that I was calling for him to come to the old rotten bridge so he could come over to us :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-013-536x800.jpgOn the wrong side.Bertil realized that he walked on the wrong side of the creek and shouted all the way.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-012-536x800.jpgIn to the forest we walk.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-011-536x800.jpgsc3b6ndagspromenad-011-536x800The moon was already high in the sky.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-008-536x800.jpgsc3b6ndagspromenad-008-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sc3b6ndagspromenad-006-536x800.jpgsc3b6ndagspromenad-006-536x800We walked in the opposite direction this time.2011-02-17T14:42:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/dripping-primulas-and-peaches/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/065-851x488.jpg065-851x488https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/054-851x526.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/068-536x800.jpgCold feet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/039-713x800.jpgDripping.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/037-536x800.jpgRose hips. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/034-851x709.jpgAngelica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/032-557x800.jpgLike a diamond.It´s really hard to capture the glimmering from the frost in photographs, but here I managed to capture at least one of those diamonds.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/025-536x8002.jpg025-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/018-536x800.jpgThe Portal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/012-536x8001.jpgThe natural pond.2011-02-18T06:02:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/bitterly-cold-but-rather-nice/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/033-851x528.jpgHistory.The old stone age tomb.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/031-851x531.jpg031-851x531https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/026-851x570.jpgThe old sandpit.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-579x800.jpgRime on birch.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/021-851x5701.jpg021-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/019-536x800.jpgThe open fields.Nova comes as soon as she hears me calling for her :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/017-536x800.jpgThe old Rowan.We turned left by the old Rowan out to the fields.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-536x8001.jpgThe beautiful pine.We continued down the road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/013-536x8001.jpgTo the cow pasture.We didn´t walk through the wicket to the cow pasture this morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/011-390x800.jpgFrosted "cigar".2011-02-13T06:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/snow-and-wind-and-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/035-536x800.jpg035-536x800More snowdrift.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/030-536x800.jpg030-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-536x8002.jpg023-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/027-800x689.jpg027-800x689https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/020-607x800.jpg020-607x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/019-533x800.jpg019-533x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/014-536x800.jpg014-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/011-851x570.jpgHectorWhat is he looking at :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/009-851x569.jpg009-851x569https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/008-851x569.jpg008-851x5692011-02-15T16:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/10/tick-tock-tick-tock/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/025-851x569.jpg025-851x569https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/016-851x570.jpg016-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-851x5701.jpg015-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/004-851x5701.jpg004-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/035-851x545.jpg035-851x545https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/034-536x800.jpg034-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/031-647x800.jpg031-647x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/029-851x570.jpg029-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/028-851x570.jpg028-851x570I managed to take some photographs when we took our walk when I came home. 2011-02-14T16:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/got-a-bit-surprised/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/026-536x800.jpg026-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/020-851x570.jpg020-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-611x800.jpg015-611x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/014-851x438.jpg014-851x438https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/013-851x526.jpg013-851x526It had become rather dark when I let Nova free from her leash so the photographs are blurry and somewhat dark even if I have made them lighter by editing them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/007-851x5701.jpg007-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/005-851x570.jpg005-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/004-851x570.jpg004-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/010.jpg0102011-02-10T16:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/rain-vacuum-cleaners-and-nasty-wound/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/025-536x8001.jpg025-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-536x8001.jpg023-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/035-608x800.jpg035-608x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/031-851x570.jpg031-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/024-536x800.jpgThe natural pond.It´s a long time since I saw this much water in the old pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/022-536x800.jpgMushroom.I don´t know the name of this mushroom but I think it is something like Cup mushroom. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/019-851x468.jpgMagpie.This is one of the Magpies that flies in to2011-02-10T16:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/it%c2%b4s-a-wonderful-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/033-583x800.jpg033-583x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/002-851x595.jpg002-851x595The Clivia is flowering now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/044-851x570.jpg044-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/039-851x5701.jpg039-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/036-851x570.jpg036-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/032.jpg032https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/025-536x800.jpg025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-536x800.jpg023-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/021-851x570.jpg021-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/013-851x570.jpg013-851x5702011-02-07T16:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/damn-you-auto-correct/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-851x570.jpg015-851x570But most snow is gone for the moment anyway :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/017-851x570.jpg017-851x570I can still see the natural pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/018-851x570.jpgEven our red houses and barns looked dull.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/012-851x570.jpg012-851x570The rest looks more or less black and white.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800The only thing that has any colors now is the mosses.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/009-536x800.jpg009-536x800It will take a long time until the Portal closes again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/008-508x800.jpg008-508x800And I could only barely see the farm on the other side of the big road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/006-851x570.jpg006-851x570I couldn´t even see Mount Mösseberg.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/004-536x800.jpg004-536x800It was a dark, foggy and drizzly morning today.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/002-536x800.jpgThe bog behind my garage.This will be a mosquito farm this spring, because I doubt it will dry up in time or at all this summer.2011-02-06T06:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/worrying-for-no-reason/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/031-536x800.jpgThe bog starts behind my garage.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/029-560x800.jpgIt´s not difficult to guess that my neighbors loves horses :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/027-529x800.jpgThe old stable.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-528x8001.jpgThe old boys Hector and Orvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/023-528x800.jpgThe old boys Hector and Orvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/020-536x800.jpgSuper Nova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/018-557x800.jpgMore tree mushrooms.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/017-584x800.jpgWhat´s hidden in snow shows in thaw.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/015-536x800.jpgThe bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/013-536x800.jpgThe Nature reserve border.2011-02-09T16:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/the-annual-vehicle-inspection/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/010-851x570.jpg010-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/009-851x570.jpg009-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/008-851x570.jpg008-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/006-536x800.jpg006-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/003-533x800.jpg003-533x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/001-536x800.jpg001-536x8002011-02-04T14:34:35+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/slippery-roads/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/032-851x558.jpgBertil the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/055-536x800.jpgNova.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/054-536x800.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/053-584x800.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/045-851x570.jpgMösseberg.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/043-851x570.jpgSunset.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/041-851x570.jpgAlmost spring winter.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/039-851x570.jpgMy favorite place. I should have brought a thermos with cocoa :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/038-851x570.jpgOn our way in to the cow pasture.It was to dark when I came home so these photographs aren´t fresh.2011-02-04T05:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/the-first-day-away/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/055.jpg055https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/054.jpgThe fox again.I think this is a female fox, we saw the male early in the morning too and he´s much biggerhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/049.jpgThe Fox!Finally I cought one of our foxes with the camera! It´s not the best of quality but I don´t care, I got it :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/031-536x8002.jpgBertil looking for birds.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/039-851x508.jpgBertil the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/030-851x570.jpgThe dead forest.This and the coming photographs are from yesterday when the weather was sunny, nice and almost spring like.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-851x588.jpgThe trees around the natural pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/006-851x569.jpgMore misty fields.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-536x8005.jpgThe wicket. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/001-851x5703.jpgMisty fields.2011-02-01T18:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/thinking-about-tomorrow-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/024-851x5701.jpgAnd of we go again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/023-851x5703.jpgHector is usually the one getting it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/021-851x570.jpgPlaying with the ball.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/028-547x800.jpgHector standing on the icy creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/020-851x5702.jpgThe fallen tree.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/015-543x800.jpgThe old stable.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/012-608x800.jpgRough neighborhood :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/009-851x5702.jpgAlmost sunshine.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/007-536x8006.jpgCold morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-851x5702.jpgSunrise.2011-01-31T14:50:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/we-will-all-adjust/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/011-526x800.jpg011-526x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/012-634x800.jpg012-634x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/009-536x8003.jpg009-536x8003Keeping the distance :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-851x5701.jpgThe new kid in the town.Not the best of chums yet :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/010-851x496.jpg010-851x496https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/006-851x481.jpg006-851x481https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-851x350.jpg005-851x350I can tell You that it isn´t easy to take photographs when a leashed dog pulls all the time :-) But we had a lesson in how to behave when wearing a leash and it worked rather well after a while.2011-01-30T10:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/the-super-nova-has-arrived/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/032-851x377.jpgMösseberg.