Christmas celebrations at the equestrian farm Lerchenhof

Do you miss a  White Christmas  this year?

Me, too!

The winter weather this Christmas season here in Germany is much more spring-like than the years before and we have been far away from snow and frost we generally can expect this time of the year.

So I have a kind of  White Snowflake  for you I took recently at the stud and equestrian farm "Lerchenhof" in the town of Muensingen.

The stud and equestrian farm Lerchenhof organized a kind of Christmas party together with all the kids and teenagers taking riding lessons there. And of course the families and friends were invited to celebrate together with their youngsters.

At the end of this varied day Santa Claus arrived on a horse-drawn carriage...

...and dispensed little gifts to the kids!

A Merry Christmas and
a prosperous and peaceful New Year 2016
to all of you, dear friends!

End of the year 2013

You look tired, dear friend.

So I am.

At the end of the year 2013 I wanna slow down as far as possible, 

this year was equally challenging and exhausting, gratifying and staggering.

It's time to take a break.

I wanna say THANX to all of you who've accompanied me continuously or just occasionally throughout the year here on this blog.

Maybe we meet again in 2014...!?

The photos of my this year's final post I took at the river bank of the river Neckar in the town of Lauffen, in the southwest of Germany. It's the town where the company I work for is located.

Lauffen's old castle from the 11th century on the other side of the river is nowadays the local municipal administration and townhall. There the mayor has set up a huge, but modest Christmas tree.

 A Christmas tree is (?) / should be (!) a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer such as spruce, pine or fir, traditionally associated with the celebration of Christmas.

The tree was traditionally decorated with edibles such as apples, nuts or other foods. In the 18th century, it began to be illuminated by candles, which with electrification could also be replaced by Christmas lights. Today, there are a wide variety of traditional ornaments, such as garland, tinsel, and candy canes. An angel or star may be placed at the top of the tree to represent the angel Gabriel or the Star of Bethlehem from the Nativity.

If you see two Christmas trees on the photo above, it would be time for you to take a break as well, dear friend... ;-)

...to all of you!

Uwe.

A wee bit of Christmas decoration

No, that's not the Christmas decoration in our living space,
I took the photos one week ago at the "Sommerhaus", Bad Mergentheim, our favourite home interior shop.

"Sommerhaus" garden in November 2011
The building is protected as a historic monument

I wish all of you a pleasant Advent season!

Euch allen eine schöne und besinnliche Adventszeit!