Kampen om kirsebærrene / Battling over the cherries

Også i år er der en intens kamp om mine kirsebær! Allerede da bærrene var grønne kom der net på træet, for sidste år sad der fede duer og åd de umodne bær.....

Trods nettet er der gnasket i mine bær oppe i toppen. Jeg tænkte lidt over hvem der mon kunne have gjort det? Men altså. Jeg skulle jo bare kigge op på plankeværket hvor de sad og så sultne ud! 

Even this year, there is an intense battle over my cherries! Already with the green berries I put the net on, because last year I had fat pigeons eating the definitely unripe berries......

In spite of the net, someone chewed on my berries on top. I was wondering who would have done that? But you know. I just have to lift my gaze to the fence where they were sitting, looking hungry!

Der er dog stadig kirsebær til mig! Nu er de ved at være modne, og SÅ lækre! Det er virkelig genialt at gå ud i haven og spise ting! 

De frække fugle skal ikke klage. Som I kan se har de fundet rigeligt at smage på!

There are still cherries for me, though! Now they are getting red and SO delicious! It is a stroke of genius to just go out into the garden and eat stuff!

The naughty birds had their share too. As you can see they had plenty to taste!

Åh nej / Oh no

De seneste somre har vi været temmelig udfordret på arbejde. Ude på børnenes legeplads i midten af børneafdelingen er det populært at få børn. Mågebørn! Forældrene sidder højt oppe og holder udkig, så de kan angribe alle der kommer tæt på......

I år er der så nye små! Her er en mågeunge i forgrunden og en voksen med en unge i baggrunden. De har tre små unger i alt, og på en måde er det jo meget sødt. Men på de fleste måder er det bare ikke særlig fedt! Specielt ikke når der kommer en voksen måge flyvende skrigende lige ned mod ens hoved. Jeg håber ikke de får angrebet et stakkels barn på et tidspunkt!

These past summers we have been very challenged at work. Outdoor on the kid's playground in the middle of our pediatric house, it's very popular to have kids. Seagull kids! The parents are sitting very high, keeping watch, ready to attack anyone getting close.....

This year there are new babies! A seagull baby in the front and an adult with a baby at the back. There are 3 babies in total, and in a way it's cute. But in most ways it's not at all cool in any way! Especially when a grown-up seagull suddenly flies screaming towards your head. 

I do hope the human kids will be safe, not being attacked!

Farligt / Dangerous

I går havde jeg fri. Det bliver ikke til mange hverdagsfridage dette forår, så det var virkelig skønt i går! Jeg klarede hele dagen UDEN gæster (bortset fra vinduespudseren) og nød det virkelig! 

Nu hvor det er forår og træerne er fulde af saft, fik undulaterne nye æblegrene. 

De var IKKE glade! Efter omkring 5-6 timer kom den første undulat en tur ind i buret for at drikke vand, men skyndte sig ud igen. Det var først knap 10 timer efter pindene var kommet ind at de begge var i buret og jeg kunne lukke lågen. 

Når først de finder ud af at de nye grene ikke er farlige, skal de nok få det sjovt med dem. De gnaver barken af, og det er garanteret godt for dem at alt ikke bare er det gamle i buret. Selv om det nok er tvivlsomt hvor meget klogere de bliver.......

So yesterday was my day off from work. I do not have a lot of weekdays off this spring, so I really enjoyed yesterday! 

I managed the entire day WITHOUT guests (apart from the window cleaner) and really enjoyed myself!

Now that it's spring and the trees are filled with juice, my birds had new apple branches. 

They were NOT amused! After about 5-6 hours the first bird entered the cage to have a sip of water, but quickly went out again. Only after about 10 hours since the new sticks were put in, had both of them come into the cage and I could close the door. 

Once they understand that the new sticks are not dangerous, they will have fun. The gnaw off the bark, and I'm sure it's good for them not keeping everything the same in the cage. Although I doubt how much more clever they will become.....

