Greenhaddock

The Rain in Spain

Published on 2010-09-11 07:26:00

.....falls mainly in Germany if it's August. Germany has just had its rainiest month of August since records began. Eastern parts of the country had some flooding. Fortunately Hessen and Marburg didn't record the heaviest amounts of rain but it was still a lot wetter than normal.The weather data for Marburg for the month of August 2010 can be seen here.The online Marburg weather station from Wettereule is a great resource for finding out up to date weather information for Marburg and the surroun

FV Wehrda Mädchen

Published on 2010-08-05 12:55:00

Its been a while! - I haven't blogged in a very, very long time! I have a million excuses why not, but the main one is lack of time. Since stopping shift work, free time is at a premium, and something had to give, but perhaps I should do the odd entry now and then.The Juniorette and Mrs H are fine. The Juniorette is still a very busy girl, excelling at school and still doing a lot of sports, primarily Football and swimming, but she really likes wakeboarding, and recently completed a surfing cour

The Five Generations

Published on 2009-01-13 11:48:00

At the end of last year my nephew became a father. His son is lucky not just to have a grandmother, or a great grandmother - He has a Great Great Grandmother!I'm not sure how often this happens in families, but I reckon it's not that often.Featured from Left to right. Young Cody, my Nephew, My Brother, My Mum, and my Nana.

Christmas Greetings

Published on 2008-12-22 14:58:00

A very merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to one and all!I'm still alive, but with the changes in my job, I have very little free time, and therefore haven't blogged. Lots has happened - I gained a stomach ulcer, which is now healed.  The Juniorette is doing really well at school, and still doing lots of swimming, football and guitar playing. Currently she is quite into ice skating.The garden continues to develop, but due to time constraints Mrs H has now taken over the lawn mowing dutie

Captain of the team

Published on 2008-08-23 03:27:00

Earlier this week the Juniorette had the plaster removed from her broken arm. The X-ray was good but the doctors decided she has to wear a splint for the next 10 days. Once this is removed she can start some light swimming, but no vigorous swim training for should be attempted for a while. The doctors also said she should not play football for a couple of months. Hopefully she can start some light training with the girl's team in a few weeks, but competitive games with the boy's team that she pl

Slowly nearing the half century

Published on 2008-08-14 14:19:00

My birthday hat got another outing this week, as I clocked up another run on my personal cricket innings. I now stand at 47 not out. My birthday hat has been in use now for seven years, and just gets updated every year. I had to work on my birthday this year, but I'll celebrate it quietly this weekend with Mrs H and the Juniorette.

Unlucky break

Published on 2008-07-22 14:21:00

Last week the Juniorette broke her lower right arm. She fell off a rope swing at the local summer day camp. As they were in the woods at the time one of the helpers had to carry her through the woods and fields to the ambulance, which couldn't get any closer because of the terrain. She was very brave about it despite the shock. The break was quite bad which resulted in a lot of swelling. This meant that the Juniorette had to stay in the hospital for 3 days. Fortunately she was then allowed home

The football in Spain.......

Published on 2008-07-09 09:43:00

We have just returned from our holiday in Mallorca, and we had a very nice time. We stayed in Alcudia on the eastern side of the island. It was bit of a tourist trap, but the main reason for the holiday was the beach, and that was pretty good. We hired a car and had a good look around the island. It is definitely an island of contrasts, and my favourite part of the island was the eastern side, with the mountains and beautiful coastline. We met up with friends from Marburg that were also on the i

My pride and joy

Published on 2008-06-15 01:23:00

The Juniorette of late has been a very busy bee. She is still swimming 3 times a week, and is now football training 3 times a week. Twice with her normal team, and now once a week with an all girls team. She is really enjoying it all. Last weekend was her last football tournament as an F1 player, in a couple of weeks she becomes an E-Jugend player. She really is becoming a very good defensive player, and has a pretty hard tackle which surprises a lot of the boys. Last weekend the Juniorette

Still alive & kicking

Published on 2008-06-02 14:43:00

Since I have become a normal day worker, my time management has gone to pot. How people manage their lives with only 2 days off a week, I will never know, but as Mrs H says, I need to adapt. One of the consequences of so little free time has been my lack of blogging – both reading and writing. The Juniorette has had a lot of football tournaments in May which has eaten up a lot of my weekend time, and all my garden projects have been rather time consuming. Somehow I still have to find time to r