We visited an open air museum just outside of Graz. The reassembled farmhouses from all over Austria gave us an excellent insight into the lives of the majority of people. There were, for instance, three main regions as far as cooking – one side of Austria cooked on hearths, the other side in ovens (where [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Compare and Contrast
Posted in adventure, field trips, travel on August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Torten
Posted in adventure, travel on August 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have found both a way to upload pictures and 10 minutes of time in which to satisfy my mother’s wish: mouth-watering, envy-inducing blogging. I can hardly see the photos I’m selecting during the uploading process, so I can’t always tell if I’ve chosen the best of the batch. Nonetheless, I want to get back to Vienna and the wonderful opportunities. Mom, [...]
Vienna
Posted in adventure, field trips, travel on August 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
You’ll have to forgive this post - I’m finally online and wanting to convey a little of the list of incredible things we’ve seen, especially to my parents who must be wondering what on earth we’re up to. I’ll see tomorrow if there’s a way to load pictures into Flickr.
Last night we arrived in Vienna after several days [...]
The journey and the destination
Posted in Project 365, adventure, field trips, homeschooling, travel on August 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The landscape around Wittlich is so different than the prairie that normally forms the backdrop of our days. It is poised between the Eifel mountains, old and worn down into rounded seniority, and the Mosel river which has cut rounded serpentines from the rock. Hilly and wooded, the topography is different. The [...]
A moment to celebrate
Posted in Project 365, adventure on August 20, 2008 | 12 Comments »
2 hours, 37 minutes.
15.8 miles or 25.5km
pace: 9:54 min. miles or 6:09 min. kms
This, my friends, is a moment to freeze, a moment to celebrate. It is the longest I have ever run…by far. (13 miles was my previous record.) This pace is a speed that I worked hard to maintain during [...]
Trier
Posted in Project 365, Project Spectrum, adventure, art journal, field trips, handmade, homeschooling, travel on August 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We packed so much into our week in Trier that it is much like this mosaic in my mind: bits and pieces all jumbled together in what you hope is a coherent narrative.
churches and Roman sausages
sketching and light shows in the tunnels of the Roman baths
bouquets and blue doors
self-portraits to remind me of the oddness [...]
Morning in Trier
Posted in adventure, field trips, travel on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This morning I woke at 6 as usual, the bright light streaming into our second-floor apartment unimpeded by the white curtains and bouncing exuberantly around the white walls and tall ceiling of the bedroom. I quietly made my way through the IKEA-decorated space, to the dining room where I sat in silence, knitting and sipping [...]
A box of possibilities
Posted in handmade, knitting on August 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The greatest thing about mail is the range of possibilities a letter or a package embodies. Anything could be inside. Bad news, good news, poems, protestations of devotion and love, art, gifts…anything. And when it’s a box full of yarn, it truly is a box of the possible. I find myself moving the box [...]
Socks
Posted in Project Spectrum, handmade, knitting on August 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Yarn: Scheepjes invicta coloris colour 1640
Pattern: improvised. I liked the way the short bands of colour looked in stockinette but I wanted a little interest. There are two twisted stitches as ribs down each side.
I bought the yarn in Brugge, the colours reminded me of water, and the ribs reminded me of the [...]
Oddments
Posted in adventure, travel on August 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
1. German fries are consumed with mayo, or with mayo and ketchup, for the most part. After an initial reaction of horror, I have over the years come to see this as a perfectly acceptable luxurious indulgence when snitching from someone else.
2. There’s no oil spray for cooking here. No Pam. It’s [...]