Et nødvendigt onde / A necessary evil

Når man er undulat hjemme hos mig, så får man en gang imellem nye pinde i buret. Dejlige, friske æblepinde! 

Det er altid et skrækscenarie fordi buret ser forkert ud og hvem ved om de er farlige? Pindene?

Being a budgie at my place means that you will sometimes have new sticks in the cage. Lovely, fresh apple-sticks! 

It's always a time of horror because the cage looks all wrong, and who knows if the sticks mean danger?

Derfor var fuglene ikke vilde med at komme ind i buret igen, selv om deres små maver skreg på mad. Her sad de og overvejede situationen et par gange inden de endelig hoppede ind!

So the birds were not eager to enter the cage again, although their little stomachs screamed for food. 

Here they sat, considering the situation a couple of times before they finally entered!

Nu er der så gået et par dage og pindene er ikke bare accepteret - de er også begyndt at gnave bark af! Sådan noget er jo bare det lækreste og sjoveste for dem! 

Jeg er glad for at de overlevede. 

So now a few days have passed and the sticks are not only accepted - they also started eating the bark!

This is really yummy and fun for them!

I'm very happy they survived.

Nysgerrig / Curious

Min søsters hund, Daisy, er helt utroligt meget anderledes en Bailey som de havde før. Hun kigger på ting før hun kan lugte dem, så en statue af en hund er en hund til det modsatte er bevist. Hun kigger ud af vinduet og kan iøvrigt huske hvor hun så en hjort eller en ræv for flere uger siden. 

Hun kan dog ikke kende noget på tv eller en telefon og hun har såmænd nok allerede glemt mig igen. Til vi ses igen, altså. 

My sister's dog, Daisy, is so incredibly different from Bailey, the dog they had before. She is looking at stuff before she can smell it, so a statue of a dog is a dog until proved otherwise. She is looking out the window and she remembers where she saw a deer or a fox several weeks ago. 

She cannot recognize anything on tv or on a phone, and I'm sure she forgot all about me already. Until we meet again.

Venner / Friends

Vi har fået en feriegæst i huset. En meget, meget velkommen feriegæst! Mine fugle kommer på ferie hos ham, og han kommer her og nyder selskabet - søde Parkour, som godt nok er en fin, engelsk undulat, hygger sig gevaldigt med mine to undulater som jo var hjemme hos ham for ikke så længe siden. 

We have a vacation guest! A very, very welcome guest! My birds visits him for vacation, and he comes to our place to enjoy the company - sweet Parkour, who might be a posh, English budgie, but who none the less is having the best time with my two budgies who visited his place not too long ago. 

Min hun-undulat elsker ham! Hun blev endda modigt siddende på hans bur forleden mens jeg støvsugede, hvor den lille han-undulat flygtede op i det øverste vindue. 

Desværre kan min gæst ikke flyve og jeg tør ikke rigtigt åbne ind til ham. Jeg er lidt bekymret for at den lille han-undulat vil slås med ham. Hvem ved? Så de snakker sammen gennem tremmerne istedet. De hygger sig godt ihvertfald!

My female bird just loves him! She even bravely stayed on his cage the other day while I was vacuuming, while the small male bird fled up in the top window. 

Unfortunately my guest cannot fly and I don't really dare opening his cage. I'm a bit worried that the tiny male might want to fight him. Who knows? So they'll just keep talking through the bars instead. They are having a good time to be sure!

Frihed! / Freedom!

Min hun-undulat har altid elsket at komme ud og flyve! Hun sidder og råber til hun kommer ud, og flyver gerne rundt i lang tid. 

Men nu har hun mødt sin overmand! Min nye undulat, Otto, elsker ENDNU mere at være ude! Helst vil han slet ikke ind, selv når solen går ned. De nyder at det er så længe lyst lige nu, så de faktisk kan komme ud af buret når jeg kommer hjem fra arbejde. 

