The Wolfmaier’s year of 2020 described with pictures
These are some pictures describing the year.
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The Wolfmaier’s year of 2019 described with pictures
These are some pictures describing the year.
2018 in pictures
The Wolfmaier’s year of 2018 described with pictures
These are some pictures describing the year.
The gingerbread house wasn’t ready until after new-year. But we made one. On a nice winter day a walk to the lake is a good idea. Just try to keep the water level in mind… As the snow came we were done with the green-house. Just behind our place the traditional flooding was used as ice-skating surface. On one of the few nice days a walk to the sea during lunch-break is a good idea. We managed to go down-hill skiing in Skåne. That isn’t possible every year. But snow wasn’t really scarce this winter, here our car during a snowstorm at the airport. The snow wasn’t as deep at our place but still beautiful. The garden is just a nice place when there is snow, here a new dose came around Easter. Then we did some traveling, here we are at our goal, Cologne. We did some excursions in the surroundings, here we are at the hanging railway of Wuppertal. We can see one train leaving the station. The main reason we did the trip was this lovely couple’s wedding. The next journey went to Hemsedal, this time only Johannes, with his work. Mid-April and still deep snow all over the mountains. Back home the first trees started to bloom. First comes the Mirabelle. It was also time for the first plats to be moved to the greenhouse. Our garden also got some care, the first salad was planted. Some flowers that we didn’t want to have growing with the potatoes ended up in a pot. Beginning of June it was time for the bicycle race around Ringsjön, here we are after arriving at the goal in Höör. The roses by the garden are so nice. As summer was upon us with good heat we went to the beach, it was nice even with the clouds. Our first cucumber, not the smallest kind. Friends bicycling. Next time at the beach we made this nice little castle. We made a little hike to one of biggest old volcanos of Skåne, Jällabjär. Our garden made us plenty of joy this year. Building a house you can walk into is a pro from a museum on a hot summer day. Sunset at Ängelholm. Siam not too pleased that he can’t have some of our breakfast. Then the summer came to an end, here the onion harvest is drying. Later in the summer Johannes made a road trip, he ended up in the deep forests of Värmland. The lake was a perfect mirror. Back home we were preparing for the winter, filling up the attic with insulation. This year’s study trip went to Budapest. Here we are on one of the large squares. The Danube was low, the bridges were pretty though. In our garden we are learning things, like Broccoli has yellow flowers. Maybe we should harvest it earlier… Some after work fun, go-cart race in Malmö. The water was really low, here the kids playing on rocks that usually are submerged. This is basically the same view as the second picture of this series. As the autumn was arriving the trees started to get new colours. Just some trees at the lake. Mid November we had some pictures made by a professional, the kids were playing on the stone field that usually is a part of the lake. It was about time for harvesting the last crops, here the carrots have come up from the soil. Christmas came and with that new toys, grandpa managed to build the highest tower. He also made a kite, which our daughter could fly. It was just hard to get a picture of it flying. Then the year came to an end, we celebrated it with a nice dinner at home. 2018 was a good year!
2017 in picutres
The Wolfmaier’s year 2017 described with pictures
These are some pictures describing the year.
