Perfect sunny Easter 2011! Good reasons for an early bird on Easter Monday and drive to Otis' pet obedience schoolWe had perfect brunch and then a long walk to make us hungry for the BBQ. Read more »
Floodwater In Oberwinter
After all that snow it was a question of time only until floodwater.We have one more meter until one of the major roads will be flooded and this will consequently mean that the hill we are living becomes an island. Not really - there is still the possibility to "escape" towards the north-west but this has some impact, as it means a real detour. Read more »
Nikolausmütze gegen Kopftuch, oder was Sarrazin uns sagen will!
Thilo Sarrazin zieht Bilanz. Der erste Weihnachtstag begann für mich dieses Jahr mit dem, oberflächlich gesehen, amüsanten aber selbstverherrlichenden Artikel von Herrn Sarrazin in der Weihnachtsausgabe der F.A.Z.: "Ich hätte eine Staatskrise auslösen können". Die Casa Sarrazin besteht darin, dass er in der Tat offensichtliche Missstände adressiert, aber die Art der direkten Analyse und die spärlichen Lösungsansätze in seinen Thesen, beinhalten genau das, was der Schwabe umgangssprachlich als "Geschmäckle" bezeichnen würde.Man kann es sich einfach machen und Herrn Sarrazin einfach als Provokateur und "Enfant terrible" ad acta legen - weh tun wird es ihm nicht, er hat sowieso ausgesorgt und erst recht mit seinem Buch "Deutschland schafft sich ab", dass ihm mehrere Millionen an Tandiemen beschafft. Es sei ihm gegönnt! Read more »
Otis In Snow
Otis enjoying to walk in the snow in Oberwinter on a bone freezing cold Sunday morning.Most dogs like snow but he regularly crescendoes into ecstacy. Read more »
Summer Storm in Oberwinter
Whilst most Germans prepared themselves to watch the soccer game Germany / Argentina, Oberwinter and the region suffered from a very heavy summer storm. Living at the top mountain of Oberwinter we escaped quite well in comparaison to our neighbors. Only 10 km away the storm was even heavier as the following German newspaper article [...] Read more »
Otis After Bathing
The Dog needed bathing. It is funny to observe how relaxed he is afterwards. He wouldn’t move before we take this towel away … Otis likes bathing, especially after a hot summer’s day. I have never seen a dog, who is so cool during the whole “process”. I was cool too. Wife asked for a [...] Read more »
Turning 40!
Some shots from my birthday. Lovely weather in Oberwinter and so used the opportunity to play with my Canon EOS 7D. Read more »
Introducing ‘disqus.com’ on ramgad.com
Introducing disqus on ramgad.com. A dedicated commenting system in the cloud simplifies the maintenance of spam and commenting via smartphones. Read more »
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