It's Mother's Day

It's Sunday and Mother's Day so Happy Mother's Day to all you Moms Grandmas, Aunts and other women that have or are influencing children (there are more of you then you think). You are awesome in what you do. We husbands, fathers, grandfathers and children deeply appreciate it - even if we don't always show it or are to dense to voice our gratitude. So Thank You!



Another week has passed. It rained overnight so our garden looked nice and clean this morning. We had finally gotten our lawnmower (it had been on order for over 2 weeks) and so we spent all day yesterday mowing and edging and cleaning up. Yesterday was the first day without rain in quite a while - nice that it was on a Saturday :-). I'm sure you know the feeling when you sit down with a nice cold beverage after working all day and you can see what a difference it makes - so rewarding. Now, waking up the morning afterwards when everything aches ( hey, no oldtimer jokes ...) that's a different story.

Here are Sophie and Charlie, enjoying the clean garden!

When we got on the train this morning to go to church there were quite a few people waiting to take the train south in to the higher altitudes to go hiking. That is definitely a preferred pasttime for lots of folks here. And Nordic Walking is very popular as well. You don't want to mess with people with the sticks. They always look like they are on a mission. The funny thing is, Deb says, that all Germans look like they're on a mission. I think we're just focused on the task before us.
Mae it a great week everyone!