Søndagsbilleder ~ Sunday Selection& Colour25

Today I get to use the Beauty Berry colour. I have a few misses, and then a hit ;)

I dag skal jeg så forsøge at finde Beauty Berry-farve. Jeg har et par gode forbiere, og forhåbentlig rammer jeg også.

Først en blomst, der pludselig groede på nogle sjove, lange ukrudter, jeg havde ladet stå uden for vores skur. Det er bukketorn, hvor bærrene er de meget sunde goji-bær - jeg troede det var et eller andet eksotisk, altså.
Næsten den rigtige farve.

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First a flower from a long, straggly weed I let live in front of the shed. It is matrimony vine, which I find a fun name, and the berries are the much touted goji-berries - I thought they were some tropical tree fruits.
Almost the right colour

En lille omvej til i går, hvor jeg demonstrerede plantefarvning. Først de planet, jeg plukkede på en tur i min have samme morgen: Rødbladet hassel, skønhedsøjer, rejnfan - og i kurvens dyb, grønne valnødder.

A small detour to yesterday where I showed how to plant dye. A basket full of dye-plants from my garden: Red hazel, tansy, tickseed and green walnuts (inside the basket)

The yarn I dyed -- det garn, jeg farvede.

Og så en gentagelse: Det garn, der mindede mig om lakridskonfetti. Jeg fandt noget på indkøb forleden. Ligner det ikke? Og så fandt jeg det på nettet: Bedre billede.

And a repeat: The hank of yarn reminding me of a Danish brand of candy. Down below the candy - I'll let you be the judge. And then I found it online: Better picture.

Og til sidst, mit sære møbius-strik. Jeg forsøger at lære italiensk aflukning, men havde skrevet forkert af, så det ser stadig sådan her ud .. og det rammer farven!

And finally my strange moebius knit. I'm trying to teach myself Italian bind off, but as I made a mistake copying the how-to, I've still not gotten any longer that last time ... but it fits the colour!

Sunday SelectionSøndagsbilleder

I dag har jeg noget meget kulørt garn at vise frem. Først mindede farverne i nøglet mig om påfuglefjer.

Today's photos feature a very colourful hank of yarn. At first it reminded me of peacock's feathers.

Så om lakridskonfetti

And then about a Danish brand of candy which strangely does not pop up in a web-search.

Og jeg strikkede sådan her, til stor forundring for Ugleungerne, der mente, at der var noget galt med mit strikketøj.

And I knit like this, to the astonishment of the Owlets who were sure I did something wrong.

Der er ikke noget galt, det skal se så sært ud - bortset fra et par mindre fejl. Jeg øver mig i at strikke Møbiusting.

But it is as it should be - apart from some minor errors. I'm teaching myself to knit a Moebiusband.

Jeg er ikke helt sikker på at der er noget strågult i dette garn, selvom det jo er sidste chance i dag.

I'm not sure there's any Straw golden in this hank, even if today was my last shot at this colour.

Colour of the Month :: September :: Månedens farve

I know, I know, we only recently had a purple, but, well, I tried no less than two random colour generators after seeing this photo, and they both gave me a violet. I can't fight the superior force. I suggest Beauty Berry Violet as the colour for September. It is taken from Mary's blogpost on these berries and a whole lot of other stuff.
Beauty berries is also a plant, I have wanted to have in my garden. I had forgotten it, also because I thougth it was highly poisonous, which it is not - let the Beauty berry hunt begin!

     Jeg ved godt, at vi lige har haft en lilla i juli. Jeg prøvede at finde en anden farve, men efter at ikke mindre end to "find en tilfældig farve" websteder havde givet mig en lilla, gav jeg op og accepterede Glasbær - som på botanisk latin, Callicarpa, og engelsk, Beauty Berry, hedder smukke bær - som månedens farve for september.
     Jeg fandt de smukke bær og en hel del andet hos Mary. Det er også en af de planter, jeg altid har ønsket mig at have i haven, men som jeg faktisk havde glemt. Nu må jeg på jagt.

Colour25 - august

Der bliver høstet på højtryk rundt om os, og jeg ønsker mig en ny halmballe til skydeøvelser, så månedens farve bliver strågul - eller strågylden om man vil.

