søndag den 20. juli 2025

Sunday Selection :: Writing Pleasure Purple

I am still wrangling my new PC - Getting the pictures from my camera in there is tough. There's no slot for the memorycard from the camera any longer, and all sorts of strange pop-ups are trying to take over my transfer when I finally get the PC and camera to interact.

But here's a few of the photos from this week that suceeded in being taken, looking somewhat OK and finding their way into my folders.

First - this year again we visited the sandsculpture featival in Hundested meeting old aquaintances

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Jeg kæmper stadig med min nye computer - det er bøvlet at få billederne fra mit kamera ind på den. Der er ikke længere et hul til hukommelseskortet fra kameraet, og når jeg endelig får computer og kamera til at tale sammen, er der alle mulige mærkelige pop op-vinduer der forsøger at overtage det hele.
     Men her er et par af de billeder fra denne uge. Det lykkedes at få dem taget, de ser nogenlunde ud, og de har fundet vej til de rigtige mapper.
     Igen i år besøgte vi sandskulptur-festivalen i Hundested og mødte gamle bekendte. Vi har så vidt jeg ved kun misset den to gange siden den åbnede i 2012, nemlig 2016 og 2024.
I think he's been there from the very start - ⏳ - Jeg tror ham her har været med fra starten.

This one has been here for some years too - ⏳ - Denne her har også nogle år på bagen.


Hvorimod denne her var helt ny - ⏳ - This one was all new
Årets tema er Showtime, alt kan ske  - ⏳ - Theme of the year: Showtime, Anything can Happen.

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Then we go home again - ⏳ - Så tager vi hjem igen

Jeg har fået klinte hjem i haven - ⏳ - I've had a corncockle grow in my garden.

Dette er et overskudsprodukt - ⏳ - This is a byproduct

Saltlage, nu kogt ind til salt - ⏳ - brine, now boiled and dried and turned into salt

Det blev brugt til at salte de her slåen, der nu står i eddikelage og trækker. De bliver til slåliven
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The brine was used for these sloeberries, now in another liquid made of vinegar, sugar and water. This will turn them into slolives, or Nordic olives.

Jeg plukkede også gyldne stikkelsbær, de blev til en gylden stikkelsbærtærte. Det var ikke så godt som det gyldne syltetøj fra sidste år, så ikke flere gyldne tærter.
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I also picked all the golden gooseberries, they were made into a gooseberrypie. It was nothing special, as opposed to the golden jam from 2024. No more golden gooseberry pies.


And finally scroll down and see today's Wordle solution - it is fun - and Writing Pleasure Purple ;)
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Og til sidst dagens Wordle, med en sjov - og skriveglædelilla løsning længere nede.


Sunday's Wordle 1.492 4/6
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🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
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Another one with green and grey letters only .... this made me want to play
Solution will be revealed, so scroll with care

Endnu en løsning med kun grå og grønne bogstaver ... Jeg fik lyst til at lege
Dagens løsning vil blive afsløret længere nede, så scroll med forsigtighed.


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The solution as it was - and with the colours inverted, which makes the green letters turn
Writing Pleasure Purple

Løsningen som den ser us - og med farverne inverteret. Det får de grønne bogstaver til at blive Skriveglædelilla



6 kommentarer:

  1. I enjoyed your selections although I am sorry the pie didn't turn out so well.

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    1. Thank you. We have had another pie from the green ones - it was good.

      Slet
  2. I completely understand you about the computer issue, Charlotte! I bought a new one last year, and it's just not working for me. I still use my old one more often (I dread the day it finally gives up on me). What I really love about blogging is seeing products, plants, and animals I've never encountered before, and getting to comment on them for the first time. I'm seeing these small, tomato-like things for the first time, but they're not tomatoes! That's so cool what you did with the letters!

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    1. Thank you. I have postponed having a new PC for years, but the old one was so slow. I turned it on before breakfast for it to have booted itself when I was done eating - no hyperbole, the plain truth - and I could have one thing runnig at a time - or wait for minutes for it to update, or freeze on me. It was due time. I still have the olde one, as I am keeping it until I'm totally sure I did not miss anything.
      Those small yellow ones are berries, gooseberries - I found πράσινα φραγκοστάφυλα in Greek ;) they taste a bit like kiwis, but they taste more fruity, sour and tangier.

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  3. Good job with the wordle. I've heard about gooseberries but never seen any in the shops here.

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    1. It's years since I saw gooseberries for sale. It's a thing you grow, and share with family and friends. My guess is that picking is so time consuming that fresh berries will be too expensive for anyone to buy. I tried a fast search, and can only find frozen, imported ones for sale anywhere.

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