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August 29, 2010 - A-life & Australia & ENGLISH & Visuelles - (5) COMMENTs

After a 50 hour work week Nathan and I enjoyed the last sunny hour of the week together in one of our favourite parks in front of our door step. Bold Park, Zamia trail, sunset watching deluxe:

Enjoying quiet time far away from civilisation (jokingly…we’re just around our house, but in distance from Perth’s busy CBD)

Enjoying beauty and the sky

Enjoying togetherness (oh yeah, I look tired after my 50 hour work marathon)

Enjoying deliciousness

Enjoying relaxing moments (An die Familie: es ist immer noch tiefster Winter. :P)

Enjoying winter or almost spring flowers

Loving sunsets in Perth
“Our beach” just a spit from our house

Sunset watching cow’lady in the dunes

Sunset surf

Sun down moon up

Winter Whistle

August 21, 2010 - A-life & Australia & ENGLISH - (0) COMMENTs

Yay, we have sold our heater. Yay, the cold winter that we haven’t had yet has just arrived with a cold front and one or the other shower.

Bad timing for being without a heater but good the other way, because we sold the heater for more than we thought we would get.

But,

no one will understand, how missy now survives the cold in down under.

I thought I write it down. Just for the records. For later, to remember, when I look back to those cold days in the hot country.

When I am about to go to bed, I throw my pyjama’s into the dryer on the hot setting. While waiting for the clothes in the dryer I am standing in the freezing bathroom (wearing a hat, some kind of fleece pullover and definitely long socks) with the running hair dryer pointed at me while brushing my teeth.

About 5 to 10 minutes later I stop the clothes dryer and get my pj’s out and quickly put them on. I basically jump into them. Ahhhhh so nice and warm! I ruuuuun into bed to keep the heat coming of the pj’s for as long as possible. The bed is freeeeezing cold. I pull the two blankets up to my nose and dream of the next hot summer where we sleep naked while having two fans pointed at our bed, STILL sweating our bums off, and not able to fall asleep because it is just too hot!

A nice thought, when you can’t feel your toes or the tips of your fingers, even though you’re under two thick blankets and you wear a fleece pullover over your pj’s and even a hat (!) as your night gown.

Bye bye heater, hope you have a nice new home!

Speak of the devil

August 13, 2010 - Australia & ENGLISH - (0) COMMENTs

There is the saying, where one shall not praise certain situations (like the great dry and sunny winter we had so far)…or they will turn into the opposite. Yeah well. There it is now – the rain finally found Perth and thought it left us soaking for two days now. I know we really needed it, but you know, I shouldn’t have said something about the very nice weather we had all winter. I’m working this weekend (Saturday) and am invited to a baby shower on Sunday, and have lots of home work to do, so I guess I won’t be spending much time outside this weekend anyway. Ok, let it rain Perth. You really need(ed) it!

Wonderful Winter Times

August 9, 2010 - A-life & Australia & Visuelles - (2) COMMENTs

Hello world. We’re currently enjoying the nicest winter we had since we’re in down under. The sun is shining every day (ok, that’s not really news) and it hasn’t rained much at all. Actually, I could probably count with one hand how often it has rained this winter….this is the first winter where we have to water our garden beds, because the weather is way too dry for this season. Last winter was very wet and often it rained for days straight and not much sun was seen… July, August and September.
This year: totally different!

(source of graphic)

Anyhow, we can’t complain as every day and every weekend is perfect outdoor weather…and we’re enjoying it as much as possible. Last weekend even felt like summer is back. So warm! This weekend we had a “barbie” and sat outside until almost midnight…but wrapped up in warm clothes of course.

Some impressions from the last week or so:

Winter Beach

Nathan found a sponge

Winter Coast

Look what I’m wearing…and what those surf boys behind me wear…yes, it was a warm day…but bathing shorts?

Sunday breakfast with friends

Missy in baking mood

Libelle am Stoeckchen

Winter Bonfire

Second fire (the wood fire only lasted one hour)

Winter BBQ with friends (and I was the only one who wasn’t cold!! Thanks to my Ugg boots, I guess)

And the first time since years: German Gluehwein

It is PePe Time

May 7, 2010 - A-life & Australia & DEUTSCH & ENGLISH & Visuelles - (2) COMMENTs

You don’t know what PePe is? Ok, then you just need to come a bit closer…

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