Family Dogs

Merry xmas and all. I’m too lazy to write much about it, so instead here’s pictures of our household pets. Terry is our West Highland White Terrier. He’s over 14 years old and is starting to lose his sight and hearing, but he can still be as cute and/or annoying as he’s always been. Flint is my brother’s Rhodesian Ridgeback. Young, big, tail like a whip – and excited/happy a lot. Did I mention that his tail is like a whip? Very cute, though – even though I don’t think I’ll be wearing those clothes he’s lounging on…

Not pictured: an old, disturbed budgie and the dead mouse my mom found in the box of xmas decorations earlier today

Impressions from Germany

Essen, Germany. Established ~800 around a Benedectine cloister, developed into a steel and coal mining town around 1830, destroyed 60-90% during the bombing of WW2. Today it’s being branded as a shopping town with its several miles of shops in the city center, attracting people from several neighboring countries.