The Sea Shells

Logan and Tyson had a second dinner at our house tonight.  I had made spagetti but used some shell macaroni instead.  Logan  asked what they were.  I just said they were shells.  He was sooo surprised.  "Are they real?"  I thought I would play along and said, "Yes, they are real".
Logan replied, "Oh, I see, you cook 'em real good and then they aren't hard anymore."  "That's right," I answered.

Logan looked at me thoughtfully and asked, "But can you still hear the ocean?"

I had no answer...

The Apricot Tree

Yesterday Brian brought home a bag of apricots that some friends had given him.  Today when Logan came over he ate a few and then asked what were the hard things inside of them.  I said those are "pits".
What are "pits".  I said, they are their seeds.  Oh, said Logan, I see...

Not too long after, I noticed Logan was not in the house.  I asked Ty if he knew where he was and the answer was no.  So I assumed he had gone home.  After some time, the patio sliding door opened and there stood a rather mud covered Logan.  Oh, let's wash that up, I said and we both headed to the bathroom.  I asked what he had been doing and the reply was, I planted a apricot tree in the garden, one for me and one for Tyson.  And I watered them real good and the rest of your garden, too.

Oh, thanks Logan.  15 minutes later he comes up to me and says, we should go outside now and see how big they grew by now....

Old Photos Radebeul

Before my grandfather died, I was able to get a few old pictures from him.  He had promised me all his photo albums, but that I couldn't have them until after his death.  However, when he died, my cousin was the one that was informed, and went and cleared his apartment, including the promised albums. :( .  So what was given to me prior to his death is all that I have.  I am going to post some in my blog.  The picture below is Radebeul, in particular the Ermelhaus where my father and his sister were born.  I know also that my grandmother, lived here for a while, longer than what would be considered necessary to have recovered from birth in that time period, which time was much longer than would be considered normal in today's recovery time.  In fact, I think that she may have still close to a year, judging by the dates of many of the pictures that I was given.  I am wondering if some of the mother's paid their time by service or working there after their births. 

Radebeul Frauenklinik Ermelhaus circa 1929-30