23/08/2026 I'll be taking "Time Off" from blogging for a few days as I have my brother visiting over the weekend - but I'm...

  In July 2024, I wrote a post entitled  Old Friends,  or "How Terribly Strange to Be Seventy"  * -  about a brief visit then fro...

  Monday 17/08/2026 (20:23) Tuesday 18/08/2026 (20:24) Saturday 22/08/2026 (14:08) Saturday 22/08/2026 (19:18) Saturday 22/08/2026 (20:13) I...

  In a recent post or two  I showed some photos of the plant (herb) Goldenrod ( Solidago ) ; which I thought were of our (Swedish) native ki...

  I haven't been sitting on my balcony much this summer, except for a very short while now and then. On sunny days it's been way too...