Being accepted by the locals

Stefan and I were out walking the dog yesterday evening and one of the locals from town rode up on his bicycle behind us. The two of us were talking and didn’t hear him come up behind us…and we were walking side-by-side with the dog taking up the rest of...

Fur-family right around the corner!

We just had a surprise visit from the non-fur mommy of one of Ayla’s brothers. His official name is Arthur (had to start with an “A” of course) but they call him Paul. He lives at home with another Newfie who is a couple of years old and they have...

Road construction

Our house sits on a main street which connects several small villages to each other. There are other ways to get from A to B but going through our town is probably the easiest and fastest since we have very few traffic lights and they are rarely ever red. A couple...

Martens among us

Last night was a very exciting occasion at home. We were getting ready to call the dog inside and head upstairs to bed when we heard a screeching noise. Our first instinct was that something was wrong with one of our cats. But then we realized the sound was coming...

Roofers in costume

I hope you guys can see the guy standing on the scaffolding in this picture. In case you think he’s lost or this was Halloween or something, this is actually what master roofers wear here in Germany. Our neighbors across the street started redoing their roof...