My first Coney (island) dog

186/365 Tuesday, 07/05/2011
I ate my very first Coney Dog on this day! I liked it, even though (or perhaps because...?) it's not the healthiest of foods. I thought the hot dog, meat sauce, mustard and onion paired well with the squishy bun. The french fries (to me they are still chips) at this particular establishment were sub-par, but the dog was good!

185/365 Monday, 07/04/2011

I do love the trees in our backyard - even if they are the reason why we cannot grown any tomatoes...this is how they looked back on January 1st.

184/365 Sunday, 07/03/2011

Mieze's evening routine is to be a no-show until later on. She then wanders down but always makes an entrance--instead of walking into the living room near the front door, she always walks straight to the kitchen and then wanders in from the dining room, with a "oh you're in here" look on her face.  I make sure to have some old newspaper ready to put on my lap so that she will sit down -- no newspaper no Mieze that's the deal...In this shot she has obviously spied a little moving something on the wall and is keeping a sharp Mieze-eye on it.

Happy feet!

183/365 Saturday, 07/02/2011
On Saturday there was a cook-out/pot-luck in a neighbor's backyard--we managed to all eat our main course before the thunderstorm came, upon which we all retreated inside to chat some more and eat dessert. A good time was had by all! 

Action shot of Hansi on the run

182/365 Friday, 07/01/2011

Hansi likes walking along the wooden borders we had put in when we had the yard landscaped--he thinks we put them in just for him -- and who is to say we didn't?
This shot was an attempt to get a picture of him plank-walking but he was too fast and got to the pathway before I got the shot...

Getting back into the German-teaching groove

181/365 Thursday, 06/30/2011

I'm just slowly getting started on course prepping for the three language courses I'll be teaching in the fall at Miami University. Classes start on Monday, August 22. I'm looking forward to being back in the classroom after a rather long teaching hiatus.  These are the books that will be used in two of the three courses. 

Kalamazoo river walk, Marshall Michigan

180/365 Wednesday, 06/29/2011

After a routine doctor's appointment in the morning, Bill and I had breakfast at "Roma's" in Marshall. We then walked along the river walk in Marshall which is where I took this picture.

179/365 Tuesday, 06/28/2011

A typical summer picture: Hansi sitting on my lap looking out at a bird or a squirrel.

178/365 Monday 06/27/2011

Apparently it is time for another Mieze pic here on the blog...so here we go...

Backyard Inhabitant: Chipmunk

177/365, Sunday 06/26/2011

Here is another one of our backyard inhabitants: the chipmunk. He (or she?) has made a little escape burrow right next to him or herself. I think they are cute--a lot smaller than the squirrels and very fast.