Happy Thanksgiving !!!

The leaves are falling rapidly

This colorful tree is in my drive way.

Yesterday

Christmas decorations in Cape.

In Cape.

The Mississippi water level is high.

Home work

Mocha is helping me with my home work. She is proof reading my assignment.

Mocha liest mein Paper durch.

Leaves

around the house.

Picture of the day

The Pool is closed

Der Pool ist abgedeckt.

Pool Pictures

Mocha

resting on her heating pad.

Mocha liegt auf ihrem Heitzkissen.

Congratulations

Kerry and Erik !!!

Germany

is celebrating the fall of the Berlin wall today......20 years ago

Celebration cont.

Outside

Mocha is giving me an aggressive look....she always does that when she is outside.

Mocha wird immer aggressiv, wenn sie draussen ist.

Back home

...they are working on the pool, Mocha is watching them closely.

Wieder daheim....der Pool ist fast fertig. Mocha beobachtet alles ganz genau.

Getting ready to leave

but first some fresh Broetchen to eat now and to take on the journey.

Zum Fruehstueck und fuer unterwegs gibts frische, von der Oma belegte, Broetchen.

Abschiedsfotos.

Lates construction update

Die Baustelle.

On the way

to the airport.

Die Julia faehrt mich zum Flughafen.

At the airport

Flugafen Frankfurt.

Somewhere between Frankfurt and Chicago

Irgendwo zwischen Frankfurt und Chicago.

Gourmet Food

above the clouds. I was glad I had my own food.

Haehnchen oder mit Kaese ueberbackene Nudeln. Zum Glueck hatte ich belegte Broetchen dabei.

Almost in Chicago

Nur noch 45 Minuten bis Chicago.

Flying over Lake Michigan

Jetzt fliegen wir ueber den Michigansee.

Skyline of Chicago

Flying over Chicago

Jetzt fliegen wir ueber Chicago.

Approaching the Chicago Airport

Ueber dem Flughafen von Chicago.

We just landed

Wir sind gerade gelandet.

Still on the plane

going across the Highway on the way to our gate.

Wir sitzen immer noch im Flugzeug und ueberqueren den Highway.

At the gate

Am Gate angekommen.

After

a 5 hour layover in Chicago, we are finally in the plane again and are getting ready to take off for Memphis.

Nach 5 stuendigem Aufenthalt in Chicago, geht es jetzt endlich weiter nach Memphis.

Memphis from the air.

Luftansicht von Memphis.

The colors of fall

Encountering

morning fog

on the way to the bakery.

Around town

Construction Site

at night...well illuminated.

Darmstaedter Strasse

at 5 pm. Daylight savings time ended on sunday.

Late afternoon

The fog

did not lift all day.

Horses

My new friends

This cat made herself a home in Oma's walker. She is very friendly and loves food.

This horse wanted to check out the camera closely. Maybe he was looking for a treat.

Kaffeeklatsch

at T. Wilfriede's...takes place every thursday.

Do you know

where this is?

Construction

is in full swing.

Construction

Construction Site

View from the other side.

Rental car

Ober-Ramstadt

New Mall

near Darmstadt

After we picked up my car, Erich and I went there to check it out.

New Mall 2

Pool Oct. 18th

Mocha

looking out the window.

Mocha outside...on alert.

Pool

update....oct. 16th

Cottton

Baumwollfelder

More cotton

Pool

work has started. This is what it looked like on October 3.

Poolreperaturen haben endlich angefangen.

Working hard

Going to Chicago

The day after our return from Michigan (back in August), Julia and I took the Metra train to Chicago. (During rush hour that's faster than going by car).

Julia und ich fahren mit der Metrabahn von Wheaton nach Chicago, am Tag nach unserer Rueckkehr aus Michigan ( im August).



Waiting for the train at College Station in Wheaton.

College Station (Bahnhof) in Wheaton.

Arrival at the train station in Chicago.

Ankunft am Bahnhof in Chicago.

Chicago train station

Der Bahnhof in Chicago is riesig.

Chicago

We had to walk several miles to get to our destination.

Wir mussten ein paar Meilen laufen.

Chicago cont.

Still walking.

Chicago cont.

We should have taken the water taxi.

Mit dem Wassertaxi waere es vielleicht schneller gewesen.

Mocha

photographed by Erik last week.

Erik's Birthday

with cake from Donut House. More pictures later.

Birthday Erik

Couldn't wait to cut the cake.

Wedding Pictures

from Camilles's wedding that Erik and I attended when he was here for his birthday.

Erik und ich waren auf einer Hochzeit, als er an seinem Geburtstag da war.

Wedding cont

Mike did the catering.

Mike hat das Essen gemacht.

Wedding cont.

Time

for another Mocha picture.

Mocha im Koerbchen.

Recently at the Missouri - Arkansas State Line - No Man's Land

Grenze zwischen Missouri und Arkansas.