Too Early for Me

While doing my shopping rounds last Saturday, I stopped in the local Aldi for a few staples. As a rounded to corner to head towards the paper goods, I was confronted by a display 1.3 meter wide, 3 meters long and 1.5 meter high of Christmas cookies and other backed goods.

Taken from Norma's Ad starting Sept. 12

The Sunday, I packed up the week-end ad for another grocery store in the area, Norma, and they were advertising Christmas cookies. You can see part of the ad here. Yes, those are Christmas tree ornaments behind those Nürnberger Lebkuchen.

Maybe it just me and others have a driving need for lebkuchen in early September. Or maybe I'm becoming a bit more like Ebenezer Scrooge as I age. But I for one can wait until at least November before feeling it necessary to satisfy my annual cravings for Nürnberger Lebkuchen.

Interesting Quotes: Earth

Now here is a nice little saying that I read here in German that will halp make us all environmentalists.

"Help save the Earth, it's the only planet with beer."

Neighborhood Weather Station

Someone in the neighborhood has put up a low tech weather station near by that Frannie and I pass most days of the week. As you can see it consist simply of a rock hanging from a rope. The sign above explains the use of the weather station. It reads as follows:

Rock is wet .................. It is raining
Rock is white ................ It is snowing
Rock is moving ............. It is windy
Rock can not be seen .... It is cloudy
Rock throws a shadow .. The sun shines
Rock is not there ............ Rock has been stolen