There is a Swedish expression “darra som ett asplöv” “tremble like an asp leaf”. It describes the aspen tree (Populus tremula) in an elegant way. The leafs from this fast growing tree easily trembles even in low wind speeds. The rustling sound has made me look out the window many times thinking it’s raining. It spreads with root sprouts up to forty meters from the parent tree, creating clones. The tree also spreads through pollination.
Sit in the shade and ha de Gött!
The orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) are in full bloom. This year more than ever. Perhaps the warm weather does the trick. It comes originally from Asia but are now grown in many gardens around the world. Can be very tall, up to 1,5 meters. It has gone rouge and is now considered an invasive species. Oh yes, there is a human factor. Dumping them on the road side has given them the name ditch-lily where they spread and suffocates native species.
Always think twice before you dump, ha de Gött!
The little black and white grasshopper signed up, wanted to be a 'copper' to his dismay, all he got was a ticket had to go and see, the boring cricket
Hop on, hop off, ha de Gött!
For many people summer means lacy days in the sun or in the shade. But for the insects summer is a busy time. So also for this Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae). It was a challenge to get a good shot as the wind was moving the flowers, while the butterfly collected nectar in super speed. Moving fast from one clover to another.
Ha de Gött!
The Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) or in Swedish, “Krusbär”, differs from most berries with its lime green color. Originates from Caucasus but is now grown in many gardens. The Swedish name is almost a straight translation from its Latin name. Grape with rippled leaf. This time the English name is more fun. If I say gooseberry bush will you native English speaking blush? Ha de Gött!
Amusing, abusing, confusing, bruising, annoying
Words
Playful, syllables, contradictory, conflictory, homonyms
Words
Sharp, gentle, conflicting, peaceful, deceitful
Words
In head, in mouth, pen to paper, keyboard click, deleted
Words
Flow, pearling, block, knock, ……,
Words
Soothing, eluding, exploding, eroding, concluding
Words
Foreign, slang, academic, bureaucratic, dramatic
Words
Congregate, segregate, vindicate, mate, elaborate
Words
Cherish, embrace, think, say, write
This has been bugging my brain for some time and now I finally got it through the keyboard. I just love and hate words. Ha de Gött!
Sometimes life feels upside down
it’s hard to turn around
everything just flips and spins
Reflect
Look down to see the way up.
Took this yesterday evening when the water in the fjord was on its very best behavior. Ha de Gött!
The cherry tree in my garden is about ready to harvest. Thanks to the blog of Picpholio (check out his excellent blog here) I’d like to explore depth of field on this first mature cherry. Thee left picture is taken with less depth of field and the right is taken with more depth of field. You can slide the bar to see the difference. What do you think. Is one better than the other or is it just same, same but different?
So with this post I signal to my father-in-law that is about time to harvest. I can’t eat them. My stomach make wild protests for several days while my lips swells up in a Botox like way. Oh, great idea. Could be my last blog before I move to LA and go in to plastic surgery. Ha de Gött!
Little ordinary mosquito flying so incognito buzzing in the wood looking for blood a promising success ended in dire distress his sneaky attack ended with a whack now this cunning mosquito is all finito
One of the summers more annoying little creatures. Still so important for the circle of life. Ha de Gött!
The ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) can be very large an tall, up to 30 meters. In Swedish it is named “Ask” but there is no answer to how it got that name. The wood is very hard and though, thereby suitable for boat building. For the Vikings this was an important tree both in mythology and for shipbuilding. The French and Germans sometimes called the Vikings for “Ascomanni”, they who sails with ships made from ash trees. It is also excellent to use for building crossbow. Something my son proved to me a few years ago. In the Viking mythology the world tree “Yggdrasil” was an ash tree.
As the Swedish lumberjack said, Ask no more, ha de Gött!
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