Heldigvis er Otto ved at lære også at kravle ind igen når jeg vil have det. Så tør jeg jo godt lukke ham ud når jeg ved at han kommer ind igen! Måske ikke helt som han havde tænkt, men sådan må det jo være. 

My female budgie always loved to come out of the cage to fly! Usually, she is shouting until I open the door, and she will fly around for a long time. 

But now she met her master! My new budgie, Otto, is even MORE excited to be out! He would rather not enter the cage again, even when the sun sets. They enjoy the long summer evenings, and that they can actually go outside the cage when I come home from work. 

Fortunately, Otto is also learning to go back inside when I want him to. That means I dare let him out, if I know he will get in again! Maybe it wasn't what he planned, but that's how life is. 

Næsten familie / Almost family

Min nevøs kat her er ret sød. Især fordi hun har en del norsk skovkat i sig, og jeg derfor ikke er helt så allergisk overfor hende. Altså - jeg skal ikke have næsen helt ned i pelsen, og jeg har det også lidt stramt med at overnatte, men jeg kan godt klappe hende. 

Det er ret hyggeligt! 

Her lå hun lige så fint og kiggede på mit garn uden at prøve at tage det. Kan man tænke sig en bedre kat?

My nephews cat here is quite sweet. Especially because she is partly a Norwegian forest cat, so I'm not totally allergic to her. Well - I don't dip my nose in her fur, and I'm not too happy sleeping over, but I can absolutely pet her. 

That is quite nice! 

So here she was, lying peacefully, looking at my yarn without trying to take it. Can you imagine a better cat?

Fri som fuglen / Free like a bird

I går kom den lille fugl endelig ud af buret! Han kan endda flyve! De virkede virkelig glade for at være ude sammen og sidde og kigge ud i haven. Jeg tror han er accepteret af den gamle hunundulat, faktisk. 

Den dårlige nyhed? Ikke tale om at han gad ind igen! Hele aftenen blev brugt på at jagte undulater!!!! Til sidst fangede jeg ham i et viskestykke og fik ham losset ind, og så fulgte hunnen efter. 

Nu håber jeg så ikke han ligger død i morgen af bare anstrengelse, men jeg ved så heller ikke lige hvornår jeg tør slippe ham ud i stuen igen, hvis det skal være sådan en heldagsforestilling!

So yesterday, the little bird finally came out of the cage! He can even fly! They seemed really happy to be out together, looking out in the garden. I do think the old girl accepted him, to be honest. 

The bad news? No way did he want to get inside again! All evening, I was chasing the birds!!!!!!

In the end, I caught him in a tea towel and kicked him back inside, and then the female followed. 

So now I do hope that he will not be lying dead from exhaustion in the morning, but I'm now sure when I dare letting him out again, if it has to be a whole day flight every time!

 

Molly - på den anden side / Molly - on the other side

Kan I huske naboens kat? Molly? I starten kom hun forbi og kiggede på fugle ret tit, men så gik der lang tid uden jeg så hende. 

Men hun kommer stadig forbi og tjekker fuglene ret tit. Hun løber så snart jeg kommer ud, for jeg gør mig umage med at råbe ad hende når jeg møder hende i haven. Jeg vil IKKE være venner så hun pludselig kommer ind i huset. Dels har jeg fugle, dels er jeg allergisk. Hun kan udmærket huske at jeg er det sure menneske som råber. Det må jeg så bare leve med. 

Do you remember the neighbors cat? Molly? In the beginning, she came buy to look at the birds quite often, but suddenly I didn't see her for quite a while. 

But she is still popping by, checking out the birds. She will disappear as soon as I go outside, since I'm yelling at her every time I see her in the garden. I do NOT want to become friends and suddenly having her coming into my house. Partly because of the birds, partly because of my allergy. She does remember that I'm this horrible, shouting human. I'll just have to live with that. 

Men forleden aften fik jeg hende lidt tættere på. Gennem kældervinduet kunne jeg se hende komme forbi, og fik hende lidt tættere på ved at banke på ruden. 

Det kunne være hyggeligt at være venner med Molly, men helt sikkert klogere ikke at være det. 

