HURRA?

Uglemor er glad og taknemmelig!

My translation - I'm so so happy and thankful!

  It might be that Jenny_O is right when she says this: "looks a lot like the original message, and under 'Read more' the original message stated that 'By late July, creators will no longer be able to revert to the legacy Blogger interface.' This sentence appears at the bottom of the message."
  The message that states, that Legacy will not be accesible after the end of July has not been updated since May 20th.
  We are allowed to hope that Blogger has become wiser.

Skafter og blade -- Handles and blades

     Her er det Skribenten, der sidder med den just færdige spade. Skaftet er snittet til, hullerne boret - Uglemor ramte søreme hullet på den anden side begge gange - og nitterne banket i.
     Piraten hjalp Uglemor med at slå på nitterne, mens Skribentens stærke hænder holdt sammen på sagerne.

The Writer presents our first finished gardening tool, a spade. The shaft was pared down to the right diameter, holes drilled - I hit the holes on the other side - both times! - and rivets punched flat.
     The Pirate was allowed to help MotherOwl with the flattening of the rivets, while The Writer's  strong hands held the parts together.

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Så, mens Skribenten svang den atter fungerende spade, kastede Uglemor sig over en rive. Der skulle slibes endnu mere af skaftet, og så skulle det udhules så der var plads til en tange. Der skulle bores et hul, der ramte fra hullet i den grønne beskyttelseskrave, hennem skaftet, ind gennem et lille hul i tangen og ud på den anden side til et tilsvarende hul, men også her ramte Uglemor søreme hullet inden i skaftet! Så skruede hun en skrue i, hun havde kun købt nitter til spaderne, det er ikke godt nok, skruer er OK til river og lugejern, men de er ikke solide nok til skovle, spader eller grebe. Der må købes lidt flere nitter.

While the Writer used the renewed spade, MotherOwl tackled a rake. The handle needed even more paring and sanding to fit inside the green metal cuff, and then the handle had to be hollowed out to allow the tang to fit inside it, and a hole had to be drilled through a hole in the green cuff, through the handle, hitting the hole in the steel tang, through more handle and out through the other hole in the cuff. I hit all three holes! Yes I'm proud of this, I have only a hand held drill. Then I put in a screw, as I had not bought rivets for anything but the spades. I got to buy some more rivets before I can finish the shovel and the garden fork. Screws are fine for rakes and hoes, but not strong enough for digging.

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Ved siden af træet ses resultatet af Skribentens anstrengelser. En nyplantet fru minikiwi, der gerne skal blive stor og brede sig og få mange små frugter sammen med hr. minikiwi, der i adskillige år har levet en trist ungkarletilværelse i træet lige overfor.

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Next to the tree you can see the result of the Writer's hard work with the spade. Here a female mini-kiwi now grows. It is supposed to grow big and spread all over the tree and make lots of little fruits together with mister mini-kiwi, who has been leading a solitary life in a nearby tree for many years.

Værktøj - Tools

     Men det er ikke brok alt sammen, trods alt. Nogle fornyelser er gode!
     Gennem årene med havearbejde har jeg slidt mange haveredskaber op. Nogle er blevet genindkøbt, koste uden hår, frostsprængte regnmålere, løvriver uden tænder og lignende håbløse tilfælde. Men mange af redskaberne var gode nok, skafterne var bare knækket.
     De blev sat hen i et hjørne, for måske en dag ... men den dag kom aldrig, indtil det blev min fødselsdag igen, og emsige Ugleunger spurgte, hvad jeg ønskede mig ... hmm! Skafter til haveredskaber, selvfølgelig!

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  But it's not rants and stupid renewals all of it. Some renewals are good.
  During my gardening years I have broken many gardening tools, some of them have been replaced, like a toothless rake, balding brooms and rain gauges left ou in the frost. Some were  just placed in a corner because it was only the handles, that broke. Their steel parts were fine. I just never got around to buying / making new handles. Then my birthday came around, Owlets were asking me for present suggestions. I did not know until suddenly ... tool handles of course.

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     De seneste dage har jeg olieret nye skafter, fjernet gamle skafterester og savet nitter itu, slebet, stålbørstet og malet med rustbeskyttelse. I morgen - håber jeg - vil skafter og hoveder finde hinanden igen.

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  The latest sunny days I've been oiling the new handles, de-handling old shovels, rakes and other tools, then brushing and painting with rust protection. Tomorrow - hopefully - handles and steel parts will unite again!

    Ja, grøn rustbeskytelse var det, jeg lige havde; der var også en lille bøtte sort, men jeg håber at komme til at bruge det til et andet projekt senere i år.

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  Green rust protective paint was what I had. Well I also had some black left over from another project, but I hope to use this for another project later this summer. 

Rant - Brok

Dem, der har læst min blog for nyligt, er ikke i tvivl om Uglemors holdning til det nye Blogger.

Nobody reading my blog the last couple of weeks can harbour even the slightest doubt about my opinion on New Blogger.

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Men Blogger er ikke de eneste, der synes, der skal foretages en nyindretning af deres hjemmesider/databaser og så videre.

But Blogger is not the only one renewing and modernizing their homepages etc.

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Facebook er også med på bølgen, jeg havde "fornøjelsen" af at blive præsenteret for deres nye layout i dag.

Facebook is doing the same. I had the dubious pleasure of their new looks today.

Green letters say: Bling and empty space between lines makes it flickering.
                             No counter for new messages in groups
Yellow letters say: Narrower central column.
Red letters say: Flags, colours and giant letters.
Light blue letters say: Info-thingy opening pop-up on mouseover.

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Også Danmarks Radio og mange andre nyhedsmedier er med på bølgen.
 
Even our news media, also the public service ones, are doing the same.

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Og min elskede Naturbasen.

And last, but not least, my to-go place for info on all things nature: Naturbasen.

Engelsk tekst siger: Dette er bare en reklame, knapperne virker ikke!

Jeg behøver vist ikke at fortælle hvilken, der er ny -- No need to tell which one is the new, I think.

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     Suk. Hvad sker der lige for verden?
     Tom plads i flimrende farver, billeder der bevæger sig, hvis man kommer til at føre musen over dem, Mere bling, mindre tekst, færre oplysninger, clickbait osv.
     Uglemor føler sig gammel og gnaven!

  What's happening to the digital world? More bling, more empty space, photos, that enlarge or move on mouseover, less information, less text, clickbait and so on.
  MotherOwl is feeling old and grumpy today.

Words for Wednesday - 1 July 2020 - No story

  Cindi is providing the July prompts. They are published at Elephant's Child 
  This Wednesday we're given: In 60 words or less, write the happiest scene you can. This made my brain go totally blank. It was teeming with ideas and loose ends momnts before. But they all hid away at the thought of being "the happiest".  I sure hope somehing will show off as I sleep or later tomorrow (my Wednesday).