Posted in Christmas, family, germany, lovie, yum on Thursday, December 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
On Christmas eve, there was a Christmas fairy.
And cakes at four.
Stollen and Lebkuchen. M’s brother decorated the table and I was mighty impressed.
M’s brother and his girlfriend gave me a silly hat and angel wings to keep up tradition. And an episode of ausburger puppenkiste, to help my German and to make me laugh. (These [...]
Posted in Christmas, England, magic, york on Thursday, December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Me babbies, me bairns!‘ The immortal opening lines of the York pantomime. I thought I’d better say a few words about it before the moment passes. We went to York especially for the pantomime, before coming to Germany. We love it. It’s been going for more than thirty years. The same panto-dame has had the [...]
Posted in Christmas, family, germany, lovie on Monday, December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After one gluwein we were walking in circles, which seems to be the German term for ‘a little bit wobbly’. I still have the gingerbread heart M bought me four years ago. I loved the little Christmas train, pulled by reindeer, going round and round the enormous Christmas tree. And it all smells so good! [...]
Posted in Christmas, England, disasters, family, germany, ice, lovie, norway, phd, snuggle-car, writing on Sunday, December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s another view of the Bingley chimneys. And the semi-frozen canal. The ducks promonade around here much as they do in Halden. The thesis chugs along. I reckon I’ll get it finished in early February, or possibly late January. I got my chapter one (extension of intro) nearly written. I felt like I was juggling [...]
Posted in Christmas, creatures, halden, yum on Sunday, December 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Last night I was inaugurated into the Halden Ladies’ Club. (It’s associated with M’s work, but not exclusively.) They are an international bunch – Belgian, Japanese, Thai, Danish, Greek, Russian, English, Norwegian, Italian, and I’ve probably missed a couple. They are doctors, nurses, researchers, IT specialists, mothers (usually combined with one of the above). They [...]
Posted in Christmas, halden, phd, seasons, writing on Thursday, December 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Is quite lovely really. It’s pitch dark by four, and pretty dark by half past three, so I try to venture outside while the sun shines and the ground sparkles. I solved the final structural problems with my introductory chapter today, but my brain is too tired right now to fill in all the gaps. [...]
On the first day of December! No photos yet, but if it makes the ground all pretty I will be out there this afternoon. Right now I am happy with the fat flakes of whiteness tumbling down outside. I think it bodes well for serious thesis writing.
I put up our Christmas pyramid last night. It [...]
Posted in Christmas, leeds, light, seasons, yum on Saturday, November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They lit the Christmas lights in Leeds last week. There was a party on the street. On every corner you could buy plastic lazer lights or sparkly butterflies. The lights are great. There are giant champaign bottles, and glasses filled with fizzy gold. I overheard some people complaining that this was too early for Christmas. [...]
Posted in Australia, Christmas, adventures, family, paragliding, seasons on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I took a picture of the weather outside, but it made it look more depressing than it actually is, so I thought I’d spare us both. Suffice to say, you can’t see the tops of the hills for the mist, the river is a rapid flowing murky brown, and the trees are brown and bare. [...]
Posted in Christmas, leeds on Monday, December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Which means if you go into town you can’t move without crashing into people. But the Christmas trees are nice.
 | kimbofo on Tuesday afternoon |
 | lizzie on Tuesday afternoon |
 | kaley on Poem |
 | Car on Tuesday afternoon |
 | fifi on Tuesday afternoon |
 | genevieve on Tuesday afternoon |
 | Martin on Kate |
 | Robi-d on Twilight |
| lizzie on A ridiculous amount of good ne… |
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