Spring is in the air.

After a few wonderful, sunny days we are back to a somewhat grey and rainy day.

Yesterday all doors back and front, were open all day long. The central heating was off.

Now central heating:on again and doors closed.

Yesterday would have been my husband's birthday. He would have been 92.

Today my youngest grandson is having his 16th birthday. He is Karien's third child.

                      Benjamin born in 2002 in Cooktown.

Easter Sunday 2018

The grave is empty

 Mary Magdalene enters the grave to discover that the tomb is empty.

Jesus appears to his friends and shows his wounds

The Lord has risen... every Good Friday I watch Bach's Matthew Passion.
The musical score of it. I got it for my 16th birthday!

Good Friday 2018

He was despised and rejected of
 men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.








All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn

He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities.

Following Luther in Wartburg and Eisenach

From 5th till 9th October we were visiting Eisenach to commemorate Luther and his work.

Eisenach
View over Eisenach with Wartburg castle to the left
Coat of arms
Eisenach
State	Thuringia
District	Urban district
Eisenach was an early capital of Thuringia in the 12th and 13th centuries. Martin Luther came to Eisenach and translated the Bible into German. In 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was born here. When Eisenach still belonged to the DDR, many houses were in bad shape. After the war many buildings were in ruins, some houses were empty , because the owners had fled and never returned. We could see those houses which were in a deplorable state. Nobody cared about them and little by little they deteriorated. Luther plays the lute for his wife and three of his 7 children Luther at work Luther with his family Luther's birthplace was here but the original house had disappeared Walking through these streets with such colourful houses made us remember of the time that Eisenach was part of the DDR, when all those buildings were still dreary, sad and colourless. We saw so much and heard even more that I couldn't remember all the facts and stories about the famous  men that lived here. There were for instance Bach and Händel, Goethe and Schiller and of course Luther.   Welcome to Our World Tuesday! This meme continues in memory of the work of Klaus Peter, whose "that's My World" brought people together from around the world every Monday to share the wonders therein--big and small.Please click on our  logo for "Our World Tuesday" in the sidebar.

Noorwegen, fjorden en bergen, fjord og fjell