Monthly Archive: May 2016

22
May
2016

FLEETING

Every year it’s the same and yet I still boggle at how the time goes. It’s nearly the end of May. The lilacs are in full bloom but soon they’ll be over…the lupines are on the way now, and the roses. We have tiny, hard, green cherries on the tree but I can’t decide whether it’s worth it to put net on, since we’ll be gone all of July and that’s when they’ll be ripe. Might as well feast the birds one year, eh? The honeysuckles are just starting as well and my clematis is vining its way up the...

14
May
2016

FULL OF FLOWERS

It’s been so beautiful here, sunny, warm and blue skies, a bit of a breeze (it is Skåne, after all), birdsong and bee buzz, and still chilly in the evenings so you know you will sleep well. It’s spring in all the best senses of the word. I was going to go take photos of the dandelion hill earlier this week but I was too late and they’ve all blown to seed now. The rapeseed fields are glowing neon yellow and the lilacs…the lilacs are here! Unfortunately, these are not OUR lilacs. These are the lilacs I WANTED. When we...

11
May
2016

POP!

I have rubbed my eyes so much and so hard in the last week that I’m seriously starting to wonder if I could damage my eyes (yes) or have permanent bloodshottiness (probably). I just googled the dangers of rubbing your eyes and scared myself silly. Stupid allergies. I am taking medicine and liberally dousing my eyes with Visine and yet: OH GOD THE ITCHING. IT ITCHES. AAAAAAAA!!!! It’s so bad that there is literally only about an hour or so that I have mascara or make-up on before I arrive at work. By lunch it’s all gone even though I...

08
May
2016

PLEASE SIR, I’D LIKE SOME MORE

It has been an absolutely perfect long weekend. I have been mostly offline and that’s been kind of nice, too. The weather has been breathtaking: spring in all its glory: warm, sunshiny, blue sky beauty. I have magnolia envy and tulip envy and forsythia envy and spirea envy. My hostas are coming up. My columbine is huge and nearly ready to flower. The lilacs behind the garage are on the verge of bursting into bloom. The cherry tree is covered in baby cherries…I mean, white flowers. I read a good book. I took naps. I repotted all the house plants...

01
May
2016

MAY DAY!

Happy first of May! It’s a holiday here, but it doesn’t count when it falls on a weekend. Yesterday was Walpurgis Eve (Beltane Eve) and we celebrated with our friends Mats & Annelott at their annual bonfre. It was a smallish crowd…only 12 adults and almost none of the usual kids. Neither Martin nor Karin came with and Mats and Annelott’s son Viktor wasn’t there either. Karin and Viktor were out with their respective friends partying, and Martin was home studying. He has been studying like a maniac the past couple of weeks. His exams start tomorrow. 15 exams in...

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