The Quarry and the Odenwald Beyond

Last weekend we went for a walk around the quarry in Nußloch. Unfortunately I never got a picture of the Königstuhl. The mountains around it were covered in snow. You can see some of it in the pictures below.

Nußlocher Wald

A close up of the tree tops.

Intrepid Hikers

Binky and Vinnie

Andrea and Binky

The dog days of summer? Vinnie's owner passed on these photos to us from back in May. The photos were taken out in the fields around Nußloch.

Winter has returned!

Our backyard had no snow last night.



The view over the Rhine Valley.


Taking Binky for a walk.



Quite the winter wonderland.

We ended up walking around the gravel quarry. I shoulda brought my skis!

What do they say about sleeping dogs...and cats?

Binky and Mama hiking near Three Oaks.

Ursula came with us on this walk. We walked between Schatthausen, Oberdorf, and Meckesheim. In a pond below a small farm, we found some frog eggs, waiting to hatch.

The Hills near Oberdorf in Dielheim.


Winter has returned to the Rhein-Neckar area. After a brief warming at the end of January, we have had a mixture of snow and rain. None of this is makes riding my bike to work any easier. We had some great snowman snow, but the next day rain made it soggy and heavy.

Is it puppy love or catatonic kitty? Binky and Mischa share the blanket we rescued from Anke and Ralf's attic. Mischa is sleepy here, but she has been even sleepier of late as she just came back from being spayed.