Let me confess. I am completely jealous of all you folks out there who are experiencing spring. Every day I see status updates and blog entries about how glorious spring is, and I want to be able to say the same thing. Ok, yes, I can say spring is glorious,…
My Canon SLR (single lens reflex) camera has been out of commission for over a year, because I’m a klutz and dropped my two nice lenses awhile back. When my parents came to visit, they brought the repaired lenses with them, and on Sunday, I finally got a chance to…
Because I have spent the day procrastinating instead of getting past page 1 on my cultural diversity paper, I don’t really have time for an update. However, I do have some fun snapshots I took (some just from the car) this weekend in sunny springtime Germany. Seriously, I have been…
When you spend 6-7 months out of the year in a cold, gray, drizzly mess, the return of blue skies, the sun, warm weather and chirping birds is magical. I can’t get over how happy I am that spring is here. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I started my research for one of my…
With the weather warming up, John and I have noticed something: the 50s are a tricky temperature range. If it’s sunny out, temperatures in the 50s are delightful. However, if it’s windy or cloudy, they’re not so pleasant, and I’d consider it borderline cold. It’s currently 59 and sunny outside,…
Over the weekend, the trees starting blossoming and getting their leaves back. It’s wonderful! I feel bad that my parents visited only 2-3 weeks before everything got gorgeous and sunny here. They will have to visit again while it’s nice weather. 🙂 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ We took Béni to the vet today.…