All the Colours of 2023

At first a disclaimer: I'm not going to keep up Colours of the Month in 2024. It did not work out as I thought it would. I would have liked to post at least a photo a month with the months' colour. It did not happen.

But a review of the monthly colours and some photos is still in order.

Månedernes farve ~ ~ Colour of the Months

January - Pine Green - an alternative view of our Christmas tree.

February - Signal White - the colour I did not use for my sweater

March - Salmon Range - dyeing with privet berries and thickseed flowers

April - Reseda Green - celebrating Easter and writing of ancestors

May - May Green - celebrating Common Prayer Day for the last time ever

June - Turquoise blue - sewing a new piano guardian

July - Golden Yellow - visiting the sand sculptures and meeting this golden beauty in the nearby harbour

August - Luminous Red - Seeing monsters in the weather graphs

September - Antique Pink - reminiscing about our stay in Germany

October - Dahlia Yellow - plant dyeing once again

November - Mint Green - complaining about the labelling of pick'n'mix candy

December - Fawn brown - Dead leaves still hanging on the tree at the place where I bought our Christmas tree.

And after this trip through my year in colour, I am tempted to take up Colour24 anyway. The format would be a bit different in as far as I would only announce the colour on the first (or maybe second) Sunday of every month; together with a Sunday Selections using the colour. What do you say?

Månedens farve - DECEMBER - Colour of the Month

Månedens farve for december 2023 er --  The colour of the month for December 2023 is

Månedens farve - NOVEMBER - Colour of the Month

Månedens farve for november 2023 er --  The colour of the month for November 2023 is

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Plant Dyeing at The Owlery - Plantefarvning i Uglebo

Månedens farve for oktober 2023 er --  The colour of the month for October 2023 is

And I have not done much yet, but I have dyed with plants from my garden. And Dahlia yellow is to be found here

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Jeg har ikke gjort så skrækkeligt meget. Men nu har jeg plantefarvet med planter fra min have; og jeg er sikker på at månedens farve kan findes her.

First off I dyed with Tansy (Clear yellow), Cow parsley (dusty yellow) and Tickseed flowers (almost red) and leaves (orange).

It is colourful, but a bit boring.

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Til start farvede jeg med rejnfan (klart gult), vild kørvel (støvet gul), skønhedsøje-blomster (næsten rød), og -blade (orange).

Det er meget farverigt, men en smule kedeligt.

Then I tied a LOT of small knots and put it back in the red and orange vats.

Now it looks like this.

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Så bandt jeg MANGE små knuder og kom garnet tilbage i de to skønhedsøje-farvebade.

Nu ser det sådan her ud.

Poetry Monday :: No poetry

Sorry everybody, MotherOwl is still not feeling her best.

No poetry today.

A month ago I took this glorius photo. It fits the Colour of the Month.

Månedens farve - OKTOBER - Colour of the Month

Månedens farve for oktober 2023 er --  The colour of the month for October 2023 is

Catch up ~ Indhente mig selv

Oops. I promised photos of pink flowers. Instead noting happened. Sorry. I was just too busy yesterday to whip up a post, and when I remembered, I was too tired and bed was calling.

Also I never made a poem on Cheeseburgers. I made the classic mistake of reading the poems on other blogs, and then my brain of course and expectedly went empty!

At least now I post my flowers. It's from the "save a flower" racks outside my local supermarket, where hopeless cases are marked down, or even free, They survived, but none of them are frost hardy, so I have to think where to place them for easy bringing inside when the frost arrives.

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Det er en upsi! I søndags lovede jeg gammelrosa blomster i går. I stedet kom der ... ingenting. Heller ikke noget digt om Cheeseburgere, der var emnet for mandagsdigtet. Jeg begik den klassiske brøler at læse digtene hos de andre deltagende bloggere først - og så gik den sorte klap selvfølgelig ned.
     Nu kan jeg da i det mindste vise blomsterne frem. Billederne blev taget i går, mens jeg fløj forvirret rundt som en anden skruk Uglemor. Da jeg endelig nåede til bloggen, var jeg ærligt talt for træt.
     Billederne kommer fra "red en blomst"-reolen inde i Helsinge. Der stiller de de mishandlede, halvdøde blomster ud til en billig penge, nogen gange endda gratis. De her tre har ligget i vand siden de kom hjem, og de er da også overlevet.

The ones having the -- at least close to -- Antique Pink flowers are Cuphea hyssopifolia, the false heather, Mexican heather, Hawaiian heather or elfin herb. The last one is Oxalis vulcanicola, volcanic sorrel. It should be edible -- we'll have to try it in the salad tonight.

