Pictures of our house part 1

So we live in a 3 bedroom apartment with 2 full baths and a kitchen and study. I took some pictures of our living room and dining area. The rest of the house is still in a state of disarray, although they did come and build some shelves so that I can put some things away. We are getting closer to having a home. I have a feeling by the time we get finished though it will be time to move on.

We are completely spoiled with 3 huge balconies and a sea view. Not a particularly spectacular sea view, but we can still see the Indian Ocean, which is nice.

I will take some pictures of the rest of the house after it gets cleaned up this week.

PS. This is not our furniture. It is USGov issued.

With a Seaview

This and that....

It dawned on me that I have not been doing a whole lot of anything lately. Sure, I do daily housewife things: cooking, cleaning, grocery and I have been working on cleaning up quickbooks for an organization in the US, reading IRS regulations, trying to find interest in things in the news, reading for pleasure, administrative things, but all of this at my own leisure and nothing of urgency.

I can spend hours walking alone only concentrating on the birds and on not stepping on ants. It is strange, but I am happy I have been able to achieve this state, that is, not constantly worrying about the past or future, but just being in the present.

It is annoying how this pleasant bubble can burst just by being asked a few pointed questions that even you don't know the answer to.

Anyway, here are some pictures of this and that here at home in Zell am See...

We had 4 big trees in our backyard. Now there is only 1 and an amazing view.

I made Thai Fresh Spring Rolls in an effort to clean out some of the random things in my food pantry.

We are always fascinated by this hideous "flower sculpture duck" that to me has come to symbolize that Zell is indeed a hot destination for tour buses filled with Omas.

Here is the other hideous bird that comes out for the summer crowds...sans head.

And here is Jason being silly....

Unser Osterbaum

In our almost 8 years of marriage we have never had a Christmas tree, not to mention an Easter tree.
This year felt sort of different. So we hiked up to the Ebenbergalm to where Jason had seen some branches of Weidenkätzchen. There were enough on the ground from where the forest service had trimmed that we did not even have to hurt a tree. We admired the view, had a drink, and then rode home on a sled through slushy snow, with our Weidenkätzchen.
Frohe Ostern!

Where is the hot in this summer?

So it has been raining so much this past month. I have yet to shed the sweater and scarf for shorts and tank tops.

We have been addicted to spicy food ever since Ajaz, Jason's Pakistani roommate cooked for us. It only worsened in Guyana where they don't make joke with dem "pepper sauce" deh....
Of course there is no such thing as "hot" in Austria. So I make my own from our own peppers we grow on the balcony.

It is sort of funny. Everyone here does a lovely job with their balcony flowers, but we just have hot pepper plants!

Lucky

Lucky to wake up to find this in our living room. Just goes to show that we are not too old to play camping!


So I have been studying a lot, so Jason offered to cook. I have enjoyed some international dishes! I am so spoiled...

Yes, he made them!!