Happy April!

   Happy April to all my Friends and Readers

New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch
"Fliegen"
"Flying"

Hanka and Frank say to this picture:

"Anfang April sind die Ostermärkte die ersten Volksfeste, die in den Innenstädten die Saison eröffnen. Hanka hat in dem Aquarell "Fliegen" eine Szene mit einem Kind auf einem Kettenkarussell vom Ostermarkt eingefangen"

"At the beginning of April, the Easter markets are the first public festivals to open the season in city centers. In her watercolour "Flying," Hanka captured a scene of a child on a swing carousel at one of these Easter markets." 

Read more on their website here. *

Another great reminder of my childhood, like last month. I used to go on any kind of amusement rides. We used to have a huge fair in our district town (well, it still takes place once a year). It's one of the oldest and has about 500 stalls (maybe some fewer when I was little) and it has everything from a simple old fashioned carousel for children to a large roller coaster. I visited them all, of course.

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Let's talk about a well known German word this month:
Weltschmerz 
It's a mental depression or apathy caused by the comparision of the actual state of the world with an ideal world.

I think it is a very apt word for the state of this world.

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My favourite books last month:
Swindells, Robert "Abomination" - 1998
and
Oates, Joyce Carol "Daddy Love" - 2013

Both are definitely not easy, light reads but I don't think I could have read something like that at the moment. 

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A highlight for us this month was the visit to both our boys. We often take the chance of being in a larger city to go have breakfast somewhere nice. The choice for me here is rather small, so I am happy when I find places elsewhere that offer lactose-free or vegan choices as I cannot have anything with dairy. So, this was one of my breakfasts. Loved it.

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* You can also have a look under my labels Artist: Frank Koebsch and Artist: Hanka Koebsch where you can find all my posts about the two artists. 

🍓 I wish you all a very Happy April! 🍓