Sunday, May 11, 2008

A Dream Come True

Ever since I moved to Germany, it has been my dream to go to one of the Community Gardens that you see on the outskirts of every city. The gardens are made up of individual plots, each one with its own miniature house, surrounded by low hedges. Fruit trees, lilacs, children running barefoot, mothers pushing lawnmowers in bikinis, old couples enjoying a beer in the shade, and, yes, those little garden gnomes.

Jens's friend Julia was kind enough to invite us over to her place for the afternoon yesterday. We grilled some food and sat in the sun for hours. It was heaven.

Here's a glimpse into the hidden world behind the hedges......

1 comment:

lisa said...

lucky ducks!
it looks lovely.
I was fascinated by them when we were there. we only saw them from the trains and at first I had no concept of what they even were.