Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Bald kommt der Nikolaus, December 6, 2009

Wils and our neighbor friend got a visit today from the Man in the red dress, Saint Nikolaus and his buddy the Krampus or Schwartz Peter.

Bald kommt der Nikolaus


Im Winter, wenn es stürmt und schneit

und's Weihnachtsfest ist nicht mehr weit,

da kommt weit her aus dunklem Tann,

der liebe, gute Weihnachtsmann.


In seinem Sack sind gute sachen,

die braven Kindern Freude machen.

Doch auch die Rute ist zur Hand

für Kinder, die als bös bekannt.


Das mag wohl früher so gewesen sein,

heut gibt's nur brave Kinderlein.

Die sagen schnell ihr Sprüchlein auf,

Knecht Ruprecht macht den Sack dann auf.


Und Äpfel, Nüsse, Pfefferkuchen,

darf gleich das liebe Kind versuchen.

Knecht Ruprecht aber fährt geschwind

davon zum nächsten art'gen Kind.


(unbekannter Dichter)











Sunday, June 21, 2009

on top, part II

Along a mountain path...

Stopping for a pose... future mountaineer...

SAM and Wils with Dana, our friend visiting from North Carolina.

A look down the valley over a Seeli...(Swiss for a little sea...which we would call a "pond") Beautiful by what ever you call it.

Mountain Laural?...

You can hear the cow bells echoing all over the mountains, and they never stop ringing or clanging.

Up and up....

..and now we rest....

but, I'm still taking pictures and going up.....

Watch out for mother Cows! the sign warns...and the yellow plastic tape somehow keeps them just like regular fencing.

A snowball someone brought down and left.....

Wow! speechless!

My friend, Xian and I enjoying the beautiful sights and time together.

Here we are at 1850 meters! getting ready to take the car back down the mountain, it had turn cool all of a sudden and the clouds started to roll in, so we were ready to go.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

whopiee sledding! do you remember the JOY!



OK>.......so I am catching up on some lost video from the passed! enjoy! hey this is acting as my scrapbook...enjoy the hoots at the end of the run..remember the JOY of a long hill? I do, but my hills were not close to being this long!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Thursday with Camera - 11 December 2008

A drive through the Southern Schwarzwald - a winter wonderland

Burgruine Rötteln in the snow

View on the top of our mountain

Sunday, November 23, 2008

snow chair

Our first snowfall of the year started on Saturday and continued though the night. We awoke to everything covered with snow, albeit slightly wet, it is still beautiful.

We started our Thanksgiving a little early this year, today, Sunday, with a wonderful feast at the home of a North American family.

I also started playing Christmas carols while I was preparing my traditional Colonial Williamsburg corn pudding and snaps for the meal.

I seemed to have started a lot of things today; let me finish by saying: have a Happy Thanksgiving and Godspeed in your travel to your chosen home-place for the holiday.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Thursday, Oktober, 30, 2008

OUR FIRST SNOW!!!!!

Just a dusting in the yard, and it has started to rain....but look up higher.....

over the roofs of Rümmingen...

high on the hills of Öttlingen....

there is SNOW....as seen from our upper window!

not a lot but it is there.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

What a difference a day makes ...

... 24 little hours (sing with me!!!)

ah yes. March in Germany. Take nothing for granted, folks, this month will throw you for a loop.

From balmy Spring-like conditions one day, to a flurry of snow the next (wait five minutes, it'll change) it's always fun!

Here are some garden pics (for comparison) from this morning (click for larger view):

Magnolia tree in snow




Pansies in the snow