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Egentlig går udfordringen ud på at finde og fotografere en eller flere ting med månedens farve og så lægge billederne op på sin blog, men efterhånden har det udviklet sig, så man må gøre stort set som man lyster, så længe det hverken er uforskammet eller vulgært.
    Og ja, jeg har valgt mange gule farver i år. Måskke er 202 bare et gult år.

The harvest is going on full steam all around us, and I'd very much like a new bale for shooting at. Ergo the colour for August is straw yellow, or straw golden as you like.

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I challenge you to find something containing this colour, photograph it, and post the photo on your blog one of the Sundays in August.

If you want to incorporate the colour into another challenge - for instance the Words for Wednesday - this is also fine.

If you have other ideas for the use, this is fine as well - and as usual with these challenges, most anything goes, only nothing rude or vulgar, please.

Yes, there's many yellow colours in 2025 so far. Maybe it's just a yellow year?

Søndagsbilleder ~ den fjerde søndag i juliSunday Selections ~ Fourth Sunday of July

Så er det sidste søndag med skriveglædelilla.

Den farve har været svær at finde, og skriveglæden har det også været så som så med. Den nye computer og dens "sjove" ideer har ikke ligefrem gjort det nemt.

Men lige udenfor døren har jeg noget, der passer til farven - blomster og sjove kløvere.

Last Sunday of Writing Pleasure Purple.

I've had a hard time finding anything of that colour, and the writing has also not happened overmuch. The antics of my new computer have not exactly been a help either.

I realised, that I have something this colour outside my door.
Flowers and clover.

     Så i dag trængte jeg til at lave andet end at kæmpe med computere. Jeg startede på og fortsatte et par projekter. Det her er det mest fotogene af dem.
     Håndværkerne, der bygger vores udhus bruger noget sej spånplade, og jeg må gerne tage resterne. Så jeg klippede nogle skabeloner, fandt stiksaven frem - og gav den en ny klinge! - og lavede masser af savsmuld.

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Today, I needed to do something other than wrangle computers. I started and continued a few projects. This is the most photogenic of them.
The carpenters building our outhouse are using some cool coarse grained plywood / chipboard, and I'm allowed to take the leftovers. So I cut out some templates, got out the jigsaw – and gave it a new blade! – and made lots of sawdust.

Selvfølgelig kom der andet end savsmuld ud af det. Her er én af brikkerne

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Of course I did not only make sawdust. Here's one of the pieces.

Og dem alle sammen i min sankekurv kasse

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And all of them in my gathering basket crate

Og det færdige puslespil

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And the finished puzzle

Nu skal alle brikkerne slibes let og males med laserende træbeskyttelse i forskellige farver.

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Now all the pieces need a light sanding and a coat of transparent paint in different colours.

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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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 ud - og med farverne inverteret. Det får de grønne bogstaver til at blive Skriveglædelilla

Sunday Selections ~ Søndagsblleder & Colour25

We've been busy. There's loads of photos, and the trouble has been choosing, a wonderful quandary. The colour of the month is for the last time Surviving Iris Yellow.

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Vi har haft travlt, og jeg har taget mange billeder. Problemet med at udvælge er jo et luksusproblem.
Månedens farve  er stadig Overlevende irisgul
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Hvor blev flyet af?  --  Where did the plane go?

Smukke blomster med gult - Pretty flowers with yellow

Hvis du nu synes, udvalget er lidt tamt, så har du ret. Jeg fik lige pludselig travlt igen. men ville have udgivet dette her opslag inden sengetid ... flere billeder senere på ugen, håber jeg.

If you think this selections are a bit meagre, you're right. It is slim pickings, I was suddenly busy again, but wanted to post before bedtime. I hope more is to follow in the coming week.

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And as today is the 29th it's time for next month's Colour25.
Katerina writes of Η γραφή ως θεραπεία ... I get this to mean the healing power of writing or maybe therapeutical writing or even Writing in /as therapy ... Please correct, my Greek is not up to snuff any more ;) But the text in this picture is plain The Power of Writing, which suits me better.

I do not know how Katerina makes this pictures, maybe she uses an e-drawing tool, or maybe she pieces together free stuff, or ... No matter what, this picture spoke to me because for me the pleasures of writing has always had this exact purple colour ... I know, like Susan, I suffer a bit from synaesthesia, associating almost everything with a colour ... only not numbers, I do not like numbers.

