& HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket és boldog új évet kivánunk!
Love Attila & Zsuzsa
(and Tisza & Pubi)
16 éve
szerda, december 24
szombat, október 18
Other creatures that have frequented us...
Evidence of deer eating the bark off the trees
Woodpecker - maybe??
I always knew the pond had more than just ducks and frogs in it. We have MUSKRAT!! 
Hungarian Partridge (I call them "The Partridge Family")
Owl's not-so-happy-ending, happy ending.
"Northern Hawk Owl"
The other morning as Attila and I were wiping the csippa (sleep) from ours eyes, we heard a loud bang! We instantly new something had hit our giant window above the front door. The photo on the left is what we found laying on our front step. This was no small owl...as you can see from Attila's CSI photo, the owl was 14 inches. Very sad!
I went to work that morning and told my boss what just happened. He said "bring it in, I will take it to my boys' school for show and tell! They've been learning about owl's recently". To make a long story short, the school had a contest on who could correctly identify the owl. One of the grade 6 students identified it as a "NORTHERN HAWK OWL" (pictured on the right) They've been keeping it in the freezer for future stuffing. The owl will be stuffed and on display in the school!! Happy ending...the owl has been donated to science!
Our acreage experiences continue...
péntek, október 10
Banff weekend!
So far, we've had a great time-we've been here about 5 hours. We have a comfortable chalet. We're just about to sit down to eat "fried cheese & fried mushrooms". Hmmm. Going for a walk now.
szerda, szeptember 10
szombat, szeptember 6
kedd, augusztus 5
szombat, július 26
Annual Draskoczy Bonfire & Party!
Today is party day and I am frantically getting ready. Attila is at Prince's Island with Dűvő for the Calgary Folk Music Fesitval. It's great that they could be here once again to add color to our party.
kedd, július 1
szombat, június 28
Friday of the long , long weekend
We're moving forward with our projects.
Garage has been taped, mudded, sanded and as of yesterday, painted! Today we're cleaning up the dust and other garbage before we layout the plan for the cabinets and other organizer stuff.
Landscaping is moving along really nice. The 30 poplars are in along either side of the driveway. Fiddler's Green is here working on putting in the 3 bunches off our back deck. Looks great! The birds are loving it too.
vasárnap, május 25
WHY WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY
It has been one year since our living-on-the-acreage journey began.
My parents owned an acreage for 18 years near Priddis. I lived with them for most of those years. I absolutely loved it!! My dream was to follow in their footsteps and...this dream came true.
Calgary had gone crazy and it was time for us to get out. We're not farmers; we're not ranchers; we just love living in the country. We'd love to have horses or llamas or chickens...maybe someday. But for now, we can just sit and enjoy the peace and quiet. We love the space, the green, the birds, the animals. Here, we're not shielded from nature. Nature survives in cities despite the city. Here it survives because it flourshes. And we get to watch that all year long.
Winter isn't so bad. The snow doesn't stay - it all blows away. There could be six inches in the morning and by the afternoon our snow is probably in Lethbridge. What we've learned through the winter months, is to leave some lights on when we leave the house. Many times, we left when it was light and came home when it was dark. OMG. We thought someone had stolen our house.
It's amazing to watch and hear the first signs of spring, which actually continues on throughout the rest of the seasons, for the most part. The frogs, the Canadian geese making their home, the ducks moving in, grouse, pheasants, owls and numerous other species of birds. We love having the pond (now a small lake after all this rain). Watching the greening of the prairie, seeing the first green blades of grass. When nature is left alone it's amazing the see what can develop.
Our favorite time of day is sunrise and sunset. The sunrise makes the mountains so clear - we feel like we can reach out and touch them. The pond comes alive with all the birds. As the sun sets, giving off the most beautiful colors as it goes behind the mountains, you begin to hear the eerie cries of the coyotes. They seem so close.
Our most cherished ritual is going for walks after dinner - as long as the weather cooperates. Of course Tisza comes with us. But our most unlikely campanions are the two cats. It's hilarious to watch the three of them walking together.
