Sunday, December 20, 2009

Advent calendar December 20 & an outing to Austria

First of all, the Advent calendar image for today:



It's the church in Hinterthiersee, a village near Kufstein in Austria. I took the photo on the way home from a visit with friends. We wanted to bring them some Christmas goodies before the holidays, so we seized this sunny day for an outing to Austria. Here's the view over Kufstein with its fortress:




Our friends have a new cat -- Sandy:



Our friend Lisi is a talented wood carver. She created those amazing crib figures:



On our Advent wreath there are four lit candles now -- it's really close to Christmas!

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing-great carving work

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  2. those carvings are beautiful... what a precious thing..... I do hope you had a good time while in Austria.. although I always envy you so when you speak of your jaunts.... blessed Yule to you and yours.

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