The last day of April

I just want to show you some photos taken 2 weeks ago and today.
Then:

Now:

Then:

Now:

At least everything is greener.

A few more spots that have had major changes of the past weeks.

I don’t think I have seen the water level so low by the locks.

Damages done:

And on the island that not long ago was under water there now grows some flowers.

And the final photo. Stella showing her new harness.

SPRING IS REALLY HERE!!!!!!!

This weekend we have had summer degrees near + 20C. I'm sure the weather will get colder before summer arrives but that is what is to be expected. Never the less I want to show you some spring signs. It can be all the people that suddenly turn up in the park and all the litter left after them It can be people eating ice-cream outside, wearing sunglasses. It can also be ... Stella indicating that all four hedgehogs that I know of around our home have woken up and on the move during the darker hours. It can be me getting the balcony ready and taking the first cup of tea outside. - It can also be the signs in the nature. Coltsfoot: Wood anemone:

And best of all: Hepatica

I have also seen bumble bees, butterflies and these creatures have starting building …

Isn’t it cool that they have started a second stack so close to the first.

I wish I could share with you the birds singing, the lovely scent in the forrest och the warmth in the sun.

A look what a few hours can do Around 8 am

Around 2.30 pm

Stella's waterfriend

Gosh, I never thought

I never thought I would be sentimental over a bed. About 25 years ago I bought a pine wood bed and it has served me well. It has joined me on several moves. It has been taken apart, just to put back together during renovations done on different bedrooms. It had lost one of its knobs. 2 weeks ago my friend Annelie and I packed it and took it, bureau and chest to the recycle centre.

But before …..

- Stella and I had our last lunch cuddle on Friday

- I slept in for the last time and in the morning

- We had our last cuddle in it. Oh well It did leave a large empty space

But a week later it was filled and this weekend the rest came in place.

Ok some small things need to be done, like doorknobs. I need a drill to do that and someone to hold it. Until then the piece of wood stops the door from closing completely.

Spring is here!!

Yesterday I took Aprils photos. As you see there is a major change in nature and a lot of water. As usually it will be some familiar sites and some new. First I want to show you a better picture of the statue I love so much.

I have realised that the ally might not be so wonderful it usually is as I now can see exactly how many trees and branches they have taken down. Someone must have gotten a chainsaw for Christmas. They have taken down not just very old and ill trees but, as it seems, younger ones too.

Last Saturday we could go under the motorway (E4), not Sunday and a week later this has been put up.

And the path looked like this!

Stella and I took the road that crosses over instead and when we reached the meadow I saw some thing I have not seen during all the years I have walked this way. The meadow was covered with water. No one is going to convince me that it’s because of the beaver.

Talking about the beaver. The trees he/she so carefully chosen to chew on the human with a chainsaw had taken down. Why can’t people sometimes let nature have a go. A friend told me that it is a few years since the beaver had been seen. Even in the forest there is more water than I have ever seen and on places that normally hasn’t been soaked or soggy.

I have never before seen this spring before.

A path that leads into the forest.

This is the spot were we last week couldn’t walk and instead had to head out on the dirtroad. I must say I thought it would be really bad and was hugely surprised to see it a bit soft and soggy but never less nearly as usual.

One of the locks is open, letting as much water as possible pass, creating a massive commotion in the river. The islands have more or less been covered by water. I have a strong feeling this will continue.

On the opposite side it was completely different.

This is one of the places I have taken a photo every time. Right now you can't see the stones but just wait a month or so.

One of Stella's waterings places.

And see what a stone can do.