What cheered you up today?

[Matt308]

And quit feeding the Blue Jays. The other birds just called me and asked me to remind what insufferable pricks they are.

 

[Erich]

that is a fact but at least the Crows left my backyard last year, 3 of them would sit and wait on one of our Sequoia limbs cawing softly for the unshelled peanuts to arrive, none of the smaller guys would even come near to the feeders.

Blue J's are loud but that is about it as i have them all disciplined ...... 8)

 

[Matt308]

Crows are scary smart. My dad had a infestation of a flock of crows in his backyard. Like Hitchcock's, The Birds, hundreds would use his fountain as a toilet and generally make a mess. He finally killed one and left it in his yard. And the damndest thing, was they left. They stayed just at the edge of his property and stared. For about two weeks. You would walk outside and it was just like the movie. All you could hear was the silent ruffling of feathers. Scared the feces out of me. Very creepy.

 

[Erich]

you are so right, talk about smart they are, picking up walnuts from the neighbors yard and sitting on a telephone pole dropping them on the street and cocking their heads to watch drivers run over them so they can swoop down and recover the meats..............yeah tell me these funny guys don't have a brain. got the fireplace roaring now and waiting for my Grandgirls to come over to Bake Linzer cookies and more German goodies with Oma

geezo just got in again from the wind ......... think my Tusch is slightly numb

 

[Matt308]

Christmas tree is up. Today we decorate and listen to christmas music and drink a little good cheer. Tonight the missus and I have dinner together minus kids. Course all we'll do is talk about how proud of them we are.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

man alive i'd totally forgotten about putting up christmas decorations

 

[Erich]

back in the house for a short time and see we have a poser on hand ....... if you're reading this please leave at once

other than that trivial item of note. the gang passed me a couple of German things while putting up Christmas lights ........... some sort of new concoction with orange peel, and Nutella Hazelnüss layers .......... man this was fantastic !

 

[Matt308]

Get em Erich. I think the poser did it three times. You might want to do a search.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

just did a run through of my presentation and it should fit under the 10 minute cut off point! means little to you guys but is good for me...........

 

[Erich]

Yummie ............ I luv this season for many reasons, one obviously as I am the taste tester of very good European delectables

Linzer Kookies, YES ~

 

[Matt308]

Relaxing Sunday. A little football. Some good eats.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Should have done a poster lanc, much less work and less pressure

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

She's cute.

I would like to see either or both of those Christmas markets. They look beautiful at night.

I took some really nice ones at the Christmas market I went to today. It was probably the one I like the most out of all the ones I have been to over the last 20 years. I will post them in the Bavarian Thread probably tomorrow.

 

[Erich]

great ! looking forward to them. Ice box this morn at 23F and hoarfrost everywhere with the fog on top of that, not a good day to cycle in that swill

cleared out and I worked my buttocks off and then more lights on the front of the house, the Mrs made a very interesting Lemon/Hazelnüss bar covered with Sahne.

Now I am watching the sunset with Christmas musik playing the in the background ............

 

[Matt308]

A nice cup of espresso.

 

[Erich]

Silver threads outside with a tinge of grey fog yellow overcast to the east, a perfect day to go ICE climbing if there was any around

roof lights this afternoon once it thaws

 

[Matt308]

Cleaned my furnace filters yesterday, so clean air for another month.

 

[Erich]

hey the postal man brought a neato package of three Ritterkreuz signed Sturmgeschütze Kommandeurs ......... this morn. Dan is a very cool guy, plus he digs my lights

 

[Gnomey]

Presentation went well...

 

[cheddar cheese]

Finished my painting.