One of the rewards for getting vax'd is a relatively safe return to normality.
This was the third year we would get a Christmas tree from here.
They still have rabbits.
They still have goats.
The kids still ask "what about this tree, mom?" while passing each tree but without actually looking at whether it's a decent tree.
Birthday meat bouquet
Old cars freeze in unique ways
They've required a little extra coaxing when getting a smile this holiday season
That sugar water toast helps.
Heading to the train station to pick up the rare guests.
A significant number of the kids in the kids' old German class got sick so they wrote them "get well soon" notes.
We took advantage of the guests and had an afternoon out.
These streets in Tübingen would usually be packed with shoppers and Christmas market stalls. Such is not the case this year, or last.
I told her to do one of the poses she was on Tiktok a few months ago.
We took our guests on one of the better covid hikes we'd done before.
Some of the guests were eligible for additional mileage.
The best way to win at chess is making your own rules.
Huey was overwhelmed at how many presents showed up.
We had a cleansing hike to the top of a rubble hill, where they pushed the rubble post-war into a pile and then, in the 1950s, formed it into a hiking hill.
They did get some nerf guns.
We visited some vineyards in order to get an hour or 3 of grown up time.
Our elderly neighbor tosses candy down to the miscreants.
They were wearing short sleeves in late December, which is frankly insane.
We went on a short nature hike on new years' eve.
Last light of 2021
