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| painting by John Singleton Copley, 1775 |
Yesterday was a German Catholic holiday. It was Ascension Day. For those who may not know, Ascension Day is when the Savior ascended back to Heaven to be with his Father after He appeared to His disciples after His resurrection.
It was also German Father's Day. Who would have guessed? Frankfurt was shut down - all stores, businesses and - you name it. Jay and the kids had the day off. It was a wonderful day.
We went to a park and had a picnic with some friends. Afterwards we drove to the Px (military base) and casually wandered around the thrift store there. (Of course the thrift store wasn't closed because it's an American military base. It was closed Monday for Memorial Day.) You can always find some small inexpensive treasure at the thrift store. Jay got 3 or 4 CDs for $1 and Ivan found a very large box of magic tricks ($3). The price isn't bad, eh?
On our way home we stopped at a "Spargel Stand." What is a spargel? Maybe I have told you already, but (just in case) spargel is the word for asparagus! Apparently it is spargel season here! Yeah. What a great season it is, too. They do not sell spargel only. They also sell strawberries, apricots and dark cherries. These are all grown (as I've been told) by independent farmers and sold out of these roadside stalls (well, I don't know what they are called exactly - kiosk, stall ?). There is one (practically) on every corner. How wonderful for us! Thankfully, the spargel people were not closed on the German holiday yesterday. We bought a big basket (2 kg = about 4.5 lbs) of strawberries and 1 kg of cherries. I wasn't able to share a picture of the cherries with you because they disappeared so quickly :o)
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| They taste as good as they look!! |
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