Hun er sådan en sød kat!

But the other evening, I got her to come a bit closer. Through my basement window I watched her passing by, and got her to come a bit closer by knocking on the window. 

It would be fun to be friends with Molly, but definitely wiser not to become friends. 

She is such a sweet cat!

Et dagsprojekt / A whole day project

Jeg har jo købt ny undulat (igen) sidste uge, men denne gang ville jeg være lidt mere pædagogisk og sætte dem i hvert sit bur så den gamle ikke blev så forskrækket. I går, da der var gået en uge, syntes jeg egentlig at det var tid at de mødte hinanden! 

Den gamle ville gerne ud af sit bur, men IKKE ind i det lille bur. Den nye nægtede at forlade sit bur. Da der var gået et par timer med at kigge på det, satte jeg burene sammen, så de måske bare kunne flytte sig sammen i det store? Men det her skete! Overhovedet ikke min plan at den ene bare skulle undslippe! 

Det endte med at den nye faldt ud af sit bur fordi han blev forskrækket over et eller andet. Han er åbenbart slet ikke god til at flyve, så det gik rimeligt at få ham samlet op og til sidst havnede han så i det store bur. Så nu bor de sammen. Jeg håber bare at det går godt nu! At den nye får sine store fjer og faktisk bliver i stand til at flyve og at den gamle accepterer ham! (Og at han ikke ligger død en morgen, selvfølgelig)

So I bought a new budgie (again) last week, but this time I would be smart and put them in different cages so the old one would not be scared. Yesterday, after a week, I did think it would be a good time for them to meet!

The old one loved to get out of her cage, but did NOT want to enter the small cage. The new bird refused to leave his cage. After watching this a few hours, I put the cages close together, hoping they would just move into the big cage? But then this happened! Not at all my plan that one of them should be escaping!

In the end, the new one fell out of his cage because he got scared of something. Apparently, he is not good at flying, so it was fairly easy to pick him up, and in the end he found himself in the large cage. So now they live together. I just hope everything goes well! That the new bird will have his big feathers and will actually be able to fly and that the old one accepts him! (And that he will not be lying dead one morning, of course)

Hej Gandalf / Hello Gandalf

Min gamle hanundulat var syg og døde i lørdags. Det er ikke godt for undulater at være alene, så jeg skyndte mig at købe en ny! Så det her er lille Gandalf. 

Den gamle hun havde IKKE læst på det der med at undulater behøver selskab. Hun blev temmelig overrasket! Hun sidder stadig i et hjørne og prøver at ignorere ham. Jeg håber, de bliver venner snart.....

My old male budgie was sick and dies this Saturday. Budgies are no good on their own, so I bought a new one immediately! So this is little Gandalf. 

The old female did NOT read about budgies needing company. She got so surprised! She is still sitting in the corner, trying to ignore him. I do hope they turn out to be friends soon......

Zachi

Jeg er totalt allergisk overfor katte. Alligevel ville jeg rigtig gerne se min nevøs kat - den kat som valgte ham, selv om han egentlig ikke ville have et kæledyr. 

Og Zachi - som han hedder - er virkelig, virkelig sød! Nysgerrig og kælen, og slet ikke bange for fremmede. Især ikke, da han fik godbidder. 

Så selv om øjnene kløede og næsen løb (trods antihistamin!) så fortryder jeg ikke. Men husker lige at vaske tøjet en ekstra gang i dag......

I'm totally allergic to cats. Still, I would really like to see my nephew's cat - the cat that picked him, although he didn't really want a pet animal. 

And Zachi - that's his name - is really, really cute! Curious and cuddly, and not at all afraid of strangers. Especially since the stranger brought treats. 

So although my eyes were itchy and I had a runny nose (in spite of the anti-histamines!) I have no regrets. But I'll wash my clothes extra today.....

Ikke så stakkels / Not that poor a thing

Lille Daisy er begyndt at fryse. Det går ikke! Min søster spurgte meeeeeget pænt, og så gik jeg i gang. 

