A - Å - 30. april - Å - Åkander

Å er for Åkander,

Åkandeblad
med
anker.
Anchored
lilypad

     Uglemor har meget længe ønsket sig åkander i haven. Da frøsøen var ny og klar, plantede hun en enkelt gul åkande, der blomstrede smukt den sommer, men aldrig kom igen. Åkander kræver nemlig sol og varme, og frøsøen ligger i skyggen. Så lavede Uglemor da bare selv sine egne åkandeblade.
     Det var desværre en fiasko. Olien blev til det rene klister, åkanderne sank og insekterne fortsatte med at drukne.

Oliegennemtrængt åkandeblad
Oil saturated lilypad.

   Naturligvis har Uglemor flere nye ideer til den kommende sommer, så lad os se, hvad der sker.

- Å -

Å is for  Åkande = waterlily
For a long time MotherOwl wanted a waterlily in the garden. When the Frogpond was new and the waters clear, she bougth and planted a pretty yellow waterlily. It flowered nicely that summer, never to return. Waterlilies want sunshine and warm water, and the Frogpond is placed in the shadow.
Then MotherOwl made her own, wooden lilypads.  The experiment was a failure. The oil got sticky and the lilypads got waterlogged and sunk.

Åkandeblad af træ i et lille bassin - medens det stadig så ud til at lykkes.
Wooden lilypad in a small pond -- While everything looked good.

This summer MotherOwl has more ideas for waterlilies for the Frogpond and other water filled containers placed in the Owlery.

Selvom åkandebladene var smukke, var det en dårlig idé.
Even if the lilypads turned out beautiful, it did not work out as intended.

Og det var så slut på A-Z-udfordringen, der endte med a blive en A-Å-udfordring

- Å -

And this was the end of the A-Z Challenge, that for MotherOwl's part ended up as an A-Å Challenge.