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| 20th February at 07:16 |
Thursday and Friday were of the kind that kept me "busy enough" without blogging. Thursday was laundry day for me; and on Friday I had a delivery from the supermarket booked between 10-13. For a change, they had put me almost first on the list rather than last, so I got my delivery already around 10:15; which also gave me time for a walk around the cemetery after lunch. The weather forecasts for the upcoming week being rather gloomy, I thought I had better seize the opportunity. It wasn't as sunny as the previous day but also not quite as cold, so kind of nice anyway.
I did not make a lot of photo stops on that walk, but I noticed that a second bird feeder has been put up on the other side of the same tree as where the "little red house" one is. (Cf my "calendar photo" for February.) I think the green one is meant for the bigger birds...
I also stopped for a photo of the one family grave of ours in this cemetery - belonging to my maternal great-grandparents. (That grave is still officially in the care of my aunt, who lives elsewhere, but I keep an eye on it as I often walk by there anyway). The hares seem to have been visiting (actually, there are very few spots in the cemetery not covered in hare tracks!) - but I don't think neither old spruce branches nor dry heather is in their diet. The winter grave decoration seemed as intact as can be expected after nearly four months...
Late last night, before I went to bed, I noticed that it had started snowing outside again - but very tiny snow flakes. There were weather warnings issued along the west coast, but the "warnings" not stretching quite as far inland as here. This morning, I did wake up to the sound of snow ploughs outside; but so far it seems we only got just about enough new snow to cover old footprints on the lawns. (2-3 cm)
As it's hard to predict whether the next shower will be snow or rain, or the next few days predominantly icy or slushy, after breakfast I took out a couple of bags to the bins, and then "a few extra steps" (10 min or so) in the immediate neighbourhood in connection with that. I don't intend to go out again today; and tomorrow will depend on how the weather develops.
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soon spring will come and time for the changing of the curtains ceremony.. Good idea to everything done for just in case weather.....
ReplyDeleteSandra, no changing of curtains for spring in my plans, as the ones with red/green clover pattern that I bought last spring got to stay up all winter... I'll just be changing the ribbons (tiebacks) back from red to green, and change table cloth + towels. No climbing involved! ;)
ReplyDeleteMy curtains are sadly in need of young people reaching up from the step-stool. Now that I've opened windows a few times (sadly about to be over for another spat of winter weather) I wonder how much dust they've accumulated. Your feeders look great, cheerful colors. I wonder that no squirrels get into them.
ReplyDeleteBarbara, the kitchen is the only window where I've been doing it regularly but skipped it this winter because of my knee injury back in October. Even if in the kitchen I've been able to just about manage it without climbing, by using a long "grabber". This year it still seemed like an unnecessary exercise to try though, especially since I had bought new curtains in the spring in colours that would be ok for winter as well.
DeletePS. No idea whether squirrels can get to those feeders or not. I've not seen any there trying it, but then I only walk by occasionally!
DeleteYour pink and blue sky is so pretty! I love the Hare footprints! Are the feeders kept full? Do you know who feeds them, some kind of city worker maybe? One day it is nearly 70 here, the next day snow. Sounds like your knee is slowly getting better!
ReplyDeleteGinny, there are a few more birdfeeders around the place and I assume it's cemetery staff who look after all of them. Most cemeteries in Sweden are in the care of the Church of Sweden (payed for by a special fee included in our tax system). The Church of Sweden used to be State Church until 2000 and when church and state were separated they retained the care of cemeteries.
DeleteSmart move grabbing that cemetery walk before the next wave of winter weather rolled in
ReplyDeleteAs you say, you seized the opportunity for a walk when a good opportunity presented itself; that‘s what I do when work, weather and other things allow for it.
ReplyDeleteThe new bird feeder looks a bit like what is sold around here as squirrel feeders, usually with the „roof“ being a lid that the squirrels quickly learn how to open but that shuts down again from its own weight, keeping the food dry.
Meike, ah, maybe it's even meant for squirrels then. Must be a hard winter for them too, with all this snow we've had.
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