The Germans both love and hate fall due to the nice weather but also the messy leaves everywhere that absolutely must be picked up, even at night.
The kids started their first day of American school.
Jeffrey had a sick day so we made a smoothie with every possible available fruit.
Fall tends to have lots of misty days and the fog can hold all day.
The flea market has been open and we've been enjoying it.
I check on this mercedes every time we go downtown. You can see it from the train.
We've been doing litter patrols with the kids. We encourage them to be the forest spirits they wish to see in their forest.
Of course the Schwäbians collect bits to decorate their garden sheds.
We had a date and the restaurant had good food and bad service but also a ferris wheel outside.
We went on a hike to a place some of us had been before but some hadn't.
We saw a very rare Renault Alpine.
One of us carved this when we visited a few years ago.
There's a cave under this castle and you can see the tree roots coming through.
On the way out I noticed we had walked right past this bat.
Then Huey had a covid scare and had to get two tests and stay home for 2 weeks.
The kids could still go get their first shot though.
Hugo celebrated his birthday under quarantine and didn't mind that we wrap the kids presents with recycle bin wrapping now.
He was able to bust out for thanksgiving with friends after he passed his first test.
Oscar escorts us on walks in the woods. He keeps sketchy dogs on their toes.
