In the woods north of the fjord close to the east coast of northern Denmark, a troll moved in earlier this year. Her name is Susi Vind Ding, a word play on ‘vind’ (wind) and ‘ding’ (ding-dong), as she is surrounded by all types of wondrous things that give off chiming sounds throughout the woods. And she listens …

You will find all types of metal objects surrounding her — old sauce bowls, metal decorations for Christmas trees close to metal pipes, little chimes, all sorts …

There was also a plaque close to her, reminding people of cleaning up in the forest and removing what cannot be added to the chimes. We stayed with her, sitting on big logs in the area, resting from a long walk, having a bite to eat, and then slowly made our way back through the soft underground of pine needles and moss.

Finally, our day with the kind troll ended at the calm sea, looking out to the eastern end of the fjord.

Enjoy autumn, with or without a troll, but she did give us a new perspective on sound and beauty.

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Feb 21 — the Saga Continues

Yay, still growing, hasn’t fallen off yet!!!

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Fingers crossed

In the lead photo/collage, the pepper plant is shown with buds, which progressed to actual flowers, but I never thought to try to fertilize them. The flowers died and fell off. I continued to water the plant. A few weeks later, at the end of December (my bad, I did not take a photo), a second and third flower appeared. This time, I got a Q-tip and attempted to cross-fertilize the two flowers.

Feb 2, a tiny fruit began to form (again, my bad, no photo), then by Feb 5, it was fully evident that it really was a tiny pepper, with flower petals still attached.

On Feb 13, the tiny pepper had grown a lot and had pushed off the remaining flower petals. I have given it a slightly bigger pot and some light support.

Updates will follow.

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Room with an icy view

Not much incentive to leave the house these days.🥶

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Icicles was originally published in Simply Photos on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Accidental Seeding

I had a small pot in the kitchen window, which, as far as I knew, contained an Ornithogalum bulb. I had been waiting for it to regrow, so I was pleased when I saw green sprouts appear.

It was tucked off in a corner of the window, and weeks later I was amazed to see the plant shown in the photo. A closer look at the plant revealed the truth. It was a Pepper plant. An accidental planting.

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Unexpected Pepper Plant was originally published in Simply Photos on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.