I have been wanting to get a marshmallows picture for sometime and finally got some today.
What do you think? Someone from the sky dropping marshmallows to the ground?
Maybe they came from the zeppelin...
... and why do all the apple orchards have nets or plastic covering them? Could it be to protect them from the falling marshmallows?
Well, here are some explanations. The farmers cut their hay/grass several times each year and stuff it into those white (and sometimes light green) plastic packages - that look like large marshmallows. Apparently, they are treated so that the hay "sours" making for a favorite food for the cows in the winter. Usually the "marshmallows" are collected and stored in rows at the end of the field, but at first they just look like marshmallows dropped from the sky.
The Zeppelin company (ZF) makes and flies zeppelins, mostly around the lake, Lake Constance, and we see them once in a while. They are pretty cool. I understand that people can go for rides in them but they are very expensive, probably 200 Euro (about $260) for one ride.
The apple orchards are usually covered by vast plastic sheeting or netting. At first I wondered whether that helped keep insects away, or possibly to guard against frost. I was told that the apple produce here is so important to the economy and one hail storm can ruin the whole thing. They figured it was cheaper to buy huge amounts of plastic and cover the trees, than to buy crop insurance. I guess the hail storms here are pretty fierce.
As for the blue house. I have no idea. It is just there on the corner near Ravensburg. I almost wonder whether it has anything to do with the Ravensburger game and puzzles company. It is the same color as their famous blue triangle. The house has no doors or windows. It just looks kind of like one of those Monopoly game houses.
Last is not really anything weird. It is a picture of the tunnel we go through to get to our Dornbirn, Austria Elders. We went there today for our district meeting. The tunnel is the Pfander Tunnel and runs for almost 7 kilometers (about 4 1/2 miles). Up until today, we (all traffic) has been able to run only through the west tunnel (the one of the right). Today, they finally opened up the east tunnel and we drove through it. I guess they are doing some more work on the west tunnel now that the new side is done. Hopefully we will soon have both tunnels working so we will be able to have two lanes each way.
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