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| May means revisiting cherished friends' nest and their rhododendron blooming for brunch and asparagus dinner |
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| Lunch with former neighbors who made us feel so cherished preparing our favorite German potato salad |
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| White wine to go with our German-Italian lunch |
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| Seeing again the house and the street lined with blooming chestnut trees |
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| Lilo prepared the butter so artistically, I didn't want to touch it. |
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| Lilo's own dessert-cream with blueberries and toasted almonds |
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| May is month of Maibowle |
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| Looking at this shop while enjoying our Maibowle and beer |
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| Ludwig Windthorst (17 January 1812 – 14 March 1891) |
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| Osnabrücker Rad - the logo of the city |
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| Hase river |
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| A little Madness in the Spring, is wholesome even for the King. (Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886) |
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| Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling. Walt Whitman 1819-1892 |
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| Another city to visit in May for Reibekuchen, May in Münster |
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| May for strawberries |
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| to match asparagus, white or green |
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| cherries for dessert |
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| or the Rhododendron with dry sherry before dinner |
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| Dinner of golden asparagus to match the young potatoes of Spring cooked with love by Rolf and Heike |
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| Two towers, rotating telling the story of the battle of the Germanen and the Romer |
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O, the month o May, the merry month o May,
So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green
O, and then did I unto my true love say,
Sweet Peg, thous shalt be my Summer's Queen.
The Merry Month of May by Thomas Dekker (c.1572-1632)
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