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/034-851x420.jpg034-851x420https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/033-546x800.jpgHomewards again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/013-601x800.jpgShe didn´t see this one though :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/027-536x8001.jpgand over there?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/026-536x8003.jpgWhat´s happening over there?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/024-536x8002.jpgNew scents.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/031-536x8001.jpgThings happening everywhere all the time!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/029-536x800.jpgSuper Nova!I had to tie her to a tree to get a photo of her :-) Soon everything will be the same old same old and she will calm down.2011-01-29T12:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/the-day-before-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-851x5702.jpg005-851x5702https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-851x5701.jpg004-851x5701https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/003-536x8004.jpg003-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-851x5704.jpg002-851x5704https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/001-536x8003.jpg001-536x8003I got home just in time to take some photos in the last daylight yesterday.2011-01-28T15:47:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/icy-drizzle/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/035-851x570.jpgHhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/034-851x570.jpgGhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/022-536x8002.jpgFhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/013-536x8002.jpgEhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/010-536x8003.jpgDhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/009-536x8002.jpgChttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-536x8004.jpgBhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-851x570.jpgAI took these photographs at December 28th.2011-01-27T16:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/home-early/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-851x429.jpgThe Bullfinch.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-851x472.jpg12The House sparrow belongs to the weaver birds but it´s very rare we get to see their nest hanging in the trees up here in the north. It looks very much like its cousin, the Field sparrow. The House sparrow however has grey on its skull while the Field sparrow is brown and has a black spot on its cheeks. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/001-782x757.jpg11The house sparrow is getting rare here in the countryside. They are too effective when they harvest the different grains so they have very little to eat. I have three nesting couples under my tiles :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/011-851x5702.jpg10https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/009-851x790.jpg9https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/023-626x800.jpg8Flower buds on my Siberian Redberried elderberry bush.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/020-521x800.jpg7This is the flower buds on a female bush.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-590x800.jpg6The Sea buckthorn is either male or female. This is flower buds on a male bush.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/016-587x800.jpg5https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/014-553x800.jpg42011-01-25T16:33:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/wonderful-morning-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/037-536x8001.jpgFloating towards the lake.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/032-536x8002.jpgThe rotten bridge.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/031-851x576.jpgThe island in the creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/027-536x800.jpgEating snow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/030-536x800.jpgBertil the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/026-536x8002.jpg026-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/025-851x5702.jpgI don´t know what to call this :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/024-536x8001.jpgBertil the cat. He followed us on our walk this morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/021-535x800.jpgThe creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-536x8005.jpgCaravan.This little caravan has been standing in the forest for over two years now, but I have never seen that anyone ever uses it.2011-01-24T13:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/super-nova/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/001-536x8002.jpgThe old barn door.Driving around with the head of an animal rescue shelter means stops on the way. In here they had found some kittens that they tried to catch in a trap. Well kittens are smart so when a couple had been caught the others kept away. So we left some milk for the remaining ones to drink.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/027-851x392.jpgOpen fields.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/022-851x5701.jpgFrosted Angelica.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/021-536x8003.jpgCigar. We used to have these as cigars when we played shop when I was young :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-536x8004.jpgThe ever flowing well.We had been out half the day when we finally came home and could take a little walk.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/011-536x8002.jpgDjurens vänner (Animals friends).The animal rescue centre is placed in the first red little house. There they have mostly cats and other smaller animals. Dogs are usually placed in emergency homes instead.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/011-536x8001.jpgThe animal rescue centre.The animal rescue centre is placed in the first of these red cottages. here they have cats and other smaller animals. Dogs are usually placed in emergency homes instead.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/010-840x851.jpgI can stand still too! For several seconds :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/009-484x800.jpgWhere are the others?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/006-596x800.jpgRun, run, run.2011-01-25T16:29:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/thinking-about-tomorrow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/077-851x570.jpglooking out.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/059-536x800.jpgIn the spotlight.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/049-851x570.jpgThe Nature reserve border.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/045-536x8001.jpgOn the bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/039-851x570.jpgBy the bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/023-536x800.jpgMy ladder.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/promenad-011.jpgGoldfinch and Yellowhammer.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/promenad-004.jpgBullfinch.The rest of the photographs are a bit old, but I don´t think You´ve seen any of them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/022-536x8001.jpgThe old lamp by the gate.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-851x425.jpgThe last sunlight.2011-01-22T14:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/maybe-a-new-dog/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-851x5701.jpgFrosting fog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/003-536x8003.jpgMist.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-851x5703.jpgDoris the doe.Can you see Doris the doe?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-851x570.jpgFrosty trees.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/007-851x5701.jpgLast daylight.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/006-851x5701.jpgMösseberg.I got home a bit early from work both yesterday and today, so I managed to take some photos in the last daylight.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nova2.jpgNova2I´ll look through my old photos so I can show how much she actually looks old Erna when she was young.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nova.jpgNovaI copied these two photos from the animal shelters website so I could show how Nova looks.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004.jpgFull moon.I managed to take this photo early in the morning through the window. It was so bl dy cold outside so I didn´t want to go out :-)2011-01-21T16:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/my-mind-is-totally-blank/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/021-536x8002.jpgView.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/019-536x8003.jpgRun, run, run.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-536x8003.jpgOn the way to the creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/013-536x8001.jpgAlmost sunshine.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/007-851x570.jpgSpruces by the bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-536x8005.jpgThe root cellar.This and the coming photographs were taken December 26th.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-536x8002.jpgJust waiting for the werewolves!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002.jpgThe moon!I guess the moon will be full sometime tomorrow morning.2011-01-20T16:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/it%c2%b4s-time-to-start-sowing/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-034-536x800.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-034-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-027-851x570.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-027-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-026-851x570.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-026-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-022-851x570.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-022-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-020-536x800.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-020-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-019-536x800.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-019-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-012-536x800.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-012-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-009-536x800.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-009-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-008-851x570.jpgfc3b6rsta-december-008-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fc3b6rsta-december-007-536x800.jpgThe old crabapple tree.All photos today was taken at December 1st.2011-01-20T16:21:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/warmer/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/035-658x800.jpgOur little doe. I can´t remember if I have named her, but from now her name is Doris the doe :-)The deers have been very nervous and stressed since the lynx was here, but I guess the lynx is gone because now they are very unwilling to walk away when I open my door :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/032-851x5701.jpgThe horse by the spruce. That would be a good blog name, use it if You like to :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/024-536x800.jpgWaiting for me :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/022-851x310.jpgThe farm on the other side of the big road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/020-851x404.jpgOrvar by the Portal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/013-536x800.jpgThe Portal.I did´t think I was going to be able to walk here yet for many weeks, but the ice crust was thick enough to carry me too!! https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-536x8004.jpgBullrush.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/001-851x295.jpgMösseberg.The following photographs are from yesterdays walk. We managed to walk by the portal for the first time in over a month.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-536x8003.jpgWhere are my skates?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/003-536x8002.jpgIcy!look how nice the little shed reflexes on the icy road :-)2011-01-18T16:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/golden-root/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/020-536x8002.jpg020-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/016-851x570.jpg016-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/014-536x8002.jpg014-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/012-851x5702.jpg012-851x5702https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/011-536x800.jpg011-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/010-536x8002.jpg010-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-536x8001.jpg008-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/007-536x8004.jpg007-536x8004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-536x8002.jpg004-536x8002https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-851x5702.jpg002-851x57022011-01-18T17:13:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/electricity-bills/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/029-851x570.jpgOn the way home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/028-851x570.jpgBurning lights.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/026-851x570.jpgThe dead forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/017-536x800.jpgTo the island.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/015-536x800.jpgRedberried elderberry bush.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/009-851x5701.jpgLike glued.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/007-536x8003.jpgLong time till spring.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/003-536x8001.jpgThe clean road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-536x8003.jpgThe little crabapple tree.2011-01-17T16:44:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/piglets-visit-at-the-garage/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/032-851x570.jpgHomewards again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/024-851x570.jpgThe little field close to home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/023-851x5702.jpgWell, what to call this one? Branches in front of fog? :-)The camera got to decide how long the shutter should stay open in these last three photographs. I really must get a tripod.