Still august
Last day of august today and wonderful weather, though a little cooler than last week. Great for horsebackriding - hardly any bloodsucking beasts around. This afternoon we went for an afterworkbeer with Emil; me, Pontiac and our favourite friends. Start was Emil's topstation and after an hour or so, along the mountainridge, eveningsun shining on us, we reached the beer station. Gappenfeld. Half way to Landsbergerhütte, for those who know. Two beers later, we took the same steep trail down, as the other day with the bikes, Niki and me. I think it was almost easier with one bike than two beer...... And a schnaps. Home at 9 pm.
Sunset in the mountains is beatyful. Last week, Emil and I rode the motorbike up to Neunerköpfle (that's the name of Emils mountain!) one evening and tried to catch it on a photo:
Well now, of course we also have some of the "real life" here in paradise. Like a leaking waterpipe, last week. First I thought is was a cat. Then the dog. That yellowish water on the bathroom floor. Luckily it was only a rather exterior bend, so we didn't have to tear up walls. But I got a general cleaning of my dertergent storage :-) Then we had a television set that suddenly showed only a tiny picture on a huge screen, beyond repairing, so we now have a new plasma monster with a diameter of 106 cm. The old monster, with the small picture, now lives in Emmas flat and the kids can keep the small TV, that used to stand in there, in Innsbruck - for alway and ever. And today I had to bring the tractor to service. An one hour ride, for 20 km. Every bump in the road, that you don't even notice with the car, catapults you from the seat. Aj!
What more? Yes! I harvested the garden crop. Spinach and dill. The potato plant, is still out there, together with two rhubarbs. Maybe it gets bigger. My garden is about 6 squaremeter, so you can imagine all the work I had! I think I have enough spinach for one pizza and enough dill for two loads of majtes with potatoes. Better than nothing, I would say. Not to forget the gooseberries - a whole bowl full of my favourite berries :-) I think I will make me a birthdaycake out of them, mmmmmm......
T.
Sunset in the mountains is beatyful. Last week, Emil and I rode the motorbike up to Neunerköpfle (that's the name of Emils mountain!) one evening and tried to catch it on a photo:
Well now, of course we also have some of the "real life" here in paradise. Like a leaking waterpipe, last week. First I thought is was a cat. Then the dog. That yellowish water on the bathroom floor. Luckily it was only a rather exterior bend, so we didn't have to tear up walls. But I got a general cleaning of my dertergent storage :-) Then we had a television set that suddenly showed only a tiny picture on a huge screen, beyond repairing, so we now have a new plasma monster with a diameter of 106 cm. The old monster, with the small picture, now lives in Emmas flat and the kids can keep the small TV, that used to stand in there, in Innsbruck - for alway and ever. And today I had to bring the tractor to service. An one hour ride, for 20 km. Every bump in the road, that you don't even notice with the car, catapults you from the seat. Aj!
What more? Yes! I harvested the garden crop. Spinach and dill. The potato plant, is still out there, together with two rhubarbs. Maybe it gets bigger. My garden is about 6 squaremeter, so you can imagine all the work I had! I think I have enough spinach for one pizza and enough dill for two loads of majtes with potatoes. Better than nothing, I would say. Not to forget the gooseberries - a whole bowl full of my favourite berries :-) I think I will make me a birthdaycake out of them, mmmmmm......
T.
August
August was a very nice month with mostly good weather. The month the summer occured! For a whole week in row, plus some seperate days. We've all been very busy; Julia and Niki at work. Julia has her last day tomorrow and had a good time, seemingly. Haven't seen her since monday morning. Nor the car. Don't miss the car as I do my chores by bike, in the village. Julia, of course, I missed. Niki can hardly wait until he's ready with his brainkilling work among a bunch of demotivated workers. Last week he worked nights, then he had the car ( and Julia had one of the Vet's car), this week mornings, going with a neighbour. Emil and I brought in the last loads of hay, more or less on our own. For a change I was allowed to drive the machines :-) Instead of Niki. Emil has fixed up most of the machines, by now, and stuffed them away until next summer.
