May bank holiday weekend - the first trip with the caravan

March and April ...Thorbens birthday and various pictures

 Our lovely Thorben is now 5 years old....and a lemon cheesecake for his birthday cake made by his Daddy as requested

 We had visitors for Thorbens birthday celebrations...his godmother Anne Marie and Brother Hugh(all the way from Switzerland) and my Aunty Nora.

 Hugh with Axel reading

 The gang with the massive balloon Anne Marie gave Thorben , it lasted many days and when it deflated there was many tears when it went in the bin.

My god childs 2nd birthday !!

Gardening progress 

 The peach tree with blossoms..

 Our vegetables started in the poytunnel in trays and pots. The polytunnel will hopefully get new plastic next weekend, it has suffered much damage in the Feb storms.

Thorben at the pond

 Steffen working on our perennial bed, note the busy kids behind all helping load the mulch into the wheelbarrow.

 Hard worker, some needing seats to give rest and oversee works.

 The finished bed being watered by Elke. 

 Clogga Strand a family day out, Elke enjoying the sun.

 The whole gang

Planting leeks, onions, garlic, shallots with my helpers.

 Up the field at the pond. 

 All the kids at the pond...so many good afternoons making water falls and mud piles...

 All busy at the pond...

Our Jonas now 7 years old...and three teeth missing at the front..

 Elke s favourite resting spot near the pond..

 Aunty Becca with the gang..

New Years Eve 2014

We met our good friend Orla and her husband Jimmy and their kids Ciara and Saoirse and Orlas dad Danny at Woodstock , Inistioge, County Kilkenny. Steffen gave me an amasing book of Heritage Trees of Ireland which contains this amasing Monkey Puzzle Tree Drive in it at Woodstock. We had a really lovely day there.

That is us in the background in the distance these trees are huge!!!!

That is me under a gigantium sequoia (spelt very ill indeed)

Jonas under some huge trees

A random picture of our very full pond over the Christmas break in the afternoon sun with the house and tunnel in the back ground.

A Champion Cedarwood tree for Ireland on the left hand side.

Orla with Saoirse in one of her lovely slings and me

The Noble Tree Drive in Woodstock

September, October and November

Steffen went to Germany in October to see his mother Irma and also to go to his sisters birthday.



This is Heike and Gerhart at the party.They will visit us soon in December for a german cookie making session. We look forward to it.

Elke got a new hat handknitted by Dana from Germany.



Axels first birthday celebrations...!!

Jonas and Thorben wearing hats from Dana with glow in the dark thread in them.



Cutting the birthday cake, a rice krispie ONE

The birthday boy with his banner. (made by Ines a year ago and recycled for every birthday since)

Elke with the last of the polytunnel produce.

A trip to Dublin in the October school break, we all had the week off to spend time with the kids. We had a great week. A trip to the cinema to see Monsters University. We went to the zoo and also to the dead zoo shown above. The stuffed animals are always a hit with the boys.....We went to the national art musem too.

Myself and Jonas went to a GIY meeting with a friend Mark. It was held in Carrig Dulra, owned by Suzie and Mike. Their chciken house above and composting toilet behind it.

A friend Adrienne came for dinner one Sunday. She is an old friend who knew myself and Steffen before we met each other, over 18 years old now.She brought her dog Twiggy too who is a sweet dog.

We made pasta for a sunday dinner with the folks, it was tasty a big success.The pasta maker was a present for my birthday from Steffen.

We visited our friends Eileen and Dave in Cloughjordan. Look at their beautiful house handmade by them from cob.....It is a dream house. I am really attracted to the community living of Cloughjordan. Are we living the dream?