Åbning af - 💙 - Alma - 💙 - is here

   Her er en montage af Almas nyhedsbrev fra forleden. Det glæder Uglemors hjerte at se, at Thise er iblandt varerne på hylderne i Alma.

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Our new supermarket, Alma, opened today - in Copenhagen. It is supposed to be a substitute for the one closed down by orders of January 31, 2023, when I wrote:

my favourite supermarket chains rearranges and in the process closes down the branch where I have been going for things like coffee, tea, yoghurt, pasta, rice and biscuits ... Soon only cheap, lousy discount remains.

MotherOwl is glad to see that her favourite brand of milk is to be on the shelves - best taste & the only one not adding things giving me a stomach ache to their lactose free products.

   De andre to er mindre interessante. Noma er Økologi og ... for fuld udblæsning, og Uglen drikker ikke vin.
   Men den nederste sætning giver stort håb for fremtiden: "Og dette er bare begyndelsen. Foruden almas egen økologiske kaffe, almas kvalitetste og selvfølgelig almas indkøbsnet vil hylderne være fyldt med spændende, smagfulde og grønne varer, som vi håber, at I vil komme forbi og kigge på og måske endda købe."
     Kvalitetste ... det lyder lovende. Jeg savner vore gode gamle indiske eller Darjeeling te fra dengang Irma fandtes. Vi har prøvet snart alle andre med varierende grader af skuffelse.
      Uglemor håber også på at finde gode kiks og vafler, forskellige kødudskæringer, ost, sære frugter og grøntsager ... da det kun er et madmarked, skal vi stadig jagte fryseposer, vaskepulver, hårshampoo, skurepulver, ja alt sådan noget husholdning- og rengøringshejs i alle mulige butikker.

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The other two brands they promote, I'm more like well no thanks. Noma is a fancy, vegan-gourmet-unusual stuff brand. I find it expensive, and moreover it's filled with FODMAPs (beans, lentils, and pulses). And wine, MotherOwl is not a fan of wine, period.

But the last sentence gives me more hope again: "This is only the beginning. Other than Alma's coffee, good tea, and shopping bags our shelves will be bursting new, tasty and green goods. We hope you'll come and have a look, and maybe even buy some."

Good tea sounds promising. Ever since Irma closed, we've tried to find a substitute for their Indian or Darjeeling teas. I think we've tried all other teas available, with varying degrees of disappointment.

There's much more I hope to find there, biscuits, wafers, cheese, meat, unusual fruits and greens, ... this is to be a food market only, so no use looking for machine wash, shampoo, cleaning and household products of any kind.

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  Nyhedsbrevet fra åbningen i dag ... meh.
  Det virker som lige det, jeg frygter Alma ender i. Økologi og ... vegansk, luksus, og eksklusive varer, men det er måske det, der hører hjemme i ugens tilbud på Frederiksberg. Jeg venter, til jeg har været derinde og kigge selv.

The newsletter form today's opening is kinda Meh ... Special offers for the coming week.
- Pulses, beans, lentils and co. No thanks
- Wine, still no,
- Apple juice, also no.
It is actually my fears for this supermarket come true. Organic and ... vegan, luxury produce, exclusivity, single estate. But then again the supermarket opened in the posh part of Copenhagen. I'll most decidedly hold my judgement till I've been there and looked for myself.

Poetry Monday :: Orange :: WordLit

Today I feel tired, sad and spread too thin once again.
Today I have been painting garden tools, weeding, making the hen house ready for its new occupants who will be arriving tomorrow, and taking up my red yarn from the beetroot dye. Pictures to come.

But it is Poetry Monday. The subject is Orange.

First my inspiration: 

Do you think oranges want to become juice?
Or are they pressed into it?

Then my WordLit - Think outside the box-edition.

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And yesterday before mass I once again found a suitable car in that very same car park. Now I can expect to see 999 around my 103rd birthday, progress is happening.

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Up and coming:
March 24: Orange (today)
March 31: Turn
April 7: Road
April 14: Bring
April 21: Free
April 28: Jam

011 & Beetroot Dyeing

Today I was once again out and about. I was to a meeting - a nice one involving cake and knitting and winding of hanks of yarn for plant dyeing - just after the meeting one of the Owlets phoned me. Could I please get some medicine for him at the pharmacy? Of course I could, just a small detour, can do. Only when I arrived in town, the pharmacy near the station - and bus stops - had changed its hours and was closed less than ten minutes ago. I ran to the other one, further away, as I wanted to catch the next bus back home.

