the garden, 4

thank you for all the get well wishes for T's dad.
we visited last weekend, and he is much better.
it will still be a long recovery, but he was awake,
listening to our stories, and laughing at our jokes.

we brought him some prints of my pictures, which he liked a lot.

I wish you a good friday, and a great weekend,
and hope that yours will be less wet than ours is supposed to be!

the garden, 3

thank you for the nice comments on my last posts!

the garden, 2

the garden

T's parents live in a tiny village in the northeast corner of bavaria.
they have a beautiful garden and grow lots of fruit and veg, and keep bees.

the first picture shows my favorite view, from the garden fence
over the neighbors' stacked wood, and over the fields.

T's dad has been in hospital for almost two months, so we've been visiting regularly.
The evening light in their garden is so beautiful, and I really hope that he will be able
to sit on the bench outside their house and watch everything grow
before this summer is over.

sunday brunch + goodbye

my little brother M is flying to the States today
to do a phD and start a new life in Seattle with his girlfriend L.
I am very happy for the two of them,
but also a little sad to see him leave.

by coincidence M spent the last two months in Stuttgart,
and it was very nice to have him so close by and to see him so often.
last week on sunday he came round for brunch at our place.

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thank you so much for all the nice comments on my last post!
I have yet to post a picture of the framed print I promised,
mainly because, well, it's still not framed.
T has been very busy at work (more on that soon) and we've had visitors every other weekend,
so we have not had much time to work on things around the flat.
hopefully soon.

summer has finally arrived here last week,
the city and the office are very quiet and empty because everyone's away.
I'm really enjoying it a lot,
but also looking forward to our trip to Portugal
which is now only two weeks away.

how is your summer so far?