Fint besök! Special guests

För några helger sedan hade vi fint besök från Sverige! Elin, Björn och Ebba kom till oss. Här är Elin och Ebba.
We had special guests from Sweden a few weeks ago. Elin, Björn och Ebba came to see us.

Greenhouse/Vaxthus

Antligen har jag ett vaxthus!! Det ar inte sa stort men det racker gott och val till mina sma tomatplantor och andra sma plantor som behover vaxa till sig innan de planbteras ut.
Finally! i'm the proud owner of a greenhouse! Not very big but big enough for my little tomato plants and other small things that need to grow a bit before they get planted out.

First BBQ/Firsta grillningen

Pask helgen gav oss fantastiskt vader med runt tjugo grader varje dag. Sista dagen av langhelgen kom Will and Marion och premiar grillade.
The Easter weekend had amazing weather and on the last day of the long weekend Will and Marion came around for the first BBQ of the year.

Kolla in det har blogginlagget fran forsta BBQ:n forra aret nar altanen var ny och kaprifolen inte fanns.

Check out this blogentry from the first BBQ last year. The decking was brand new then and the honeysuckle didn't exist.

Buds and flowers/Knoppar och blommor

Allium knopp! Jag planterade dessa lokarna i hostas.
Allium bud! I planted these bulbs last autumn.Sota sma blommor i krukan med lagerblad som jag fick av Christine forra aret. Kommer inte ihag vad de heter.
Sweet little flowers in the pot with bayleaf that I got from Christine last year. Can't rememer what they are called though.

Clematis knopp!

Clematis bud!

Forgatmigej som jag har transplanterat fran Chris och Mikes tradgard. Denna sorten forgatmigej ser annorlunda ut an dem som jag ar van vid fran Sverige.

Forgetmenots that comes from Chris' and Mike's garden i Alderholt. They seem to have settled in happily.

New flowerbed/Ny rabatt

Sa har sag det ut pa ena sidan av tradgarden for nagra veckor sedan.
This is what it looked like on one side of the garden a few weeks ago. Efter en helg av gravande ser det nu ut sa har! Har ska planteras i massor!
This is the result after a weekend of digging. I've got hostas and grasses and some other things that I plan to put in here. (Although I don't expect the hostas to survive more than about a week if the slugs are as mad as previous years)

Utility room version2.0/Tvattstuga version 2.0

Klar! Massa utrymme for dukar, kokshandukar och en massa annat,
Done! Loads of storage space.

Utility room version 1.0/Tvattstuga version 1.0

Sa hade turen kommit till tvattstugan. Det ar det lilla utrymmet vid koket som hittills varit anvand som verktygs forvaring som ska bli tvattstuga. Sa har sag det ut innan vi satte igang.
It was time to do something about the little area next to the kitchen. We decided to make it into a utilityu and storage area. This is what it looked like before we started.
Har vilar sig Rich efter att vi malat hela utrymmet vitt.
Rich is having a tea break after we painted the whole area white.

Min egen handyman!

Check out my own handyman!

Sol katt/sun cat

Amy i var solen.
Amy in the spring sun.

Var pyssel/Spring fixing

Har ar en av mina Philadelphus buskar med krokusar runt omkring. Det var dags att fa lite ordning pa det hela.
Here's on of my Philadelphus shrubs with crocuses around it. It's been looking rather messy so I decided to do something about it. Sa vi kopte lite glaciar stenar sa jag kunde kanna mig som hemma. Sa har blev slut resultatet.
So we bought some glacier stones so I could feel like home and this is what the result looks like.

Blommor/Flowers

The crocuses are soon over!
Krokusarna har snart blommat ut!
Confused Rudbeckia....It's meant to flower in August and September!
Forvirrad Rudbeckia! Den ska egentligen blomma i Augusti/September!

Signs of spring!/ Var tecken!