In the car park in front of the far away pharmacy I saw a car with the number 011, but I dared not stop, pull out my camera from my backpack, and get a photo. I hurried on, into the pharmacy, I was second in line, but both customers in front of me had endless problems. I had the pills and paid an exorbitant sum, and pulled out my camera. Checking my watch, I saw that I had time for a photo ... if only the car did not belong to one of the two talkative customers, and had left.

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Nope, it was still there.

Back home again I let one of the hanks down in a pot of beetroot dye - hoping for red. Time will tell.

Words for Wednesday ~ March 19

In March, River is supplying the prompts for Words for Wednesday.

Word for Wednesday is a challenge that was started a long time ago. Now it has turned into a movable event with Elephant's Child as our coordinator; and the Words provided by a number of people.

The general idea of this challenge is to make us write. Poems, stories, subtitles, tales, jokes, haiku, crosswords, puns, ... you're the boss.
Use all Words, some Words, one Word, or even none of them if that makes your creative juices flow. Anything goes, only please nothing rude or vulgar.

 It is also a challenge, where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true.

So Please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.

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This Wednesday's prompts:
Herring
Detectives
Beer
Mask
Peaches

I will be continuing my surrealistic story of Sue and Bill As I wrote last Wednesday I still need to get back to normal after these last stressing months. I am slowly starting to knit, sow, weed and so on, but the slightest adversity saps any and all strength. Still, luckily Spring is on its way and I'm SO  thankful that the light is returning!

They stripped the man of his wet gear and carried him to the couch near the blazing fireplace. He moaned and came around. "The spanner," he croaked. "Give me the spanner!"
Sue picked up the rusty spanner from the floor, hefting it and noticing how light it was. The man grasped the spanner with both hands and bit into it. Sue looked at her hands, they were covered in what she thought was rust, but on a closer inspection it turned out to be cocoa powder. It was made from chocolate.
"I still need your help," the man said. "The ghosts are out there tonight. They came after me from the old ship and walked right through me several times all the way here."
"Bugger," Bill said loudly. "We handed back the ghost-hounds only a week ago. We'll need them."

They listened to the man's explanation.
"It's all red herrings," Bill said,
"Are we detectives, or are we not," Sue replied.
"I need a beer," the man said, "Chocolate is fine, and warms your soul, but beer is better."
Bill went into the kitchen while Sue kept the man company, or kept an eye on him, or both. She saw him ogling the Inuit mask on the wall and later look sharply at the small netsuke in the book case, these were strangely made, and resembled tupilak to the unwary.
Bill returned from the kitchen, carrying a deep tray with three glasses of draught beer, some sandwiches, and a tasty dessert made from dried peaches and whipped cream.
They all ate, and then Bill looked sternly at the man: "Now you tell us the truth!"

Hopefully more words to come, thanks River.

A-Z Challenge ~ Wordle Edition?

I feel very much like participating in A-Z Challenge this year as well, but I do not feel like writing much, or drawing, or researching ... I thought up an idea: I am going to solve each day's wordle, using as starter word one beginning with the day's letter.

For instance April 1st, I am going to lay out with a word beginning with A and containing 5 letters, like AGILE.

I'll maybe add a few words about my chosen starter word if fancy takes me, else I'll just post the solution - or not in the case that I did not solve it.

Maybe I should make the Wordles a day in advance, so as not to feel compelled to begin each day with the tedious spoiler alerts.

And one more rule. All five letters in the word need to be different if at all possible, no Arrow, no Salad.

The alternative badges, as supplied by Lissa seems to suggest growing things as starter words.

I have as yet not decided which one I like best. I look at them, like number 1 best. I look again and prefer number 2 ... Next time I look at them it's the other way around.

And, dear Lissa, I found out why I was in doubt. Really, I liked number 2 best - only not the red letters, I preferred the orange colour of number 1.

Now I tried changing the red letters in number 2 to orange, I like this way better, and that's the one I'm going to use. I hope you can forgive me for this.