Da Bailey ønskede sig en sweater, var jeg ret skeptisk. Men da jeg så hvordan hunden hentede sin sweater og lagde den for nogens fødder så han kunne få den på, holdt jeg op med at være skeptisk. Og hunden elskede sin sweater! 

Så denne gang var jeg ikke skeptisk, men gik ret hurtigt op for at finde garn. 

Little Daisy started getting cold. It's no good! My sister said pretty please, and then I just started. 

When Bailey asked for a sweater, I was very skeptical. But once I watched the dog pick up the sweater, placing it at someone's feet to have it put on, I stopped being skeptical. And the dog just loved his sweater!

So this time, I didn't doubt anything, but went up to find yarn. 

Jeg brugte samme mønster som sidst og jeg brugte det tykke Wollmeise igen, bare i andre farver. Det gik temmelig hurtigt på pind 3,75, så jeg nåede ikke rigtig at blive træt af mønsteret inden den var færdig. Den vejer 130 gram og den er rigtig dejlig. Nu glæder jeg mig bare til at møde hunden og se hende i den nye sweater!

I used the samme pattern as last time, and I used the DK Wollmeise again, just using other colors. It was really quick using 3.75 mm needles, so I never got tired of the pattern before it was suddenly done. It weighs 130 grams and is really nice. So now I just can't wait to see the dog and see her in her new sweater!

Stakkels Daisy / Poor Daisy

Lille Daisy, min søsters hund, fryser og ønsker sig en sweater. Nu er den i gang. Havde møde i går, har møde i dag. Håber, jeg kommer rigtig langt!

Little Daisy, my sister's dog, is cold and asking for a sweater. So now I started. Had a meeting yesterday, and have one today. I do hope I'll knit a lot on this!

Gæst / Visitor

Nu, da jeg har ferie, var en virkelig vigtig ting at kunne få min nevøs piger på besøg. Det er næsten et år siden sidst! Storesøster er startet i skole, men lillesøster på 3 ville MEGET gerne komme selv og hygge. Trods tilbud om frokost på Flyvergrillen, ville hun hellere bare være hjemme hos mig. 

Så vi fik leget med Lego! Det var rigtig hyggeligt, og jeg blev igen glad for at jeg har noget legetøj herhjemme. 

Now that I'm on vacation, it was really important to be able to have my nephew's girls visiting. It's almost a year since last time they visited one at a time! The big one started school, but the little one would REALLY like to come by all by herself and hang out. In spite of me offering lunch at Flyvergrillen, she would rather stay here. 

So we got to play with the Lego! It was so nice, and once again, I was happy that I do have some toys. 

Til frokost spiste hun rugbrød med smør og ristede leg. Fordi "prinsesser spiser KUN ristede løg!" Hun fik de is som hører med, og vi så "Aristocats". Den var rigtig hyggelig at se igen. 

For lunch, she had ryebread with butter and roasted onions. Because "princesses ONLY eat roasted onions!" She had the requited ice creams and we watched "Aristocats". It was fun seeing it again. 

Jeg fik dog lokket hende ud på en tur til dyrebutikken hvor vi fik kigget på alle de dyr der var. Papegøjen med åbent bur holdt vi dog respektfuld afstand til. 

Hun faldt i søvn nogenlunde til forventet tid og uden for meget brok. Så nu skal vi bare finde ud af hvad vi skal lave i dag. Om vi kommer i biografen eller om det bliver en Disneyfilm til herhjemme. Jeg tror faktisk at det er lige så fint med en film herhjemme med en 3-årig. Det er svært at holde koncentrationen så længe!

I did get her to come with me to the pet shop where we checked out all the animals in the shop. The parrot being outside the cage we passed with a respectful distance, though.

She fell asleep about the expected time, without complaining too much. So now we just need to decide what to do today. If we go to the cinema or if we'll watch another Disney movie at home. I do think a film at home will be just as well considering she is 3. It is hard to stay focused for that long!

