We haven’t done an awful lot of long distance travel this year (for us anyway!) – a certain tiny person (and a crazy work year for Mr R) have put paid to that. What we have done instead is lots of travel on our doorstep. That’s the beautiful thing about living here – you […]
Sunday Photo – Matching Wings
Slightly garish colours at the annual pumpkin festival yesterday – but look who popped in! Love that this hummingbird moth had matching wings! Back to normal blogging capacity shortly, it’s been a bit of a crazy few days…
Sunday Photo – Give Bees a Chance
Spotted in the late autumn sunshine (before it left us!) a few days ago…
Baby’s First Bier Fest
It seems like only two minutes ago that I was lamenting the fact that I was about to miss my first Oktoberfest (in the time that we have lived here), whilst looking like I was smuggling some kind of barrage balloon. The baby arrived a few days after it was all over and done […]
Autumn Apple Cake – German Style
It may well reach temperatures of over 31ºC today, but Autumn is just about here… The mornings are much much cooler, and the days tend to start with fields full of mist at the back of the house. The evenings are definitely drawing in, plus there are spiders and daddy-longlegs in abundance… But, I LOVE […]
Sunday Photo – Walchensee
Taking in the views at Walchensee yesterday, one of Bavaria’s largest lakes and the deepest at almost 200 metres. The water is still crystal clear though and refreshingly cold on these hot late summer days…
Eighties Songs and Fleeting Childhood…
I don’t get to spend that much one on one time with my (not so) Small Girl at the moment, mostly thanks to her youngest brother who is now well and truly on the move (and into absolutely everything!)… We can also blame her middle brother somewhat, with his apparent allergy to anything beginning with […]
Sunday Photo – Flower Fields
Picking our own Dahlias 2016…
Troll Castles and Buttercup Eaters – Austria
I just had a few main aims on my birthday this year – to go up a mountain, come back down said mountain a bit later, read a book for at least an hour in peace, and to have a glass of champagne and maybe eat some chocolate at some point, that was honestly it… […]
Sunday Photo – Alpine Flowers
Alpine Flowers Tiny little hairy fairy bells found at the top of a mountain recently. If anyone knows their real name, I would love to know what they are called!