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rcolof.bsky.social
A grumpy old Swede.
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Loves gardening, animals (especially dogs) and nature.
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Sunny but cold, the sun does warm up a lot though and it is nice to stand in the sunshine.

#winter #cold #walks #monsterkitten #nature

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The last big cold weather before it turns?
Nast cold this morning and I would lie if I said it is much warmer now. So we haven’t had any walk yet because the snow is still so cold in places where the sun can’t reach it th…
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February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Beautiful morning once again but the thermometer on the sunny side of the cottage says -18C (-0.4F).
February 18, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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We do have besutiful mornings at the moment.
February 17, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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I put up my wildlife camera a few days ago and tonight I got some photos.

#winter #walks #nature #wildlife #snow #wildlife_camera #wild_hogs # #bog #nature_reserve #cold

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Wildlife a bit too close.
So another cold night and morning. We did actually have some sunshine even though it shone through thin clouds. We managed to have the beginning of our morning walk while it was calm but the…
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February 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Another beautiful cold morning but this might be as close to sunshine We'll come today.
February 16, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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If we finally will have some luck we might actually have it less cold by next Friday, above 0C (32F) during the days. Oh how I wish they are right about that. Have I told You that I truly hate winter? 😀

#winter #cold #walks #sunshine #snow

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It looks like it finally will turn towards less cold weather.
It fell down to -22C (-7,6F) during last night but a sunny day followed by a cloudy afternoon has made it much less cold. If the Norwegian weather site, YR.NO, is right we might actually get…
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February 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Another beautiful cold morning, not as cold as yesterday though. Soon out for a morning walk.
February 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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The sun is actually beginning to give away some heat now, well it always does but now it reaches us 😀 Nasty cold anyway but it gives hope 😀

#winter #cold #sunshine #snow #frost #walks #nature #olympic_games

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Drama in the Olympics :-)
Well I have tried to change the colours the text is in when someone commenting here but it turns out to be more tricky than I thought it would be :-) :-) :-) With the colours here now You ca…
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February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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I never thought tast a country as big as Canada, when it is about curling, actually would cheat like this. They should be disqualified.

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Beviset: Här fuskar Kanada
CORTINA. Kanada fuskade i curlingmatchen mot Sverige. Det finns bildbevis. – Huvuddomaren visste inte regelboken, säger Oskar Eriksson.
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February 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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Beautiful but oh so cold.
February 14, 2026 at 6:46 AM
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-20C (-4F) and we'll get a sunny day. Too bad it is so cold that we can't take a morning walk, I don't want to destroy my dogs paws.

#winter #cold #sunrise #Itrulyhatewinter
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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Been to the supermycket and it is snowing again, jippie
February 13, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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It was because I used chrome instead of safari yesterday that the blog came out with huge gaps without anything there. So back to Safari again 😀

#winter #walks #wildlife #wildlife_camera #grey_and_dull #snow #cold

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Well it is winter.
A rather grey and dull day today but thankfully just a weak wind blowing from east. I can’t remember when the wind came from east for this long in my life. Usually we get western winds…
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February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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The blog has huge empty spaces in it today and I have no idea to why? They've made lots of changes in WP when it comes to writing posts though, could also be because I used chrome today instead of Safari.

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Winter will continue for quite some time.
The photos today were taken last Monday. I have no idea to why this blog post looks so odd with big spaces empty furthet down but they’ve made lots of changes here on WP lately and I must hav…
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February 11, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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So I made banana jam today and this is what it looks like 😄 like something pouring our from an infected injury 😄😄😄

Besides bananas there's an entire lemonad (juice and zest) and the same with one lime. It dhould be some cinnamon but i had ginger and cardamom instead. 1/2
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Nothing special has happened here except for the sun shining the last hour before it set 😀

#winter #walks #cold #sunshine #weather #nature

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We did see the sun today :-)
Nothing much to say today, almost no wind and an hour before the sun set we actually saw the sun :-) It did feel rather nice to be outside just because we didn’t have any wind but I gu…
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February 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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The sun dud actually show an hour before setting. Night's going to be cold though.
February 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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We might get a chanse to see the sun today but I don't believe it till I see it 😁
February 8, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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I said to myself it sounds as if the ice cream lorry is going down the road and it was :-)

#winter #windy #walks #cold #Itrulyhatewinter #icecreamlorry #snow #icecream_in_the_freezer #nature #forest

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Snow.
I noticed tiny, tiny snowflakes yesterday evening just before going to bed and this morning they had grown a bit bigger and multiplied a lot. They don’t fall down though, they fall sid…
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February 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Almost all snow was gone and the icy spots were easy to see. Well no longer so, we'll get up to 10 cm (4 inches) of more snow today and the eastern winds just won't give up.
#Itrulyhatewinter
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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It's winter and I hate it, what more can I say 😀

#windy #winter #walks #cold #weather #naturereserv #forest #bog #sunshine

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And then it blows some more.
I keep telling myself that at least the electricity will be on the less expensive side but it doesn’t help any more :-) :-) I guess I would mind less if the wind at least changed direc…
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February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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No wind in the morning but after that it has been blowing hard and cold all day.

#winter #windy #walks #cold #nature #creek #forest #sunshine

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Wind, wind and wind.
We were lucky this morning that the wind didn’t blow at all, it started as soon as we had come home though. It. looks like a high pressure is stuck in its position and either refuse or…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Wondering why the lights on the garage/ dogyard suddenly started to shine.
February 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Windy and cold and nasty but a visitor in the garden made the day brighter 😀

#winter #windy #walks #cold #cloudy #wildlife #roe_deer #visitor #birds #nature

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A nice visitor :-)
Windy and cold all day but I did see a little patch of blue sky when we went out on our morning walk. I had been to the supermarket before we went out though to buy yeast. I tried baking sod…
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February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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February 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM