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Preliminary report (guest entry from Karsten)
While my beloved wife and kids are still on holidays, I returned yesterday to resume work. Actually, holidays should really be put into quotation marks, for an appropriate representation of the last week. “Holidays”. There, much better. The reason for … Continue reading
über den Schatten und so / achievements
(English version follows below) Ich schwimme gerne. Ja, wirklich. Ich bin früher viel geschwommen, immerhin komme ich ja ursprünglich von der Ostsee und wir haben ausserdem noch direkt in Laufnähe eines Sees gewohnt. Da ist es doch klar, dass man … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Switzerland
Tagged Chatzensee, Freibad, Open air bath, Schwimmen, Sommer, Sommer mit Kindern, summer, summer with kids, Zwischen den Hölzern
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summer of the hornets
This summer, we have seen as many hornets as never before. Without exactly knowing where the nest is located, we are sure that it must be somewhere pretty close to our flat. That, or our flat just seems immensely appealing … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Children, endangered species, hornets, Hornissen, insects, summer
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garden update in macro
Slowly but steadily, our garden starts to look like an autumn garden…probably due to the high temperatures during the last months which caused everything to flower and grow incredibly fast. Vegetables are being harvested, beds are being cleared, the strawberries … Continue reading
relief….
After one (hopefully) last day of over 30° celsius on Thursday….. finally some relief! Since then a slight breeze and constant summer rain…SO GOOD!
late July garden update
The last garden update has been over a month ago and due to the sunshine and the high temperatures the garden almost exploded while I was on holiday. Karsten was doing his best watering the plants and weeding the paths … Continue reading
hanging on
It’s early in the morning. Our flat is hot. The bedroom is hot. I feel hot. I mean, really hot. Not in the sexy sense of hot, but in the heat wave-14-kilos-too-much-weight-and-hormon-samba kind of hot. I try to roll from … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Miscellaneous, the little one
Tagged Children, heat, pregnancy, summer, tantrum
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holiday snapshot number six: company
During our last days at my parent’s garden, the little one and I enjoyed the company of my sister and her family. While I enjoyed the time to catch up a little bit, the little one was delighted to observe … Continue reading
holiday snapshot number five: the garden
After almost two weeks at the Baltic Sea, the little one and I went to my parent’s place and spent some wonderfully relaxing days at our very own summer resort. Our normal rhythm each day: waking up, then reading books … Continue reading
Posted in Garden, Travel
Tagged flowers, garden, holiday, lady's mantle, summer, summer retreat
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familial entropy 