This past year we've learned to relax and just absorb the tranquility that you get from being surrounded by nature.
My parents owned an acreage for 18 years near Priddis. I lived with them for most of those years. I absolutely loved it!! My dream was to follow in their footsteps and...this dream came true.
Calgary had gone crazy and it was time for us to get out. We're not farmers; we're not ranchers; we just love living in the country. We'd love to have horses or llamas or chickens...maybe someday. But for now, we can just sit and enjoy the peace and quiet. We love the space, the green, the birds, the animals. Here, we're not shielded from nature. Nature survives in cities despite the city. Here it survives because it flourshes. And we get to watch that all year long.
Winter isn't so bad. The snow doesn't stay - it all blows away. There could be six inches in the morning and by the afternoon our snow is probably in Lethbridge. What we've learned through the winter months, is to leave some lights on when we leave the house. Many times, we left when it was light and came home when it was dark. OMG. We thought someone had stolen our house.
It's amazing to watch and hear the first signs of spring, which actually continues on throughout the rest of the seasons, for the most part. The frogs, the Canadian geese making their home, the ducks moving in, grouse, pheasants, owls and numerous other species of birds. We love having the pond (now a small lake after all this rain). Watching the greening of the prairie, seeing the first green blades of grass. When nature is left alone it's amazing the see what can develop.
Our favorite time of day is sunrise and sunset. The sunrise makes the mountains so clear - we feel like we can reach out and touch them. The pond comes alive with all the birds. As the sun sets, giving off the most beautiful colors as it goes behind the mountains, you begin to hear the eerie cries of the coyotes. They seem so close.
Our most cherished ritual is going for walks after dinner - as long as the weather cooperates. Of course Tisza comes with us. But our most unlikely campanions are the two cats. It's hilarious to watch the three of them walking together.
This past year we've learned to relax and just absorb the tranquility that you get from being surrounded by nature.
"When you move to the country you should let it take you over; let is inspire you".
hétfő, május 19
hétfő, május 12
szerda, május 7
Prague pics
We drove to Praha, Prague, Práha...for a couple of days. Kati és Laci and Leslie és Zsoka also joined us. It was a great time. Thanks to Leslie - our tour guide.
csütörtök, április 3
Europe 2008
Our trip was uneventful...mostly. We were delayed 45 minutes at the airport due to a hydrolic problem. The plane actually pulled out from the gate, then they realized this problem and we pulled back into our parking spot. Almost everyone on our flight had another connecting flight in Frankfurt, with not much time between. Attila and I did not sleep at all. We watched 2 movies: Juno and Notebook. Transferring in Frankfurt was smooth and the flight was very rough, including the landing.
Gyuri met us at the airport along with the rental car guy. This year, the rental car is a huge let down. Can you imagine...Ford Focus! Oh my god! No GPS! Oh my god! And it's only a 5 speed! Oh my god! We relaxed a bit at his place; got some Forint; loaded up the phone with minutes through the bank machine; and went for dinner. I was going downhill pretty fast by 7:00. Gyuri's bed...Oh my god! It is hard like a rock...made from coconut. Anyway - thankfully I was really tired, I slept great that first night. The next night we had to put all the blankets we could find on top of the mattress for padding.
Next day we met up with Kati & Laci at the Vasár Csarnok, ate lunch, and planned the next couple of weeks. The shopping along Váci utca was average. we DID manage to buy a few things, but not crazy like in previous years.
Dinner was at Margitkert Étterem with Kati, Laci, Böbe, Gyuri, Gergő (Dűvő).
This morning we left for Prague, and that is where we are now. The hotel room is awesome. We walking around a bit. I had to stop Attila from buying a $4400 Louis Viton bag. Now we are waiting for Kati, Laci and Laci, Zsoka. We'll be going out for dinner somewhere. Right now we raided the mini bar. I'm drinking white wine with tonic. IT'S REALLY GOOD! Honest.
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