Uffe was here with a bunch of blondes. Stayed looooong, for a change ; two nights. We had a lot of fun, always something going on. I even forgot to take pictures. Not one single! Of course I have the pictures in my head, and Marge, sis in law, took a lot. See if I can find them......
Doesn't seem very much, that we've been doing,when your read this, but we just sat out long every evening, enjoying the warm weather. In the morning I was out early enjoying the fresh morning. And inbetween I enjoyed the hammock. The flowers were extremely thirsty and so I had to carry a lot of water. So, as you see, NO time for computering. And of course we were swimming. I didn't have to cook a lot in august (which I wasn't sad about!) as everybody was mostly happy with fruit, salad, icecream, youghurt, berries and stuff like that. If at home, at all?! We did some BBQing, though.
Like here, in the hayfields above the lake
(Yes, Niki was there and climbed it!)
One evening we had a kräftkalas - with focus on the kräfeating part. Found them at IKEA Innsbruck. Kräfta? Rivercrab?!
Well, I still had some time for some "real" work ( horses and hiking) and even for some sport. For example I improved my time from kitchen door to Emil's top station from 56 to 50 minutes. Ha, hah!!! And sunday (in spite of snowy summits) Niki and I made a pretty long, very beatyful, MTB tour in the surroundings. Very rough road. Dont't like rough roads. So we decided to go down on the other side of that mountain, instead of going back. So we more or less back packed our bikes and walked down a steep trail. More dog friendly, I thought, as Pontiac was accompanying us. He wasn't tired at all, chasing marmots between the turns. Niki wasn't very tired, either. Was I the only one tired????? But just a little.....:-)
T.
Uffe was here with a bunch of blondes. Stayed looooong, for a change ; two nights. We had a lot of fun, always something going on. I even forgot to take pictures. Not one single! Of course I have the pictures in my head, and Marge, sis in law, took a lot. See if I can find them......
Doesn't seem very much, that we've been doing,when your read this, but we just sat out long every evening, enjoying the warm weather. In the morning I was out early enjoying the fresh morning. And inbetween I enjoyed the hammock. The flowers were extremely thirsty and so I had to carry a lot of water. So, as you see, NO time for computering. And of course we were swimming. I didn't have to cook a lot in august (which I wasn't sad about!) as everybody was mostly happy with fruit, salad, icecream, youghurt, berries and stuff like that. If at home, at all?! We did some BBQing, though.
Like here, in the hayfields above the lake
(Yes, Niki was there and climbed it!)
One evening we had a kräftkalas - with focus on the kräfeating part. Found them at IKEA Innsbruck. Kräfta? Rivercrab?!
Well, I still had some time for some "real" work ( horses and hiking) and even for some sport. For example I improved my time from kitchen door to Emil's top station from 56 to 50 minutes. Ha, hah!!! And sunday (in spite of snowy summits) Niki and I made a pretty long, very beatyful, MTB tour in the surroundings. Very rough road. Dont't like rough roads. So we decided to go down on the other side of that mountain, instead of going back. So we more or less back packed our bikes and walked down a steep trail. More dog friendly, I thought, as Pontiac was accompanying us. He wasn't tired at all, chasing marmots between the turns. Niki wasn't very tired, either. Was I the only one tired????? But just a little.....:-)
T.
Late summer romantic
At last, the real summer came to our part of the world. For over a week it only rained twice, or so. Wonderful. Warm. Sunny. Lovely. Great. So as you all can understand, it was just impossible to even think of switching on the computer. From dawn to dusk and all night long we had SUMMER!!!!
We've went swimming in our beautyful lake almost every day.
But this morning (saturday) summer was over; temperatures down about 20 degrees within hours, snow in the mountains.
Incredible!!!!
T.
We've went swimming in our beautyful lake almost every day.
But this morning (saturday) summer was over; temperatures down about 20 degrees within hours, snow in the mountains.
Incredible!!!!
T.
Julia & Niki
Julia and Niki are getting some workexperience now, in august.
