Trying to convince a certain member of the household that sports and crafting is a natural combination.

Chocolate treat of the day.

Mozart Ball: marzipan covered in a layer of milk and dark chocolate.

The Christmas Market in Frankfurt was a bit crowded.




People come to drink the gleuwein. (this is actually the apple wine cider special to Frankfurt)


It is true that you can get anything anywhere nowadays.


der Christbaum

I should have kept this for myself...


It's sized to warm someone else's feet. Darn it, I should have gotten an extra skein.

Look at what I tried last night.


He had a rough flight over, but it was yummy all the same. Inside is two layers of white cream and hazelnut chocolate.


So, you've had this before, I'm sure.


But have you had these??


Oh, didn't I show you the booty I brought back? (A bit of the left was cropped.)


Happy long weekend!!

mee too! mee too!

There must be some sort of knitter vibe going on because when I got back from vacation I saw that the knitting blog universe has gone gaga for socks. I too have been into sock knitting. I am a magic loop convert. Try it. You'll never want to go back to those double points again.

While on vacation I tried to find some knitting shops to visit and was lucky to stumble onto two. Both by mere chance. Small. They aren't into knitting over there. My friend's mom, a knitter herself, said that not too many people do it. I decided against buying yarn for big projects-- not enough room in the luggage for all that yarn, so I opted for sock yarn. I bought enough for four pairs!! Prices were really good.

Pre Holiday sock knitting:

für mein mann


für mich allein

Post Holiday sock knitting:

Finally sorted some 300+ pics.

Here's Bonn and the Rhine on New Year's Eve. Night looks better than day. Grey and overcast all the time. Like I never left home. It did snow twice during my visit, but like here it doesn't stick around for long.


(four pics stitched together)

Hallo, Wie geht's?

What a nice break from reality. So glad I was able to take a break, and am glad to be back. Should be trying to catch up on work... oh well. Ate too much, drank too much, and bought too much chocolate. Well, I suppose it's not possible to buy too much chocolate. I did have to buy an additional piece of luggage for the trip home.

Pictures this weekend when I have time to download and sort through them.