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/017-532x800.jpgMisty moon.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-536x8002.jpgThe birch by the big field.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/014-536x8001.jpgTo the deep forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/009-536x8001.jpgThe old trotting road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/007-536x8002.jpgThe ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-536x8003.jpgThe crabapple tree.I brought my camera with me on the walk. It´s really to dark but I made them brighter in my editing program.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/003.jpgThe moon.2011-01-14T21:01:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/i-did-some-thinking/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-536x8002.jpgOld fence pole.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/006-851x570.jpgThe stonage tombhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-536x8001.jpg004-536x8001He weighs so little that he can walk on the snow without any problems.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/003-536x800.jpg003-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-536x8002.jpgBertil the cat.We were out in the thick forest yesterday and suddenly we heard a loud miauing from a cat :-) It was Bertil that suddenly had found us and wanted to follow us on the walk. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/040-536x800.jpgRedberried Elderberry bush Swelling buds on my redberried Elderberry bush. It origins from a region in Ussuria and really doesn´t understand that it will get damaged if it starts this early in the year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/025-536x8001.jpgMy favorite rock.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/032-536x8001.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/034-536x800.jpgThe birch in the well.2011-01-13T18:07:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/40-meter-40-yards/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/014-851x769.jpgField sparrows, Greenfinches and a female Bullfinch.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/011-851x402.jpgField sparrows and Blue Tit.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-851x462.jpgAll the birds I see.I got a bit surprised when I saw that the Bullfinches came tio thehttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/038-851x570.jpgIcy surface.If it hadn´t been for tha fact that we were almost home I would have turned back here. The snow was over knee high and the ice crust was really tough to walk through.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/037-536x800.jpgThe birch in the tomb?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/027-851x570.jpgSo close home, yet so far away.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/023-851x5701.jpgHector and Orvar.The snow had a rather thick ice crust and that made it hard to walk around. Finally my dogs got so tired that they walked behind me in my tracks :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/020-536x8001.jpgThe wicket.The snow is deeper than it looks.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/019-536x8002.jpgThe ever flowing well.It was so warm that this ever flowing well got rid of its ice cover.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-536x8001.jpgThe road to the cow pasture.We walked down this road yesterday afternoon to the cow pasture.2011-01-13T18:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/slippery-slippery/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/026-536x8001.jpgBob track :-)I´m not sure I´ll make it to work tomorrow :-) :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/023-851x570.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/020-851x5701.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/019-536x8001.jpgMorning winter clouds.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-536x800.jpgThe road to the big creek.Thankfully not all roads are icy.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/015-851x404.jpgFire in the sky.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/012-851x570.jpgThe little spruce.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-536x8001.jpgMelting.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/004-536x800.jpgWhere are my skates now?Try to walk on this road :-) :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-851x402.jpgSunrise.2011-01-10T09:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/something-has-gone-wrong-somehow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/025-851x5701.jpgThe fairy tale forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/022-536x800.jpgTree funguses.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/021-536x8001.jpgLooking out.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hundarna-028-536x800.jpghundarna-028-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hundarna-026-536x800.jpghundarna-026-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hundarna-025-536x800.jpghundarna-025-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hundarna-017-851x570.jpgHector found it!They almost always finds the snowball I´ve thrown.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hundarna-020-851x570.jpgOrvar and Hector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hundarna-019-851x570.jpgRunning in deep snow.My dogs and I had lots of fun in the sun yesterday. I threw snowballs as far as I could out into the deep snow :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-527x800.jpgThe "hang over" on the garage roof is even bigger today :-)2011-01-08T20:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/the-abbey-ruins/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/024-502x800.jpgMy garage roof.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/022-851x570.jpgAlmost home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/021-536x800.jpgTowards the highway home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/005-536x800.jpgOn my way home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/017-851x5701.jpgThe neighboring farm.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/020-851x570.jpgThe graveyard.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/019-536x800-536x800.jpgThe old abbey 6.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-851x5701.jpgThe old abbey 5.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/016-536x8001.jpgThe old abbey 4.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/014-536x800.jpgThe old abbey 3.2011-01-08T06:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/06/long-weekend/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/032-412x509.jpgGreat Tit.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/020-536x800.jpg10https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/018-851x570.jpg9https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/013-851x570.jpg8https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/011-851x570.jpg7https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/010-536x8001.jpg6https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/009-536x800.jpg5https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/003-851x570.jpg4https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-851x5701.jpg3https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/001-851x5701.jpg22011-01-08T05:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/solar-eclipse/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/031-536x800.jpgThe open fields.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/026-536x800.jpgLooking back.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/016-536x800.jpgThe road home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/010-536x800.jpgThe bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/008-536x800.jpgBy the fallen tree.Hector refused to have his head still for ten seconds as You can see in this photo :-) In another that I deleted he could be seen in several places like shadows :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-536x800.jpgThe ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/001-851x570.jpgIn the dark.I took some photos on our walk when I came home today. It was pitch black outside so the camera had to decide for how long the shutter should stay open to get a photo. Some of them took almost ten seconds to take. They are a bit blurry but I don´t have a tripod so I leaned the camera towards trees instead :-) I think the sepia tone made them better too.2011-01-07T04:12:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/climate-change-but-the-other-way/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/078-851x570.jpgMisty layers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/076-536x800.jpgMisty view.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/075-851x570.jpgMisty field.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/073-536x800.jpg073-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/071-536x800.jpg071-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/070-536x800.jpgSo fun to run.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/041-536x800.jpgSnowy creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/081-851x570.jpgOur little doe.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/086-523x800.jpgTo cold for coffee.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/082-851x570.jpgThere´s no place like home.2011-01-05T17:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/what-to-write-about/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/promenad-040-535x800.jpgLooking at something interesting.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/promenad-028-851x569.jpgDeers.I realized that these two deers weren´t "ours", because they stood absolutely still and wouldn´t move as long as I looked at them. So I turned around for ten seconds and when I turned back again they were gone.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/promenad-035-522x800.jpgLight and shadows.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/040-851x437.jpgBertil the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/032-536x800.jpgJapanese feeling.I don´t know why but I get a feeling of Japan or China when I see this photo.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/002-851x570.jpgWhen the sun showed itself a couple of days ago.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/012-851x457.jpgGreat Tit and a Marsh tit or Willow Tit (I never can separate those two :-) ).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/promenad-019.jpgGoldfinch, Great tit and a Greenfinch.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/promenad-013.jpgGoldfinch.The Goldfinch isn´t that common by the feeders but there isn´t that much food left on the fields.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/promenad-007.jpgYellowhammer, male.2011-01-04T16:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/rain-and-sunshine/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/007-851x673.jpgGrrenfinch.Perhaps he thought he would get one or two of these for dinner when we came home :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/056-851x570.jpgBertil the rescue cat :-)But Bertil seemed to like it a lot :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/062-536x800.jpgHomewards again.There´s to much snow in the forest right now, so we turned back home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/051-536x800.jpgThe creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/057-851x570.jpgAt roads end.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/045-536x800.jpgThe creek that never freezes. I don´t know why, but this creek never freeze.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/044-536x800.jpgSunshine.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/025-536x800.jpgThe young crabapple tree.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/031-851x570.jpgA place with a view.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/030-851x371.jpgYes he behaves definitely like a dog :-) :-)2011-01-02T04:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/the-last-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/023-851x5701.jpgBertil the cat.But Bertil, his brother, prefers to stay above the radiator :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/018-851x5702.jpgTeodor the Tiger.Out looking for extra breakfast :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/017-536x8004.jpgLife giver.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/015-851x5701.jpgTowards the light.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/014-536x8001.jpgDark and cold.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/012-851x5704.jpgFire in the sky.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/011-536x800.jpgFirewood.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/009-851x5703.jpgSleeping neighbors.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/007-536x8004.jpgThe moon over Mösseberg.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/006-536x8003.jpgWhere cows walk in summer.2011-01-01T12:39:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/30/the-super-market-birds-and-pain/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/049-536x800.jpgThe ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/040-851x5701.jpgOut in the forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/004.jpgField sparrows.But most of our birds, like these Field sparrows, aren´t especially colorful.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/005.jpgBlue Tits.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/002.jpgYellowhammer.Unfortunately the head doesn´t show here, but You can see its yellow stomach. Looking up in a tree filled with these birds is amazing, they all look like little suns :-) One of my absolute favorites!