Passing time

Hello friends,

Just a few snapshots of a very busy week:

This is a Dieffenbach organ. Adam was building organs most
of this week. (Not this one) But it represents his week pretty well

Meet Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg

Jenny is currently researching the emblems of Catharina Regina Greiffenberg
who was a 17th century writer of passion meditations. These are really pretty neat.  Here the painter is wiping away everything by Christ!

Samuel came to play.  It looks like he is conducting here

We took a Sunday afternoon walk in the
February sunlight. This is us in shadow

As the Hours Run Wild

 Hello All,

Its been busy around here!  Packing, packing and more packing!

The cats have continued to help us pack.
As you can tell, they are very helpful.  They carry packing peanuts, shred paper, hide in boxes and pounce on bubble wrap.

 Jenny's Brother Mark had a birthday and we had a fun time celebrating together.  Sammy enjoyed his rice cereal and time with his Nana

Birthday Boy and Son

To celebrate our togetherness tonight we had a meal of wine and cheese, BJK Vinegrette Salad, Artichoke Risotto and Strawberries and Cream Cake.  Now we'll go walk up and down the stairs.

Snow day (the second)

This is Stanislaus the Snowman. He came into being late in the afternoon today. Wednesday and Thursday both found Adam working from home following two rather generous snow storms. Apparently Philadelphia International Airport received almost fifteen inches of snow last night. I'd say we got about eight to ten.

Our feline friends were very intrigued by the white cold stuff on the ground.

In other news, we made pizza tonight:

Followed by Blueberry Cream Cheese Cake:

Also, we both have this stuck in our heads. We recently saw The Snowman for the first time.

Lastly, here's a video of me mucking about on one of our recently completed organs.

single digits

As in temperatures. Last night we got in the car and the thermometer read 8°. It was the first time (having owned the car since October '09), that we noticed it registering a temperature in the single-digit range.

And tonight it's 4°.

...

In other news, it's happening again.

A and J and the cats are relocating. Here are a few pictures of what we're leaving, from a misty morning several weeks back:

Claude remembers our last move vividly. It was a time of stacks and stacks of boxes of books:

In the meantime, and in an effort to stay sane, we have been baking (boston cream cake):

And making snowflakes:

Whilst Clara supervises:

Gute Nacht, all.

Until next time, do check out A's pictures of stained glass windows. As a pipe organ builder, one spends quite a bit of time in churches. Here you can find a few favourites.

Neujahrsfest

We had a quiet New Year's Eve celebration at home, with some homemade soft pretzels, fried mozzarella, and artichoke/spinach dip.

 On New Year's Day, our dear friends Erik, Jane, and their 9-month-old daughter Meredith came for brunch and a few rounds of boggle.  It was a nice visit, and after they left (Erik had a violin lesson with a very dedicated student on New Year's Day), we took a short walk in the fresh air.

the end of elving

This last week of 2010 brings us to the end of our gift making and to the beginning of a new blog.  This week we reupholstered our kitchen chairs.  These chairs have been in the family for many years and as you can see below they have already been recovered at least one time. 

We made cloth sandwich pouches too, one to gift and one for us.  You may see similar projects appearing in the future when we recover from elving season 2010. 

Tschüss,

A + J

Sandwich pouch the first:

Sandwich Pouch the second:

And kitchen chair no. 1 before:

During:

And after:

A attaches the new fabric over the old:

Clara holds the fabric in place whilst J traces the old shape onto the new cloth:

Here you can see the original striped material peeking out from under the later floral fabric, which is now under the new floral fabric.