It’s always nice to have some wildlife outside your window. The year started with our second son being born. Here we are all gathered at the hospital. When the snow comes here it comes sideways. The kids really like it. Maybe because this kind of buildings can be made. During winter ice-skating is nice. Our daughter is now learning it. Was a bit tricky to get a picture of her not holding on to something or someone. We were all beginners once. Taking it easy on dad’s legs. And the yearly announcement that winter is on its way. And the snow came, rather plenty of it at once too. Just in time for the grandparents visit. Who then helped with building more snow houses. Just the look. Great grandmother (on Susanna’s side) with here great grandchildren. Now it was time for spring for real. With all the flowers growing in our garden. Some barely visible if you don’t look careful. As spring came, the riding lessons moved out. Spring-cleaning in the garden was done. Climbing some letters outside the hospital in Malmö. Were we were due to the little one having gallstones. This is before his medication kicked in and he still was a bit yellow. The surroundings of the hospital are nice, we had the possibility to walk in some of Malmö’s bigger parks. Then it was time for the traditional May-fire. It was a beautiful evening. Johannes finally was able to test his hammock. He wasn’t alone though. The Tivoli was in town. And the kids enjoyed the rides. Spring came and the flowers with it. They are all so pretty. Work brought me to Kalmar, I just had to take a picture of a train we don’t get to see much here in Skåne. A while ago they were very common here though. This is one of my favourite places, the view is just beautiful and you can really see the end of the open land and the start of the forest north of the lake. We also made it to Skäralid, a national park not far from our place. Here is a natural spring with really good water. The kids enjoy it a lot. The light and the creek are a great combination. Back home the Rhododendron started blooming again. Summer sun-set across Ringsjön. These evening walk to the lake are really nice. At the Swedish national holiday we went to the local football field where there were festivities. And the kids could sit in the fire truck. Both big ones did it. One evening there was some strange noise in a corner of the garden. Two hedgehogs getting intimate are rather noisy. Some of the caterpillars are big. Our daughter and Siam are becoming friends. As summer was approaching there was a summer-party at Johannes’ work, it started at the bar on the top floor of Malmö Live (one of the highest buildings in Malmö). Back home there was more wildlife. Here a toad crossing our stairs. Twice a summer the fields around our place is cut and packaged like this. The kids wanted to sit on one. Midsummer was coming, and we made a little walk in our neighbourhood. Here we are just on the way back from Klinta-skogen, a little nature reserve on the other side of the main road. It isn’t the closest one though, there is one where we use to go swimming at the lake just a few hundred meters from our place and that one is actually bigger, but kind of ends there. This summer’s project was digging. Here the trench for the new cable to the garage. Then we went to a market in Hörby. The attractions had to be tested. The sand for the digging was delivered. Our local lumberyard has these old trucks they deliver sand and stones with. Now the trench is done, the pipe is in and sand is being placed around it. One of the last times we visited Susanna’s grandmother. Mealtime is fun time. During the warm parts of the year we mostly sit in our veranda. Picking strawberries is an important part of summer. We visited the Brio-museum one day. Here we are in the part where you can build your own creations. Our tomatoes were growing. The play house became a theatre. Some more short excursions were made; here the kids are playing on a big playground in Lund. And so the next digging project started. But first a view of our garden. Things are definitely growing. Beautiful evening light just outside our place. Our daughter practising to ride a bicycle this summer. I just like all the kind of flowers growing at the edge of the road. Siam hunting for rodents. A butterfly that needed rescue. Now the digging was almost done. Then we did our family trip. The weather wasn’t the nicest, but it is always good to enjoy an ice-cream with dad. During the first day it was mainly our older son and Johannes doing the park, our daughter had an ear-infection. So Susanna went back to the hotel with her and our baby. On the second day our daughter felt better so the rest of the family came along. There are great rocks to climb on. Houses to explore. And shows to watch, but sometimes you get to be part of the show, here our son is holding Ida (from Emil in Lönneberga) by the hand in some game. There are all kind of things to climb on, here some wooden horse. And here a house in Bullerbyn. On the way back we stayed at two friends who just happen to live on the same street in Oskarshamn. (And no, they didn’t know each other before they moved there). It’s always great to play in the shade, especially if you are just 7 months old. Then came the day that we received our new car. From now on we are driving electric. And shortly after that the first day in school came for our daughter. We made it to the last summer-show from the kids-TV-channel, it is recorded in Malmö. Afterwards there was a photo-op with the lead characters. As it was close to Johannes’ job, we went there too. The reason why we had to go there was that one week later his department went to Munich, and he had some more planning to do. Here from the Transport part of Deutsches Museum. We also got to see the surfers on the Eisbach and many more things. Back home the foundations of the greenhouse starts to take shape. And the harvest is being taken care of. Late summer always renders low water in the lake. Now here was a little sandbank to play on just off the shore. Early morning sun and construction sites outside Johannes’ job. Later that autumn we were invited to one of our kids’ friend’s fifth birthday, and there was a train-cake! For Halloween the kids scared our neighbourhood. Not really a Swedish tradition, but the kids like free candy. This is how we do restaurant now. Johannes’ workplace in the morning sun. Due to the lack of heating in big parts of our house, fire-wood had to be bought. We did buy it in bulk later, but were first optimistic about how long it would take to get everything done. The last rainfalls remained as a little lake just outside our house, it froze over so it became a nice ice-skating surface. Johannes was chopping wood and kind of went in his father’s footsteps. Luckily he had safety boots and the axe only made a small cut in the foot. Come Christmas-time and the family was gathered again. Now both older kids join Johannes on the ice. Just outside the ice-skating place is this snow-mountain. It is a lot of fun climbing it. Christmas brings new toys. They are fun to build with. For the end of the year we stayed at home. Enjoying our company and some good desert.
