Alea Jacta Est …

… as Gaius Julius Caesar is supposed to have said. For us it means that we have finally decided to move to the Texas Hill Country. When we were there from Monday to Thursday this week, looking for property, we really found a place we’d really like [in Cain City near Fredericksburg] and now we’ll have to keep our fingers crossed that we’ll be able to manage to sell some of our property here quickly enough so that we can can buy that place without someone else snatching it away from us.

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Cyclismo – A Great B&B in Fredericksburg

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From Monday to Thursday this week we were in Fredericksburg/TX again, on the look-out for property, and this time we stayed at the “Cyclismo“. This wonderful B(&B) is run by Frank Floyd, an avid bicyclist, and therefore especially – but … Continue reading →

Summer off to a Sizzling Start

That was the title story in our newspaper, The San Antonio Express-News, yesterday. What’s to be expected: Sunday: 101 Monday: 104 Tuesday: 105 Wednesday: 103 Thursday: 100 The paper gives some advice  then how to cope with this extreme heat, and how to recognize and/or … Continue reading →

Texas Hill Country

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I’m re-reading James Michener‘s “Texas” for the umpteenth time just now and found this wonderful description of the Texas Hill Country there: “[...] this wonderland of Central Texas, this marvellously rich congregation of small atreams winding down valleys, of sudden … Continue reading →

Our “Fatty”

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I’ve meant to publish a picture and some remarks about Pepper, our – to say the least – heaviest cat. Here he finally is: He came to us as a stray more than two years ago and very soon settled … Continue reading →

My Humans Are Really Daft!

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Now these sneaky humans just take a picture of me that looks like I have had a bottle of beer and then fallen asleep. And it was my human, at that, who had this bottle while I was sleeping the … Continue reading →

More Mr. Pickwick

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I really love to play with my squeaky mouse: This mouse is suspended from an elastic rubber string and squeaks [I have no idea how that works as it doesn't need any batteries nor winding up] whenever it’s being moved, … Continue reading →

Another Computer Geek

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It’s not only Mr. Pickwick who likes computers, but Oprah also: She really likes to follow the mouse cursor on the screen and then  tries to see if she can find it behind the computer. Or she just looks pensively … Continue reading →