Monthly Archives: February 2012

Projects

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Now that springtime – even if it’s not spring yet – has arrived, there are quite a few projets that need to be done outside. Here’s the three most urgent ones: From the top: The compost needs to be moved … Continue reading

Potato Pancakes

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Ever since I had read about them in Sabrina’s [Countryskipper's] Blog in her description of traditional foods on German Christmas markets, I had wanted to make them myself here: potato pancakes, “Reibekuchen” in German and “Rieevkooche” in the dialect of … Continue reading

For a Few Days …

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… there was no activity on that drilling-pad across the highway, but now work is being resumed again: the preparations for fracking those two wells are in progress. First, after all the previous mobile homes had been moved, new ones … Continue reading

Drilling Done

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Last Thursday the second of the two wells across the highway from our property was done drilling and all tghe machinery was being removed. All of that drilling went really fast, to my mind, considering that it was two wells … Continue reading

Green Card Status – Update

Now I really know why USCIS [United States Citizenship and Immigration Services] sent me, together with a note that they had received my application for the removal of the conditions of my permanent resident status [form I-751], a note that … Continue reading

New Glider

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Yesterday I drove to San Antonio to get the new glider for our front porch from Amish Oak in Texas [a shop with wonderful wooden furniture, produced by the Amish from Pennsylvania, where, btw, we also bought our new bedroom … Continue reading

It’s Still Winter, …

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… at least according to the calendar, but here in our garden the first blossoms are appearing. Well, actually the temperatures have quite often been more spring-like than winter-like, and Texas Mountain Laurels usually are the first to start blossoming. … Continue reading

Before and After

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During the last two days I did some wood staining on the doors for our bathroom closet, and that what it looks like: Here, in the foreground, one of the doors – as yet untreated, except for some sanding. As … Continue reading

Camaro Restoration [2]

Today we got the Camaro back from a carburetor shop in San Antonio. I think I had described in  a previous posting that I was unable to find a single-barrel carburetor for that straight-six engine we have. But we had … Continue reading

Sally Is Back Home Again

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This afternoon Dr. Patton, our vet, has discherged Sally. She was more severely injured [some oictures of those injuries further down] than we had thought. And thus Dr. Patton was in favour of keeping her under his supervision for longer, … Continue reading