2016 in pictures
The Wolfmaier’s year of 2016 described with pictures
These are some pictures describing the year.
The year 2016 started with fireworks, like most years. Low clouds over Ringsjön, just a few kilometers from our place. Mattias and Johanna got each other, the first wedding of the year. Winter weddings are great. It did get cold, here we are on the lake enjoying a beautiful winter day. Birds enjoy our bird feeder when it’s cold. The landing of an A380 is just something. And here comes the announcement of spring A regular Sunday breakfast at our place. Canoeing on a calm day, the lake is like a painting. If you only go backwards you end up getting scraped. The Yellow Danger didn’t want to go forward anymore. Playing at the lake is always fun. It is always good with some grilling. Somehow it marks the start of spring. The garden starting again. This year with the new fence. So Markus got his Virginie (or was it the other way around?). Here from their civil wedding. Dramatic skies during a walk. I think we made it home before the rain. Things start growing. It is always a joy seeing everything come up. The caravan we rented visiting Torp, a conference outsied of Örebro. Beautiful clouds over the campground. Having lunch on the walkway. He didn’t want to sit at the table. This was the start of our road trip during the summer. Next stop was Stockholm, where we stayed at this hotel for a few days. Stockholm is a good place to introduce kids to public transport. We did most of them, trains, trams, metro and buss. We had one day at Skansen, the bumper cars were enjoyed. We made it to Birka too, the kids enjoying some sculpture. Visiting friends, the kids finding common things to play with. The last major stop was Bamse-land at Kolmården. The kids enjoyed this ride, my stomach really isn’t up for things turning like this. There was no crocodile for Susanna. The rhinos at the Swedish savannah. Wildfire is a great roller-coaster. Sadly my stomach didn’t agree with me. I only made it three times. The red panda is a cute little critter. We came home, and found this in our garden (and many of them). Owning a house gives you a good share of fixing it. This summer we improved the bad board of our southern facade. Living close to Shaun the Sheep land is a pro. Second time on a horse. Our replacement for the Yellow Danger. The Golden Fun. About this time we were able to see our last kid for the first time. Enjoying an evening walk to the beach. Interesting cloud formations. Then we made a trip to Germany. Here we visited an old ore-mine. But the main reason was Johannes’ cousin’s wedding. Right after we got home, Johannes had a study-trip with work to Madrid. The turtle of the Atocha-station. Trying to visit the railway museum failed, it was closed. We also took the last cable-car to a park. Walked a rather long distance to find a taxi to get back to town. Back home it was time for apple-harvest. Sometimes a coffee-break leads you to taking pictures of trains. In preparation for insulating our attic, some pictures were made of parts that can’t be seen any other way. Here some wasps lived before. We had some pumpkins growing, they turned out rather big. Early morning view from Johannes’ work. Then the snow came. Just a thin layer though. Siam hanging out on the bathtub. This year we had our flower blooming just in time for Christmas. Low clouds over Ringsjön during a Christmas walk. Not much more happened this year.
2015 in pictures
The Wolfmaier’s year of 2015 described with pictures
These are some pictures describing our year.
The year started with two new family members joining in. Siam and Milo were really scared of the children in the beginning, mostly hiding, like here, under the sofa.
The beginning of the year was also a very wet one, this little lake formed just outside our property, one particular rainy night it almost reached our garage.
Playing with the kids is important; here is one of the creations made.
At the beginning of February winter finally arrived with some snow.
It wasn’t much but it was enough for the mandatory snowmen.
The funny thing was that just the day before the first flowers had made it out of the ground.
Johannes made it to some real snow on one of his business trips, here in Hallsberg where he learned more about how traffic was directed on a long single track line.
On Shrowe Tuesday there is the tradition of eating a special bun. For some reason Johannes didn’t get one at work (he wasn’t at the office), and Susanna didn’t buy any for home. He really wanted some so then they had to be made.
The end result was really good, so this might be the way of doing it from now on.
