Bastu kok/Kitchen sauna

Ok, nu funkar blogger igen. Sa har kommer bilderna pa hur bastu koket kom till varlden.
Har har vi satt upp reglarna.
Ok, blogger has decided to to work again so here are the pictures that shows the development of the sauna kitchen. Here's the background work done. Fonsterbradan innan.
Windowsill before.

Nya fonsterbradan pa plats. Rich klattrade upp for att lagga tyngd pa den.

New windowsill in place. Rich climbed up to put some pressure on it.

Fonsterbradan efter! Den ar bredare nu ocksa! Toppen. Sen kan ni ju se att masterfotografen har varit i farten.... taskig skarpa och egen reflektion i fonstret....

Windowsill after! It's wider now which is great! As you can see the master photographer have been in action again....bad focus and own reflection in the window....

Tada!! Bastukok med katt! Fattar inte varfor hon ar sa trott, det borde vara Rich och jag som lag ner pa golve och tog igen oss efter att ha jobbat med detta hela helgen. Men bra blir det. Panelen ska malas vit.

Kitchensauna with tired cat! Don't know what her reasons were to be so tired, she didn't exactly contribute with any work. It should have been Rich and me lying down for a rest after working with the kitchen all weekend. We'll paint the panelling white eventually. I'm very happy with the result.

Blogg problem/Blog problems

Det ar nat fel pa blogg programmet sa jag kan inte lagga ut bilder for tillfallet. Ville ju sa garna visa er vart fina bastu kok. Vi har satt upp trapanelen mellan skapen och banken och det ser valdigt bastulikt ut! Fast vi ska ju mala det sa smaningom. Bilder kommer sa fort blogger bestammer sig for att fungera igen.
It's something wrong with the blog program so I can't put any pictures up at the moment. I really wanted to show you our sauna kitchen! We've put the wood panelling up between the cupboards and the worktop and haven't painted them yet so it looks very much like a sauna. Pictures to follow once blogger has sorted itself out.

Farg/Colour

Har ar tre olika gra farger som jag har provmalat i koket. Det ser inte riktigt likadant ut pa fotot som i verkligheten, men sag garna i kommentars funktionen vilken ni tycker ar bast. Det ar for koket och koket ar ju vitt med morka arbetsbankar.
This is the three different shades of grey I've tried out in the kitchen. The kitchen is white with dark worktops. Let me know wich one you think we should go for. The colours haven't come out absolutely right on the photo, but pretty much.

Paprika skord/Pepper harvest

Har ar en del av mina frosadda paprikor! Fina och roda och valdigt goda!
Here's some of the peppers that I've grown from seed. Red, shiny and very tasty!

Krysantemum/Chrysanthemum

Min krysantemum (tror jag det ar iallafall..) har fatt fina knoppar och kommer snart sta i full blom hoppas jag. Sorten heter "Nina" och jag fick den av svarforaldrarna forra hosten. Sa jag har hallt den vid liv i ett helt ar!! Med overvintring!
My chrysanthemum (please correct me if I'm wrong Chris and Mike..) has got little buds on it now and should start flowering soon I hope. I got it last year from my parents in law and this particular type is called "Nina"!

Fodelsedag/Birthday

Det var min fodelsedag for nagra veckor sedan. Far och Gunilla var har som hedersgaster och Richards foraldrar kom ocksa. Har skalar vi glatt! Kolla in min kaprifol i vanstra hornet! (Det ar ju trots allt en tradgardsblogg ...)
It was my birthday a few weeks ago. My dad and Gunilla were here and Rich's parents came up for the day. So here we all are saying "cheers!" or "skal" and even "cheese/ost". Just to justify this as a garden blogg entry: check out all the leaves on the honeysuckle in the left hand corner.....
En av mina fodelsedags presenter fran Far och Gunilla var en svensk flagga!! Har vajar den i den engelska vinden.
One of the birthday presents from Dad and Gunilla was a Swedish flag! Fits perfectly on the garden shed and will be used for special occasions from now on.

Skordetid/Harvesting time

Jag har sa mycket tomater att vi knappt hinner ata upp dem.
I've got so much tomatoes that we hardly manage to eat them.

Och antligen borjar paprikorna bli roda! Chillin ar fortfarande gron.

The peppers are finally starting to go red! But the chilli is still green.

Orsak till rygg ont/Cause of back pain

Sa har kommer bild beviset till vad som har gett mig ont i ryggen.
Jag har lange tankt att jag vill ha en syren och i dag tog jag mis samman och akte och kopte en. Den ska ha bla eller rosa blommor beroende pa vilken lapp pa busken jag valjer att tro pa... Den ska sa smaningom bli 3m hog och 1,5 meter bred.
So here is the pictures to explain why my back is aching. I decided at while ago that I wanted a lilac and today I finally got one. Depending on which label to believe (the shrub was equipped with two labels), the flowers will be wither pink or blue. Eventually it should grow to 3m high and 1,5 metres wide. H

Har ar den utvalda platsen.
The chosen spot.
Efter en massa gravning,
borttagning av gras och nedsattande av planka for att fa en jamn kant.
This is after a lot of digging, removing of turf and a bit of wood dug down to kept the edge tidy. Syrenen pa plats! Och nagra allium lokar som jag hoppas kommer blomma ungefar samtidigt som syrenen.
The lilac has a new home! I'm also planting some allium bulbs.

