Monday, June 19, 2006

Calbe: A Day At The Garden

My relatives here in Calbe live in an apartment size probably about 1,000 square feet. It's a typical apartment complex: 4 stories, no yard, no garage, etc...

In lieu of a yard, many people in Calbe (actually, not only in Calbe, but Germany in general) get a small garden and a small summer house (similar to a vacation house/cabin/cottage, for those of us who have friends with cabins on the lake) on a specially designed plot of land for communal gardening/yards. There, all people who live in apartments can go and plant vegetables, fruits, or just enjoy a warm day out in the sun.

That's exactly what we did.

We picked wonderfully fresh strawberries ... they were sooooooooo yummy!!!















We also had a wonderful bbq:


























Roses:















On a slightly different note, in the evening I went to visit my "uncle David". He's a distant relative, but I still call him my uncle. He's a wonderful man, but a burdened man. He lived in communist Russia for most of his life. That, and the persistence of familial strife has sucked the juice of hope right out of him. My heart greaves for him. We need to pray for him. Lord Jesus, have mercy on his soul.

Today's WM Scores:
Brasil 2 - Australia 0
Japan 0 - Croatia 0
France 1 - Korea 1

2 comments:

Faith K said...

yummy fresh strawberries!!!

cub said...

yummy indeed .. only mangoes are better!