Miscellaneous bits from the last couple days

Guten Tag! Hope this finds you well.

Unbelievably, the sun has been out here for the last three days! It has jump started my spirit a little bit. Today was the nicest of the days, though, and probably reached about 70 degrees. I'm so sorry to say that - I know it is snowing in Minneapolis today!

I went to a neighboring town called Wolbeck today, and took a few pics along the way. Here's a brief tour of our adventures:

I thought this was kind of a pretty doorway:

The gate into a pretty little park:

That building in the back was built a long time ago, and was the home for a relative of the Bishop, I guess. I'll try to do a little research and come up with a better explanation for you! It's a pretty building, though, and is now a museum. Here are a few photos of it:

From there, we walked to a beautiful wooded area, so Aengus could have his daily exercise.

And along the way, we encountered this little fellow:

It was Aengus' first experience with a frog. Once he got used to the (infrequent) hopping, Aengus was enamored.

A little further along he rolled in a dead fish, which really wasn't as pleasant for me as it must have been for him. Bath time again tonight.

After we returned from the park, and given the beautiful day, I dug in (wow - no pun intended) and started my garden! Martin and his mother have four big garden beds, and have kindly allowed me to make use of one of them for vegetables. I'm planning on planting tomatoes, red, yellow, and chili peppers, carrots, leeks, beans, green and yellow zucchini, and cucumbers. I'll probably have to do the tomatoes and peppers in pots, though. In addition, I have dill, parsley, and basil to go into an herb garden. I'm excited! Here's how the garden is coming along so far....

Awww....

Here's the finished bed, but I haven't planted anything yet. That's tomorrow's project!

I have a few more things in mind to post here, in addition to the too many updates on the garden you'll probably get, but dinner is calling! I'll write more soon.

Take good care! Spring is on the way!