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Swimming-in-the-lake-season is over. Now it's more mountain season.

This is sunday lunch pic-nic, sunday 2 weeks ago, on one of our "kitchenwindowviewmountains"

Here the lunchnap, last monday September 12th, at Timmelsjoch, on the border between Austria and Italy. I have to admit that the car is only 10 min. walk away :-)

After we came back from Scotland, Julia and Niki made the reflection, that they hadn't seen much of Austria and the closer surroundings. So true! So we decided to take a little trip, on Emils two days off, last week.

We took the tents with us, in case we would stumble over a nice spot to put them up. We did! Pordoi Joch in the Dolomites. It was a full moon night and this is the early morning view from my sleeping bag.

The camp ground is just above the village of Canazei, at the Sella group. At about 1850 m. We skied here, two or three winters ago. The "Sella round".

We even had a bathroom for a small  refreshing wash-up and brushing teeth.
That night was incredible beautyful. Not the best hotel can offer you that view and feeling. For breakfast we drove on little bit, to the next station, for cappuccino and a croissont, in the morning sun. We had two really great days in magnificant nature.

The week before that little trip, Julia, Niki and I made another little camping trip; I had to go to Saarbrücken to get the horse trailer, as so often (belongs to our neighbours Hotel Jungbrunn)(we can use it) and have long thought about combining it with a visit to Luxembourg. That is only another 80-90 km to go. So on monday we went there, had a look at the town in the afternoon, drove back to Saarbrücken, stayed over night in the trailer and went home next morning. Back home at lunch time on tuesday. Tomorrow I have to take the trailer to inspection, reminds me.

We have also done quite a lot of mountainbiking and some alpine - walking. Generally known as "speed hiking", since this summer. Somebody stole my idea!!!!! They even brought a reportage in the radio, about this "new" sport.
As usual - I was too slow........
But Julia made some new fotos the other day, actually, as I still intend to take it up in my programme.

 What about this? I still intend to call it "alpine walking!
 
Except for hanging around in the mountains, we got Opa's (= grandpa's) 2 cows down from the mountainpasture. (Lucky that we had brought the trailer ), because the pasture is getting rare, up there. The rest of the cattle is coming on wednesday the 21st.
Further I have finished five buckets and cans of paint. Now one bathroom door is yellow, the horse stable is partly freshened up and 4 barrels and 4 cavallettibars have been painted. Julia and Hombre are training for a local competition. Trail riding, like.
Niki and Emil have made a lot of firewood so we are well prepared for fall. And Julia and I have brought loads of sawdust, to keep the stable cosy and clean.
Autumn is actually my favourite season. When everything is getting slow and cosy after the fast active summer (which I of course, also enjoy, but I wouldn't like to have summer all year long; then you couldn't look forward to it!)
Almost forgot the new bench we made friday evening; on the sheep pasture, overlooking the village and our "farm".

Of course we had to try it out, at once, with an after-work-beer.

Oh, almost forgot; I have a sad announcement to make: The Hen got killed last sunday night :-(  By a weasle.Because I forgot to lock it up properly. I feel sooooo sorry!!! I hope the weasel enjoyed the meal, though!
For my own comfort, I am sure, that our hen suffered less and had a better life, than any broiler you can buy in a supermarket. Or the chicken nuggets in a fast food restaurant.....

T.