Jutta’s friends Johannes and Beate own an Island Horse stable, the Panaoramahof.
Leilani had to brush Kleckur, but gave up pretty soon.
The instructor was still busy, so Leilani practiced to lead the horse (on her own). She has never been stepped on, and while I theoretically know how to lead a horse, and do it right myself (really) I have given up to try to teach her (along with riding a bike and tying a knot or bow and swimming). Anyway… I bet on good luck, miracles and the intelligence and good will of the horses…
Look, no hands…
Spot the 4 things on this photo that are more interesting than the rider
We tested Leilani (self-test actually) and found that she has no hay-fever.
Month: October 2012
And of course we also visited Thomas, Maria and Linda (and Helmut who took the photo)
Whats that, up in the tree?
We visited the local zoo, Tierpark Herberstein
These are caller Erdbeerkoepfchen
Klaus always wanted a white donkey. I hope this visit reminds him and he’ll buy one now :-)
The animals have huge enclosures, especially the big cats like the cheethas.
Leilani loves wolves, but we could not see most of them, only the white ones were out, far away though.
Andy and Gerd went bicycling again 2 days later. I hope Andy comments, as I know nothing about these trips…
This time we went 39km in a loop towards the Schoeckel mountain that is near Graz. Again, we rode home on the tops of the hill with some great views.
Schloss Dornhofen, an old fortified farm or manor where Gerd said they now have concerts and banquets:
These were near the town of Kumberg, where we turned around and headed up into the hills; Sonja says: The storks should be in Africa by now…
Once were were on top of the hills, we could see all around. Here is the Schoeckel in the distance:
There were also some goats that stood around on their roof and came looking for handouts (hungry cyclists didn’t have anything for them):
On the south and west slopes of the hills, and under rows of netting, they grow the apples and apricots that this area of Styria is famous for:
The little old farmhouses and their yards are well kept and very pretty:
This is the traditional Johannes farmhouse architecture introduced by Archduke John of Austria in the 1800’s.
Close, it’s called Erzherzog Johann house, no omitting titles here :-)
Thanks, I just couldn’t remember how to say archduke in German–or rather I never knew.
It’s not one of those everyday words.
Schloss Freiberg, is a small castle or manor house close to Gleisdorf, but hidden in the forest.
What goes up, must come down:
We went to visit Fritz Opa and Christine
Leilani drew Opa
Detail
Andy photographed some of the clay-art I had made a long time ago, the first one was a relief of Opa’s ship
I made the turtle, which is a butter dish and the cat and the little gem-stone tree
Opa gave us Isabella grapes, which I love very much.
