Ⓐ - Ⓩ 4. april - Ⓓ - Dild og Dome

Ⓓ er for dild og dome.
     I Uglemors dome gror der - som i resten af haven - en del ukrudt. Den eneste forskel er, at ukrudtet i domen mestendels er spiseligt. Det er nemlig dild. For mange år siden såede Uglemor et par uskyldige dildplanter inde i domen. De trivedes i det varme klima, blev store og kastede frø. Det år, vi var i Tyskland, groede der KUN dild i domen. Og lige siden har Uglemor hvert år haft dild til hele sommeren og dildfrø til at sylte landsbyens samlede agurkehøst, hvis det skulle være nødvendigt.

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 Ⓓ is for dill and dome.

In MotherOwl's dome there's many weeds, as everywhere in the garden. But the weeds in the dome are of the edible variety. Many years ago MotherOwl planted a few dill plants there. They liked the hot, humid climate, and grew into giant dill plants with monstrous umbels. MotherOwl kept them at bay by picking the umbels before they matured. The dill is a vert tasty variety.
Then we lived in Germany for a year, and the dill thrived in the dome. Now we have enough dill for all summer, and enough to pickle all the cucumbers of our village and more.

Dild i dpmen et par år efter at vi kom hjem fra Tyskland 

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 Dill in the dome a couple of years after our return from Germany.

Ⓐ - ⓩ 3. april - Ⓒ - Cykelhjelm

Ⓒ er for cykelhjelm.
I går, hvor det stormede, fulgtes Uglemor og Piraten hjem fra byen.  Vi nærmest fløj hjem, det var skønt, for turen derind havde været hård i den stride modvind, både om morgenen, da Piraten og Spirillen fulgtes i skole på cykel, senere, da Skribenten tog turen til stationen og endnu noget senere, da Uglemor tog samme tur. Spirillen fulgtes ikke med os hjem, hans cykel skulle nemlig til cykelsmeden.
     Vi var belæssede med indkøb og skoletaske, men vi skulle jo også lige have æggene med ind. Hønsene bor nemlig  i samme udhus som cyklerne. Men hvordan fordeler man to rygsække og to tunge tasker og syv æg på to personer? Det er da let. Piraten bærer æggene i sin cykelhjelm.
     Nu synes I måske ikke at det har så meget med have og planter at gøre, men husk lige at alt ukrudtet og alle knoporm og andre uønskede krible-krablere, bliver spist af de 7 høns, der lagde de 7 æg. Og blommerne er meget gule.

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 Ⓒ is for cykelhjelm = bike helmet.
Yesterday it was windy, maybe even stormy. The wind was blowing the wrong way as Pirate and Marsupilami rode their bikes to school. The Writer too fought a strong headwind on his way to the railway station somewhat later, and MotherOwl fought the same winds another hour or so later. Marsupilami, Pirate and MotherOwl met in town, Marsupilami went to hand in his bike for repair, while MotherOwl and the Pirate rode home together and luxuriated in the strong tailwind. We almost flew home. But when we arrived we had to gather the eggs as well, and ho do two persons carry two backpacks, two heavy saddle bags and 7 eggs. Easy peasy! The Pirate put the eggs in his bike helmet.
Not so much growing and gardening you think. It is true only if you ignore the fact that every weed and unwanted bug form the garden is fed to the seven  hens who laid these seven eggs.  And the yolks are very yellow, almost orange.

Ⓐ - ⓩ 2. april - Ⓑ - Birkesaft

Ⓑ er for Birkesaft
Det plejer Uglemor sammen med en nabo at tappe i slutningen af marts. I år havde Uglemor bare helt glemt det, så her til aften kom den søde nabo med birketræerne og sagde: Det er tid til at tappe birkesaft. Uglemor smed straks, hvad hun havde i hænderne, hentede bor, boremaskine, spand, slange og tap. Saften løber ikke ret hurtigt. Vi er nok lidt sent ude, men hvad ... Uglemor vil bare lave en sæbe eller to og måske en enkelt flaske sirup, og det skal der ikke mange liter til.

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 Ⓑ is for Birch sap
 The Owlery has several neighbours. One of them has several birch trees. MotherOwl and this neighbour normally taps birch sap in late March. Only this year we forgot. Today she came and  said that it was time. It's almost too late, I'm afraid, but then soaping and a bit of syrup does not use up more than a few litres of sap. We'll manage.

Birkesaften løber -- The birch sap is running.

Ⓐ - ⓩ - 1. april - Indledning og Ⓐ - Agurker, Artiskokker og Auberginer

     A - Z udfordring - Skriv hver dag i april. den 1. om en ting med A, den 2. om en ting med B osv.
Jeg hørte om det på The Memory of Rains side, hvor Lissa vil deltage. Sue Elvis gjorde mig først opmærksom på denne udfordring  for mange år siden.
     Der er nogle dage i overskud. Den oprindelige udfordring bruger ikke søndagene, men eftersom påsken falder i april, med deraf følgende kirke- og familiebesøg, vil jeg bare skrive, når det passer ind.
      I år opfordres vi til at vælge et tema. Jeg vælger have, planter og alt, hvad der hører til. Endvidere kommer ordene til at begynde med det relevante bogstav på dansk. Denne regel er det ikke sikkert, jeg kan overholde, især ikke, når vi når X W og Q, hvor der jo ikke er mange ord at vælge imellem på dansk.

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A-Z Challenge.
Write each day of April. On the 1st you write about something starting with A, on the 2nd about a thing starting with B and so on. Lissa from The Memory of Rain reminded me of this challenge, I first heard about from Sue Elvis many years ago.
The original challenge means you to post every day except Sundays, but as April is Easter month, with what this entails of masses and family visits, I'm going to write or not as suits me. Also I'm not signing up.
It seems this year, you're invited to pick a theme. Well, I go with garden, growing and anything related. Furthermore the words will begin with the relevant letter in Danish (I might break this rule and almost certainly will for for W, Q and Z, as they're not much used in Danish)

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1. april - Ⓐ

A er for Agurker, Artiskokker og Auberginer, som Piraten og Uglemor såede forleden dag. Nu er agurkerne spiret og de skulle pottes om. 

 A is for Aubergine (eggplant), Artiskokker (artichoke) and Agurk (cucumber). MotherOwl and The Pirate sowed these three some days ago. Today the cucumbers (Agurk) are ready for a transplant.

Poetry Monday :: Clouds

Delores of Mumblings and Jenny of Procrastinating Donkey are taking turns hosting Poetry Monday.
Today's theme is Clouds. (courtesy of Delores).

Tonight we had no clouds over us. They were sorely missed. 

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Tonight some clouds would have been kind.
Protecting the verdant, growing things
But clouds tonight were not to be
Protection was up to you and me

With branches from our Christmas tree
I covered the greenery.
With straw and hay delicate thing
Was covered from what night may bring.

Alas -  I'm sorry - I forgot
The laurel in its giant pot.
The shoots of tender green now look
So sorry from the frost they took.

I hope for clouds in coming nights
If frost again will spread its blight.
But knowing clouds, I hid away
The branches for another day.