Monday, July 30, 2012

Grow your own food, a cat, a dog and food souvenirs.



















Growing your own food is amazing. This summer has been a horrible one weather wise, with rain almost every day for months, and ridiculously low temperatures. There has been a few good hours in between, and last week was great, so some harvest have been possible. Above are radishes from a container on the balcony.



















 Almond potatoes, grown in the allotment. I'm amazed that they grew this big and beautiful, considering they were planted in heavy mud and I've been neglecting them ever since. Amazing root.
 


















When I came home from Denmark I rearranged some of the furniture, and put Lucia's cat tree in a new position. She never used it in it's previous place, but now she loves it. Maybe because she has a big plant to hide behind while spying on the birds. 



















When biking, one don't want to carry a heavier load than neccessary, so I only bought some tiny and light weight souvenirs back home.  Above is finely chopped dried lemon grass and dried ground liquorice root. It's supposed to be great in chili.



















Smells divine, tastes OK. 




















Bonus pic! My mother's sweet little dog Goliat.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Biking vacation in Denmark





















I just arrived back to Hallsberg after a well needed week of vacation. I spent most of it biking with my mum in northern Denmark! We went by ferry from Gothenburg to Frederikshavn and then biked south to Aalborg. We stayed there for two nights and then headed north to Hjørring, stayed for two nights and then headed back east to Frederikshavn to take the ferry back to Sweden once more. It was a fun trip and the weather was stunning for the whole time. 





















Our vehicles. Mine (well, borrowed from my grandfather) on the left and my mother's on the right. 


















 Grains growing everywhere! I believe this is barley.





















 We spent all of our four nights couchsurfing. One of them had a hammock in his livingroom, heaven!



















One of the advantages with couchsurfing is the ability to cook your own food. Whole wheat spaghetti with mushrooms, garlic and parsley.































But then again, there was some pretty lame lunches while biking.





















 What is a biking vacation without flat tires?





















My mother and fellow biker!









Friday, July 20, 2012

It must be summer





















Big stalks of rhubarb.




















 
Wild strawberries and a happy old dog.





















Chantarelles from the forest and bare feet, all day long.





















Dog walks in Sunny evenings.


















Lucia.



















Birch and ferns.



















Sadness about a lost cat that later found her way back home again.



















Roasted veggies with more variety than roots. Cauliflower, carrots, zucchini and red onions.




























Pool boys are needed in Sweden as well. Martin wishes he was in Miami though.