Har blommar det for fullt! Mina krokusar har slagit ut ordentligt nu.
My crocuses are flowering now!
Och Josef och Maria plantan som jag fick av Mike och Chris. Har ingen aning om vad den heter pa svenska, eller om den ska blomma vid den har tiden pa aret.
As is the Joseph and Mary plant that I got from Mike and Chris' garden. Not sure if it's meant to flower at this time of year. It's very cute. Mera krokusar.
More crocuses.

Och allium lokar pa vag upp.

And alliums on their way up.

Austronaut cat/Austronaut katt

Leela ar en austronaut!
Leela is an austronaut!

Semlor!!!

Det blir fettisdag aven i England, fast har kakar de pannkakor istallet. Men jag haller hart pa traditionerna, ivrigt pahejad av Rich som ar ett semle monster.
On Pancakeday in Sweden we don't eat pancakes (and it's not called pancake day either..) but we eat semlas instead which is cardemum buns with almond paste in them and cream on. Very tasty.

New Zealand 3/Nya Zealand 3

Har ar vi vid Franz Josef glaciaren pa vastkusten. Vi hade velat vandra har en dag men regnet oste ner sa det blev inget med det. Sa vi korde vidare ner till Wanaka eftersom folk hade sagt at oss att solen alltid skiner dar.
By the franz Josef glacier on the west coast. We had planned to take a day hiking here but the rain was pouring down so we went on down to Wanaka where apparantly the sun always shines.

Och de hade ratt! Har ar jag vid Lake Wanaka.

And it did! Me by Lake Wanaka.

Nya Zealand 2/New Zealand2

Har har vi akt vatten taxi upp langs med kusten i Abel Tasman Nationalpark. Vi vandrade tillbaka langs en fantastisk stig som foljde kustlinjen.

We took a watertaxi a bit up the coast i Abel Tasman Nationalpark. We've just started our walk back. It was a great walk that followed the costal path.

Fina vyer i Abel Tasman. Jag hyrde en kajak och hade en fantastisk dag med stralande sol, kunnig guide (fick inte lova att hyra en kajak ensam utan guidem Emily ville inte folja med) och narkontakt med salar!

Beautiful views in Abel Tasman. I rented a kayak and had a fantastic day with sunny weather, knowledagble guide (I wasn't aloud to rent a kayak on my own without a guide - Emily didn't want to come) and a close encounter with playful seals!

New Zealand/Nya Zealand

Jim, Jane och Emily pa vag till Akaroa.

Jim, Jane and Emily on the way to Akaroa.

Lunch pa Sumner Beach i Christchurch.

Lunch at Sumner Beach in Christchurch.

Garden/Tradgard

Sa har ser tradgarden ut i Januari, utan sno.
This is what the garden looks like in
Januarym without the snow.



Rich gjorde denna lilla rabatt och planterade bambun
nar jag var i Nz.
Rich made this little flowerbed and planted the
bamboo when I was in Nz


Det har ar en bjornbarsplanta som Rich gravde
upp pa en promenad for ett tag sedan.
Den har precis vaknat till liv.
This is a blackberry plant that Rich
dug up on a walk a while ago.
It has just started to show some sign of life.

Sno!/Snow!

Antligen sno!! Detta otroligta snofall pa sakert 3 cm resulterade saklart i att min resa till jobbet tog 1.5 timmar langre an vanligt. Men fint ar det.
Finally snow! This massive snow fall of 3 cm resulted in my journey to work taking 1.5 hours longer than normal. But it looks so lovely!

Long time no blog!

Nu jaklar har det varit langesedan jag uppdaterade bloggen. Men nu nar jag tillbaka!!
Loong time since updating the blog. But I'm finally back!!!

Gang/Path

Nu har vi tagit oss samman och kopt stenar till varan gang sa vi slipper bli leriga om fotterna under vintern. Vi ska sanka ner dem i graset.
Rich went and bought paving slabs which will be sunk into the grass so we can walk to the shed without getting clay all over during the winter.