Ranunculus acris

Now this is weird. Isn't it a bit late for these? Earlier I had them all over the place but not so any more. Planning my garden for next season and will go have a look what to plant later this season.

Berries in my garden

As said, snails I do not eat. What I do eat are berries growing in my garden. At twelve o'clock you see my first black currants, at three o'clock there are blueberries and at eight o'clock there are some raspberries.

Moose on the loose

This just in: decided to take a couple of shots of my white little flowers in the garden before rain coming down and ruining everything. Just down from my litte photo session on the rock, turning around the corner of the house and...


...there it is, eight meters away. I almost feel it before I actually see it. Maybe my peripheral vision is on the alert? I´ve experienced this before, in the woods. Even closer.


I´m just about to walk indoors so I stay inside and shoot through the window. When I know I have a few good photos I go outside and press the shutter twice more before it sets off into the treeline between me and my neighbour´s.


It strides soundlessly around my neighbour´s house and then peeks through the trees just to decide if I´m good or bad. No good it decides and turns its back on me. Gone. Last years calf I´d say, still not old enough to stay away from gardens, feeling a bit lost since leaving its mom.


And this is what I went outside for...

Lavender etc.

After a late start in the morning I got in my car and went to TheVillage. It´s been a while since last time and I had no idea what to expect. All lush and green, dry and brown, lots of flowers, a need for the lawn to be mowed again? I turned off the road for a short visit at a local plants and gardening store. A big bag of high energy soil, some lavender plants and a gardening spade filled the trunk. Back on the road again. Took the short cut through old country where farmers and landlords been present for a few thousand years, nice flowing road. Back in The Village the mayor found everything to be in order. This seasons flowers were in full bloom and a few extra had popped up. Always a surprise to see what´s coming up in an old garden.


Soon to blossom! Go away ants, no eating on the premises.

Can you spot any blueberries? Hope there will be a few later this summer.

Where I ended up after a quick lunch... and stayed till dinner time.

Guerilla gardening

Have not a great garden for gardening. Or do I? There are no traces of former owners green fingers so I have a totally fresh ground to play around with. I also have not much previous experience of gardening so I´m not too prejudiced about how to and what to do. The territory I am in charge of as a mayor is not great but large enough to do a bit of this and a bit of that. I went to the local supermarket and got a few envelopes of seed. Last weekend I poked my finger into the topsoil and put a few seeds here and there. A bit of rain did the rest and I hope there will be at least something from my little walkabout in my garden. A few seeds were thrown at random places and maybe my guerilla tactics will pay off later on, if just those birds and deer will not eat my plants...

In early May just after snow has melted away, these anemone nemorosa are still the only flowers in my garden. Hope that will change a bit later.