snapping away on the hill

it snowed quite heavily last night but luckily it stopped in the morning. however, there goes the photo opp of white white and white everywhere. too cold to go out for the photo last night. and the snow sweeper trucks were fast. one hour after snow, they came to clear the roads of the snow. efficient. the government will be sued if ppl meet accident on the road because of slow action. hmmh....ours will definitely go bankrupt with all the potholes forever there.

although it is freezing, the dog still had to go out to pee so here he was, playing in the snow. fun? cold? wet?

see all the snow? that was only after about 2 hours.

ok, i think this will be the last time i am going to post photos taken on the hill where we bring max for the walk. fingers were freezing while snapping them...and i had a pair of gloves on. brrrr.....

i dun think these are berries....maybe just some inedible berries of the plants here...

birds on wire....so lonely, so gloomy...

i like the different shades on the hill, but i think the colours are over-exposed right? the whiteness was really glaring and i had to squint my eyes at some points. well, i guess that was the direction of the sun as well. go further down, i am sure there is a farm house.

pass the hill, there is another town. i zoomed to get this.

this bare tree reminds me the wonder of life. here it is, standing alone facing the wind and cold everyday...the harshness of winter without all its leaves. but come spring, it will be filled once more and it will be visited again by friendly bugs and birds and then slowly it will blossom to its fullself. but then autumn will bring a change of scene and colours and slowly those leaves that have covered the twigs and branches will dry and wither and fade into the wind. and next year, at this time, it will be standing alone again covered by the bleak whiteness of snow.

oh, and the road here reminds me of the second road from the poem by robert frost- the road not taken.

anyone dare to climb up? a tree post?

a man also walking his dog. this is the scene aunt will want to avoid. the dog cannot go near any human contact nor vehicle. once he had dragged aunt as he went chasing after a car that passed by.

king frederick promenade? i guess it is named after the king...yes, u will find such king when u google the name. add the word promenade and ur result will show a hotel by that name in bad homburg...somewhere near frankfurt. i wonder what this sign here refers to?

later in the afternoon we went to koblenz again...that is the nearest town aunt can drive to. before going to all those outlet warehouses on the outskirt of the town (where we only browsed and not buy anything...oh, hugo boss suits are sold at outlet prices too), we made a short stopover at manuela's house to give her the milo i bought. ela is a few years older than me i think, and i met her the first time i came to germany in 95. so she is my hi-bye german friend i guess. her english is not good, so conversation was quite minimal.

on the chair is her mom who will stay with her for a month. the eldest daughter looks very much like ela and the second one on the floor loves hello kitty very much. haha...my gang.

will visit them again...the girls' birthdays in december and there will be a party.