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På dansk hedder dem med de  gammelrosa blomster japansk myrtle - ikke nær så imponerende som de engelske navne. Den sidste i rækken er vulkansk surrkløver, det lyder da af noget. Den er spiselig, og det skal da prøves i salaten i aften.

En af de ting, jeg havde travlt med i går, var at høste og vaske og snitte og fryse alle vores rabarber inde de blev "efterårskedelige". Der var næsten 6 kg. Det, der mangler, endte i en rabarbertærte. Det havde vi da fortjent.

One of yesterdays busy things could be photographed. I pulled and washed and sliced and diced all our rhubarbs and put them in the freezer, as they were turning "autumn stale". All in al 6 kg. The missing amount ended up in a rhubarb pie yesterday evening. It was good!


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Next Monday: Dreams

Sunday Selections :: Søndagsbilleder

Date

Time

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Height

17. September

20:49 - 20:53

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24°

         
We saw the ISS -- the International Space Shuttle -- with Danish astronaut Andreas Mortensen aboard. It looked just like a very fast plane.

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Vi så ISS - den internationale rumstation - med den danske astronaut Andreas Mortensen ombord. Det lignede mest af alt et superhurtigt fly højt oppe.

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My jalapeños all looked like this on one plant. It seems this is the normal, or maybe just the most coveted look. I never had one look like this before, so I saved some seeds from it for planting next spring.

Mine jalapeñoer ser sådan ud på den ene plante. Det har de aldrig gjort før, men det synes at være det normale, eller i hvert fald det mest eftertragtede udseende for jalapeñoer, så jeg tog frø fra den til at plante næste år.

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I was out in the sunshine picking haws, rosehips and sloe

Jeg var ude i solskinnet og plukke slåen, hyben og tjørnebær.

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And I rippled my flax and put the straw bundles in the water barrel for retting.
The yellow text says:
Felice                                                          Lisette
5 bundles and 139 g. seeds                           2 bundles and 81 g. seeds

Jeg fik også heglet min hør, nu ligger bundterne til rødning i vandtønden ligesom sidste år.

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And this morning on our way to church we saw these beautiful sunrays.

I morges på vej til kirke så vi de her fantastiske solstråler.

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Ugen bød også på  gammelrosa blomster, men jeg har forsømt at tage et billede, det må komme senere.

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This week also included some Antique Pink flowers, but I forgot to snap a photo, It'll come later.

Sunday Selections ~ Colour 23 :: Antique Pink

Månedens farve for september 2023 er --  The colour of the month for September 2023 is

Det bliver en udfordring, jeg er ikke særlig pink.

This'll be a challenge, pink is not me.

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Jeg prøver med et par blomster fra haven

I'll just try a few flowers from my garden, maybe one of them fits.

Wal•Mart & Döner

      Hvis vi skulle have store plastikting til husholdningen, snavsetøjskurve, babybadekar, opvaskebaljer, al den slags plastik-gejl uden hvilken en husholdning ikke rigtig kan køre - kørte vi over på den anden side af Lebenstedt. Der lå Wal•Mart. Vi var overbeviste om, at det var en tysk kæde, og udtalte det på tysk, ligesom de lokale også gjorde. Det var en enorm butik, og den delte parkeringsplads med et stort havecenter, hvor vi købte en tysk top-ting til vores juletræ.
     På den fælles parkeringsplads stod det en lilla eller lyserød vogn, hvorfra venlige, tyrkiske mænd solgte Döner Kebab.

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If we needed large plastic household items - laundry baskets, baby bathtubs, dishwashing tubs, all that plastic stuff that a household can't really do without - we drove to the other side of Lebenstedt. There was Wal•Mart. We were convinced it was a German chain and pronounced it in German, as did the locals. It was a huge store, and it shared a car park with a large garden centre where we bought a German top-thingie for our Christmas tree.
In the shared car park was a purple or pink trolley from which friendly Turkish men sold Döner Kebab.

Billede fra Google maps. Döner-vognen findes stadig, nu er den bare rykket over til plantecenteret.
Picture from Google Maps. The Döner-mobile is still there, only now next to the Garden centre

Vi laver aldrig Döner selv - det kræøver roterende spid og sådan en sjov "barbermaskine" til kød. Men vi steger selv pulled pork og bager ofte pitabrød. Så det må være en god erstatning, og i dag vil jeg prøve det med blommesovsen fra i fredags, vi har virkelig mange blommer i år.

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We never make Döner kebeab at home, but pita bread is a staple in our household, and I often bake them myself.
Tonight I'm going to try homemade Pulled pork with the Plum sauce from Friday, as we really do have many plums this year.

