Lots and lots of yellow little plums - we call them Mirabellen
Most of them are in the freezer without kernels (2nd photo), or on
already eaten cakes, ha! - or in jam jars.
We fled the garden because of heat and are spending days
in the cooler Black Forest - Schwarzwald - meeting up with
friends - new friends of the gymnastics club - in the historic town
of Altensteig - built in the 13th century with its castle as a stronghold.
We are eating, drinking and chatting - until it is time to drive up to
a place where we can watch the eclipse of the moon -
a very high point called Kapf - 825 m above sea level
Ok - we saw the moon now and then - slowly moving up in a wonderful
orange color - every so often covered by clouds - but Mars could also
be figured out „below“ the moon.
Driving home we had a wonderful sight of the illuminated town Altensteig.
The photo is far from the real view but with the photo of the map of the
The red arrow shows the place where we sat in the street behind the larger house
constructed in 1459 - renovated in the 1980ies - with a quaint restaurant
on the ground floor - I saw the kitchen!
And my admiration for the ladies who are preparing delicious Flammkuchen in there:
dark, very small, crammed full with things. Flammkuchen is made of yeast dough
with lard, onions and cream - the paste being very, very thin....
