Can you say HAPPY?!?

One of Daniel's brothers is here for a visit and look what he brought us.

He is a carpenter by trade, but now retired and builds the most beautiful boats.
How did we get so lucky?!
So, if you suddenly find me missing from blogland, you'll know where I am - sailing into the sunset with my honey!

P.S. If you'd like to see some fun (and one slightly scary) older photos of me, visit Verena's blog. She wrote a really sweet post about me yesterday! Simply click here.

P.P.S. Thank you all so much for all your fun and loving comments lately (and always). I look forward to your visits every day!!! My very early morning routine: let Winslow out, make breakfast, eat breakfast with Daniel, read your comments! And then, of course, I check if there are more comments several times a day. You all are addictive...

A Dear Friend - A New Blog

When I was 12, we moved to Münster, Germany, and I started going to a new school. That's where I met Verena and we became the best of friends!

Verena has recently started her own blog about life with her family, especially with their daughter Gerlinde, who has Down syndrome,
and Gerlinde's two younger sisters Constanze and Charlotte. For all my German-speaking blog friends, make sure you go visit and even those of you who don't speak German, you'll enjoy her beautiful photos and the spirit behind them! Simply click here! (And you can leave comments even in English...)
With Verena starting her blog, my thoughts have often gone back in time to when we were in school together. And one thing I remember so well (and still have) are the books of inspiration she and I put together. Here is mine:
We wrote down poems we liked, morsels of wisdom and anything else that inspired us.
Looking through it this morning, I have to say that we had a lot of wisdom for a couple of teenagers!
And here my very own drawing of a scene from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, with many moving passages from this sweet story!
This is probably the most creative project I put together during my teenage years. Do you remember our inspiration books, Verena?! Oh, what a great trip down memory lane.

Is there anything more important than good friends? Nothing comes to mind...