Dec 26, 2008 | Decorating, Entertaining, Expat Life
So my MIL & FIL were standing outside our house the other day and an older lady was walking by. She stopped to chat and mentioned that the decorations on the house looked really nice, “although they are a bit American. Not that that is a bad thing.” We...Sep 25, 2008 | Homesteading Life, House & Home
Last Saturday after Stefan’s parents headed home, we got the chance to go tour our neighbor’s beautiful timber frame (“fachwerk”) house. We have been trying and meaning to get over there for months, after finally speaking to the owner for the...Aug 27, 2008 | House & Home
We were out for a walk with Ayla today and as we passed by one house, I saw the man of the house vacuuming his begonias in his garage. He had taken the plant with its hanging basket to a bench where he sat it down to vacuum it. What he was vacuuming up I can’t...Aug 20, 2008 | Marriage, Pets
Just back from my morning walk with Ayla. Ran into someone with a pretty cute Spaniel of some sort (something hunting dog-ish) and her dog was quite the spazz. He wanted to eat Ayla so I had to hold her back a bit…she thinks a dog baring his teeth is some sort...Oct 9, 2007 | House & Home
As we where cleaning out the tiles (yes, those tiles) from the stables, waiting for the container to show up, we saw our neighbor the window maker drive by with his truck. We decided we should ask him about the possibility of using insulated frosted glass panes in the...