Julia is working for the vet, as last year. This year, more as his private chauffeur, as the "poor" man "lost" his drivers license last week. Speeding. So Julia is on duty day and night, lately. At least when her boss is on duty at night. His paying well, though. Tonight she came home ( for a change) with blood stains on her sneakers, so it seems she may help with the "real" work as well. Anyhow she is quite happy with her job, every day there is something different going on. Poor Niki can't claim that, concerning his duties at Metallwerk Plansee; together with an another student, he is making 25 kg molybden bent roundbars straight. They place them in a 1100° C hot oven, wait 20 minutes until they are through, take them out, put them in a stamping machine to get them straight and edgy (fyrkantig). For 8 hours, without lunchbreak. It's loud. It's hot. It's heavy. But he gets paid well, as well. This week he leaves home 10 past 5 in the morning and returns 2.30pm. Next week he is on another shift and hopefully gets another task.
Last monday Emil and I were invited to a birthday party, next door. I got home just in time to fix Nikis breakfast. Geeee, was I tired on tuesday! I'm not used to nightlife anymore. But apparently I enjoyed it :-)
Aaaaand - the holiday impression: Julia and Niki insisted on sitting on a canon in Edinburgh Castle - just like at Skansen in Bastad.
T.
Julia is working for the vet, as last year. This year, more as his private chauffeur, as the "poor" man "lost" his drivers license last week. Speeding. So Julia is on duty day and night, lately. At least when her boss is on duty at night. His paying well, though. Tonight she came home ( for a change) with blood stains on her sneakers, so it seems she may help with the "real" work as well. Anyhow she is quite happy with her job, every day there is something different going on. Poor Niki can't claim that, concerning his duties at Metallwerk Plansee; together with an another student, he is making 25 kg molybden bent roundbars straight. They place them in a 1100° C hot oven, wait 20 minutes until they are through, take them out, put them in a stamping machine to get them straight and edgy (fyrkantig). For 8 hours, without lunchbreak. It's loud. It's hot. It's heavy. But he gets paid well, as well. This week he leaves home 10 past 5 in the morning and returns 2.30pm. Next week he is on another shift and hopefully gets another task.
Last monday Emil and I were invited to a birthday party, next door. I got home just in time to fix Nikis breakfast. Geeee, was I tired on tuesday! I'm not used to nightlife anymore. But apparently I enjoyed it :-)
Aaaaand - the holiday impression: Julia and Niki insisted on sitting on a canon in Edinburgh Castle - just like at Skansen in Bastad.
T.
Hay, hay (pa daj...)
Hay, part 2, was finished tuesday. So was the dry weather. Perfect timing, in that case. Now it's a bit tropical with heat, thunderstorms, rain and INSECTS. Bloodthirsty insects. I would not like to live in a jungle!
Today is august 3rd and we haven't been swimming once (yet....) this summer. Considering the 16° reported from Haldensee (lake in our valley) I'm not sure if I maybe should wait until next summer........
In Scotland we found lovely beaches with greenblue clear water. Cold atlantic water. Just fine for a footbath :-)
Today I "alpine walked" up to Emils top station in 56 min. Satisfied :-) Yesterday I made my first "workshop" with these typical tyrolean wooden hiking/cowpunching poles, with guests from Hotel Ritter. Good :-)
Tomorrow Niki and I go to Innsbruck to check up on the flat and to bring my bike back home. Julia works at the vet's, since monday, and tonight she is staying over, in Reutte, dogsitting. What does that man do with his dogs when Julia is NOT around?????
T.
Today is august 3rd and we haven't been swimming once (yet....) this summer. Considering the 16° reported from Haldensee (lake in our valley) I'm not sure if I maybe should wait until next summer........
In Scotland we found lovely beaches with greenblue clear water. Cold atlantic water. Just fine for a footbath :-)
Today I "alpine walked" up to Emils top station in 56 min. Satisfied :-) Yesterday I made my first "workshop" with these typical tyrolean wooden hiking/cowpunching poles, with guests from Hotel Ritter. Good :-)
Tomorrow Niki and I go to Innsbruck to check up on the flat and to bring my bike back home. Julia works at the vet's, since monday, and tonight she is staying over, in Reutte, dogsitting. What does that man do with his dogs when Julia is NOT around?????
T.