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/0011.jpgThe Yellowhammer.The bird with the Yellow head is a Yellowhammer, we call it Yellow sparrow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/060.jpg060The little but oh so aggressive Blue Tit in the middle.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/056.jpg056Besides Bullfinches You can also see the European Green finch.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/055.jpgGreat Tit´shttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/0271.jpgBullfinch.I took some photos of the birds by my feeders yesterday and today. They are taken through a not to clean window though :-) :-) :-)2010-12-31T13:22:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/i-almost-forgot/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/0161.jpgDeer.I draw a red circle this time because even if this part of the photo is much bigger the deer is still rather hard to see :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/016.jpg016https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/rc3a5djur.jpgRådjur, deer.Even when I´ve drawn a black circle around the deer it´s hard to find :-)2010-12-30T14:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/a-little-memory/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/065-851x570.jpg065-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/063-851x570.jpg063-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/062-536x800.jpg062-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/058-536x800.jpg058-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/044-536x8001.jpg044-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/028-851x570.jpg028-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/027-851x5703.jpg027-851x5703https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/026-536x8001.jpg026-536x8001The sun showed itself for an hour or two yesterday, so the coming photos are from our afternoon walk.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/026.jpg026A piece cut out from the photo above and now the red colored male Bullfinch is so much more visible.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/025-536x8002.jpg025-536x8002Bullfinches.2010-12-29T17:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/a-bit-to-much-a-bit-to-early/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/009-536x8003.jpgRainbow, or should I call it a rainstraight :-) :-) :-)Suddenly this rather straight rainbow appeared in the sky.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/022-851x638.jpgA cottage by the end of the forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/019-851x638.jpgThe village road sign.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/018-851x638.jpgThe sun over Mount Mösseberg.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/014-851x638.jpgThe Church in Bjurum.But I can see I´ve missed lots of spots anyway :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/013-851x638.jpgThe Church in Gudhem.I brought my old camera with me on my trip to the grocery store. I have played a lot with these photos, changed colors and removed dirt spots that I can´t clean out of the camera. It was really fun :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/006-536x8002.jpgand my boys loves it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/004-851x570.jpgLots of snow everywhere.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/003-851x570.jpgThe garage/ doghouse/ dog yard.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/002-851x5702.jpgHome sweet home.I wonder if I´ll have to shovel snow from the roof this winter?2010-12-29T17:11:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/26/yule-history/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/024-851x5701.jpgThis years card.The text says: Good Yule and a Good New Year.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/043-536x800.jpgYes it does, so we better leave. Gnomes can be very easily annoyed and angry.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/041-536x8001.jpgDoesn´t it smell an awfully lot of goat here?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/038-536x8004.jpgIn front of the Yule Gnomes toy factory.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/036-536x8002.jpgThe road to the Yule Gnome.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/035-851x5701.jpgThe passage.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/031-536x8003.jpgSorry but I just can´t find a christmas song for this and´the coming photos, at least not any in english :-) This one I call The old fence line.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/009-851x5702.jpgLet it snow, let it snow let it snow! But to be honest, I think the little spruce in the ruin window has had enough now :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/008-536x8001.jpgI´m dreaming of a white Christmas. But the swedish lyrics says "I´m dreaming of a Yule at home" and You can see my home furthest away :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/007-536x8003.jpgO Christmas tree! O Christmas tree!2010-12-27T11:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/25/not-the-best-of-days/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/017-570x851.jpgBy the mail box.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/012-851x5702.jpgOn the way home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/011-570x851.jpgThe old ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/010-851x570.jpgWhat do You want?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/008-851x570.jpgEverything is edible.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/007-851x5703.jpgGrass.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/006-570x8511.jpgAlways running.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/004-570x851.jpgDeer tracks.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/002-570x851.jpgKickslead.2010-12-27T07:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/finally-winter-vacation/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/046-851x570.jpgCold as a ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/030-851x570.jpgCold as running in deep snow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/020-851x5701.jpgCold as a dead tree.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/019-536x8003.jpgCold as the bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/017-851x5702.jpgCold as Grey.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/016-536x8004.jpgWhere are the presents?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/005-536x800.jpgCold as blue.2010-12-25T09:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/full-moon-and-bl-y-cold/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fc3b6rsta-december-020-536x800.jpgThe old road (through the forest).https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fc3b6rsta-december-013-536x800.jpgOn the way home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2a-decemberbilder-028-536x800.jpgWhere the Yule Gnome lives.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2a-decemberbilder-048-851x570.jpgView.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2a-decemberbilder-046-536x800.jpgAfter sun has set.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-035-536x8001.jpgThe garage and dog yard.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/031-851x5701.jpgThe ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/010-536x8004.jpgIt´s colder than it looks!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/014.jpgNot the lunar eclipse, but a full moon.2010-12-24T05:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/almost-full-moon-and-deers/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/058-851x570.jpgRose hips. The birds refuses to eat these for some reason? All other kinds of rose hips are gone since long.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/059-536x800.jpgIlex "Blue Princess". We call them Iron oak over here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/060-536x800.jpgAralia leftovers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/071-851x570.jpgLets go to the neighbor instead!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/070-851x570.jpgHEY! You in there! Apples!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/067-851x570.jpgWhere are the apples?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/019-536x8002.jpgThe old ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/021-536x8004.jpgWerewolf night.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/027.jpgAlmost full.I had to take over 28 photos before I managed to take a good one of the moon and naturally thin clouds got in the way :-)2010-12-23T15:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/starving-hares-and-a-world-in-black-and-white-and-sienna/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/038-536x8003.jpgBertil the Cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/035-536x800.jpgBy the open fields.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/031-536x8002.jpgBy the dangerous road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/034-851x570.jpgNot far now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/031-536x8001.jpgA long way to walk.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/030-536x800.jpgChristmas feeling.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/027-851x5702.jpgThe old road.There was so much snow on the roads that I decided to walk in the forest instead. So much easier when the snow doesn´t reach up to the knees all the time.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/024-851x570.jpgThe last grass.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/019-851x531.jpgI win!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/018-851x473.jpgYou´ll never catch up!2010-12-23T15:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/i-hate-winter/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/007-851x512-851x512.jpgMy mail :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/041-536x800.jpgAfter 9 am.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/040-536x800.jpgPerspective.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/037-851x570.jpgmount Mösseberg. I thought it just was fog that made it hard to see the mountain, but it was snow closing in.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/033-536x8001.jpgChristmastrees.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/026-851x570.jpgDesert. Since all water is frozen during winter this is like living in a really cold desert.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/022-536x8001.jpgThe blue light reflex my mood.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/020-536x8001.jpgAt least my boys are happy :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/017-536x8003.jpgAnd back home again to get my dogs so we could take our walk in the forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/014-851x5701.jpgto get my morning paper.2010-12-19T05:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/i%c2%b4m-tired/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/extra-bilder-infc3b6r-vintern-037-536x800.jpgAt two pm.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/extra-bilder-infc3b6r-vintern-028-536x800.jpgThe road to the bigger creek and the forbidden forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/extra-bilder-infc3b6r-vintern-012-536x800.jpgThe new border. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/extra-bilder-infc3b6r-vintern-009-851x570.jpgFrostbitten.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/extra-bilder-infc3b6r-vintern-007-536x800.jpgThe bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/extra-bilder-infc3b6r-vintern-005-536x800.jpgThe road to the fox trap.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/extra-bilder-infc3b6r-vintern-001-536x800.jpgSunset.2010-12-18T16:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/yulebord-and-vacation/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-048-536x8001.jpgThe road home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-031-536x800.jpgFoxtracks.The fox has walked along the creek on the ice.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-028-536x800.jpgSomething interesting.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-023-536x800.jpgThe rotten bridge.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-021-536x800.jpgThe frozen creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-015-851x570.jpgThe ditch digger.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-012-536x800.jpgLong way to go!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-008-536x800.jpgDown to the creek we go.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-006-851x570.jpgLife giver.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/013-570x851.jpgA fairy tale village.2010-12-17T16:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/more-saint-lucia-music/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/068-536x800.jpg068-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/074-536x8001.jpg074-536x8001https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/090-851x570.jpg090-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-042-536x800.jpg4e-december-042-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-040-536x800.jpg4e-december-040-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2a-decemberbilder-043-851x570.jpg2a-decemberbilder-043-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2a-decemberbilder-035-536x800.jpg2a-decemberbilder-035-536x800https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2a-decemberbilder-013-851x570.jpg2a-decemberbilder-013-851x570https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2a-decemberbilder-011-851x570.jpgI have no imagination today, so I won´t call any of the photos anything :-)2010-12-16T04:16:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/saint-lucia%c2%b4s-day/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/048-851x5701.jpgBertil by the window.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/074-536x800.jpgFrost on the window.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/069-536x800.jpgThe road home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/065-536x800.jpgBlinding light.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/023-536x8003.jpgFrozen tomb.