The long and the short of it, the colour of the month for July is Writing Pleasure Purple.

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 I dag er det den 29. juni. Det må være tid til næste måneds farve.
Hos Katerina fandt jeg et opslag om Η γραφή ως θεραπεία ... som jeg får til at betyde  Skrivningens helende virkning, terapeutisk skrivning eller måske skrivning som terapi ... His nogen er bedre til nygræsk, ret mig venligst, jeg lærte bibelgræsk for snart en menneskealder siden, så de finere nuancer er længst forsvundet ;) Men teksten i det her billede er The Power of Writing - styrken eller glæden ved at skrive, og det passer mig meget bedre.
   Jeg ved ikke, hvor Katerina får sine billeder fra, om hun bruge en tegneplade, eller om hun sætter gratis elementer sammen eller hvad, men det her billede taler til mig, fordi for mig har glæden ved at skrive, altid haft lige den her lilla farve - måske med sorte striber ... ja lige som Susan, lider jeg lidt af synæstesi, og rigtigt mange ting har en farve knyttet til sig - bare ikke tal, jeg kan ikke lide tal.
     For at gøre en lang historie kort: Juni måneds farve er Skriveglædelilla.

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Sunday's Wordle 1.471 4/6
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Fun one, only greens and a fast solve: Today’s average difficulty is 5.4 guesses out of 6, or very challenging.

Saturday's Wordle 1.470 5/6
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🟩🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟨🟩
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Today’s average difficulty is 3.8 guesses out of 6, or easy breezy. Not so much that.

Friday's Wordle 1.469 4/6
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Today’s average difficulty is 4 guesses out of 6, or easy breezy. QED.

Thursday's Wordle 1.468 6/6
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🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩
🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩
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Too many possibilities. Today’s average difficulty is 6 guesses out of 6, or very challenging.
 Maybe many possible solutions make Wordles more difficult, and not the rarity or not of the word?

Colour of the Month JuneMånedens farve juni

Til ære for mine overlevende gule iris i frøsøen er juni måneds farve "Overlevende irisgul"

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In honour of my yellow irises survivng the drought in my Frog pond, the colour of June is "Surviving Iris Yellow"

I challenge you to find something containing this colour, photograph it, and post the photo on your blog one of the Sundays in June.

If you want to incorporate the colour into another challenge - for instance the Words for Wednesday - this is also fine.

If you have other ideas for the use, this is fine as well - and as usual with these challenges, most anything goes, only nothing rude or vulgar, please.

-- 💛 --

Egentlig går udfordringen ud på at finde og fotografere en eller flere ting med månedens farve og så lægge billederne op på sin blog, men efterhånden har det udviklet sig, så man må gøre stort set som man lyster, så længe det hverken er uforskammet eller vulgært.

Today's Wordle ... I messed up. I put the correct middle letter in the second place in my paper, and only found one existing word, that could not be it. With one last guess left, I resorted to the "Find me a word" function in Merrriam-Webster, and only ever found the same one. Then I noticed my blooper - I wold have solved it way before, had I realized earlier ... Sigh. But I got it!

Wordle 1.441 6/6 - Today’s average difficulty is 3.8 guesses out of 6, or easy breezy. Sure - if you do not mess up!

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⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜
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Søndagsbilleder ~ Sunday Selections May 18.

Pretty flower pink. I found some pretty, pink flowers for today.

Blomstrende lyserød ... Jeg fandt nogle fine, lyserøde blomster til i dag.

Denne her købte jeg, og den var vældig tør. Derfor står den i vasken.

I bought this one. It was very dry, and needed water, now. That's why it is placed in my sink.

Denne her plukkede jeg. Jeg har aldrig set sådan en fin tjørn før. Jeg vil prøve at få den til at gro.

I picked this one. I've never seen hawthorn with pinkish flowers befroe. I am trying to make it grow.

Denne her gror i domen. Jo, den er lyserød. Det er en lyserød radise, der bare er blevet vældig stor. Den vil snart springe ud med et væld af lyserøde blomster og senere lækre grønne skulper (frøbælge).

