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[angrboda]

1.

This is from our summer holiday. That's Husband sitting out there. We had a summer house for a week somewhere else in Denmark and we were by the coast. (Denmark, if you didn't know, has a lot of coastline. You are never more than a couple hours drive away from one here.) We went down to look at the sunset one evening. I'm quite pleased with how this picture turned out.


2.

I made this! Nearly all by myself. Husband helped me a bit with the measuring out and marking off, and he also helped me with some weed barrier cloth (I can't remember what that was actually called) and the layer of bark on top. But I did all the digging and planting myself. The plants were a ready-made selection chosen for biodiversity in the garden and came with a chart for how best to place them. I'm very proud of it and I hope the plants don't all die over winter. (I mean, why would they, I followed all the planting instructions from the garden center, surely they know what they're selling) If it does well, I'm minded to make another.

3.

Ending on a sadder note. This is the last photo I ever took of Luna. She died at the end of November and she was 14½ years old then. A good age for a cat. She was the last of the pair we got not too long after we had first moved in together, so it was a bit of an end of an era. She developed some trouble breathing and the medicine we were given didn't work. I don't really think there was anything anybody could have done for her, and given how sick she was and how quickly it went, it was not even a particularly difficult decision. It was simply her time.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

That's a lovely sunset and I'm impressed with your planting - I hope it's very successful and everything survives the winter.

Sorry to hear about Luna, she looks like a lovely cat. And yes, a good age, but it doesn't make it any easier.

[angrboda]

This part of the garden has been wild on purpose for years now. Husband only mows a path along the edges and around each of the apple trees, so there's plenty of space to play with if I decide to do it again. :)

She was the best cat, and she was bonded to me in much closer way than any cat has ever done before. She 100% picked her human.

[bookscorpion]

I'm looking forward to seeing photos of the garden patch this summer, I hope the flowers will be glorious and appreciated by all the insects!

[angrboda]

So am I! I'm really excited about seeing how it's going to go and deciding on whether or not to do it again. There were a lot of different themed beds to choose from.

[soemand]

Dejlig!

[angrboda]

Tak

[cmcmck]

Very pretty!

Living in the UK I know about a lot of coastline! :o)

[angrboda]

It is possible to get further away from the coast in the UK, but it's definitely comparable. :p

[cmcmck]

We live in Shropshire which is about as far from the coast as it's possible to be- just under 100k to the Welsh coast which is nearest.

[angrboda]

I assume miles? From the middle of Jutland, which is the largest bit of land, to the coast is just under 100 km.

[cmcmck]

It's about 60 miles to Aberystwyth so something like 96k

[angrboda]

Oh, then it's a lot more similar than I thought. It's only a couple more than here. :)

[pauraque]

I'm sorry for your loss. We also had a cat pass away in 2025 and her name was also Luna. (Probably one of the more common cat names.)

[angrboda]

I even got the name from another cat called Luna. :D I saw a list the vet had made of the most common pet names they saw. Luna was in the top ten.

[yourlibrarian]

That's interesting, I wouldn't have guessed that. It's a nice name though.

[yourlibrarian]

It is indeed a nice photo to open with! I hadn't heard of themed gardens sets like that but it's a great idea. I hope it goes well for you.

Luna 💗

[angrboda]

It really made it much more likely to succeed for me, because the plants were already chosen for me and with a plan for how large a bed to dig and how to place the plants. I wouldn't even have known where to begin with choosing them and I just know if left to my own devices, I'd have accidentally put the smaller ones in the middle. There were the biodiversity ones and also some themed by colour. It's really great for those of us without much in the way of gardening knowledge or experience.

[adafrog]

:)
{{{hugs}}}

[angrboda]

Thank you, *hugs back*