Regulated chimney sweeps?

I have to say that there are some things here in Germany that really perplex me. Today we had a visit from a chimney sweep who I guess is delegated to our area. Once a year they come around and check out the chimney, heater, etc. to make sure that everything is...

Resolving a disinterest in eating

For the last couple of weeks Ayla has not been her usual self when it comes to eating breakfast and dinner. When her meals were offered to her, she would just sort of pick at them and finally got the point that she wasn’t really eating much at all. The first few...

Do we know what we’re talking about? :-)

We had someone contact us via the blog recently who has also just bought a timber frame house (perhaps we have more blogging company Anna lol) and they wanted to talk via email to learn from our experiences…I figure that others may also be able to learn from the...

New plants & decor for the courtyard :-)

Yesterday during our visit to Rüdesheim we wandered by a pretty good wine store called Dr. Nagler. We’ve bought many bottles of their Reisling over the past few years and also ate at their restaurant over Christmas. Very decent food and not bad prices either,...

More clean up is complete

We had guests here this weekend which I’ve mentioned a few times. We decided on Thursday that it would be much nicer if the yucky yellow container was gone from the courtyard so we requested that it be picked up on Friday afternoon. But it was nowhere near full...