As spring came there was some cleaning to be done in the yard. We got rid of the leftovers from the shed; underneath the sheets of metal from the roof mice of different kinds had made small tunnels.
To get rid of some of the shrubs that we cleared out during the winter we made a fire during the full moon.
Eggs are getting a new dye for easter.
Eggs (filled with candies) being found in the garden. The Easter bunny really did a great job hiding all those eggs.
Some bigger Easter presents were tested. Now our kids can help with moving dirt and other things in the garden.
Riding seems to be one of the best things our daughter can do. This was the first time this year, at the farm with all the sheep.
Spring is the season when the grill is back in use. (I’m too lazy to pull it out in the winter with all the rain and snow).
It is also the season for new projects outside.
This year the grandparents helped building a playhouse.
Some are just enjoying a calm break in the grass.
The vegetable garden got a fence to keep rabbits and deer out. Sadly it didn’t keep the snails out. More about our war on snails later…
One of the favourite things our kids do when outside is sitting in the cart and preferably being pulled all over the place.
Spring did also bring some rain.
Not all the time, but to complete the playhouse we put the party tent over it and had a dry working-space.
An evening stroll to the shore of the lake, a single fisherman enjoying the calm evening.
Our daughter learned how to climb the play tower. Now the big slide is easy accessible for her, but more important the platform at the top.
The evening light at the lake is just wonderful.
The farm next to our house from the road to the lake. The fields in yellow bloom is one of the nicest things of spring and early summer.
The road from the farm towards our house in the evening light.
Work got Johannes to Kil. Here we have the platforms of the station. He went there to figure out how this locally dispatched station is run, with an old relay signalling box.
Spring was also the time to get a new fridge and freezer. The floor of the kitchen had been put in after the old ones, so we had to dismantle the top shelves before we could get them out. They had to be removed anyway as the new ones were a bit taller than the old ones, but it was tricky as everything was really tight and hard to remove.
At Johannes’ work the terrace was inhabited by a seagull family. Luckily they were okay with us eating there too. Seagulls can be rather protective about their small ones.
Sunset at the lake. We far too seldom take evening walks due to bedtimes of kids and such.
This is our canoe. We decided to get it into shape. Johannes brother fixed it up so it doesn’t leak and cleaned it. We also took off the old nameplate. We are not entirely happy with the name Yellow Widow. As the canoe is green and I don’t think that a Widow is something that should give name to a family boat.
Some small flowers on our property. We don’t know what they are so if you do, please let us know.
Our daughter exploring the rock-fields of Skäralid, a national Park not far from home. And no, she wasn’t allowed to go further up.
At the end of the stroll through the park we had ice-cream and enjoyed the view from the café.
After the ice-cream we drowse up to the viewpoint at the top. We did manage to have a midsummer without rain. (Had we stayed at home we would have had some).
An old SAAB by the summer café. There is a café and Bed and Breakfast in the farm that is open during the summer, really nice place, not so many people find it.
This summer’s nice days were enjoyed in in the hammock watching the kids play in the play-house or sandbox.
Then it was time for a trip to Germany. With kids traveling takes a bit more time. Here a play and lunch-break in the heat (over 35°C) in Alsfeld. We went to see friends and relatives during two weeks´ time.
Between visiting we also managed to have a day in Stuttgart. Here we did some shopping but we also went to Killesberg, a nice park with a miniature railway, nice flowers, a lookout tower and a huge playground.
One evening we were invited to a barbeque party of the trombone choir a friend´s kid is part of. It was spent on a high fruit field where the wind was really strong.
We also went for a walk in the forest around the monastery of Bebenhausen.
We did some overnight stops at bed and breakfast places; one was in Ulm, where this little river runs between the houses on the way to the Danube.
The light on this field was just too nice not to make a picture of. In the distance we see the mountains east of Hersbruck.
It is nice how there are benches along the walkways…
Now we are on the way back home. First stop, just by chance, a dried up lake in Tripits. It had a nice playground and our daughter found some kids to play with.
Luther-house in Wittenberg, were we stopped for the night.
The next night was in nowhere just south of Rostock. A rustic place, luckily warm outside, as it might have been tricky to keep the kids off the stoves. In the evening we were invited to dinner at the hosts´, together will all kinds of people, lodging there or just friends from the area. This really is a place to come back too, check it out: http://www.gutshaus-rensow.de/ (Only in German or Danish).
