Poetry Monday :: Ice Cream

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  Jenny at Procrastinating Donkey who has been a faithful participant, is slowly returning to blogging after her husband's passing from this world. Let's continue to send warm thoughts, good energy, and lots of prayers her way. And dare we hope that she will join Poetry Monday again.

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Ice Cream? What a topic :) Today is Saint Lucy's day. (Santa Lucia) Today we celebrate with hot saffron buns, hot tea or cocoa, singing and candles. Ice cream is a thing very far from my mind in the deep of winter.

Ice cream is a thing of summer

Ice cream is a thing of fun
We enjoy it at the sea side
When from lapping waves we run.

Strawberry or mint or puffo
- that one tastes like bubble gum.
Oh we like them all and eat them
to the very lastest crumb.

Well, now winter's winds are blowing
Ice creams are but in my mind.
But when summer comes to us, then,
Time for ice cream we will find!

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Coming up:

Music (December 20)
Fruitcake (December 27)
Sleep (January 3)
Peculiar People (January 10)
Ditch Your New Year's Resolutions
(January 17)
Opposite Day (January 24)
Typo Day (January 31) Celebrate those funny (autocorrect) mistakes.

Strandfund -- Found at the Beach

D. Ch.F. lyder inskriptionen på denne sten, som Piraten fandt på stranden i nærheden af Hundested forleden. En længere eftersøgning sendte blandt andet Uglemor inden om en russisk hjemmeside - meget morsomt, fordi både Uglemor og Storesøster læste de danske Ch som de russiske ϹЬ. 
Google translate længe leve, mit russiske er for rustent til at være brugbart.
     Sporet endte tilsidst på Bornholm, på Dansk Chamottestens Fabrik der indtil 1997 fremstillede ildfaste sten til industriel brug (en afdeling findes stadig under navnet Hasle). Så for fremtiden kan Piraten få stillet gryden med kartofler eller pasta på denne sten. Bemærk det lille stykke kvarts lige over D'et. I Danmark findes kvarts kun på Bornholm.

D. Ch. F. is the cryptic inscription on this stone. The Pirate found it last Thursday at the beach. (Yes, it was cold and windy. Yes the Sun shone. Yes it was wonderful. No, we did not swim. It's only 4 to 5 degrees above zero.)
A longish search led me to a Russian homepage, quite funny as MotherOwl and BigSister both mistook the Danish Ch for the Russian ϹЬ. And, yes Danish, because the stone, an  insulating brick (refractory),  was made on Bornholm. The letters is an acronym for Dansk Chamottestens Fabrik (it still exists now named Hasle Refractory). Notice the big lump of Quartz directly above the letter D. In Denmark quartz is only found on Bornholm. The Pirate says we can use this brick as a trivet.

Sommerferie -- Summer Holidays

     I virkeligheden kunne jeg bare linke til sidste års sommerhusindlæg, men der skal vist et par friske billeder til.
     Vi var nemlig i sommerhus igen. Ikke det samme sommerhus, men lige i nærheden, så vi gjorde de samme ting som sidste år: Vi var ved stranden, men det var koldt. Piraten testede sin nye hajfinne, dog mest ved at lege haj på de store sten.


Really I could just say: Go read what I wrote last year, but at the very least we need some new photos.
We rented a summer house, not the same as the last years, but near by. We did much of the same as every year.
We were at the beach, but the water was cold, even Marsupilami did not get in. They tried out Pirate's new swim fin by playing Shark at the boulders. 

Uglemor bare kigger på - Vandet skal være en del varmere før jeg hopper i.

MotherOwl watching. The water needs to get a lot warmer before I jump in. 

     Vi fangede krabber. Her holder Trolli et pragteksemplar. Se den store højreklo.

We caught crabs. Here Trolli has caught the alpha crab. Notice the big right claw.

Vi så fjernsyn. Det har vi ikke derhjemme, så Ugleungerne var meget opslugte.

We watched television. We do not have this in the Owlery. The Owlets found it very absorbing.

     Uglemor jagtede rav og drivglas. Det bliver stadig sværere, her er hele ugens høst - noget af det er plastik, og et stykke er faktisk rav.

MotherOwl hunted for sea glass. It gets always harder to find. Some of it is plastic, and one is actually amber.

     Så måtte Uglemor nøjes med stykker af smadret porcelæn. Måske bliver der til en mosaik en dag.

