My whole Dresden tag is full of Photobucket pictures so I want to fill it with new ones. Last July we took a walk down to Blasewitz (with the Blue Wonder steel bridge) and Wachwitz (with the TV tower ( Read more... )

And here are my Christmas gifts. As always very thoughtful. Detailed pictures and explanations can be found behind the cut. I would link to the entries from previous years but alas... Photobucket.

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Eh, did I not show my decorations in here? Apparently not. So here they are, a little late.

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Our local flower shop at the street corner always has the best shop window decorations. They are for sale also, I often have bought something I've never seen anywhere else before. I want to show you the winter decoration they have right now as it is way too cute. More detailed pictures under the cut.

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Yesterday we got our first snow of the winter. I did not want to take the same pictures like last year (of my street and the little park where I work), you can see them here if you like: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/187916.htmlWe usually don't get snow for very long in Dresden so deep ( Read more... )

So, time for my annual showing off the Christmas presents! Like every year, I get the best things. Nothing too expensive, but much cute stuff. Click the cut for all the details!

Previous gifts can be found here: 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011

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A bit late but here are for all my new friends my Christmas decorations of this year! Some things are the same each year, but there is also some new stuff added. For close-ups, more explanations and all the things that light up please also see the entries of 2015, 2014 and 2011


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I've shown you pictures of this beautiful landscape that's only about half an hour by train away from Dresden, in Summertime before. But these pictures - specially posted for my new friend topum - show the same place in December 2014, on a very rainy and foggy day. It made for beautiful pictures, the kind that you can find in calendars. Please have a ( Read more... )

As promised, here are my birthday gifts. But first a very special thank you to vjezkova for that awesome and cute birthday cart from Jacquie Lawson! I took the time to play it all. I know and love their advent calendars, they are always done with so much love. But this was the first birthday card I got. Thank you very much ( Read more... )

Since I will be almost 60 when the official celebration of the reunification will be back in Dresden in 16 years, I want to see and do as much as possible ( Read more... )