Now we definitely are leaving Germany. We took a late ferry due to the fact that our planning included us booking the ferry while we were on route. Realising that the ferries were filling up we had to book one in the evening, resulting in a nice day at a local bath with an adventure part were we just relaxed (as much one can with two small kids) and us arriving in the middle of the night back home.
Summer-time is sitting in the grass time.
It is so nice sitting in the grass, enjoying our place during the day.
In the evenings, when night falls it all changes a bit. We had a fierce war with the Spanish slug. Here with the help of a leopard slug. Almost every day Johannes killed and removed a bucket of them, some days even two or three. (The bucket was about one litre). This way we had some strawberries and our garden wasn’t a total loss.
We also took a walk in the Fulltofta nature reserve, where we came to this little lake in the middle of the wood.
Later during that walk we also encountered the biggest anthills we have seen here in Sweden. Here Susanna is standing in front of one to show how big it is. This wasn’t the only one either.
Later in the summer we went to the gardens of Klinta for the last time before they were closing due to change in owners. Here was a café, a big greenhouse with two kiwi-trees, fruit and herb garden and some ponds. Not much water in the ponds though, it was a dry summer this year.
The pond barely recognisable in the front.
On the way back from the mailbox, the oaks on the meadow just south of our place.
Our place in the summer. It is a green heaven.
And it produces goodies too. Here a lovely plum cake. We had really many plums this year and blackberries too. Not many apples though.
This was the summer when our son learned to walk. Here he is showing off to his great grandmother.
Riding the frog (or whatever animal that might be) is great fun even if done together.
The king of the forest, here in the zoo Skånes Djurpark that is just outside of Höör. We had year-passes so we went there a couple of times, looking at the animals (they only have Nordic animals there), playing on the playgrounds and just having a good time.
It’s not that we lack wildlife at home. Here the hedgehog enjoyed the leftovers from our dinner because we didn’t close the door good enough.
It’s not that we lack wildlife at home. Here the hedgehog enjoyed the leftovers from our dinner because we didn’t close the door good enough.
We went to a raspberry farm, it was next to the railway line, Johannes just can’t stay away from trains.
It looked like a good idea to cook some sausages over the open fire, it was just a bit chilly, somehow sun and rain started taking turns though.
After the summer ended it was time for Johannes to be home with the kids, here they are helping shopping for food.
Our daughter is now four years old. She started at preschool now, getting new friends and other challenges.
These are the tomatoes. We had eight plants this year, all giving plenty of fruits, I think we had the first in the end of June and we started buying tomatoes again in the end of September.
The yearly grooming of the trees had started. Here one of the bushes in front of the house.
Twice a week Johannes and the kids went to open preschools. Here the view from the one in Bosjökloster, looking over the golf-course. Now the autumn started to show.
Playing together gets more and more fun, here the swing is enjoyed.
Beautiful late summer clouds just outside our place. Our son really likes to explore the surroundings; we have to be really alert so that he doesn’t wander off.
Then there was a blood moon. We didn’t get up at the right time but a few shots just before it ended was possible.
Our place as viewed from the farm.
One day we decided to make a walk towards the west along the lake. Somewhere here we realised this might be the end of the road or rather the end of the path, it wasn’t a road in the first place.
Before the autumn would bring wind, rain and whirling leafs, it was time for the children’s house to get painted. Great to have a grandfather that can help us with that.
The autumn started setting in with so many more colours in the fields.
I picked up our daughter a few times with the bicycle. It’s a 16 km roundtrip, so it takes a while, especially now when I’m not bicycling every day.
A rare sight from the balcony, three deers in the field. We do see them on and off, just not this close to the house and three at a time.
Autumn is also the season of fog. Here some low-fog just after sunset.
The mood of this is magical.
Perfect perspective, on the way home looking up to Brostorp.
Autumn at its’ best.
The end of summer and autumn were dry, not much rain at all, here we are walking on the bottom of the western Ringsjön, about 50 meters out from the normal shorline.
Walking back home, now the trees really start turning colourful.
There were rather many really nice days. The open landscape with the mighty wind turbines is grand.
We made it to the zoo a few times; here our kids are riding sheep.
There is a nice forest playground, actually mainly for bigger children, but our daughter just can’t stay away and enjoys it.