MotherOwl found pieces of old plates. Maybe one day I'll have enough for a mosaic.

     Nu er vi hjemme igen. Ugleungerne tager på sommerlejre de næste par uger, og Trolli skal på verdensungdomsdagene i Polen. Ellers skal vi nyde sommeren og lave spændende ting sammen.

Now we're home again, the smaller Owlets are going to summer camps in the coming weeks, and Trolli will be participating in the World Youth Day in Poland. But apart from this we're going to have fun and enjoy the hopefully soon coming sunshine.

Sidste uge -- Last Week

     Sidste uges "Vejen hjem" var snyd. Uglemor var slet ikke på vej hjem, og Ugleungerne var ikke i skole. Alle Ugleboets indbyggere var i sommerhus, hvor vi havde travlt med at nyde sommeren der endelig dukkede op!

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Last week's On my Way Home was cheating. MotherOwl was not on her way home, the Owlets were not of to school. We were all in a summer house having fun and enjoying the summer that finally showed up!

Sidste års sandskred på grund af stormvejrets rasen var smukt bevokset med valmuer. Piraten demonstrerede at han var Minimax' bror og kravlede på hegnet.

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The cliffs damaged by the storms last year were overgrown with wild poppies. Pirate demonstrated he is the brother of Minimax by climbing the big bulwark.

     Uglemor fandt ikke så meget drivglas i år. Der er ved at blive mindre af det, folk smider ikke længere flasker i havet, og vind og vejr nedbryder de stykker der stadig ligger der. Men alligevel fandt Uglemor nogle søde stumper. Også et par blå. 

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Sea glass is getting scarce. People do not throw their bottles overboard any longer, and wind, sand, and water is slowly breaking down the existing pieces. But nonetheless MotherOwl found some pretty pieces, including some blue ones. 

     Tirsdag blev det vejr til at lege på stranden. Ugleungerne elsker at grave store huller. 

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Tuesday the summer came, and we played on the beach. The Owlets love digging big holes!

     Når vejret var køligt, kunne man altid male stenmalerier. Det er en sommerhusspecialitet og -tradition. 

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When the weather was cool, it was time for stone paintings. It is a thing we always do in the summerhouse. 

     En anden tradition er et besøg hos sandskulpturene i Hundested. Her er det "The Dragon & the George" 

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Another tradition is a visit to the sand sculptures in Hundested. This one we named The Dragon and the George

Her har vi så Uglemor. Vandet var koldt! men det var dejligt lunt i solen. 

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Here's MotherOwl trying to persuade herself to go for a swim. The water was cold! but the sun was hot. 

Sommerhusskydeøvelser. 

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Shooting practise - the summerhouse way. 

En vidunderlig valmue fra vores aftenture. Den sidste dag snuppede Uglemor en frøkapsel fra den. 

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A poppy from our evening walks. MotherOwl just had to pick a seed pod, let's hope it'll mature. 

Uglemor fik oven i købet lavet sommerhussæbe. 

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MotherOwl even took time for some summerhouse soaping. 

Mere drivglas - og et lille stykke rav. Årets eneste.
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More sea glass and a little piece of amber. The only one this year. 

Det er sjovt at blive begravet i sand, men den efterfølgende sand over det hele-følelse er ikke rar.

- o O o -

Being buried in sand is fun, getting the sand off not so much.

Spiril er vores vandhund, han var i vandet mindst en gang om dagen. 

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Marsupilami loves water. He went for a swim every day. Sometimes twice. 

Vi spiste også is, legede med krabber, så fjernsyn - en luksus vi ikke har derhjemme -  spiste fisk og nye kartofler, fangede brandmænd, så en mår på svømmetur, svaler, blå sommerfugle og meget mere. 

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We had lots of ice cream, fresh potatoes and fish, we caught Lion's mane jellyfish, saw a beech marten swimming, blue butterflies, schools of small fish, swallows living in holes and much much more.

Stadig sommer -- Still Summer

• Bare lige for at vise, at Ugleboets indbyggere stadig er  i live. Vi er midt i vores fødselsdagssæson, så vi spiser mange kager og har det dejligt sammen i sommervarmed.
• A picture to show that all the Owls are still alive and swimming. This is our birthday season. We're enjoying the warm spell and eating many cakes. 

• Dagens fund på stranden
• What we found at the beach today

Drivglas -- Sea Glass

• De sidste 2 uger har vi været på stranden næsten hver dag. Vi har været det samme sted hver dag i den sidste uge i hvert fald. Hver dag finder jeg alligevel noget drivglas. Ofte steder hvor jeg allerede har kigget. I dag satte jeg mig bare ned, og så faldt mit blik på dette stykke glas.

• The last two weeks weø've been to the beach every day. We've sat in the same place for at least seven days. Every day I have found some sea glass - often I've found it in places where I had looked the day before. Today I just sat down, and my eyes fell on this piece of sea glass.

• A piece of an old milk/cream bottle. Milk in bottles was discontinued in 1968. 

How many years havs this sea glass been in the water?

• Et stykke af en gammel mælke/flødeflaske.

Gad vide hvor mange år, den har ligget i vandet? 

• Her er en lille montage af drivglasset fra de seneste fire dage. Jeg håber at forøge min samling i de kommende dage.
• Here's a montage with my sea glass from the last four days. I hope to find more sea glass in the coming days.

• 21. 22. 23 og 24 julis drivglas.
• Sea glass from the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th of July.

Blå og grøn -- Blue and Green

• I går og i dag var vi på stranden. Uglemor kan ikke lade være med at lede efter drivglas. Onsdag var en blå dag, og i dag var en grøn dag. Skribenten fandt den sjove T-sten. Den skal vi have fremme, hver gang vi drikker te! 
• Yesterday and today we went swimming at the beach. MotherOwl always looks for sea glass. Yesterday Was a blue day (Blå dag) and today was a green day (Grøn dag). The Writer found the T-stone. We will have this stone around whenever we have tea in the garden.

• Læg mærke til at den grønne dag også bragte et grønt stykke glas og vice versa. 
• Please notice that MotherOwl found one green piece of sea glass on the blue day and one blue piece on the green day. 

• Vores høns bidrog til den grønne dag ved at lægge et enkelt æg. 
• Our new hens partook in the green day by laying an egg.

• Uglemor blev nødt til at lege med det her billede for at give ægget sin ritige grønne farve. 
• Photoscape was needed to make this egg as green as it is in real life. 

• Ud over at finde drivglas var vi også i vandet og legede i sandet. Spirillen og Piraten hoppede ud fra en kant og landede i det bløde sand. 
• We also swam a lot and Marsupilami and the Pirate jumped off the egde and into the soft sand below.

• Uglemor leger med at tage en serie billeder. Derfor er kvliteten ikke helt så god, men fornøjelsen var stor. 
• MotehOwl is playnig with settings - multiple shots. It does not enhance the quality of each shot, but the jumping was great fun. 

• I dag kom der et par byger forbi - en på vej til stranden og en anden på vej hjem. Det var meget smukt. 
• Today some showers crossed our way - we met one driving to the beach and another one on the ride home. It was beautiful.

• Dette billede er ikke behandlet på nogen måde, andet end at blive komprimeret. 
• This picture was not edited in any way, only compressed. 

I dag -- Today

     I dag lugede Uglemor aspargesbedet i haven - vi har hele fem aspargesplanter - og nød synet af denne store uglefigur. Det var Uglemors gave for ni år siden, men den blev først stillet op for et par dage siden. 

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Today MotherOwl weeded the asparagus beet (there's a grand total of five plants) and enjoyed the sigth of this owl. It was MotherOwl's birthday gift nine years ago, but it was placed in the garden olny in the past week.

 

    I dag var en meget varm dag. Alle Ugleboets indbyggere kravlede varme og utidige ind i Zeppelineren og sprang et kvarter senere ud i havets bølger.
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Today was a very hot day. All the inhabitants of the Owlery climbed hot and grumpy into the Zeppelin, and 15 minutes later they were swimming in the sea.

   I dag opdagede vi en sjov plante-fyr i vores have - den er afsløret... Løsning nederst på siden.
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Today we found a funny thing in the garden - what it is? Guess. The solution is at the bottom of this post. 

   I dag var den første tomat moden. Som altid var det Cheerio - den plejer at være moden til 4. juli, men i år er sommeren sen.
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Today MotherOwl found the first ripe tomato. It is an early tomato, normally the first is ripe at July 4th, but this year we had a long, cold spring. 

