Two birthdays and a funeral

September 25th is a great day to be born. It's Alex's birthday (born 1980), and our former neighbour's son as well, yesterday. Welcome to the world, Janne Leonhard!
Have a glimpse onto the picture we took of Alex on his birthday in 2006. Does he look two years older - and wiser?
We had to get up very early, at 5 am, to sing a birthday song and eat the delicious chocolate and cherry cake Anna and Volker had made. Then Alex took Anna to the airport: she had to go to court in Leipzig, as representative of the state of Baden-Württemberg. She won the case (of course).
In the evening, Annelie came with lots of presents and some beautiful autumn flowers, and we had some pumpkin stew together Alex and Annelie cooked for us, with a glass of champagne on Alex, his birthday, his exam, and the new job at Stuttgart university, doing research on longtime archiving (sic!).
Friday was not as pleasant. A collegue and boss of mine, from more than twenty years ago at IG Druck und Papier, Sepp Rasper, had died, and I joined my friends and collegues from ver.di to go to the funeral in Neu-Ulm. So many collegues came from all over Germany, to say a last goodbye. What a sad reason to meet those old friends again.
I was glad I was in Stuttgart, though, so I had a chance to join the funeral. Before leaving Ulm, I had a glass of Goldochsenbräu on Sepp, the beer he loved most. Cheers, Sepp, and thank you for everything!