Autumn and sunshine is a great combo.
Every time there is a way to get on the back of a horse is used by our daughter.
The view of the lake, the grey horizon merging with the grey water, rocks showing where one shouldn’t drive ones boat when the water is higher.
Playing at the beach is fun, even if it’s getting rather cold.
It is also good not to walk back home but to be pulled by father.
Now the corner boards were completed. They were just lacking paint…
Painting outside in late autumn isn’t that easy. So; all of the boards were taken down and painted in the workshop and shed.
November also was the month when the first big tree of our place was to be taken down. We had great help from a friend, Johannes´ parents and the neighbour who allowed us to use his pasture to fell in the easiest direction.
A new view of the house, this will hopefully leave a lot less leafs on the roof.
Then the winter came. First round that is. Perfect for snow-light building. (And Christmas-picture making).
It came rather much during the night.
We cleared the driveway and paths, not knowing how much more would come.
Our place in the snow.
The amount of snow made it possible to build a nice snow house. We even had lights in it.
Just in time for advent the snow was gone again, Christmas-marked riding at Bosjökloster.
There is always something to be done in the garden. Here our son is helping Johannes clearing heaps of leafs.
Christmas came, and with that a tree inside with a pile of presents under it.
Afterwards, the presents were enjoyed in the lounge.
One more year has passed. The armchair upstairs is a great place to sleep in. Siam is enjoying the calm.
2014 in pictures
The year started in chaos, so some reading by Opa gave us time to unpack more boxes.
By the end of January the snow showed up. We got some new help shovelling the snow off the driveway.
It wasn’t too cold, so an igloo could be built. (The door is wide so that Johannes or Susanna would fit through it too).
One just has to build snowmen too.
By the end of February Johannes and most of Susanna’s family went to Zambia for the wedding of Susanna’s brother and sister in law. Susanna and our daughter couldn’t make it due to the fact that it isn’t recommended for pregnant women to go to malaria infested areas.
After the wedding there was some time to see some sights. First the Victoria falls.
Then a safari tour, where the mandatory zebras showed their backs.
In Livingston (the Zambian town by the Victoria falls) there is a railway museum. Here a sadly non-functioning beauty. Most engines were stripped of vital parts, but they looked nice from the distance with new paint.
But not all engines were in the same bad state. There is a touristic train going to the falls and to get it ready for the night’s tour it passed through the museum.
A short visit was also made at the railway station where these bright cars stood waiting for the evenings departure towards Kafue. We didn’t take the train due to long traveling times and low comfort.
We (the guests from Sweden and the bride’s parents and some few more relatives) had hired a minibus and used these excellent roads. Okay this was the best stretch, but in all the roads were not too bad, and traffic was light except for Lusaka and its closest surroundings.
One of the high-rises in Lusaka, on the main road Cairo Road.
Back in Sweden we could enjoy these beautiful sunsets from our balcony.
With spring projects arrive. This was the first project.
But projects are not completed in a day.
After a few weeks the sandbox for the kids was ready, with great help from Oma and Opa.
Our garden in springtime, cherry trees blooming and the grass in its’ greenest hue.
Our surroundings are nice in spring too. This is the road down to the café/bnb/old farm.
Our daughter and Johannes made a few excursions by themselves as Susanna needed some time to sort out some things. Here we visited a farm during the release of the lambs.
The rhododendron was blooming.
The farmer harvested the grass on the fields around our house.
On the 7th of June our family was extended with our son. What a great joy!
All of us were able to stay one night at the hospital, the rest of the nights our daughter and Johannes stayed at home.
Midsummer we celebrated with family, here our daughter’s great grandmother draws with her.
With all the things going on being a new four-headed family we had to give mother and son a break, this time we went to an air show in Eslöv.
Later in the summer we went to the zoo, there is a really nice one in Höör, www.skanesdjurpark.se/, where our daughter could ride the pony.
Some flowers along the road to the farm
Not all days were super busy, there was time for some relaxation in the garden.
Then our daughter turned three. We had a great party with the relatives.
In October Johannes went to Istanbul with his work, he just couldn’t resist taking a picture of the historic tram.
The hotel was in the old town, close to the Blue Mosque
To the other side the harbour with all the ships waiting was visible. We had some work too and a good tour for the new Bosporus tunnel project.