   I dag farvede Uglemor 100 g alpaccagarn med tagrørsblomster - det bliver lige så grønt som uld! Den første plante, der er så venlig. Garnet køler stadig af i den vidunderlige gryde
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Today MotherOwl went in the meadow and collected reed blossoms for 100 g. alpacca, hoping against all odds it would turn the same luminant green as the wool -and it did! The first plant dye ever to dye alpacca just as well as sheep's wool. The yarn is still cooling in the wonderful pot.

 

     I dag så vi de første gyldne halmballer blive læsset. Byghøsten er gået i gang. Vi hørte mejetærskeren i nat

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Today we saw the first golden bales of straw. The harvest has begun and barley is as always is the first to ripen. We heard the combine in the night.

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   I dag så Uglemor til sine bier sammen med Ugleungerne. Vi så to smukke dronninger og æg og larver i begge stadet - hurra. 

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Today MotherOwl and the Owlets checked on the new bees. We found a beautiful queen bee, eggs and brood in both hives. So nice.

     I dag nød Uglemor duften af de nyudskårne lavendelsæber - de dufter faktisk af lavendler!
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Today MotherOwl smelled the newly cut lavender soaps. We can actually smell the lavender.

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Den underlige ting i haven er en rosengalle den er bolig for et par galhvepselarver.
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The strange thing from the garden is a moss gall, home of  larvae of a rose gall wasp.

Tilbage igen -- I'm back

Nu er vores nye router ankommet, så her er en beretning fra

Mandag 30. juli
I dag havde Uglemor glemt sit kamera, det var meget trist, for himlen var virkelig dramatisk. Vi skulle altså bare i vandet, så da morgenens byger var overstået, indtog Ugleboets indbyggere formiddagskaffe i haven, og så tog vi alle af sted til stranden i Zeppelineren. Luften var kølig, men det var lunt i solen, og vandet var lige så "varmt" som de forgangne dage (18 grader). Vi svømmede, medens solen skinnede på os, og de små bølger havde hvidt skum på toppene. Oven over os var himmelen blå med små lammeskyer, men ude over havet mod syd lå uvejrsskyerne tungt og mørkt. De kom nærmere og nærmere, medens vi pjaskede og svømmede i der lune vand. Luften blev kold, da skyerne dækkede solen, og det blæste op.
Vi gik op af vandet. Uh, det var væmmeligt. Den kølige vind piskede sandet ind mod vores våde kroppe. Det var koldt og ubehageligt. Vi måtte hjælpe Hvalrossen og Ugleungerne i tøjet, Så slæbte vi Hvalrossen op til bilen, fik Ugleungerne til at samle strandtingene og huske alle poserne. De behøvede ingen opfordringer til at skynde sig ind i bilen. Da vi lukkede bildørene, faldt de første dråber. Vi kørte hjem gennem småbyger.
Medens Uglemor lavede varm kakao, og MiniMax dækkede bord, begyndte det at regne meget, og medens vi nød den varme drik og fik varmen igen, stod regnen ned i tove udenfor. 

Ugleboets Zeppeliner -- Our Zeppelin

A new router arrived at the Owlery yesterday. Here is the story of

Monday, July the 30th MotherOwl had forgotten her camera, it was quite stupid, as the scenery was rather dramatic. We wanted to go swimming, so when the morning's rain was over, the inhabitants of the Owlery had their morning coffee in the garden, and then we went off to the beach in our Zeppelin.
The air was chilly, but it was warm in the sun and the water was as hot as ever (18 degrees). We swam with the sun shining upon us. All the wavelets had white foam on the tops. Above us the sky was blue with fluffy clouds, but over the sea to the south hung storm clouds, heavy and dark. They came nearer and nearer, while we splashed and swam in the "warm" water. The air turned cold as the clouds covered the sun, and a heavy wind started to blow. We got out of the water. Urhg, that was nasty. The chilly wind whipped the sand against our wet bodies. It was cold and uncomfortable. We had to help the Walrus and the Owlets to get fressed, Then we dragged Walrus up into the Zeppelin, while the Owlets picked up our beach things and carried all the bags. They needed no invitations to hurry into the car. As we closed the doors, the first drops fell. We drove home through light rain. MotherOwl made ​​hot cocoa, and MiniMax laid the table while it rained more and more, and we enjoyed the warm drink and getting warm again while it poured down outside.