Still August - an update

Postman brought this to me from Canada - Susan Cuss painted it

and I was gifted with it - thank you so much for this wonderful surprise

Back in Schwarzwald we started to explore fortified castles

near our town Altensteig-Berneck.

This one is Hohennagold

situated high above the town Nagold

and oh, I love towers and embellished this fairytale book

a few years ago with Karen Ruane

I was looking for the window on top - and for Rapunzel -

but neither - nor!

Just the entrance on the ground





Old walls




gateways

and towers

and a stone ball sculpture

I climbed the stairs and

and looked down on DH

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Then another day

A walk with friends

through the woods 

marvelling at mushrooms - not collecting them










Back in the basis camp

hedge overgrown by pumpkin plants



our winterstock of Hokkaidos

same procedure as every year - already known to my readers.