Midwives :)

Wendy Pinter Christa Bartley

So there is this lady in town who has long dredlocks pulled back in a nice ponytail and she is always babywearing her newborn daughter. Every time I pass her in the car someone points and says something about how she does the same thing as me. I actually asked more specifically about what they meant and they said she is a Hebamme. Said, "Hey-bomb-eh". This is the german word for midwife. Super cool! She apparently had all three of her kids at home. Cool huh? Wendy and Christa would think so. I think. :) Wink wink. I hope to get to talk to her about her work here someday. And since DONA is DONA INTERNATIONAL now I might just make it a point to go to something in Europe. Wonder who I could meet?!

Wendy, Christa, I miss you guys. Thanks a lot for letting me work and learn with you for so long. Hopefully again someday.

More around the house

To pretty up the outside of our cottage...

Bea's rose bushes

Bumblebees pollenating Bea's flowers

I am growing Basil (Basilikum) & Chives (Schnittlauch). Here they are looking ever-so-stunned after repotting. I am excited to have these :) Hopefully they last all year.

There are wild strawberries all over our yard.

Columbine that I dug up aroud Bea's yard and replanted in front of our cottage. I hope they will take well here. They do not seem to mind the acidic soil from the many pine trees. I am wondering if they will get enough morning/afternoon sun in this spot? The one on the far left is not a columbine. It is some kind of varigated vine/groundcover thingy. Mom, help please?

Last, but not least, this is a radio made from trash from South Africa. Bea & Cord lived there last year for 6 months while studying English. Apparently people take all the rubish and turn it into "stuff". It actually works. We listen to german radio on it.

Our Place and Theirs

Like I said, we live on a dirt road. Thats their house with all of the stacked wood, big windows, etc. Those are not solar panels on the roof rather those are more windows that line both sides of the roof upstairs. Its really bright in their house. Thats our cottage across from their house and near the kids Baumhaus (treehouse) and the chicken coup.



Here is our home.

Behind their house is a pond. They consider it a lake (der See). I will upload videos of the house and pond slowly. Here are some photos for now. Plenty of frogs (FROESCHE) here :). Just the way I like it.

Columbine by the pond/lake (DER SEE).

My finger points to where the Bansemer's house is. Thats their neighbors house. They are rarely there. Maybe its a vacation house?

More pond views. It is very peaceful here.