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/021-536x8003.jpgMotorcycle tracks.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/020-536x800.jpgView.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/016-536x8003.jpgTools.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/006-536x8001.jpgThe barn by the road.2010-12-14T17:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/thankfully-he-failed/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/054-851x658.jpgJust looked at me wanting more apples.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/047-785x851.jpgDidn´t care about me at all.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/043-851x570.jpgEating apples.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/044-851x570.jpgDeers in the garden.These two walked around in my garden the other day.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/027-851x5701.jpgLilacs.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/018-536x8002.jpgThe Portal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/017-536x8002.jpgMount Mösseberg.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/014-851x570.jpgFrom a fairy tale.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/013-536x8003.jpgBy the natural pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/009-536x8002.jpgAll alone in the world.2010-12-14T16:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/reading-while-being-tired/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/038-536x8002.jpgThe new horse on the block.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/035-851x570.jpgSo close to home and still so far away.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/029-536x8001.jpgMy neighborhood.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/025-536x8001.jpgThe way home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/023-536x8002.jpgThe rusty creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/021-851x5701.jpgThick and heavy snow and a long way home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/016-536x8002.jpgWaterdrops.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/010-536x8003.jpgThe wicket and cow pastures.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/007-536x8002.jpgStill hangs on.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/006-851x5701.jpgLooking back.2010-12-22T17:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/the-basket-2/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/023-536x8001.jpgAlmost home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/021-536x8002.jpgYes I know! The moon again :-) But it did look beautiful up there in the sky.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/019-536x8001.jpgOld and fallen.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/016-536x8001.jpgThe road to the creek and forbidden Forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/015-536x800.jpgMount Mösseberg in the distance and the moon once more :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/013-536x8002.jpgBertil the cat.Bertil decided he wanted to follow us on our walk today instead of sitting indoors all the time.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/011-851x570.jpgThe big field.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/007-536x8001.jpgThe moon again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/010-536x8002.jpgTowards the deep forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/006-851x570.jpgEvening sky.2010-12-13T04:11:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/sorry/2010-12-11T14:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/a-christmas-present/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/039-536x800.jpgFairy tale village.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/040-851x570.jpgLong gone but not forgotten.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/037-536x800.jpgFrosty Road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/033-851x570.jpgVastness.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/021-536x8001.jpgChristmas decoration.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/018-536x8001.jpgSilver avenue.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/001-851x638.jpgThe centre of Gudhem.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/008-851x638.jpgThe old shed.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/003-536x800.jpgI´m spoiled and I like it :-)This package came all the way from the USA. Joyce gave me an early Christmas present :-)2010-12-09T04:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/wikileaks-boiling-grease-and-cardamum/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-043-851x570.jpgChristmas feelings.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-017-851x570.jpgWhat goes there?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-016-536x800.jpgSerbian spruce?Our spruces normally doesn´t look this thin, so I wonder if some birds might have spread some seeds from a Serbian spruce out here in the forest?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-014.jpgWalking along the creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-012-536x800.jpgTreacherous road.I didn´t dare walk on this road since the ground is filled with water and not frozen at all. Take a wrong step and sink deep.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-006-851x570.jpgPines or legs of Ents.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-005-536x800.jpgA spruce amongst birches.2010-12-09T04:05:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/snowing-and-smells/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-018-851x570.jpgLife is good in the snow :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-035-536x800.jpgThe dog yard.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-030-851x570.jpgLike a Christmas card.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-037-536x800.jpgThe stone age tomb.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-041-851x570.jpgThe plum tree.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-031-851x570.jpgSunset.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/4e-december-023-536x800.jpgSunshine!The sun broke finally though the clouds just before it went down below the horizon yesterday afternoon.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/031-851x353.jpgBy the feeders 2.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/030-851x428.jpgBy the feeders.The male Bullfinch is much more bright colored than the female one. Nature only needs a few males but lots of females to survive. You can see the female in the upper right corner. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/024-536x800.jpgThe dead forest.2010-12-06T17:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/thinking-about-the-coming-summer/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-048-536x800.jpgThe snowy road home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-047-536x800.jpgA long gone border.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-041-851x570.jpgThe Never Ending Snowfall.More snow, I´m so happyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-039-536x800.jpgDeer forest.In here they say lots of Red deers, Fallow deers and moose lives.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-035-536x800.jpgSunset. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-034-536x800.jpgThe leaning tower of the Crane Lake.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-030-851x570.jpgLike a gate.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-029-536x800.jpgCould it be a deer they hear.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-025-536x800.jpgThe rotten bridge.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/3e-decemberbilder-024-536x800.jpgRushes.2010-12-05T09:38:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/this-and-that/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/032-851x570.jpgFinally home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/033-536x800.jpgA neighbors home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/031-536x800.jpgSoon we´ll be home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/029-536x800.jpgI won!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/027-536x8001.jpgRun, run, run!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/026-536x800.jpgCome to me boys!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/023-851x570.jpgAnother part of the village.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/020-851x570.jpgWhere´s the Yule Gnome?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/018-851x570.jpgOn to the road where cows walk in summer. Here was the snow so deep it went way above my knees and filled my boots :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/017-851x570.jpgThe only thing missing is a couple of trolls and gnomes and perhaps a prince on a white horse :-)2010-12-04T09:44:16+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/i-think-i-live-in-narnia/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fc3b6rsta-december-001.jpgBut the birds doesn´t care about anything as long as they get their seeds :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/047-536x800.jpgNot all were that lucky though! The White Witch is truly cruel!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/048-851x570.jpgWe made it! We finally reached the village.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/044-536x800.jpgWe might make it home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/038-536x800.jpgAll water is frozen so the beavers does have problems like the White Witch wants.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/036-536x800.jpgSo would Orvar I´m afraid :-) They just love this cold weather and all the snow :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/031-851x570.jpgHector would be her loyal servant if she kept the climate this cold all year long.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/028-536x800.jpgYes I think we´re very close now! Better to walk home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/027-536x800.jpgThis must be the avenue to her palace. The branches looks like made of something black and silver.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/021-536x800.jpgClose to Mr. and Mrs. Beavers home.2010-12-04T05:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/not-the-best-of-mornings/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/025-536x800.jpgJust beautiful.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/024.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/023.jpgWe were outside for around five minutes and during that short time both Orvars and Hectors fur became white with rime :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/021-851x570.jpgReturning home again. It was way to cold outside.Smoke came out of my chimney as we were outside getting the morning paper, but it´s hard to see here in this photo.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/019-536x800.jpgThe road to work.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/017-536x800.jpgI do long for summer when cows walk here again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/016-536x800.jpgA look towards the deep forest.I looked towards my neighbors when we went to the mailbox. It does look beautiful even if I do hate this weather!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/014-536x800.jpgFrosty spruces.Even the spruces are covered in rime.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/011.jpgFreezing birds.It´s not easy for the birds to keep warm now. I think I´ll take a big chunk of pork out of the freezer and put it in the oven so the birds can get the fat from it.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/013-536x800.jpgMy garage and beyond. 2010-12-02T10:39:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/1091/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/015-851x638.jpgThe last shiver of daylight. It´s not even 5 pm and this is the absolute last bit of daylight we get now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/019-600x800.jpgHome.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/011-851x638.jpgWind power plants.This area is filled with wind power plants.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/005-851x6381.jpgThere are farms all around the place.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/004-851x6382.jpgThe surroundings 2.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/003-851x6381.jpgThe surroundings at work.I took some photos at work with my mobile phone today. It was -12C (10F) and I was freezing like a dog :-) :-)2010-12-01T05:47:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/cold-liver-pate-and-saint-lucia/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/046-536x800.jpgOut into the snowstorm again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/043-536x800.jpgThe old stable.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/040-536x800.jpgFavorite road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/034-536x8001.jpgIn the magic forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/033-851x570.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/023-536x8001.jpgUntouched snow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/011-536x8004.jpgThe road home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/038-536x800.jpgFramed apples.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/049-536x800.jpgThe Advent candlestick.There´s one candle for each advent. This is the reason almost half of all fires in homes happens during the month of December. I never lit the candles any longer,m I love my little home and really don´t want it to burn down.2010-12-01T05:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/i-think-they-might-have-guessed-right/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/032-536x8001.jpgFound it! Behind this spruce! But I can´t show You that, we would get way to many tourists here then and I would loose my fairy tale forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/031-536x800.jpgI think Hector has found something!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/030-536x800.jpgBack to the road agin, Orvar and Hector changed directions in their tracking.