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    <title><![CDATA[October in the woods ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Autumn is here, with beautiful colours all over our woods! We are not doing much in terms of visits, meeting friends and such... but the forest is still here on our doorstep, so we indulge! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Back on the saddle ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:33:47 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Two weeks back into the term and Poppy is well and truly back on Skramur's saddle! Her weekly sessions at the stables are a source of joy and pride, she is such a good rider! So far the sunny weather has meant pleasant rides in the forest, let's hope... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Adelsö, again]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 18:11:02 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Another day, another excursion - Poppy is away for the week, Lili has started her summer-job and Otto has a friend at home - for Pete and I. We set off for Adelsö with the 8am buss this morning and had completed our 15km trail by 2pm, including a few... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Black Lake Castle ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 19:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Pete and I went for a bike ride to Svartsjö slott (Färingsö) and carried on a bit further as the countryside was so nice and the sky blue (in places). Maybe we should have been less ambitious as the heavens opened copiously halfway upon her home journey.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lovö round]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 21:33:32 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Another sunny day, another little escapade! We just took the bus for 10 minutes and we were on Lovö, the island where the Royal Palace of Drottingholm is located, No royal visit for us, but a long walk on the northern and wilder part of the island. Beautiful... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Skoklosters slott]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[To vary our daily routines we decided to go on a day trip to Skoklosters slott, a 17th century castle built by a count and preserved in a fairly good state. We went round the grounds and inside, enjoyed our picnic before we went for a little walk in a... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Morning Mr Toad]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:43:38 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Sometimes you haven't even had time to eat breakfast and there is a toad already visiting! Basil was intrigued but usually gets bored with batracians as they play dead when frightened - no fun at all! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Flowers everywhere]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:28:13 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Bees can rejoice: fields of wild flowers abound on our island, millions of pollen reserves for them to visit. Amazing to see so much pink clover! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Blue ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:10:05 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The season is definitely here! Lots and lots of the blue gold in the our woods! We got about 700 g in a short session with just Lili and me picking, as neither Poppy nor Pete had the patience and Otto was somewhere else. Enough for a crumble or two, yum... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Quiet Skansen in July ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2020 11:53:48 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After a few days of unsettled weather we thought a sunny Friday would be an opportunity to make a trip to Skansen, where we have not been for a while. A way to support the open-air museum too, which suffered quite a lot from the closures imposed in spring.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Flowers, berries and a toad]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Going for walks in the woods is always full of discoveries: chamomile fields and thistles, to remind us our last year's trip to Scotland, and...a friendly toad that crossed our path. The toad is a sign that we are still getting a good amount of rain from... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pete and A-K's hike ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2020 15:51:36 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Since Otto was at scout camp and Poppy was on 'kollo' for a week, for the first time in forever Pete and I could take a few days off on our own, with Lili house- and cat-sitting as a back-up. We decided to go on a hike, following a few stages of the Sörmlandsleden,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Adelsö]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2020 15:20:13 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A week ago it was time for Otto to leave for scout camp on Adelsö. It was great that the scout leaders had managed to put together a plan B, given the covid context - originally, they would have travelled further and mixed with other scout groups but... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Green]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 06:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Poppy is ready for grrrreeeeaaaat things in her big green apple top. Upcycled Finnish fabric, 60s vintage. Cool or what? ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Yellow]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2020 20:42:32 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The rapeseed field next door is in full bloom, so is Poppy. Lots of dandelion flowers everywhere, we are surrounded by yellow! ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Paddling season open]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:44:40 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The pictures don't do the weather justice: it was quite sunny when Pete decided to try his second kayak - the one he finished last autumn, days before the first snow... Thankfully this single vessel floats very well and did not capsize or anything. Poppy... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kneaded ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:34:27 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[and needed - comfort food! My third batch of sourdough turned out OK. Still trying to get a better result - more fluffly inside and more crusty inside. New attempt tomorrow. ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A second look]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 12:45:43 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Poppy and I went to riding on Thursday and since it was quite nice weather and we had a bit of time, we walked to the farm that is not very far at all. It was another chance to see the lovely calves again, as well as welcome to the world a few new lambs.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Easter bun ease...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:58:57 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[for my Easter bunnies :-) First time I was making them, and they turned out really well! These hot-cross buns pleased everyone (apart Lili who hates sultnanas). I took some to our nice neighbours, Maud and Björn, who usually look after Flash and Basil... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Youth at the farm ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:54:25 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[This was the actual goal of our looooonnnnnng walk today: I had seen that the organic farm, near where Poppy goes riding, had just had calves and lamb (two born just yesterday!) and suggested that we went to see them. Lamb for Easter, but in another logic... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Children on wood]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:33:49 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Our children seem to be inspired by their surroundings: Lili climbs up a tree, Otto meditates on a fallen trunk and Poppy claps a beat on a found wooden chair. Very photogenic :-) ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lakesides ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:27:47 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We walked to 'beaver beach' (i e the beach found around a path that struck us as having been visited by a lot of beavers, as so many trees had marks of their typical way of gnawing on the wood, hence the name we gave it) and then carried on round the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Flowers galore]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It is really the best season for small touches of colours in our woods still lacking leaves: everywhere we went today, we found carpets of blue and white anemones as well as the so typically Swedish bright yellow 'tussilago', the first flower to come... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[By the lake, a snake and a frog]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:04:33 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Another walk, another view of our lake, Mälaren. New discoveries, too: a pretty hazelnut snake slithering at our feet as we are enjoying a little pause by the water, and, later on, happy yet still frogs guarding their eggs as we walk pass their ditch... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Delicat(e)s ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:49:41 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Do our cats appreciate our constant presence at home? it is difficult to say... but they seem to enjoy the simple comforts offered: Flash in a 'princess and the pea' pose, Basil defiant on the dinner-table... who is ruling in this house, I wonder... ]]></description>
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