It's been over a month since the greatest little party on earth, aka Lanternfest, and I figured it's about time I get these photos online. Also, we're going to be attending another one of the biggest great parties on earth, Oktoberfest, this weekend so I figured it...
Some randomness about me
I was tagged by Janet at The Queen of Seaford to play a 7 things meme. I haven't been tagged in ages and I appreciate the honor. Now I just have to scrounge up 7 things about me that you don't already know...not an easy feat since I talk about so much randomness every...
That’ll take care of the algae – covering an IBC tank
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 actually looking...
There once was a little bison
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 fly by (and it only...
Nico makes some much needed repairs
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...
A bit of harvesting & foraging going on here
Despite a few setbacks in our garden (like the loss of 80% of our tomato plants), we've still had a fairly decent harvest. You can see our full list of harvest figures on our In the Garden page but here's what we've collected from our garden in the last month. I've...

Canned Jalapeño Hot Sauce Recipe: How to Make and Preserve Your Own Fiery Flavor
Learn how to make and can your own jalapeño hot sauce at home with fresh peppers. Easy, flavorful, and shelf-stable — the perfect homemade hot sauce recipe.
Post #1202 and my Blogoversary
It's hard for me to believe that I've been blogging for over 4 years now. I started with a blog about my Land Rover Defender and the traveling we were doing in Europe. We were going rock climbing and pimping the Defender so we thought it would be fun to share the...
The Lanternfest 2009 – Saturday was full of food, friends & FUN
The Lantern Festival in Buedesheim is an event we look forward to every year - as do our friends. Most of the 5 friends visiting us on Saturday have been at the fest for the last 3 years with us. Once they'd seen it for the first time, they were as hooked as we were....
The weekend ahead – Lanternfest is almost here!
Most of the week I've been gearing up for the Lanternfest held every year in our little town. It's a town-wide party and you run into almost everyone you know at some point during the event. Some you'll see during the parades on Saturday and Sunday night, others...