I grow this one in the dome. Yes, it is pink. It is a pink radish, only it has grown very big. Soon it will be even bigger and have zillions of small, pink flowers, and later on delicious green siliques (pods).

Today I did better at Wordle than the average Wordler. Today’s average difficulty is 5.2 guesses out of 6, or very challenging.

Wordle 1.429 3/6
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Colour of the Month ~ May ~ and showing offMånedens farve ~ maj ~ og lidt pral

     Det er den 2. maj i dag, men jeg tror jeg når det. Det har jo endnu ikke hverken været søndag så nogen skulle bruge farven til deres søndagsbilleder, eller onsdag hvor mange bruger den i deres Words for Wednesday-historier. Ergo, jeg er i god tid ... 😀
     Månedens farve er denne her blomstrende lyserøde. Blomsterne kommer fra Rivers blog.

Today is the second day of May, but it has neither been Sunday, for Sunday Selections, nor Wednesday with its Words and stories. I made it 😀 and proudly presents Pretty Flower Pink as the colour of May. The picture comes from River's blog.

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I challenge you to find something containing this colour, photograph it, and post the photo on your blog one of the Sundays in May.

If you want to incorporate the colour into another challenge - for instance the Words for Wednesday - this is also fine.

If you have other ideas for the use, this is fine as well - and as usual with these challenges, most anything goes, only nothing rude or vulgar, please.

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Egentlig går udfordringen ud på at finde og fotografere en eller flere ting med månedens farve og så lægge billederne op på sin blog, men efterhånden har det udviklet sig, så man må gøre stort set som man lyster, så længe det hverken er uforskammet eller vulgært.

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And showing off a bit. I do Wordle, but I do also try to solve Connections and Strands. Most days I do not do so good, mostly I fail getting the Connections - I'm not American - But today was an exception.


Strands #425 “What a trill!”
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Connections Puzzle #691 - yay me!
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Wordle 1.413 - 5/6 Great, not so fab.
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Månedens farve April Colour of the Month April

Thanks to River who reminded me of my lack, here is the colour of April:

This time I took the photo myslf on April first. Normally the fountain in Helsinge is "dressed up" for this day, but not this year. Hence the name - Missing Green.

Sunday Selection - the Australian One & 010

This Saturday was an "Australian" day. I went shopping, and found this plant:

Lørdag stod i Australiens tegn. Først købte jeg denne her plante:

It should be able to survive in a protected corner of my garden, but till further it is in a cool room.

Den skulle oven i købet kunne overleve på en beskyttet plads i haven - den står nu indendørs indtil videre.

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And then BigBro came visiting, A work colleague had given him a gift:

Og så kom Storebror på besøg. En kollega havde efterladt denne her gave til ham:

We all tried it on toast and it was not exactly delicious, but way better than I had feared or expected. A bit like eating concentrated soup.

Vi smagte det alle sammen på ristet brød. Det smagte ikke fremragende, men meget bedre end jeg havde frygtet; nærmest som koncentreret suppe.

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And shopping I also saw a 010. No photo as it was not parked, but drove past me. Time expectancy down to 133 years. Still not doable.

Da jeg var på indmøb så jeg også en bil med nummer 010 køre forbi, derfor ingen foto. Nu kan jeg forvente at blive færdig, går jeg fylder 133, stadig ikke spor sandsynligt!

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Jeg fik også plantet lidt flere frø. Bordet, der tjener som plantebord, og nogle af frøposerne passer til månedens farve, Sankt Patriks-grøn.

I also planted a few more seeds. The table, used for planting (and many other thing) and some of the seed bags, sure fit my colour of the month.

Sunday Selections :: Colour of the Month

Just a single photo from a year ago. The cake fits the colour of March: Saint Patrick's green.
Bare et enkelt foto fra sidste år. Kagen her rammer marts måneds farve, sankt Patriks grøn.

Månedens farve Marts Colour of the Month March

Upsi, i morgen er det marts, og i overmorgen den 1. søndag i marts, så jeg iler med en ny månedens farve:

Oops, tomorrow is March, and the day after is the first Sunday of March. I hurry with a new colour of the month:

Sunday Selection. Søndag 23. februar

Glass elephant blue can be found around me:

In snow:

February 16,

and thaw:

February 7,

and in this pretty vase, that now houses a giant snowdrop:

February 22.