Silvia's Christmas list

For Christmas, I'd like these things please:

bed sheets (queen size)
Tinkerbell (Disney DVD)
dried apricots
Celine Kiernan's Moorehawke Trilogy (book one, The Poison Throne)
cherry tree (self fertile! example: Stella)
lilac bush (choose a color, I like all)

I like plants
I like seeds
I like faeries
I like nature
But you all know this already. ;-)

Michelle's Christmas Wish List

Eh, I don't know...

) Clothes, like i need some new trousers mainly

) Photo Emulsion, for t-shirt printing

) Fabric paints aka Textile paints

) Ram, for my computer

) Baking stuff, like interesting shaped tins

) Book - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (the last book!)

) DVD - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

) A New Kettle

Robby's Christmas List

Christmas List 2009
Games:
1) Grand Theft Auto IV
2) Dragon Age: Origins
3) Torchlight
4) Left 4 Dead 2

Other Things
Jeans
Slippers
Soundcard CreativeSound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 7.1
Jumper

Cool hats

Mom, look! Hats! Are they cool?

Gut Rochholz, Gevelsberg

Hey Mom, is this the place? There were some photos to go with it.


The tunnel under a road going to the place from your other house:

The house and garden:
The house:

Fixed Google maps of Mom's homes

Gausstasse, in Frankfort. Mom lived there with Pop and her parents after WW2

in Gevelsburg, the house in the middle of the pic. Mom lived there age 7 to 13

Velden, Mom lives there now

Mom's school, Eichendorff Lyceum in Gleiwitz

Gevelsberg

*EDIT* This is the wrong house, --- >  HERE  < --- is the fixed map.

Mom, I tried to locate your house here, am I close? Left click on the picture for a better view.
This is the long shot.

A little closer.

Quite a close-up

Gausstrasse

Is this the house in Frankfort, Mom? I put the pushpin in.

Without the pushpin, in case you can't see the house properly.

a close up

7 Women, 7 Days

Hi kids and sibs and hubby and friends.
Below in 7 posts is my "7 Women, 7 Days" stitchings, accompanied by some poetry. Please feel free to comment, re-write, or criticize. I'm not the best writer, it's ouchies on my brain.

7 Women, 7 Days (Hilda)

Sunday night and Hilda dozes
Hubby didn't bring home roses
TV babbles on and on
"But darlin!!" says the TV man

Monday mornin Hilda's busy
Clean the room, wash the dishes
Mind the kids, launder shirts
Hoover the stairs, no more wishes

Invite the gals
Lets have some tea
Do needlework
Discuss the he