Nu ar det klart!

All done!

Hart jobb/Hard work

Jaklar vad jag har jobbat i tradgarden idag! Har skit ont i ryggen nu. Jag ar en vekling.
Hursomhelts sa har jag planterat en host/vinter korg och en host/vinter kruka. Jag tror det ar forsta gangen i mitt liv jag faktiskt ar ute i god tid med nagot.
Been working like a madman in the garden all day today. I've got such a back ache now. I'm way to weak for my own good and age.
Anyhow, I've been planting two autumn/winter thigs today. One basket and one pot. I think it's the first time in my life I'm actually out in good time with something.

Var planer/Spring plans

Dessa ska planteras i tradgarden! Langtar redan till varen! Det kommer bli en laaang vinter...
These will be planted in the garden. I'm already longing for next spring! I think it'll be a loong winter....

Circusboy/Cirkuspojke

Det ar inte for inte Richard aven gar under namnet circuspojken. Har haller han pa att fixa med sladdarna for spotlightsen.
This picture is just one of many reason Rich is also called Circusboy. Here he's managing to bend his spine the wrong way around while adjusting the spotlights.

More kitchen/Mera kok

Nu finnd det golv, spotlights under skapen, lister pa plats, ja faktiskt ett helt fungerande kok. Hurra!!! Jag har kopt tre olika sorters testburkar med farg till vaggarna sa det ska utprovas under veckan.
The kitchen has now got a proper floor, spotlights under cupboards and plinth. I've bought three test pots with paint for the walls today, so they will be tried out during the week.

Almost done/Nastan klart

Har ar koket! Jag ar sa glad att ha ett fungerande kok igen. Nu ar tom gasen inkopplad till spisen. I tva veckor var vi utan spis och hade bara ugn och riskokare. Men det gick bra det med. Jag ar sa himla glad att ha gas spis igen. Nu ar det bara vaggar, golvet och lite sma detaljer som lister kvar!
Tada! The kitchen! I'm so happy to have a fully functioning kitchen again. For two weeks we only had the oven and the rice boiler, but now the gas is connected. I'm also very pleased to have a gas stove again. So now there's only the walls, the floor and a few other details left!

Tomatskord/Tomato harvest

Har dagens tomat skord!
Here's the result of the tomato picking of today.

Chillies

Har ar mina sma chillies! Plantan fick jag av svarmor.
Here's my little chillies! I got the plant from my mother in law.

Stora paprikor/Big peppers

Jag ar sa stolt over mina fina paprikor! Jag har satt dem fran fro!
I'm so proud of my peppers! I've grown them from seed!

Skrap/Rubbish

Sa har sag varan gang ut mellan framsidan och baksidan. Har ar hela det gamla koket, alla kartonger fran gamla koket, Richards gamla motorcykel och annat skrap. Pa denna bilden har vi redan tagit bort en hel del, sa vi kunde faktiskt ga har nu. Innan fick vi klattra over allt skrap.
This is how our alley looked before. The entire old kitchen, all the boxes from the new kitchen, Richard's old motorbike and other stuff was kept here. On this picture we've already got rid of some things, before we had to climb over everything to get to the gate. Efter nagra timmar av barande och slangandes allt i en container sag det ut sa har!
After a few hours of carrying and throwing things into the skip it looked like this!

Fantastisk utsikt over en proppfull container. Rich fick plocka isar motorcykeln for att vi skulle orka fa i den i containern.

Beatutiful view of a full to the limit container. Rich had to take the bike to pieces in order for us to be able to lift it into the skip.

Problem

Har problem med bloggen ikvall. Den vill inte ladda upp bilder. Tankte visa bilder pa vad vi har gjort i helgen, men det far bli senare i veckan.
Having problems with the blog tonight. I can't upload pictures. Wanted to show what we've been doing this weekend, but I'll have to try later on in the week.

Semester/holiday

Vi har varit pa semester i Sverige i tva veckor. Sol, bad, vanner, familj och god mat och mycket vin. Perfekt!
We have been on holiday in Sweden for two weeks. Sun, warm sea, friends, family, good food and plenty of wine. Perfect!

Petunior 2/Petunias 2

Sa har sag petuniorna ut for ett tag sedan. Och kolla pa dem nu! Jag alskar nar det vaxer och gror. Clematis ar fortfarande patetisk. Vet inte riktigt varfor den inte har vaxt mer.
The petunias looked like this a while ago. And look at them now. I love when things grow and spread! The clematis is still pathetic though. Don't understand why it hasn't grown more.