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Pulled Pork
1 nakkesteg på ca. 2 kg (Økologisk, eller lagt i saltlage fra dagen før)
50 g brun farin           
Paprika
Friskkværnet peber
Salt            
2 spsk whisky (kan udelades eller erstattes efter smag)
Syvpeber           
1 laurbærblad
En buket blandede krydderurter fra haven, fintklippet (timian, løvstikke, salvie, oregano ...)
3 enebær
Bland alt undtagen kødet i en ildfast fad med låg
Skyl nakkestegen i koldt vand og tør den grundigt. Læg den i fadet og masser sukker/krydderblandingen rundt på kødet med fingrene.
Læg låg på fadet og stil det i ovnen ved 110 gradet i lang tid mindst 6 timer. Vend den efter tre timer.
Hiv kødet i trævler med to gafler - det er det, der gør det til Pulled Pork -  og lad det ligge lidt i stegevandet.
Server med varme pitabrød, hvidløgsdressing eller blommesovs.

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Pulled Pork
1 neck roast of approx. 2kg Organic, else it's too squishy and needs salting overnight.
50 g brown sugar          
Paprika
Freshly ground pepper
Salt           
A spoonful or two of smoked whisky (can be omitted or substituted after taste)
Seven pepper - Japanese Nanami togarashi (else a little chilli)         
1 bay leaf
A bouquet of mixed herbs from the garden, finely chopped
3 juniper berries
Mix everything except the meat in an ovenproof dish with a lid
Rinse the neck roast in cold water and dry it thoroughly.
Place it in the dish and distribute the sugar/spice mixture on the outside of the meat with your fingers.
Cover the dish and place it in the oven at 110 degrees centigrade for at least 6 hours. Turn it over after three hours.
Shred the meat with two forks - this is the Pulled part -  and leave it in the cooking water for a while.
Serve with warm pita bread, garlic dressing or plum sauce.

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Så håber jeg Dönervognens farve rammer månedens farve godt nok.

I hope the pink of the Döner-mobile is close enough to the colour of the month.

Månedens farve - SEPTEMBER - Colour of the Month

Månedens farve for september 2023 er --  The colour of the month for September 2023 is

Det bliver en udfordring, jeg er ikke særlig pink.

This'll be a challenge, pink is not me.

Sunday Selections :: Red and Flowers

Søndagsbilleder :: Rød og blomster

It is now! The hollyhocks are flowering. And look! So many nuances.
Nu blomstrer stokroserne - og hvor er der mange forskellige!

Der er også modne hyben - And the rosehips begin to ripen

Det samme gør bærrene på kaprifolien, selvom den også stadig har sine imponerende knopper
Also on the honeysuckle berries are ripening, even though it still shows off the impressing buds

Horsetidsel er meget smuk og meget stikkende! Den kendes let på sine meget stive, strågule torne.
Spear thistle is a beaut - and prickly. It is easily recognized by its stiff, straw coloured spines

Nogle andre skønheder -- Some other pretties

Og vores "jungle". Jeg lugede alle de små hjortetaktræer væk i maj, Nu er de tilbage for fuld kraft.
And our "jungle". I removed all the small shots of the Staghorn sumac in May. Now they're back!

Og til sidst: Vi diskuterede månedens røde farve. Her er den sammenlignet med rød som en brandbil eller postkasserød. Det er ikke den samme. Men jeg er sikker på at begge farver er med på mine billeder flere gange.

And we discussed the colour of the month. Here it is compared to fire engine red (Danish mail box red). It is not the same colour. But I'm sure both can be found more than once in my photos.

Augusts lysende rød øverst/til venstre og postkasserød nederst/til højre.
Top left August's Luminous red, bottom right Fire engine red.

Sunday Selection :: Søndagsbilleder

De sidste gyldne :: The last Golden ones

En gylden blomst i mit vilde hjørne :: A golden flower from my Wild corner

Gyldne løfter om mange blommer :: Golden promises - lots of prunes

En celle uden lås og hængsel, dog for en gylden skat er den et fængsel.
Det store æg vejede 104 g. og skjulte to gyldne skatte.

A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
The big one (104 g.) hid two treasures.

At finde en orkide i skoven er næsten lige så godt som at finde guld.
Det her er Danmarks mest almindelige orkide, Skov-hullæbe. Jeg har først set den i år.

Finding an orchid while hunting for mushrooms is almost a good as finding a golden treasure.
This one is the commonest orchid of Denmark, Broad-leaved helleborine, I never saw it before.