We have a lovely visitor among us this days. My sister, coming all the way from the south to see me. This, however, means that my time in Germany is coming to a closure (because she came to see me one last time before I’m heading out). It also means that I won’t be here any more when the time of the apple harvest comes (which is almost here already), nor will I be able to enjoy the plums, and nuts and all the other yummy things that are growing in my parents’ backyard. So, actually, though it makes me very happy to see my sister, it also makes me very sad, because of what her coming really means.