Back home colours were changing.
Some mornings the fog made the landscape like in a farytale.
Johannes parents came a few times to visit, always finding things to do, here they are on a walk with our daughter.
Christmastime came, this year with a home grown Christmas tree.
After one of our walks our daughter and Johannes took a shortcut over the field, this is our house from the backside.
This bird and many more enjoyed the last days of the year in the apple tree. (We had a bird feeder there during the winter).
2013 in pictures
The Wolfmaiers’ year of 2013 described with pictures
Enjoy!
- The year started off with some nice snow. Here we are on a Saturday snow walk.
- The light during the winter makes the snow much more beautiful.
- By the end of January we went to Skåne for the first time this year. The main reason was to see Susanna’s cousin become a priest in the cathedral of Lund.
This was also the starting point of our house search.
- Our daughter playing in the snow, with sand. She now really enjoys playing at the playground.
- During our next visit to Skåne we let her go on her own along this dismantled railway line.
- By middle of May we flew down again, our daughter taking all the precautions one has to take on a plane.
- This time we went to look at houses. Johannes just had his first interview for a new job and we would need a place to stay if it worked out.
- Summer came with a lot of joy! We would be leaving Stockholm soon. We had jobs in Malmö both of us and we had an apartment in Höör for the meantime until we found a house that suited us.
- Now came a time of many goodbyes. One of them being the neighbour’s cat.
- In July we got the keys to the apartment. Johannes flew down to pick them up and prepare the place for the move.
- We visited friends and enjoyed good food.
- Being in the middle of moving we needed to get some holyday too. And off we went on a ship. Our daughter enjoyed the playground on deck.
- The destination was Åland. We stayed there a couple of nights and just relaxed.
- A lighthouse along the path of the ferry.
- Then came the big move. We had decided to let a company do our moving. They came the day before the move and packed our belongings. We kept out of the way and when we returned in the evening we didn’t recognise our place.
- The day after the big truck arrived. By early afternoon they told us it would be too small. Luckily they had a small one too so that they could take the rest of the things.
Susanna and our daughter left in the morning to fly down and prepare our things’ arrival. Johannes stayed behind seeing to that everything got packed and cleaned nicely. Everything took really long and he left around dinnertime for Höör where he arrived just before midnight. Susanna and our daughter stayed at Susanna’s parents while Johannes slept the first night in the cupboard as it was the only room without windows.
- The day after, the trucks with our things arrived and they were unpacked. In the afternoon we all went to Susanna’s parents and were very tired.
- In the beginning of August Markus was in Stockholm before he would take off for D.R. Congo. We went there to see him off.
- And to do many other things like picking blueberrys.
- And run and fly between Oma and Opa.
- Or riding Markus shoulders for a change.
- Picking blueberries is the best!
- Markus enjoying the time with the family.
- Opa and our daughter building sandcastles.
- As we went back home there were matters to attend to. Our TV was broken, but Johannes fixed it.
- We didn’t stay home all the time though. We went to Oslo, where our daughter enjoyed a good run.
- Johannes enjoyed a tram.
- We met with “Katze mjau mjau” like our daughter called her.
- Our daughter enjoying the airport, it has so nice big windows to look out through.
- And one can play pilot too!
- Back home our daughter turned two. One of the things she got was this tricycle. She was still a bit short for it but the handle in the back made it a fun toy anyway.
- Johannes now started working again after spending almost a year home with our daughter. This is the view from his office.
- In the middle of October we went to Stockholm again to celebrate some birthdays. Lake Mälaren and its surroundings are so nice in autumn’s colours.
We hadn’t been to Germany this year. We wanted to go but just hadn’t found the time for it. We had found a house and were planning a second move this year.
- Johannes had a course in Karlsruhe and we seized the opportunity and went the weekend before and visited our relatives. Here we enjoyed a lovely breakfast.
- The view from Johannes hotel room in Karlsruhe.
- Back home we had a few weeks to prepare for the move. This time we didn’t hire a company. We would have plenty of time as we had an overlap of two months. Here is a picture from when we just had bought the house. And we had bought a new car too, the yellow danger.
- We managed to get some Christmas feeling in the midst of the moving chaos thanks to Oma and Opa. The main party wasn’t at our place though.
This was an eventful year. Who would have thought? Hope you enjoyed the pictures.
