Tuesday, 26 May 2009

aktung, baby - wir kommen

with family visits it's just like with buses - you wait forever and nothing happens and then all three come along at once...



get a first idea of their mischief by clicking at the picasa albums and as soon as i can write again i will tell you more!











Monday, 25 May 2009

bad horse day

 













 outch - bad horse day for anette and tutti, but you would somewhat think that "dismount in gallop" needs a slightly higher level of riding skills than these two have and although anette tried hard to stay on the beast for several seconds when tutti clearly signaled that enough was enough which only made it worse as tutti then threw her right into the visitors gallery. 

well - the head is still on but that right arm and shoulder are somewhat perdu - proven because this is typed with the left...

Thursday, 14 May 2009

münster to 日本国 in a day

these lovely pics arrived a few weeks ago from our intrepid travellers marlies and anke in the land of the rising sun 









and whereas we quite happily believe that this is a true image of the wold famous cherry blossom time in tokyo


















we have the strage feeling that the last two pictures are actually taken in their own beautiful garden









with the proud gardener watching over her gorgeous plants

Monday, 11 May 2009

birthday girl, round two

rike's birthday party was on one of the nicest days so far this year and started with a great cowgirl lunch in our garden where the young ladies entertained themselves with rope pulling and indian cave painting





  

just a few checks on their knowledge and good horsewomanship



















before it's yippiee-i-yeah and back in the saddle again










and even "Old Grizzly Bear" gets the spirit and dresses up for the day!!!

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

mother bähr in the little garden

well - you might remember that we promised more news and we were delighted when our dear old friend claudia showed up in the last days of march. the great thing with friends that you haven't seen for long is that you always hear a good bit of chit chat about other old friends - and a couple of people must have had their ears ringing...

as a big london fan claudia had already seen a good bit of the city center with all its hustle and was therefore led into our little jungle for contrast with the stern warning that there might be strange animals hiding in the bushes

BUT (as you may have guessed)
never the shy type claudia has a go

WHOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

flush 'em out!


huiii - that one went straight up the tree

high enough to be safe though?

Sunday, 26 April 2009

birthday girl, round one


birthday girl is ten today and has requested the presence of her lovely godmother diane and her two cousins
the table is bending under the weight of all those beautifully wrapped presents...
and birthday girl is only too happy to start ripping them apart

the request for a lifesize marzipan horse and carrot cake has been met only partly and it is not only the size but the fact that the horse looks rather like a german shepherd that gets a critical look from the young lady

but the kids are delighted and anette is tired but happy. it was after all two in the morning when the flipping thing was made...

the three test eaters approved of color and shape, and the taste was noted by head tester konstantin:


hm, garnicht mal so schlecht!

(click on the picasa album to see what else we did with our frankfurt connection on the day - including our hot rock n' roll medley!)