Colorful Garden Chat Picture Thread

Lol you really went to a lot of trouble trying to put words in my mouth at almost every turn. Content-wise, your outpouring is still not worth an answer, but I must politely point out that I have no connection whatsoever with the so-called 'Querdenker' movement.

No, it wasn’t any trouble, the setups were simply sometimes too easy.
Of course, I deliberately exaggerated as well, but that is easy to recognize. In my opinion, some of your individual points are simply rather superficial, sorry.
Believe me, this situation annoys me at least as much, I “suffer” from it, because my wonderful job usually takes place abroad, I feel real withdrawal, zero income from it, no activity, a sense of emptiness. But the ordinary people there are doing really badly in comparison, and when I call them… THEY encourage ME, so that I already feel a bit embarrassed.
Of course, it’s stressful for families and many others, but still, compared to many parts of the world, we are living in a bubble of comfort here. That often makes it hard for me to endure some of the whining around me, often from people who get almost full pay while working from home. I have ZERO and also otherwise emptiness! So I look at what I can learn from this and what I can make of it; whining and complaining doesn’t help me much.
If these partly perhaps inappropriate/meaningless restrictions and wearing masks really turn out to be the worst thing I have to experience in my generation, I am extremely grateful — I would immediately sign up for that and gladly accept it, without complaining!
It was not my intention to twist words, just as little to see you as a so-called Querdenker, but a part of your text was simply too superficial for me and similar to this so-called Querdenken.
People who have always been close to nature have fewer problems today, and they complain less too. Complaining, in my opinion, rather comes from today’s “event society”, at least that’s my opinion!

Scarifying
if water stands too often, sanding
Otherwise Nordlys is the lawn whisperer

What a jump from Corona to grass. The concrete foundation for the mast is finished. It is now curing. On Friday we will then set it upright. Then there will be photos.

What a leap from Corona to weed.

Both have effects when inhaled. Not that far apart. If you find that too harsh, please think of British humor.

Dinner in the garden

We can either keep beating our heads against the wall or gather activity ideas for children in the house and garden. There’s more to do than Sam and little princess in front of the TV. Who the hell created those series with annoying divas or overly perfect dogs and kids?

Mine is a terrible brat if she doesn’t get outside at least twice a day. She doesn’t particularly like going for walks.
Scooter, balance bike, puddle jumping works in any weather. Searching for acorns, letting maple seeds fly also works.

Sand, gravel, mud, slide, swing always work, no matter how wet or cold it is. Luckily, the tap of the rain barrel is frozen.

The hit at the moment is the ice surface. Too small and thin for ice skating, but enough for sliding and gliding. If it gets too warm, there’s a huge puddle and splash, wet kids. My friend already asked if the kids were in the stream.

Experiments e.g. melting and filtering snow samples, water cycle
Bird feeder hangers
Ice lanterns
Frozen bubbles (requires at least -5 degrees)
Rolling ice balls
Building trapper chairs
Grilling sausages, stick bread, potatoes. The main thing is to hold them with a stick or skewer.

There is an indoor playground in the attic that hasn’t been used in recent weeks.
Water toys and paddling pools we had in the spring in the bathroom on the ground floor.

We sewed a dress. She was allowed to help and made the first stitches.

Baking was out just in time for the start of the cookie baking season.