The snow has been constant for weeks now. Every day a little more. Yesterday it snowed from morning till night without stopping. We awoke to a world blanketed in heavy, wet snow. This meant, of course, more shoveling. And sweeping. In Germany home owners must shovel and sweep after every snowfall. We are also required to shovel the street. Living on a corner means we get to shovel two streets! Lucky us!
I decided to take the dog for a quick jaunt instead, delaying the shoveling by half an hour. These photos are a few impressions from our walk. We saw neighbors and friends along the way, shoveling their walkways. I stopped to admire the familiar houses, which in some funny way also feel like friends. Tex accumulated giant snowballs in his fur--which we stopped to brush away every once in a while.
When we got home I had a sudden flash of brilliance. The kids had the day off from school. Why shouldn't THEY be out shoveling and sweeping? Why, indeed!
And so, here I am typing and enjoying your company...while outside the sounds of snow shovels scraping on the ground and grunts of lifting fill the air. Ahhh! How sweet those sounds are to mine ears! Child labor is the best!
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The 5th picture, the one with the street and street signs and trees and house, made me long for Germany with a sweet pain.
Posted by: kcinnova | December 07, 2010 at 07:25 AM
It sounds like you live in a magical place!! Snowball dogs, bundle babies and children who do manual labor!!! Lucky!!! :)
Posted by: Laura | December 07, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Just when Germany couldn't look any sweeter, they go and make cute babies part of the country. Sheesh.
Posted by: green girl in wisconsin | December 07, 2010 at 11:58 AM
You had a BABY?
Posted by: The Coffee Lady | December 07, 2010 at 01:53 PM
CL--Why do you think I've been missing from blog land for so long? Duh. Been busy.
Posted by: eurolush | December 07, 2010 at 02:03 PM
Yay!! They've got to earn their keep.
And the baby!
So cute.
A
Posted by: Amelia | December 07, 2010 at 03:33 PM
People have to shovel the streets? Are there no snowplows? Hmmm, perhaps that's an idea for next year's county budget: sell all the snowplows and make everyone shovel/plow their own snow.
Posted by: kmkat | December 07, 2010 at 04:42 PM
Send
Snow
Now.
Stop.
Posted by: blackbird | December 07, 2010 at 08:30 PM
City vs country snow shake down - grimy snow drifts with special surprises vs snow shoveling...so hard to choose!
Posted by: [email protected] | December 08, 2010 at 03:42 AM
In Germany you have to shovel the STREETS? They are an industrious people, ja?
Posted by: Miz S | December 08, 2010 at 05:46 AM
Flash of brilliance indeed! Sadly we only had an inch or two here--not even worth shoveling. Does Frau Müller still come in the snow? K x
Posted by: kristina | December 08, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Oh dear Lord. We're having temps in the 70's ... AIIIII!
Posted by: Paola | December 09, 2010 at 01:50 PM