ach was muss man oft ...

...von boesen 
kindern hoeren oder lesen. 
wie zum beispiel diesen knaben, 
nick und konsti sind die namen.

mutter danne froh gemut
im bertoia sessel ruht
froh ihr sinn
im herzen rein


dort stehn ihre kinderlein.


aber nick und kok, die raben
wolln es mit der ruh' nicht haben
was faellt denn uns beiden ein
was so richtig fies gemein?

lass uns beide ueberlegen

wie die mutter aufzuregen

na, das ist doch spielerei
ruft der kleine nikolai

wenn die mama eines hasst,  
ist, wenn mich der wrumms erfasst 
augen schief und zunge raus 
hach, das macht ihr den garaus 

mama kriegt ganz fix die krise

wenn ich dir gemein und fiese

heftig in die nase zwacke

und noch deine grapschen packe

ruft der liebe konstatin

und fast ist der niki hin!

aus ist's mit dem ruhigen leben

mama wird sich gleich erheben

und mit donnerstimme schrein

lasst das beide sofort sein!

doch bevor der ernst beginnt

kocki sich noch schnell besinnt

liebste ma so sei doch happy

koenn wir jetzt an unseren laeppy?

dieses war der erste streich

doch der zweite folgt sogleich...

no snow this year!

no snow this year even though rike tried hard to look fluffy in her xmas pic, but after a very light dusting last week that did not even stay on the ground for seconds we all gave up on it. one more reason to look decidedly springy, as our darling does in her most recent facebook photo... 

oh the good old days...

a very young deac talking to the very cool and slightly older joe hembus, whom i sadly never met but totally admire for his work on german cinema, and for the title of all titles, „der deutsche film kann gar nicht besser sein“ (1961).

wonderful christmas 2014!

christmas 2014 was extra special with my lovely sister diane and her two little rascals coming over, and with niki and konstantin, believe me, you have to try a little harder to please them...

so with the pressure on on christmas eve we did a sightseeing tour by car (when are we there??), went to borough market (chocolate!!!) and on the spur of the moment high up the shard (where they had to drag me down as i didn't want to leave)... and a lovely midnight mass in southwark cathedral

christmas day was turkey with all the trimmings (konstantin: i love london because of the turkey!!!), and a walk over hillyfields, and then games and more food in the evening...

boxing day was again full of food, and then a nice time with the horse, where konstantin even got a lesson (with a much friendlier teacher then I usually have!), and niki hopped on and managed to cling to leon, which was not easy since rike had taken off the saddle...

next day diane and i managed to get a bit into the sales and deac took the boys to the transport museum, while rike was in rehearsals, and too soon the house was empty again, and way too quite... by the way, deac was there, too, just not in the pics -sorry!

visitors from hamburg, berlin...

 

oh what a delight to have some of my best pals around at the same time and even being able to surprise them as they didn't know about the other party's arrival.

merten was here on a mission to explore the merits of the chiltern firehouse hotel and restaurant (and at least with the food i was able to assist!), and pam and stef were just here for a leisurely weekend, happy to go along a little trip to greenwich park, cutty sark, docklands, and the usual suspects in south east london.

 off to canary wharf for a little shopping and a drink

 back home and hungry

 and while the cook had great help

 not all guests were amused. yes, darl, food is coming!

and wine








in the end...

Recently at the Pony club...

rike had jumped a few times with good ol' leon that day, which usually makes him quite happy and excited. so perhaps it was a little reckless then to take all tack off and ride him bareback, and without his bridle... well, there is always the mane you can cling to...BUT she stayed on, to my amazement!(don't listen, though...)

Just a few places on the trip

the foodie highlights of our our trip last summer - no wonder we all need a diet! favorite place of all times: la casa sena, where this year just minutes after we finished our lunch in the cool and shady garden all hell broke loose and possibly the worst rainstorm i've ever seen came down - everything was soaked in seconds. deac swam down the road to get the car, our all time hero...

lucile's
palmyra at the peaks
la casa sena
la cocina
mesa street grill