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Category Archives: Germany

Life Can Sometimes Feel Like an Up Hill Battle

Life sure can feel at times like an up hill battle.
This morning in a cloud of our own breath, Clover my canine companion and I set out to be the first people to crush the morning frost kissed grass under our feet. To be in the vineyard before the sun breached the blue...

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Inspiration…An Hour in the Greenhouse

I took some time yesterday from the realities of “what needs to be done” to wander over to my local garden center for it’s annual Camellia exhibit. It is kind of special to have unfettered alone time in a beautifully decorated greenhouse, just me and the Camellias. I had a full hour to...

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Major Cheesy Plug…Last Day for Voting

So, as you may or may not know…I am addicted to what is now called IPHONEOGRAPHY.  Basically photos taken with your lo res camera phone, particularly the iphone.  Several friends suggested I submit one of my images into this competition and well…I would be mad at myself if I didn’t attempt to do my best...

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More Than One Way…to Skin a Cat or Climb an Alp

People are always asking me how we get to the top of the Alps with all the various camera gear we travel with…let alone the Terrier. Well, I am happy to inform you…we take the easy way. Luckily here in Europe many mountain tops are accessible by cable cars. For a few...

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Last Drink Served Before Fasting…”Fasching”

Fasching or Carnival season is upon us here in Germany, Carnival is a time of frolic before the forty days of Lenten fasting.  I managed to visit two Faschingsumzug or Fasching parades in one day while visiting in the mountainous region of Garmisch.
This year I set out to capture as many traditionally carved masks and...

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A Christmas Eve Visitor…a Simple Gesture

This past Christmas Eve, my husband, dog and I all took a long walk through the National Forest here in the Heidelberg area.  Nearing the end of our walk, I noticed my husband lift his hand towards the sky.  I found it an interesting gesture especially so as he was holding the dogs leash with...

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20 + C + M + B + 10…I think I have had an Epiphany!

When I first moved to Germany I was fascinated by the symbols scribbled in chalk above most houses in the village.  Luckily on e day while I was home around January 6th a group of children rang my door bell.  To my surprise there were 4 children, 3 dressed like the Three Kings of the...

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