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/037-536x800.jpgOrvar tries to find Santa´s tracks. It might be that the tracks I thought was from common deers really are made of reindeers!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/035-536x800.jpgI think I might be close to Santa´s home now.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/028-536x8001.jpgA fairy tale forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/026-536x8002.jpgThe road to the Yule gnome? That´s what we call Santa here in Sweden.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/019-536x8001.jpgIn the outside world the snowstorm continued.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/022-536x800.jpgChristmastree.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/016-851x5702.jpgThe outside world.2010-11-29T16:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/a-walk-in-a-winter-wonderland/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/039-536x800.jpgThe ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/034-536x800.jpgHome sweet home.To the right You can see my neighbors cottage and if You look in to the middle of the photograph You can see the roof of my cottage.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/033-536x8001.jpgThe end of the forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/030-851x570.jpgFraudulent! It is impossible to see the deep holes now when the snow covers them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/025-536x8001.jpgSnow, snow, everywhere there´s snow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/024-536x8001.jpgFrozen water.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/019-536x800.jpgWinter wonderland.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0173.jpgWhat are You doing?Hector came too see why I made all that noise :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/013-536x8001.jpgThe creek by the bog.It was here that I just sunk down into the ground :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/007-536x8002.jpgHidden creek.2010-11-28T06:23:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/26/arctic-winds-and-rubber-boots/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/017-536x8001.jpgFrostwork on my windows.2010-12-14T16:38:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/just-some-photographs/2010-11-26T17:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/i%c2%b4m-already-tired-of-the-winter/2010-11-25T19:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/blizzard/2010-11-25T19:12:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/what-a-surprise-it%c2%b4s-snowing-again/2010-11-23T17:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/935/2010-11-22T04:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/snow-wind-and-winter/2010-11-21T10:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/so-how-much-does-a-horse-and-carriage-cost/2010-11-20T18:39:01+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/birds-and-groceries/2010-11-19T16:06:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/i-know-it%c2%b4s-wednesday/2010-11-18T09:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/cold-in-many-ways-2/2010-12-01T05:49:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/the-grim-reaper-is-tapping-me-on-my-shoulder/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0261.jpgBirches doesn´t get especially old.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/022.jpgSoon the creek will overflow this area. We´ve gotten lots of rain now and more is on its way too. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/020.jpgFrom the other side.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0163.jpgBertil the cat on look out.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0142.jpgDead but still standing strong.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0124.jpg012https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0081.jpgThe old ruin. It is only half the old barn that still stands like this, but there are rests left that shows how big the barn really was. It wasn´t especially big to be honest.2010-11-16T07:02:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/washing/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/062.jpgGoing homewards again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/047.jpgOld snow :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/043.jpgBertil the cat listening after foxes.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0381.jpgChristmas trees :-) For a long time I had no idea of the english names for thse trees was, spruce. So I always said the forest were filled with Christmas trees :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/010.jpgIn to the forest we go.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0141.jpgReflections.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/013.jpgThe open wicket.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0062.jpgGlowing water.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0021.jpgChilly morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0111.jpgGolden sunrise.2010-11-15T04:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/rain-mist-and-a-better-mood/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/032.jpgI just love these misty mornings.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/029.jpgThe forest is darker than normal when the mist looks so white.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/025.jpgThe bog is a strange place even on sunny days, when the fog and mist comes one can imagine seeing all kinds of things out there.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/024.jpgThe creeks in the bog is overflowed after all rain and snow we´ve gotten lately. I had problems finding firm ground even ten meters (yards) from them.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0162.jpgThe bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0123.jpgI do like to take photos of this old fallen Giant Whitebeam. It was over 25 meters (the same in yards) when it fell in a hurricane.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/008.jpgMy dogs just love this kind of weather, perhaps scents stays better in the ground then?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0072.jpgMagical mist rises from the cold ground up into the warmer air.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0341.jpgThe bog behind my garage.A thin slice of the bog reaches all the way to the back of my garage.2010-11-15T04:02:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/the-world-is-against-me/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-063.jpgEarly moon.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-050.jpgLingonberry bushes. I love that metallic shine the leafs have in this light.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-048.jpgRecycling. This once proud tree is now taken back by nature.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-047.jpgThe bog again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-046.jpgThe bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-036.jpgTeodor the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-012.jpgEverything comes to an end.So the rest of my photos are from earlier this spring.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0091.jpgThe creek by the bog.I brought my old camera with me on our walk today. The rain was pouring down and it´s rather easy to handle. It was so dark outside that I couldn´t see if I aimed right when taking this photo :-) I had the camera towards an old pine and still the photo got rather blurry.2010-11-15T17:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/and-now-it%c2%b4s-melting-down-again/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/vinter3.jpgThe farms starts just beside my workplace.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/vinter2.jpgOld barn.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/vinter1.jpgI don´t know why but I have always felt that this house is a bit spooky :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-047.jpgI do like this old pine.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-0331.jpgBertil the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-030.jpgIn the forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-064.jpgMisty morning with lots of dew in a spiderweb.As You can see only the bottom photographs are taken today, the other are older.2010-11-12T04:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/snow-snow-and-then-some-snow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0272.jpgThis could also have been a decent Christmas card.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/026.jpgThe snowy road home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/028.jpgAs You can see, the old crabapple tree still stands proud.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/023.jpgThis too actually.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0171.jpgThis could have been a great Christmas card!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0161.jpgI love snow in photographs, I really don´t have to experience it :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0122.jpgEven I that dislike snow rather much gets a Christmasy feeling when seeing this :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/011.jpgThe creek is almost covered in snow and that only happens really snowy days.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/002.jpgThe ghosts in the ruin must freeze today :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0061.jpgEverywhere there´s snow.2010-11-11T16:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/a-little-of-everything/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-025.jpgSquirrel.Can You see the squirrel? My dogs and Bertil missed it even if they were only one meter from it (one yard) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-021.jpgWoodpecker by the feeders.I was a bit surprised to see this woodpecker by my feeders since I have no tallow hanging there, but it seemed happy with eating sunflower seeds :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-043.jpgA deer in my garden.Sorry about the quality in this photo. I saw this buck walking around in my garden yesterday and even if he was in no hurry after he noticed me I had no chance to adjust the camera.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-020.jpgDeers at my neighbors feeders.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-038.jpgBertil the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-017.jpgThe gate towards home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-018.jpgIt would be impossible to live here without all these ditches we have.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-015.jpgThe picnic stone.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-014.jpgA favorite spot of mine.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/andra-bilder-infor-vintern-012.jpgThe old well.2010-11-09T17:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/early-morning-frost/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/009.jpgChristmas tree.I got the feeling of Christmas when I saw this frost covered spruce.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/045.jpgWhere cows walk in summer.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/040.jpgDeers.These are not "our" deers. Ours wouldn´t have run away as soon as they saw us :-) I think You´ll get a better look at the deers if You click on the photo to make it bigger.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/033.jpgThe sun is rising.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0271.jpgFrosted landscape.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/021.jpgThe island in the creek. I think all islands, no matter how small, should have a name. So from now it´s called Fox island :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/015.jpgThe rotten bridge over the creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/006.jpgCold.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/048.jpgAutumn Aster.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0031.jpgFrosted rose hips.2010-11-08T16:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/fog-on-the-fields/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-044.jpgHome sweet home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-042.jpgAlmost home again.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-0401.jpgI have absolutely no idea what to write about this one :-) Foggy perhaps :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-041.jpgA John Deer in the fog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-037.jpgA Ferguson waiting for the garaghehttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-034.jpgTeodor the cat. Bertil preferred to sleep near the stove this morning. He had been out all night, so Teodor followed us instead.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-033.jpgBy the natural pond.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-032.jpgFarm implements. They stand here all year long and are perhaps used every second year or so :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-025.jpgFog on the fields.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-017.jpgThe old ruin.2010-11-07T11:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/to-the-vet-we-went/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0391.jpgThis is a happy camper :-)Orvar on the other hand has all energy he wants, and then some :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/038.jpgNot a happy camper.Hector isn´t his usual self after being to the vet.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0181.jpgThe river Lidan.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/017.jpgThe old railroad.The tracks used to go here over the river Lidan. Every now and again someone threw out their apple and now lots of apple trees grows along the road. All are edible and some are truly delicious. There grows a lot of cherries too.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/016.jpgThe old railroad bridge in Tråvad.We stopped at the bathing place in Tråvad on our way home. You have seen photos from here before, but I think it is so beautiful that You´ll have to see it again :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/014.jpgThe natural pond is for once filled with water.