… when the kids are old enough to cook their own meals when their meal times are out of sync with the rest of the family, and their cooking doesn’t stretch much farther than pasta with ketchup or pasta with canned tomato sauce or possibly mac and cheese, and they keep this up for weeks, and they somehow never learn to write things down on the shopping list when they empty the last package of something, and then I feel like making pasta for dinner, only to discover that the pasta shelf of the pantry is effectively empty.

I see deer passing through our garden almost daily. And when I was out walking this evening, I met this guy. They’re barely even shy. I guess there aren’t many people around right now, with vacations and everything, so they deer can be bolder than usual.

The hydrangeas I planted last year have both survived. One of them isn’t doing any more than that but the other one is bravely flowering, in an almost unreal, eye-wateringly blue colour.

Ingrid and I went out for sushi and treated ourselves to ridiculous passion fruit drinks.

[ Monday, July 19th, 2021 — in Adrian, Dailies, Photography — No comments ]

I have even less energy than usual when it is so hot, but I did pick up my knitting again for the first time in weeks. And of course “knitting” really means “ripping things up so I can redo them” as usual. (The sleeve cuff was too narrow, despite all the measuring and gauging etc.)

By the time I finish this cardigan, if I add up all the work I’ve actually done, I think I will have knitted the equivalent of almost two cardigans.

It’s amazing how the cucumber plant can reach out with its curly gripper thing to the one and only support that’s even remotely within reach, 10 cm away. What magic does it use to find it?

It’s still super hot so I try to come up with cold meals for dinner. Getting tired of salads, trying to think of new things.

Adrian’s palate has really matured these past few years. He now happily eats anything and everything the rest of us do. Asparagus? Bring it on. Sun dried tomato spread? Sure. Avocado? Yes please.

Adrian and ran some errands in Bromma. Ingrid wanted us out of the house for as long as possible so she could get some time on her own, so she sent us a link to a nearby ice cream place. The ice cream place turned out to serve the most delicious gelatos. (Swedish raspberry and chocolate sorbet for me. I’ve never had chocolate sorbet before.)

Before covid, I’m sure there would have been a long and tedious queue outside the door. Now they had a ticket dispenser instead, which makes waiting a lot more relaxed. And the electronics store we visited before had the same. I’d much rather move around while waiting than stand still in one spot, covid or not.

Like with working from home, I hope that these changes persist.