So happy!

Cookie

Being a dog in Dresden is being a happy dog.

Look at her rolling on the grass:

Is she adorable or what?

Purple

The very first flowers in our yard!

Universitätsklinikum

Universitätsklinikum

Neighbor's garden

Another neighbor's garden

Hermann-Seidl Park

Nina and Peepow

Peepow and the purple flower. Cute <3

The first flower in the post was also the first to show up on everybody's gardens. Overnight, every garden was full of them! The one in the picture was broken by accident when Cookie, very surprised, first found it.

Labor Day

There is nothing like resting in the sun to celebrate Labor Day.

Happy holiday!

Waldpark in spring

Getting to Waldpark. We walked there, but cars and busses pass here as well.

This park is relatevily close to our house. If I was to walk there by myself, it would take me roughly 15 minutes to get there. With the dogs, it varies. Nina likes to sniff every leaf, rock or... any and everything really (hehe), so it takes longer depending on whether I rush her or not.

A few meters later, you can choose to walk on the right or the left side of this street. Since the left side is usually quieter, we went there.

I love this yellow ground flower.

The park is full of paths you can walk on. Some are narrower and surrounded by really tall trees. Others are wider and more open, with grass and benches to sit on. There are usually moms or dads with baby strollers reading books or doing things on their phones and tablets sitting on these benches.

I made this video with my iPhone (hence the not so good quality) so you can see and, specially, hear the park. If you get motion sickness with the movement of the video, just listen to the birds, it's worth it!

Didn't I say there were even busses? We ran into this one when we were going back home.


To see Waldpark in the winter, look here: on a sunny day and with snow on the ground.

Turning green

Hermann-Seidl-Park turning green.

Hermann-Seidl-Park

Street close to our house.

Nina, Cookie and the beautiful green.

R always used to tell me the spring here is amazing. I couldn't quite picture it. If you know me, you also know I don't use photoshop (I don't even have it!) and these pictures are taken with my iPhone while I walk the dogs. The color is just like this, very beautiful!

Here on our street some trees are only now beginning to turn green. When they are all full of leaves I'll take a picture of the view from our balcony. 

The first pictures were taken at Hermann-Seidl-Park and the last two on streets close to our house.

If you want to see what the park looked like during winter, take a look here: naked branches, ground covered with snow and snowing.

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Frohe Ostern!

 

Neighbor's garden decorated for Easter.

Cookie and the Easter tree.

Many houses are decorated like this for Easter. Some trees are made of dry branches, like our mother made them when we were children.

The stores are decorated and various "regular" things are Easter themed, from mugs to masking tape and other stationery items. There are small booths in the middle of the stores where they put these objects and announce them as Easter gift suggestions.

In Brazil, we have big chocolate eggs that come with other things inside (usually candy but could be a small toy). Here, there are no big eggs. Only chocolate rabbits, smaller eggs, baskets and even cooked eggs decorated with paint. It's very different! I must confess it took me a while to realize it was Easter without the eggs everywhere in the supermarket. On the other hand, Easter is everywhere here and it's really beautiful.

Also, it is a holiday from Friday until Monday. Yay!

What did you think of my little model? Super cute close to the eggs, isn't she?

How is Easter celebrated where you live? Huge chocolate eggs at the grocery store or all around?

Happy Easter!

Modelling at the park

Nina, Cookie, Peepow.

Are they the cutest dogs or what? 

Waldpark on a sunny day

Waldpark on a sunny day.

Walk at the park

Mini pine tree

Little dogs and mini tree. How cute is that?

The day it snowed the most

Hermann-Seidl-Park on January 27th.

It was the day it snowed the most.

The dogs loved it!