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0121.jpgMount Mösseberg in the morning.2010-11-06T16:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/an-early-weekend/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-045.jpgI love these tree funguses. They never root so they are great decorations to have indoors if I like to.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-043.jpgThe bog in autumn clothes.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-035.jpgTeodor the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-015.jpgThe deep forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-infor-vintern-009.jpgAcer tataricum ssp. Ginnala.It was way to dark to take any photos today, so I´ll show older ones I´ve never shown before instead.2010-11-05T05:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/some-more-about-us-wonderful-swedes/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-061.jpgThe way home.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-054.jpgThe creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-040.jpgThese two brothers has never been away from each other for more that two hours. I´ve never seen so happy dogs as when they met again :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-038.jpgThe old road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bilder-for-vintern-018.jpgTrees in mist.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/003.jpgThe fallen Giant Whitebeam. (Sorbus aria gigantea)The only photo I could take today, aftyer that it got to dark.2010-11-04T16:58:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/a-little-more-about-us/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/0071.jpgMosses and other things :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/034.jpgBest friends.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/027.jpgFallen.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/018.jpgThe last of the sunshine.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/012.jpgMy favorite stone. I like to sit here during spring and have a picnic :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/007.jpgA gate.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/004.jpgNow I´ll have to start using photographs I´ve been taking earlier this autumn.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/039.jpgBertil the cat. That is actually his namehttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/036.jpgThe road to Vilske-Kleva.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/035.jpgJust after 4:30 pm. It gets dark real early here now.2010-11-03T04:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/sunshine-and-animals/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0178.jpgPractical.I promised You all to show my shaved head and here it is :-) Even though I hadn´t painted anything for over a week I still had powder paint on my scull. It is hard to remove when I have longer hair than two inches.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0441.jpgThe doe.If You click on this photo it´ll be bigger and You can see the doe so much better. She really don´t care about us any longer, only slowly strolls away when we come to close :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0088.jpgJust another tree stump.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0401.jpgBertil the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0285.jpgThe sun is breaking through.2010-11-01T16:40:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/wonderful-morning/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0177.jpgTeodor is as much responsible for all sand entering our home as the dogs are :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0134.jpgDawn.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0035.jpgThe morning moon.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0016.jpgThe break of dawn seen from my kitchen window.2010-10-31T03:33:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/467/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-for-vintern-046.jpgMisty morning.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-for-vintern-029.jpgBertil sitting on the old stone age tomb.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-for-vintern-021.jpgSpiderweb with dew.I´m using some photos that I´ve saved for darker days today. The weather wasn´t inviting to take photographs today. I´ll only have three photos too since it takes so much time to download them now. But the speed will come back on Monday again :-)2010-10-30T04:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/everywhere-i-look-there-are-problems/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/axevalla2.jpgAxevallahttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/axevalla3.jpgAxevallahttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/axevalla4.jpgAxevallaI´m taking my class in that yellow house.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/axevalla5.jpgAxevalla5https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0223.jpgHalloween!My first ever Halloween card :-) This is standing on the linen cupboard in my livingroom and will stay there :-) Thanks Joyce!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0206.jpgSalem!Look just beside the stamp, it says Salem!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0165.jpgLittle creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0129.jpgOpen gatehttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0117.jpgThe rain reaches everywhere.2010-10-30T17:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/i-lost-all-mail-addresses/2010-10-29T14:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/it%c2%b4s-getting-darker/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0277.jpgDo You remember the first wreath I made? This is it. The rose hips are eaten and some of the apples too.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0222.jpgWhith or whithout the chair, no one can have been comfortable in this hunting tower :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0205.jpgBertil the cat in action.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0195.jpgSoon frozen drops.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0176.jpgOld man river.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0155.jpgRotten bridge over freezing water.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0133.jpgBertil tryed to stay behind several times but I didn´t allow it. I had seen the big fox twice on this walk.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0128.jpgUnlike the hedgehog the hedgehog mushroom doesn´t hibernate during winter :-) :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0116.jpgThey think I take to long time when photographing :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0087.jpgIt has been raining a lot lately.2010-10-27T19:09:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/frost-and-bread-baking/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0065.jpgIt could perhaps have stayed in the owen a few more minutes to get better color, but it´s difficult in a fire heated owen to estimate the time it has to stay there.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0055.jpgit has fermented enough and is ready for the owen.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/040.jpgLast sunshine.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0361.jpgBertil the cat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0323.jpgFrosted moss.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0312.jpgFrozen drops.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0303.jpgThe bog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0254.jpgWhere the sun doesn´t reach.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0221.jpgThe breath from Orvar and Hector creates evening mist :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0194.jpgSunset through the trees.2010-10-28T03:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/rain/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0352.jpgThe end for The President.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0322.jpgDomherre.As You can see most birds here are really well camouflaged, sort of greenish/brown all of them. But Domherren (the Bull finch) is bright as a stop sign :-) To me that bird symbolizes Christmas, because we often have it on our Christmascards.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-infor-vintern-025.jpgTree funguses are the best recyclers in the forest. Soon this dead tree will be gone.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-infor-vintern-021.jpgNeither an animal nor a plant.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-infor-vintern-019.jpgOld road.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-infor-vintern-014.jpgLit up like a stage.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0099.jpgSparkling.The tree looked like it was decorated with little sparkling diamonds, but it doesn´t show that well here in the photo unfortunately.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0064.jpgMore water than we need.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0054.jpgStill hanging around.2010-10-25T16:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/eerie-weather-and-a-bog/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0215.jpgDoesn´t those low clouds getting closer? Are they moving towards the wind too?? https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0234.jpgAll is quiet and no lights is seen in the little cottage, has something happened there??https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0193.jpgBut what can be lurking in those strangely low clouds?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0184.jpgWe´re closer to civilization, but are we safe yet?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0175.jpgThe creatures of the bog is probably rather pissed off since they cut down all the trees.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0132.jpgCouldn´t I see a Grindylow swim upstreams in the little creek? I better watch out so it doesn´t grab me.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0145.jpgDidn´t I see something move way down there?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0115.jpgWhat lurks behind these trees? Bogs are a world of their own.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0098.jpgThe mist helped to make the eerie feeling.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/00710.jpgIt was here I first heard that strange bubbling sound.2010-10-25T03:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/om/2012-08-22T15:57:01+00:00weekly0.6https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/the-second-snowfall/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0391.jpgwerewolves will be howling tonight.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0332.jpgGoing back to mother earth.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0321.jpgSunshine but no heat.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0291.jpgSunbeam.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0276.jpgLike being in a big hall.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0253.jpgChristmas trees?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0233.jpgFeeling of Christmas.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0214.jpgTwo brothers loving the snow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0204.jpgCold creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0183.jpgWinter.2010-10-25T03:35:59+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/the-first-snow/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0164.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0144.jpgHector.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0174.jpgLittle village on Mount Mösseberg.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0086.jpgThe last of the leafs.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0053.jpgThe path.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0063.jpgThe last residues from the snowfall.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0023.jpgMy favorite path.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0127.jpgThe moon.The reason I´ve been sleeping bad lately, the moon.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/forsta-snon.jpgThe first snow for the winter.2010-10-22T16:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/275/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0173.jpgView.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0154.jpgDeadwood.I can´t understand why these spruces once germinated here, this is the wettest place they could have found. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0126.jpgStill there.Most leafs fell in last nights storm, but some still hangs around in protected areas.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0114.jpgReflections.I call them Mosquito farms.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0103.jpgDeep hole.This one continues for a long time and is rather deep, but so thin that even I can jump over it in some places.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0096.jpgDeep holes.The last remains of a once big lake. Deep holes that almost never dries out and there still grows water plants that once grew there en masse.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0085.jpgNew roads.The forest machines has given us new roads to take our walks on.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0078.jpgThe ruin.The barn, that once also had place for four pigs, is mostly gone now. But the place has been cleaned up since last I was there. https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0034.jpgWindow on the old barn ruin.The remains of an old window on the ruin that used to be a barn 100 years ago. A spruce has started to grow in the old wooden parts that still is left.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0015.jpgStormy weather.2010-10-21T18:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/258/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0302.jpgThe little village on Mount Mösseberg get hit directly by the mighty winds.