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Monthly Archive: January, 2010

31 Jan

>Making tracks – #870

> Tracks of the  European Conspicio vermes. Certainly up before me this morning
31 January, 2010 at 12:00 Leave a comment
30 Jan

Mucky fat – #869

> That’s what they call it in Yorkshire – unfiltered drippings from roast meat. The rest of the civilised world knows it as “bread and dripping” Around here, it’s romantically…
30 January, 2010 at 12:00 4 Comments
29 Jan

>Schnorreswackler – #868

> Not that I understand much about this stuff, of course, but it is That Time Of Year again, when the local newspaper reports on Karneval to the virtual exclusion…
29 January, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
28 Jan

>Rituals – #867

> Rituals are important. When you go to a Mainz 05 game, there’s a fixed procedure: Get there an hour early Get a beer Discuss strategy with whoever’s within earshot…
28 January, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
27 Jan

>In my next life.. – #866

> ..I think I shall be reincarnated as Joachim Brohm. (I could even keep my initials.) He’s a well-known (in Germany) photographer of industrial wastelands and marginal zones and the…
27 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
26 Jan

>Kill the fatted calf – #865

>   I don’t normally PhotoShop, but these endless grey skies are getting on my wick….. What DOES, of course, brighten up everyone’s lives is the fact that Johannes G…
26 January, 2010 at 12:00 1 Comment
25 Jan

>Men at work – #864

> And NOW I know why football/soccer players are overwhelmingly overcome by gravity and writhe around the pitch in excruciating pain as soon as one of the opposition gets near…
25 January, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
24 Jan

>For free, as well – #863

> A very welcome sight at yesterday’s match was this chappy (I think his name’s  Bernard…) who turned up midway through the first half (by which time we were leading…
24 January, 2010 at 12:00 1 Comment
23 Jan

>Humba Humba Humba Täterä – #862

>   Excellent! Christoph‘s got hold of 2 tickets for today’s Mainz05 game vs Hanover. Must be do-able – Mainz 10th in the table, Hanover 16th – but Hanover’s got…
23 January, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
22 Jan

>They’re back – #861

>   And about time too… TSOW’s back on the market. Until they make another pile of money and decide to disappear to far-flung places to spend it all, that…
22 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
21 Jan

>The Good Samurai – #860

> I clear snow and do bits and pieces for the neat 164 year old neighbours across the road. And – as much I enjoy organic wheat beer – I…
21 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
20 Jan

>Snowcapped – #859

>   Some readers will doubtless categorise this image of an unfortunate hydrangea blossom as romantic….. Snow Gems (English Sonnet)     Snow falls to earth as weightless feather down,slow…
20 January, 2010 at 12:11 3 Comments
19 Jan

>Cold hearted – #858

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19 January, 2010 at 12:12 4 Comments
18 Jan

>The Big (de)-Freeze – #857

> Big dump of sloppy snow and freezing rain on Saturday night and now the big Melt has set in. Except that none of the liquid stuff was going down…
18 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
17 Jan

>The land of Latte e Miele – #856

>You don’t need to head south of the Alps to experience Bella Italia. Just pop over to Kastel (which is STILL Mainz as far as we’re concerned…..) to Celpro and…
17 January, 2010 at 12:00 4 Comments
16 Jan

>Waiting for Easter – #855

>   Unless, of course, a mythical bird of prey turned up and deposited them on the bench in front of the kitchen window. They appear to have been there…
16 January, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
15 Jan

>Monthly Theme Day -Best photo of the year 2009 – #854

> Technically and artistically, I’m sure I took better photos in 2009. None of them, though, make me drool on my keyboard as this one did Go over here for…
15 January, 2010 at 12:00 7 Comments
14 Jan

>Tools of the trade – #853

> Need I say more…?
14 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
13 Jan

>Light at the end of the tunnel – #852

> All the way along, in fact, thanks to the attractive neon tubes. The pedestrian tunnel under the tracks at the Römisches Theater train station. The assorted clutter and detritus…
13 January, 2010 at 12:00 1 Comment
12 Jan

>好運和保持良好 – #851

> So. Farewell then Bat Resident Sinologist Alien Expert Occasional 50 Grad scribe Architect too Let’s hope she hasn’t been shanghaid in Shanghai E.J Thribb (17½) *”Bat” has been a…
12 January, 2010 at 08:00 2 Comments
11 Jan

>Bovine basilica – #850

>   This is a “Kuhkapelle” or “cow chapel”, a groin-vaulted barn and a fairly common feature of farms in the region. The Romans (of course) had the idea first …
11 January, 2010 at 12:00 1 Comment
10 Jan

>"Daisy, Daisy…. – #849

> …give me your answer do” Daisy is a low pressure pattern that was going to bring chaos, pestilence and plagues of locusts down on us. If you believed the…
10 January, 2010 at 12:00 1 Comment
09 Jan

>Looping the Loop – #848

> It’s not every shopping mall that can boast a MiG21 doing a veeeery slooooow (reminds me of this) barrel roll as one of its attractions. Loop 5 can. NQM,…
9 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
08 Jan

>New Year Concert – #847

> Always a treat and this year especially so, as it’s the last of its kind with the current cathedral organist. The usual moderately geriatric audience with the added attraction…
8 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
07 Jan

>Chilly – #846

> Looking over the fields in Ober-Olm to the vineyards that disappear down the hill towards the village. -10ºC last night, more snow at the weekend. Lots of it.
7 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
06 Jan

>On getting funny looks -#845

> As a non-snapshot photographer, you’ll occasionally attract funny looks or even threats from folks who don’t understand the law. So I’ve become quite careful. Case in point: The Fennel…
6 January, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
05 Jan

>Distressed – #844

> Christmas isn’t over yet, it appears. I’m all for getting the sparkly stuff stowed away for another year, but apparently Christmas has 12 days, starting from 25 December. I,…
5 January, 2010 at 12:00 1 Comment
04 Jan

>Low-tech fireworks- #843

> None of this newfangled fireworks stuff around here on New Years Eve. Unsurprisingly, pyromania appears to be an occupational hazard among ceramicists, and Frank the Potter is no exception.…
4 January, 2010 at 12:00 3 Comments
03 Jan

>Winter wonderland -#842

>   More to come, too Nothing like at Kate’s though
3 January, 2010 at 12:00 2 Comments
02 Jan

>You should have been here – #841

>    New Years Eve dinner with Frank the Potter and Mrs Frank the Potter. Trout pate from the Bourgogne with drinks Tomato soup with basil oil. Own tomatoesLemon sorbet…
2 January, 2010 at 12:00 5 Comments