Og samtidig med al den hygge sluttede søde Baileys liv alt for tidligt og pludseligt. Hans lymfom kom tilbage og ret hurtigt var det tydeligt at det var tid, hvis ikke han skulle lide. 

Selv om jeg ikke har set ham i knap 2 år, og selv om han vist mest kunne huske mig på leverpostejen, så er det altså trist ikke at skulle se ham her igen. Hunden med næsten uendelig tålmodighed. Hvis man betalte med godbidder, altså. Noget for noget!

And at the same time as all these nice things were going on, sweet Bailey's life suddenly ended too soon. His lymphoma came back quite quickly, and it was obviously the right time, so that he wouldn't suffer. 

Although I haven't seen him for almost 2 years, and although I guess he mostly remembered me due to the liver paté, it's still very sad not seeing this guy again. The dog with a never-ending patience. If you paid in treats, that is. You gotta give to get!

De store drenge / The big boys

Mine fugle er ikke specielt tamme. Hun-undulaten er rimeligt tam, men han-undulaten er overhovedet ikke tam. Faktisk afskyr han hænder. Hun-undulaten derimod er ikke specielt bange, men er lidt selektiv. Og eftersom hun tit tænker det er slut med at flyve når der kommer en hånd, fordi hun så skal ind i buret, så gider hun ikke altid hoppe op. 

Der er dog forskel på folk. Min mindste nevø kunne holde hende rigtig længe på hånden. 

My birds are not very tame. The female is kind of tame, but the male is by no means tame. Actually he detests hands. The female, on the other hand, is not very afraid, but is a bit selective. Since she often seems to think that flying around is over when a hand gets close to her, wanting to lift her into the cage, she is not always willing to jump up on the hand. 

Humans are different, though. My youngest nephew could hold her on his hand for a long time. 

Hans storebror var tydeligvis også MEGET interessant. Hun sad og kiggede fascineret på ham og turde gå helt op til albuen inden det var slut med selskabeligheden. 

Men min søster? Hun kunne glemme det! Da hun endelig fik fugle op på hånden, blev hun bidt godt og grundigt. 

His big brother was obviously also VERY interesting. She just sat there, looking very fascinated, and she even dared climbing all the way up to his elbow before the audience was over. 

But my sister? She could forget it! Once she finally got the bird to sit on her hand, she got bitten quite whole-heartedly. 

Der er også andre som kan lide de store drenge. Pigerne fra Haslev hyggede sig godt og grundigt med at blive jagtet rundt i haven da min niece havde studenterfest i onsdags. Jeg tror såmænd også ham den lange syntes det var vildt hyggeligt! Det har altså været hyggeligt at have besøg. Jeg kommer til at huske tilbage på det her i meget lang tid. Og jeg kommer til at savne dem helt vildt!

There are even others who love the big boys. The girls from Haslev looked like they had a lot of fun being chased around the garden when my niece had her graduation party this Wednesday. I even think the tall one also had a lot of fun! I just loved having my visitors. I will think back and remember this for a very long time. And I'm going to miss them like crazy!

Rekordhurtigt / Speed record

Min søsters søde hund - min behårede nevø - er blevet opereret. Sidste lørdag sendte jeg pakke over til dem, og tænk, den kom allerede frem i går!

Jeg havde lagt en gave i til den stakkels patient som nu går rundt i bodystocking og skal sove med krave så han ikke kan slikke i sit sår. Nu fik jeg så lov at se ham få sin gave!

My sister's sweet dog - my hairy nephew - had surgery done. Last Saturday, I send a package in the mail, and can you imagine - it arrived yesterday!

I included a gift for the poor patient who is now wearing a bodystocking and needs to sleep with a cone to prevent him from licking his wound. So now I got to see him get his present!

Det var dåseleverpostej, og han var tydeligvis rigtig glad for gaven. Han skal jo ikke glemme smagen af leverpostej, vel?