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0284.jpgThe last yellow leafs looks like fire towards the stormy sky.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0275.jpgOrvar happy as ever :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0252.jpgNot a single animal is seen this stormy evening.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0213.jpgTree funguses means death for the tree.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0192.jpgThe old ruin.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0182.jpgTorn clouds.2010-10-22T15:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/223/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-infor-vintern-032.jpgField sparrow.Most birds fly away when I come close to the feeders, even when I´m iside. But the Field sparrow don´t care at all :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/046.jpgThe planet Mars.It also gives information about the different plantes we have in our solar system. I´m going to spend lots of time with this book :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/044.jpgThe Giraffe.But it also shows those we are not so familiar too up here in the north. This is the first time I´ve ever heard of the Giraffe!https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0451.jpgStar formations.to different star formations. The great dog is perhaps rather well known.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/043.jpgPhoto from the book "Skywatching".The book shows everything from solar and lunar eclipses.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/034.jpgOne single Trumpet swan heading south. I wonder if it over slept? :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0311.jpgFrosted grass in the sun.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0301.jpgBertil really didn´t want to leave this place because he had found some mink feces that probably smelled interesting to him.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0283.jpgBut it´s still to early for the frost to melt.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/026.jpgEven though I´m a forest person I still love these open fields.2010-10-19T03:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/there%c2%b4s-already-a-fire-in-the-stove/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/049.jpgAutumn feeling.These also followed with the books. The beautiful pumpkin card, the autumn-colored and green leafs and the brown card with the witch hat. I got a bit surprised because as soon as I opened the package I felt the scent of gingerbread :-) (well it can be cinnamon, but my nose is rather stuffed at the moment). It´s the witch hat card that has that wonderful smell :-) https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/048.jpgThe gifts.These are the books I got from Joyce! https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/045.jpgThis is how frozen the photographer feels all they way in to the bones :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/038.jpgThis one I call "The photographer wishes he was at home in his red little cottage, because his fingers can barly move due to frost."https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/039.jpgFerguson covered in frost.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0351.jpgFrost free.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0331.jpgFrost everywhere there´s frost.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0282.jpgWell I just can´t find a way to put the word Frost in to this photo :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0274.jpgThe portal is now open and the way to the magic kingdom is closed till the last day of spring frost.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0242.jpgFrost melting sunrise.2010-10-17T08:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/irony/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/030.jpgAnother kind of stillness.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/029.jpgCrabapple tree and dog yard.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0281.jpgStable without horses.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0231.jpgStillness.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0203.jpgLittle island.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0142.jpgThe creek.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0124.jpgThe road to the forbidden forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0077.jpgBridge over calm water.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0052.jpgThe deep forest.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0022.jpgAlways running.Life can´t be better than when they can run around like crazy all the time :-) :-)2010-10-17T05:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/14/hunting-cars-and-mechanics/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-for-vintern-036.jpgHimalayan impatiens.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bilder-for-vintern-015.jpgAutumn fog.I ran out of photographs so these two photos are some that I had saved for the coming winter when it´s to dark to photograph every day.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0033.jpgTwo brothers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0021.jpgAutumn.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0141.jpgOrvarhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0112.jpgBeautiful but deadly.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0102.jpgA beam of sunlight.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0076.jpgThere´s still mushrooms despite all frost that we´ve had here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0051.jpgDeer path.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0013.jpgA Happy running Hector.2010-10-15T15:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/140/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0153.jpgOrvar.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0241.jpgSunset. Can You see all the insects hovering by the crab apple tree?https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0202.jpgMount Mösseberg.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/017.jpgClose brothers.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/013.jpgBarns and sheds.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0122.jpgBurning tree tops.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0101.jpgLocking through the grove.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0093.jpgThe Portal.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0075.jpgCurios cow.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0032.jpgLittle creek.2010-10-14T15:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/not-much-of-a-blog-today/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0121.jpg012https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/005.jpg005https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0111.jpg011https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0092.jpg009https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0083.jpg008https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0043.jpg004https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0031.jpgMount Mösseberg2010-10-12T17:27:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/cold-in-many-ways/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/085.jpgFishing.There were two men fishing by the lake, one of them You can see here to the far right. I think they were hoping to catch some salmon, but there´s lots of other tasty fish in the lake too.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/077.jpg077The floating bridges is gone for the season it seems. There was a young couple right beside me when I took this photo. He was taking lots of photographs at her by the lake, or so she thought anyway :-) I could see that he was aiming his camera just so that she wouldn´t stuck on the photo :-) :-) He was more interested in taking photos of the scenery instead :-)https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/082.jpgJonsered manor.Jonsered manor. A nice little place with a view over the lake.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/076.jpg076The road to the bathing place, now days called "The bumble bee bath" is quite beautiful.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/072.jpg072https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/071.jpgLake Aspen.lake Aspen.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/070.jpgSäveån.Everything went well with Hector until we had to pass beneath the rail road. Concrete enlarges sounds ridiculously much and three screaming kids and one passing train got to much for him. But we got to the lake and stayed a few minutes. He wasn´t happy at all when we had to go back the same way again. He lives in a world with almost no strong sounds at all,maybe a tractor or two passes by but nothing more. So when loud sounds is all around him he gets really stressed the poor dog.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/069.jpg069https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0671.jpgBridge over Säveån.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/066.jpg066I drove to the little village where we had our summer house when I was a child. I was meaning to take a walk with my dogs to take some more photos of the place. But Hector showed signs of getting insane if he had to get out amongst all people that was walking around in the village so I drove to the lake instead. Hector isn´t a people dog in any way :-)2010-10-13T15:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/09/a-little-trip/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/063.jpg063My old school. From grade one to three I was at the top floor to the left and from four to six I was on the second floor to the left.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/062.jpg062https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/061.jpg061Masthuggskyrkan. They had mined this church with lots of dynamite during WW2. It´s a landmark for Gothenburg and if the germans would attack the church would have been blown to pieces.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/060.jpg060It was decided that no hose of wood were allowed to be higher than two stairs because lots of fires had burned down entire towns. But then a governor thought of the idea to build the bottom stairs of stone. These houses almost only exists in two towns, Gothenburg and Alingsås.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/059.jpg059These kinds of houses with the two top stairs made of wood and the bottom one made of stone/concrete is called Landshövdingehus. That would be something like "Governors houses" in english.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/056.jpg056This and the comming photographs are taken through the front window in my car, so the quality isn´t the best I´m afraid.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/033.jpg033I had about two seconds to take this photo when I was waiting in front of a red light :-) It got rather good actually.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/028.jpg028https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0273.jpg027https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/023.jpg0232010-10-12T03:38:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/hunting-season-approaches/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/024.jpg024https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/022.jpg022https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0211.jpg021https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0191.jpg019https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/016.jpg016https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/011.jpg011https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0091.jpg009https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0073.jpg007I will keep out of the forest before the hunting period starts and until it´s over in this neighborhood. So until then You´ll mostly see autumn color photos here.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0061.jpg006Migrating Trumpet swanshttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/003.jpg0032010-10-10T13:17:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/memories/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/036.jpg036https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/031.jpg031https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0272.jpg027https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/025.jpg025https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/018.jpg018https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/015.jpg015https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/009.jpg009https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/008.jpg008https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0072.jpg007https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/006.jpg0062010-10-08T15:41:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/i-think-i%c2%b4ll-move-here-on-thursday/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/067.jpg067https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/055.jpg055https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/042.jpg042https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/019.jpg019https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/0071.jpg007https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/014.jpg0142011-10-16T08:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/just-testing/https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/morgondimma-050.jpgMorning fog by the creek 2Frost, fog and sun. A perfect combination for a good photo.https://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/morgondimma-043.jpgRed Toad stoolhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/morgondimma-029.jpgMorning fog by the creek2010-10-02T19:27:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.com/2010/10/02/hej-varlden/2010-10-02T19:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://thecottagebythecranelakeolof1.wordpress.comdaily1.02013-07-08T18:10:33+00:00