Still Snow

We have had temperatures for thaw today, but there is still snow on the ground. This is how much snow we got the other day. I am not so fond of it this time of the year. We had spring, I want spring to come back. 

Diet Food

There has been a cardboard box on a shelf in the kitchen for a while, with some content that has made me curious due to its scent. I finally got hold of it today. There were small bags of powder inside. Once I got through and could taste it, I did not want anymore. When I read on the box and on the bags, I understood why it was not tasty. The contents was a kind of diet food. Do I need to elaborate? I would not think so. 

Later, Daniel threw the rest of the content in the trash. This further goes to prove it was not worth anything. 

A Lot of Snow

Winter sure is back. We got about a decimetre of snow in the morning. It was cold, so the snow was far from heavy. Daniel shoveled the driveway in twenty minutes, which is much faster than he usually does. This might have been good in the afternoon, when Paula took the car to go to the store, but she used our current high car with four wheel drive to take another path through the snow. I guess there were some advantage to this path. 

Qualifiers

The qualification games for the European Championship in football has started. Tonight, Scotland beat Spain, 2–0. I guess this was the most surprising result so far. Meanwhile, Sweden has lost to Belgium, but won against Azerbajdzjan. The World Cup is more interesting, but the European Championship is not bad. 

Dark Morning

It was dark again, when we got up this morning. I will never understand Daylight Saving Time, which we got yesterday. It makes mornings darker, so it feels less good getting up. Could the humans not stop unsing daylight saving time?

Snow

Last year, the heaviest snowfall came in early April. This was late for snow. We have had more snow this year, but the last snow thawed a while ago, until this weekend. We have had snowfall yesterday and today. It is not much, but it is still snow in late March. I guess it will not stay on the ground for long. 

The Vacuum Cleaner Tucked Away

In the weekends, when he is free from work, Daniel usually cleans the house. He used the vacuum cleaner, as he usually does. Since last weekend, the vacuum cleaner was left in the living room. Now that Daniel was done with it, he tucked it away in the cupboard where it is usually stored. I like it better this way. It is not in the way and it does not disturb the visual impact of the living room. The coming week will be better, when the vacuum cleaner is tucked away. 

New Windshield

The car has a new windshield. A stone hit the windshield some weeks ago, then this turned into a big crack. We just had to get a new windshield. A windshield with a big crackers not safe, if anything would happen.

We hope no stone will hit the new windshield. 

Singing Birds

On the morning walk today, we could hear birds singing. This is a lovely sign of spring. I like it.

Spring is coming. We do not have frost in the mornings and the Sun is up when we wake up. There will be another summer. 

Laila Got Better

We were concerned about our Toy Poodle friend Laila this morning. She could hardly walk. She is old and has had teouble with her balance before. Later in the day, however, she ate properly and could walk properly. When I write this in the evening, we feel sure that Laila is healthy. She will keep going for a long time. This is good news for all of us. 

Alarm

The fire alarm started today, when we were in the kitchen. It does occasionally, when we cook food and there is a lot of steam or something like that. Very seldom, but it has happened before. When Daniel is at home, he can reach up to the alarm and turn it off. Paula is not as tall and since Daniel was not at home, she had to solve it. The result was that the alarm fel to the floor. Daniel could put it up again, when he came home. It is good that nothing was more alarming than this today. 

No Delivery

We watched a show on TV tonight about humans who renovated a house. They got a child. At one time in the show, they said that the child was eight weeks old. When pups are eight weeks old, they are delivered to their new homes. Nobody said anything about a delivery of this child. There are differences between humans and dogs. I think the dog way is better, then you do not have to keep every pup, but just the pups you can handle. 

Chicken

Paula cooked a chicken for lunch today. There were some chicken meat reserved for us dogs, which was highly appreciated. 

Paula is a very good cook. I wish she would cook more often, and give more of this food to us dogs. I always like the food she prepares. Perhaps there will be more soon. 

Re-elected

Paula and Daniel were at the annual meeting of Örebro län Kennel Club today. They were both re-elected to the board of the club. We are all proud of the job that they do in this club and that other members consider them good enough to sig on the board. It will be a good year for the club. 

St. Gertrud's Day

In Ireland, they celebrate St. Patrick on the 17 March. In Sweden, we celebrate St. Gertrud. This means I congratulate my daughter Gertrud on her name day. I also congratulate Paula's mother Gertrud. If we would know any Patrik, we would congratulate him on the 16 April 

Chinese Provocations

Chinese coast guard vessels have expelled Japanese vessels from Japanese territorial water around the Senkaku Islands. China claims these Japanese islands. 

There are too few news stories in Western mass media about Chinese provocations like this. What Russia does to Ukraine, China seems close to do to any of her neighbours. In Sweden, we should not buy Chinese goods, just like we do not buy Russian goods. China has a dangerous regime, it should not be allowed to provoke and make threats. 

I hope Japan makes sure Chinese coast guards cannot operate in Japanese water in the future. 

Water Bowls

We have nice humans. They usually make sure our water bowls are full of water. In the few instances when all of the water bowls are empty, we just have to make some noise with them, and water will soon come.

This evening, Daniel filled up the water bowls, but we emptied them again. He was a little annoyed that he had to fill the bowls a second time the same evening, which I can understand, but he still did it. This is the kind of human to have. Our lives are good. 

Late Dinner

Daniel came home late from work today, even though he had no meeting after work. This postponed dinner. Thus, dinner just became a couple of sandwiches. I prefer cooked food, especially with meat. Now there were nothing for me to taste. I hope it will be better tomorrow evening, 

Kenzaburo Oe Has Passed Away

The Nobel Prize winner in litterature, Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, has passed away. 

It is not common that Japanese writers get the Nobel Prize. It is only natural that a Swedish academy deciding on the prize will more often give it to writers whose works are more readily available for them. This also makes the prize to Oe all the more special. If you want to read novels by a Japanese writer, I guess those of Oe may be a good choice. 

Vacuum Cleaner

We cleaned the house today. One of the things we used was the vacuum cleaner. 

I had a talk with Daniel about Swedish, English, and the word for vacuum cleaner. In Swedish, it is called dammsugare, which litterally means dust sucker. If you speak a mix of Swedish and English, sometimes called Swenglish, you could jokingly translate dammsugare to damn sugar. This would be funny. When you use the vacuum cleaner, you move around and lose weight, but if you would really use damn sugar, you would probably gain weight. Human languages can be funny.