Last Sunday, the 9th of June, happened to be my brother Bodo’s birthday. He turned seventy-five. For a few months now he has been in an aged care home in Berlin. Peter happened to take this picture of me hugging the tree. I can’t recall having thought of my brother’s birthday at this instant.
Last Sunday when I uploaded this picture I remembered the other photo Peter had taken of me hugging a tree. I looked it up and I was surprised to find that the other picture had been taken on my birthday, the 21st September 2012, when we were on holidays in Berlin.
I don’t think I have any other pictures of me hugging a tree. Just these two. One taken on my birthday, the other a few months later on my brother’s birthday. As far as I’m concerned this is totally coincidental, but still quite remarkable!
This month some more birthdays are coming up of some of my grandchildren, there are also quite a few birthdays in the family coming up next month. In July is also going to be the anniversary of the death of our eldest daughter, Gabriele.
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Wünsche dir liebe Freundin einen schönen Mittwoch und alles liebe von mir dem Zahn geht es schon viel besser,am Montag kommen die Fäden raus.Grüße dich Herzlich.Gislinde
Danke für die lieben Grüsse, Gislinde. Gut, dass es dem Zahn schon besser geht. Herzliche Grüsse, Uta.
Maybe you have started a new tradition! And the red scarf seems to be part of it, too 🙂
The red scarf is definitely coincidental. I love to wear scarfs to keep warm. Even in a slight breeze I tend to feel cold. I have lots of different scarfs. They are not all red. But you’re right, I probably like the red and the orange one best. The orange one is made of alpaca wool!
Happy Birthday to your brother. I wish him all the wonderful blessings in life. Hugging a tree is a great way to appreciate nature and everything that we hold dear.
Thank you, IT, thank you so much! 🙂