Month: February 2011

Donner Skiing

We went skiing for the last time. Well, for the last time while we live in California that is.

The weather on Saturday was not that great, but the snow was impressive.


In the evening we went to our Hotel in Reno and had really good Sushi for dinner. All you can eat, kids eat free…

Next morning was clear and beautiful


First Sonja was the instructor, and that went pretty well already.

Then we paid for one private lesson with a real instructor, while we had an hour to ourselves, and that did the trick.


We took Leilani up the medium chairlift a few times, and then with the big one all the way to the top.






In the evening we visited our friends Ana, Jeane and Dave who had skied nearby and were staying with their friends at a cabin.

Circus, Circus

Although Sonja doesn’t like big hotels we decided to stay at the Circus Circus in Reno. Leilani very much enjoyed the Circus and the Arcade games. (And I have to admit the Sushi was excellent)






Forgotten Photos

Mid January Oma’s Christmas Gifts arrived (because after Americans feel threatened by mail from Austria and either reject it totally, or deliver it with month long delays)

Danke Oma!

Leilani’s Photos Winter 2010-2011

Long time ago I published a similar photo I had taken of the same rainbow, cropped and enhanced. I’m proud to say that this one, taken by Leilani is uncropped and unenhanced…

Leilani helped us to weed and pulled up this sorrel. She was fascinated by the root knots of the sorrel. We assume that the sorrel – related to clover – is a nitrogen fixing plant and this is a nodule, but have not been able to verify this.

Just some strange Leilani Art

She allowed this book, a former favorite to be given away, as she is too old to still play with it, but took some photos before she did.

Ooops…

The Crows

We have a Sycamore tree (Plantane) in front of our house. And like all good communities (unlike Gleisdorf) San Bruno cuts these heavily. One day we came home to find out beautiful tree crippled. Leilani cried. (Mutti would have rejoiced :-)

Squirrly doesn’t come to visit anymore, we still see him running back and forth on the wires, but without the tree he can’t come down. But as soon as the tree was cut the crows came and pecked at the stump. Leilani was fascinated and took a lot of pictures: