t’s not warm anymore ……..

It’s raining, it’s windy and it’s cold, and I’ve started using my hat!

Autumn is here, and with it comes the time of the cozy fires.

”The cozy fire time” I usually call it.

In the out-house we also have a fire – cozy to light dark autumn nights.

My ”cozy factors” are: light the stove, good cup of coffee and my little cat in the knee. Sometimes I have all three! 🙂

In the ”outhouse” I can offer you two or three, the cats are a bit shy, otherwise you could have borrowed them too ;

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The autumn is ”shopping-time” here in Ullared.

Wish you a lovely October….comes tomorrow.

Love form Lotta & Ronny.

The sun is shining, and it is 25 celcius!

We have had some rainy weeks now, so both the lawn and the pond have received a lot of water. Some of the flowers has begun to bloom again. Like the violets in the grass.

I have just been on a long walk in the forest and took some pichtures…….

I love autumn. The air is so clear and beautiful. I found a lot of muchrooms, but not many of them was edible……

I like this one best 😉

Now, finally, we have a new couch in the house!

The old one was not so nice anymore. The leather (which was no leather, has begun to fall off!) The new one is in fabric and we hope our guests will like it.

Wish everyone a wonderful September 🙂

Outside…….

…..and inside 😉

Welcome to Slamrekullen!

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It has been there all summer.
I have looked in it often.
Very often!
Always empty.
No, not completely empty……
A spider lived there during the first dry weeks.
But it died of heat strokes, I think, only the net was left.
It has only collected dead leaves and insects all throughout the summer.
Never rain!!!
Until this week – finally !!!
Over 40mm during the gone week,  and today it’s raining!
The grass has begun to grow again and the water in the pond does not sink anymore.
One of the fishes died a few weeks ago, but we think the other one is left. Ronny put a water pump in the pond, which has oxygenate the water, and we fed it with corn. We hope it likes it and survives.

We look back on a very hot and dry summer.
Wonderful weather – really – but too much is just that – TOO MUCH!!
I hope I will never experience such a summer again.
It’s been sad to not be able to water plants and see the lawn die. See the cows in the meadows eat boring feed from last year, instead of fresh green grass. See the birches drop their yellow leaves in June. And then this concern about forest fires and if the whater in the well is going to end.

Now summer has returned to ”normal” temperatures and  normal weather. Some rain and a little sunshine – just as it should be – I like!

We are looking forward to a beautiful autumn with high and clear sky. And lovely forest walks, perhaps we can find some chantarelles, now when the rain has come.

Wish you all a fantastic Sunday!

I´m going to enjoy the rain 😉

I have never…….    My father (87 years old) has never………. It has not been so hot any summer in Sweden since the weather measurements started 260 years ago!!!! This summer we will remembered!

As a Swede, I did not think it could be ”too much summer”. We usually say like this: ”the Swedish summer – love that day!” (So last year!)

Our guests in the ”Uthuset” have also had a ”hot time”. Fortunately, the house is quite cool, but not this summer! Many has told us, that they have brought sweaters and jackets……..”we are going to Sweden…….”

Only 4 kilmometers from us, we got a small beach…….frequented visited this summer. (Like last time I cleaned the house, and got so warm and sveaty – I must go for a bath!!) The beach was not so crowded this day 😉

There have been many baths in our beautiful lakes near by……..

We cool down with bathing, cold drinks and some of us rolling in the morning cold gravel 😉

Yesterday, we visited ”Willab Garden” a store selling greenhouses. This is my dream for next summer……..a darkred greenhouse by the pond = lovely!

When we got home, Ronny ”hit the sticks” that marked the size of the house and we decided what position it should have. Now we need to dig…….

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Lotta & Ronny

(And now we see some ”normal” summer temperatures on the weather forecast!)

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This weekend we changed landscape, leave Halland for a visit in Bohuslän and Marstrand. (One of my sisters favorite places). I had never been there, so it would be exciting.

