corner view

Corner View :: Begins with "L"

Andechs Monastery (Germany)
February 2013

There is so, so much to learn about the world around us, and the cliche' of the wonder of seeing things through the eyes of a child holds true: it is a beautiful thing that can't compare to much else. This day she was able to discern tiny snowflakes in the piles of newly fallen snow and was unable to contain her excitement to discover, all on her own, that they really do exist!  "Look, Papa', look! Turn your head just like this and you'll see them. Snowflakes are real. They are real! It's unbelievable!"

"L" is for learning, for learning and love, and the love of learning.

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potty humor?

We took a quick trip to Garmisch, Germany this weekend, where we visited the same bakery we've been visiting for several years now: Hobi's Backstube on Zugspitzstrasse. While I'm doubtful that anything could top a fresh baguette from even a mediocre bakery in France, German bakeries never disappoint ... partly because anything is better than bread from Veneto, which tastes much like a mix between Communion wafers and cotton. Really, that is being kind.

I used my phone to snap these photos of the two restroom doors: damen and herren. I like a bit of potty humor now and again, don't you?

let me introduce you to

some of the best little people on the planet
(and their picture-taking mammas)

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We've just returned from our annual meet-up with friends in Garmisch, Germany, which is really just a little slice of heaven nestled high in the Bavarian Alps. If I can get my act together before the end of the week, then I'll share some images of our time together. 

Just a note on the photo:  We corralled them all to the back patio of the house we were renting for the annual group photo. I always, always like to take a step back and take a photo with the photographers in focus. This time I was lucky because I simply held my camera over my head and snapped a couple, creating an image with the kids just blurry enough for me to feel comfortable posting them here. One of the mothers is outside of the frame. Considering there were no less than five cameras pointed in their faces and five bossy mammas giving them instructions simultaneously, I think they collectively fared very well. When the dogs were brought into the frame ... well, that's a different story.