1 Year Ago

It doesn't seem possible that a whole year has gone by since we were in Germany. Chuck & I keep looking at our pictures and the press conference movie on Vimeo. (The link is posted on the left side of the blog.) Our memories are still very vivid and I STILL think it was the trip of my lifetime. I'm sure we will go on others, but none as meaningful to me.

We went to Dansville on Labor Day Week-end and at a bakery vendor they had the mandelhorns that we ate all over Germany. We have to go to Germany to get THE best. And I've made 3 plum cakes, so far this season. I'm saving the recipe I got from Hannah & Clara for apple cake. Helga made an apple cake from that recipe and Ruth made the plum cake from that recipe. The photo is of the plum cake we had at the Kind's. Oh, yes, that's Helga and Hannah behind the cake. And we also had a surprise plum cake brought to us in Brake from Ulla. And this was a different recipe ... all excellent!

I had fun converting the recipe from metric and made a few ... not as successful cakes ... before I found the right amounts. None were bad enough to throw away, just not "company" ready.

And Irondequoit has it's Oktoberfest this week-end and last. We went last week-end and Chuck had Weinerschnitzel and beer and I had rouladen with my Reisling. The rouladen was as good as we had at the lovely luncheon in Ovelgönne.

I know I've gone on about the food, but what I enjoyed most was the wonderful people we met and the welcoming attitude. I was not sure what it would be like and was so glad to witness the fact that the country is acknowledging the holocaust with its museums. We saw many school groups touring Sachenhausen Concentration Camp.

It was a powerful visit for me and I, again, thank Clara & Hannah for opening the door for me!!

Souvenir

Last night I went with friends to see "Souvenir" at GEVA and thoroughly enjoyed it! If you get a chance go see it. This poor woman (Judy Kaye) was much more off key ... and timing ... than I ever was. I marveled at her voice thinking she probably had a wonderfully trained voice ... that she could sing so badly really must have been such a difficult role for her. And the actor that was her accompanist had wonderful timing for all the jokes! Everyone was in stitches and tears were running down my face. Want a good laugh? Go see this play.

That Long?

I didn't realize it's been so long since my last entry. Summer always seems to go by in a flash. With all the rain we had we had some wonderful flowers in our garden and the grass stayed green even in our sandy soil. The asters are still blooming and I love the hydrangea with both pink and blue flowers on the same bush. Thanks to my friend, Bill, I have quite a few day lillies and this double yellow one is my favorite! Now I have to concentrate on weeding. Where do they all come from?

The funniest plant we have is my tomato "tree". None of those plants produced much, but one is taller than I am ... and has only 2 tomatoes on it which are still green. The other 3 plants are green and normal size, but i red tomato & 2 green ones. Everyone in this area has not had good luck with tomatoes this year.