Although we didn’t have a huge harvest of pickling cucumbers (or even regular ones) this year, I did still manage to get a couple jars worth of pickles. I have always been a big fan of pickles of all sorts but a spicy, zesty pickle to eat with a hearty lunchmeat...
Last year, we got a new heater in our living room. It’s got three heating channels inside the unit (I’m sure that’s not what they’re called but fins seem to be name for the old-fashioned radiators we have) and it heats up the living room in...
Yesterday I was working on the computer when the doorbell rang. I glanced out the window and say a young woman about my age standing out the gate. Naturally, my first thought was, “Great, what’s she selling?” Because you see, when people ring our...
Fall is setting in here in Frankfurt. The weather has cooled down a bit and it was raining a lot more last week. Been a bit overcast the last two days but no rain and I’m certainly not complaining. The fall weather has been absolutely glorious and I’m...
I’ve briefly mentioned here and there that we have listed a whole bunch of stuff on eBay, but I figured I should tell you a little bit more about all our listings. We’ve lived here in Germany for 8 years now. It’s amazing how the time just seems to...
After Nico pulled all the ivy and whatever else was growing on the barn down, we started taking a look around the corner of the structure (which faces our neighbors and we can barely see) and noticed that one patch of plastered wall was about to fall out of the timber...