It was canned liver paté, and he clearly liked his gift. I don't want him to forget the live paté taste completely, you know!

Min søster sagde højtideligt at hun SELVFØLGELIG ikke ville åbne strømperne for tidligt. Altså - når man bliver 44 kan man godt holde til spændingen, ikke?

Nu havde hun så åbenbart glemt at hun kun er 43 lidt endnu, for det blev tydeligvis for meget...... Det er dejligt at de passer! Nu skal jeg så lige finde ud af noget mere gave til hende, for det var kun strømper der kom med denne gang. (Ud over slikket, selvfølgelig. Og Anders And bladene.)

My sister solemnly promised that OF COURSE she would not open her socks before her birthday. Because - when you turn 44, you can live with the excitement, right?

Clearly she forgot that she's only 43 for a few more days, because it turned out it was too much..... I'm happy they fit! So now I just need to find the rest of her gift, because she only had socks in the package. (Apart from the candy, of course. And the Donald Duck magazines.)

Crazy bird lady

Nu, hvor jeg er hjemme HELE tiden, er fuglene mere ude at flyve. SLET ikke nok, selvfølgelig, hvis de selv skulle bestemme, men et par gange om dagen i nogle timer.
De har opdaget helt nye territorier i stuen, og det er sjovt!
Hun-undulaten er noget mere modig og ide-rig, men han-undulaten gør også hvad han kan (selv om han hele tiden skal ind og spise), og efter et par dage lykkedes han faktisk også komme op på reolen.
De gnaver i den, men det går nok. Det skulle vel nok tage et par år for sådan nogle små fugle at spise en reol?

Now that I'm at home ALL the time, the birds are out flying a lot more. By NO means enough, of course, if they were to decide, but a few times a day for some hours.
They found completely new territories in the living room, and that's fun!
The female is a lot more brave and full of ideas, but the male does his very best (although he needs to get back inside to eat all the time), and after a few days, he actually also succeeded in landing on the book case. They gnaw a lot, but I'm sure it's fine. Would take at least a couple of years for such small birds to eat a book case?

En aften landede de så her. Og så ud som om at de lige havde opdaget at Disneyland findes!

One evening, they landed here. And looked like they just discovered that Disneyland is for real!

Det så også ud som om de med det samme gik i gang med at kigge på kortet så de kan komme derned. (Jeg ved det. Min fantasi er ikke normal.)

It also looked like they right away started looking at the map to make sure they could find the way there. (I know. My imagination is not normal.)

Og i går, da jeg alligevel sad der i sofaen, var det pludselig MIT hoved som var interessant!
Det er hyggeligt at have lidt selskab, selv om vi taler forskellige sprog.

And yesterday, when I sat there on couch, suddenly MY head was the interesting spot!
I love having a bit of company, although we have different languages.

Den kat er ikke helt normal / This cat is not quite normal

Lille fætter M og hans forældre og deres kat er udfordrede boligmæssigt. Den lille fyr er allerede på sit 4. hjem siden han blev født, men der er heldigvis lys forude.
Så længe de bor midlertidigt forskellige steder, skal katten være indendørs, og katten KEDER sig!
Derfor gnaver den i tøj som ikke er lukket inde, og det gik ud over de her bittesmå sokker som jeg fik med hjem til reparation.

Little cousin M and his parents and their cat are challenged on the home-front. The little guy is already on his 4th home since he was born, but fortunately, their is light ahead.
As long as they live temporarily in different places, the cat stays indoor, and the cat is BORED!
So it chews on clothes not locked down, and these tiny socks really suffered. I got to bring them home to repair. 

Det blev ikke så supersmukt, men hullerne er ihvertfald væk. Det er måske nok lidt klumpet, og jeg tror næsten han er vokset ud af dem inden de får dem tilbage igen. Men altså. Sådan kan det gå!

It didn't turn out so super pretty, but the holes are gone, at least. It might be a bit lumpy, and I do suspect he has grown out of them by the time they get them back. But. You know. That's how it is!