Friday, we drowe ca 150 km, to Marstrand, it took ca 1 1/2 hour. We left our forests and lakes, for archipelago and the sea. A total change of scene! We started our stay with a cold beer and a big shrimpsandwich! (This is the land of seafood!) Then we wisit my sister in here ”house-car”.

Saturday – we will go for a walk – the black trail! It was wonderful, absolutley wonderful! My sister had prepared a lunch for us,  with chamapgne. She is also wonderful 😉

Fiwe kilometers we walked, up and down. Many photo stops it became. On Marstrand there is no sandy beaches, but many small bath piers. My sister took a bath 🙂

In the evening we crossed the little channel to Marstrands island by the ferry, and visti a nice resturant called ”Världshuset”.

We can really recommend this ”day trip” during your stay with us. But only on sunny days!!  My sisters favorite places is now one of my own 😉

Have a nice week – and we still hope for rain……..

YES! Some small drops finally fall from the sky……

But we need a lot! It is a disaster for our farmers and their animals. It is a disaster because the forest is so dry and the leaves are yellow and falling….

In the north of Sweden, there is several forest fires wich are difficult to extinguish. It is fire prohibition in all of Sweden.

It is also adisaster for our plants, the lawn and my sunflowers 😦 The fish in our pond get less and less water every day….

BUT, right now it rain!!! I hope, from now, we got a normal summer. With some sun, some rain and temperatures we can handle, (not over 30°!!!)

But we have some wonderful days so far……with out rain…….bath in our lakes, canot trips with fishing and lots of lots of ice cream!!!!

Love from Lotta & Ronny at Slamrekullen.

TODAY, THREE YEARS AGO, WE WELCOMED OUR FIRST GUESTS TO SLAMREKULLEN!

(A couple from Holland). Since then there has been so many wonderful guests and many new friends. Some of them come back to us, they also like to live here. Calm down in a cozy cottage – in the middle of nature 😉

We are so happy and proud to have built this place, 4 years it took.  We have not forget how many of our friends and dear neighbors who have helped us with ther knowledge and time – no wonder it became so good!

Midsummer it is!

Our dear guests and friends, Kerstin and Heinz from Munchen now lives in our ”uthus”. Last week we were invited to them for a dinner (german style). Potato salad and german sausages and grilled meat – lovely!

Last night, we invited for a dinner (swedish style). Since it was midsummer, we must have sill! (herring). (On Christmas and easter  – we also MUST have SILL!) Not so many people like sill, but we must have it anyway, because it is tradition! (You need to learn to like it). Last night i made a ”gubbröra” (with sill, egg, potatoes, onion, apple, dill, majonnaise, tomatpuré, mm. My ”gubbröra” should be eaten on ”thin bread”. Salmon was the main course – off course! 😉  Salomon is this regions (Halland) animal, and I love salmon!

We have a very nice evening in our wintergarden, infront of the fireplace…..with Prosecco……and beer …..and football…….match……..Germany – Sweden! We lost, but I can not care less! The best team wins. But I have never looked at WM match before in my couch, there not everyone suporting the same team!!!! Interesting.

(This is how my midsummer plate looked like – with sill, potatoes, sour cream, egg, paj mm.)

We have had lovely summer days so far……too little rain, so the lawn has became yellow! But the summer is really nice.

Love from Slamrekullen and welcome to us!

We wish you all a wonderful summer!

Lotta & Ronny 😉

Have just arrived home after a lovely evening (with picnick) in our little boat in Trolla lake 😉

The water was warm, so Ronny dicided to take a swim! He also tryed to catch a fish, but no luck.

We love this summer evenings. Absolutely wonderful!

The summer is really here – over 25° C every day! We are used to this now, so the summer must go on……

Tomorrow we welcome a couple from Switzweland.

Have a wonderful week everybody.

Love form Lotta & Ronny.