Chrisus zlog

Airport Innsbruck says 1 °C. Here in Obsteig right now: 11,8 °C!

This year I have a christmas nativity scene in the scale 1:87. Very nice and takes not so much place.

Yesterday we had the "Adventstrasse" in Obsteig, where I arranged the appearance of my choir. We had a nice little house, offered "Punsch" and "Kinderpunsch" together with "Fleischkassemmeln" and the allover present "Bier". Most of the other associations of Obsteig appeared there and offered different things, like "Glühwein", "Bier", "Kiachln", "Bier", "Glühwein", "Bier", "Glühwein", "Glühwein", "Glühwein" or "Glühwein". Started the day at 8:30 with building up our stand and finished it after some "Glühweine" and "Biere" at 23:00. On sunday we will finish it with taking down the little house. Thanks this is only once in Advent-time.

Yesterday we saw the first parts of ice on the lake. But today, 3.12.2006 was the first day that the lake had a closed ice cover. Funny was the sound when the surface was freezing: it sounds like a swarm of alien birds and lasted for about one hour. Strange.

5,5 weeks after my last swimming in the lake we had today the first snowfall. Not much but in fact: snow

As I don't know what the weather and the temperatures will be, I will make it this way:

Today was the last day I was swimming in my lake.

Should there be a day later in the year, where I will swim again, I will delete this posting and write a new one, so that you and I will remember the last day of my swimming in 2006 in the lake.

Today, Aug. 6th, we first started the heating season for this year. As the temperature was below 13 deg.Celsius for for the last four days (in the evening), we fired the oven today to get acceptable temperatures in the house. I think we finished the last firing season at beginning of June this year.

Because the plants are growing too slow here, we have too few plants to shadow the lake. So the temperature increased in the last few weeks tremendous. Yesterday there were 26 deg Celsius, and that's too high. Algas would have exploding growth. So the fire brigade pumped away 400000 liters and filled it up with fresh cold water. Today the lake had 19 deg and that was fine cool swimming. And it is much more clearer than before. Hope, that will last until september.

Today there was a thunderstorm that I had'nt seen before. After 3 minutes the water barrels were filled to the top. The lightnings lasted one hour.

Of all the cars of visitors in the Seepark colony we had the most impressiv today. Claudias brother came and he drives a Porsche Cayenne. Wow, what a view in front of the house.

One of our neighbours invited us to a housewarming party. The interiour of his house costed much more than the house alone. Imagine what features it has. wow! Beginning was on friday at 8 p.m. I went back home on saturday at 6 a.m. But I dont remember exactly how. It was a fine night. The following saturday I slept until 5 p.m. and then drove to Claudias mothers birthdayparty. No alcohol, no cigarettes because of too much the night before. Welcome to another week!

Today I croped two trees in our garden: A peartree and a plumtree. Let's see how they grow and if we can harvest.
 

Some days ago we heard a curious sound. The other day we were looking for the reason and found Helga the toad on the ground of the lake. Here she is:

Thanks it's snowing again. The places arround the house had got a snowy covery. Puh! I thought spring was coming, but right now winter is winning! I wonder what tomorrow morning it will look like!

After waking up in the morning I opened the front door and thought I couldn't beleave my eyes. Too much snow! It took me 1 hour to free my drive out of the car port. So I missed the first train and was too late for the first lesson. Fernpass closed. From Fronhausen to Mötz a lot of standing lorrys without snowchains. But have a look at your own and compare with yesterday evening:
The terrace:

The front side of the house:

Gipsy is too small for this amount of snow:

No snow sticks visible at the side of the street. This is the lookout of the front door: