snow day

Sunshine and snow is what it takes to motivate me (the warm and cosy house hog) to go outside on a winter day. With the sight of the sparkling snow I just can't stay inside.

I decided to join Nancy for a walk and a cup of coffee at the cosy fireplace of Marcolini Haus. Find more pictures of the beautiful interiors in her photoshoot for the "Every Day a Book" series. It's so  inspiring and makes me want to read in beautiful places.

Spending much time with Schubert 1. Symphony and Hummel trumpet concert in E-flat major

the wolves come closer

This meadow called Sieben Eichen (Seven Oaks) is the location where the most recent wolf sighting ocurred.
For those who do not live in our area, here is the background story:

The story started with a pack of wolves spotted in the region of Ober-Lausitz, praised and welcomed back as representatives of a nearly extinguished species. Hallo, Grüß Gott, dear wolves, so nice to have you with us again. Since then we are kept up to date by wolf talks and wolf reports in the newspapers. There are wolf experts and wolf associations defending the newly arrived wolf population.

Lately there were some unsettling incidents: horses running on a main road  killed by a car (terrified by wolves ???) , a dog bitten to death by ??? .

At this point we got more information about the usual life of a wolf. His habitat is not restricted to a small area, in fact he's able to run with his pack about 100km a night. When the winter is mild like this year all of the baby wolves survive, the population increases. Wolves are predators, and hunting is their full time occupation.
Their favourite prey are the deer in the forest. If they don't find enough deer anymore, sheep, horses and cattle will do.

live report from SiebenEichen by B. Spittler

summer, I miss you

Paul

fresh juices to start the New Year right

mistletoe

To spread romance, love and kisses always carry a mistletoe with you! Happy 2014!