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27 Dec

Remnants

The Christmas market traders have packed up their tents, loaded their camels and sedately departed for the next oasis. The fairy lights appear to have been too high for them…
27 December, 2013 at 12:53 1 Comment
26 Dec

Not yer average Christmas tree

Amaryllis (Amaryllii?) finely tuned to blossom on Christmas Eve, ceramic vase by Christine Boswijk
26 December, 2013 at 11:51 1 Comment
25 Dec

And it came to pass….

…that the otherwise bankrupt city of Mainz raided the piggy bank and came up with enough small change to set up a Christmas tree in front of the Staatstheater. And…
25 December, 2013 at 08:32 2 Comments
24 Dec

Aaaaah! Christmas…! [reloaded]

It’s about time this Advent candle-burning caper reached its “Best by” date. I’ve got one of these Netatmo weather stations and it’s telling me that the CO2 levels around here…
24 December, 2013 at 08:26 1 Comment
21 Dec

Best Christmas card. Ever

We had a heap of insulation work done on the house this year, involving stripping out the old insulation from the loft, pumping in 30cm of Isofloc cellulose, ripping out…
21 December, 2013 at 09:46 Leave a comment
20 Dec

Mainzer Winter

Gudrun Klag has gracefully segued from Autumn to Winter. Good if you like green……
20 December, 2013 at 17:32 Leave a comment
19 Dec

Aaaaaah! Christmas…..

Fairy lights at the Christmas market
19 December, 2013 at 17:19 Leave a comment
18 Dec

Well, the joint was a-rockin….

..goin’ round and around   Happy 70th, Keef…
18 December, 2013 at 15:17 Leave a comment
17 Dec

What’s wrong with this picture?

It’s Christmas time. This is the Schillerplatz, one of Mainz’s major squares and by far the busiest. So where are the Christmas decorations? I’ll tell you where. Creating shareholder value,…
17 December, 2013 at 08:45 1 Comment
16 Dec

Jack Frost

Chilly this morning…
16 December, 2013 at 12:54 Leave a comment
15 Dec

Imperfecto

In the art gallery that is the Augustinergässchen
15 December, 2013 at 11:04 1 Comment
14 Dec

Sneaking Sally….

…through the Augustinergässchen
14 December, 2013 at 13:35 1 Comment
13 Dec

Making tracks

Got a bolleauxing the other day. This is the preferred image……
13 December, 2013 at 08:31 Leave a comment
12 Dec

He looked quite well when I last saw him….

Don’t read the papers for a couple of days and you miss some important stuff. New pope being elected, it appears. No idea why they chose Mainz as the venue.…
12 December, 2013 at 12:22 Leave a comment
11 Dec

If this is Portuguese…

…it means “at the excavate” Given that it’s part of a display outside the Johanniskirche, I don’t think it’s Portuguese….
11 December, 2013 at 09:58 3 Comments
10 Dec

Live wire

10 December, 2013 at 09:52 Leave a comment
09 Dec

Rearrange as required

9 December, 2013 at 14:41 2 Comments
08 Dec

Paul’s new assistant

Paul Bonna, proprietor of the ever-excellent kaffeekommune in the Gaustrasse (worth the climb…) obviously thinks – at the ripe old age of 25… – that opening 5 days a week…
8 December, 2013 at 09:29 1 Comment
07 Dec

Obviously a smoker…..

7 December, 2013 at 15:40 1 Comment
06 Dec

Lunch in Strasbourg

6 December, 2013 at 14:48 1 Comment
05 Dec

Lack of numeracy skills…

No, you’re only meant to light a new candle on Sunday, not every day….
5 December, 2013 at 13:39 1 Comment
04 Dec

This way to Christmas….

4 December, 2013 at 13:43 1 Comment
03 Dec

Hinterland

Accepted that railway stations tend not to be the best visiting card for a city/town/hamlet (it’s almost like you’re being mooned…), but the further one ventures out into the countryside…
3 December, 2013 at 11:25 1 Comment
02 Dec

Overdoing it

Christmas baubles capping flagstaffs? OTT, IMHO.
2 December, 2013 at 08:53 3 Comments
01 Dec

Monthly Theme Day – December 2013 – Looking out

1st Advent Sunday today, so Ms jb and her willing helpers having been decking the halls with boughs of holly digging through boxes full of Christmas crap decorations. All very…
1 December, 2013 at 16:07 4 Comments
30 Nov

Howdya like them apples…..

Try ’em/like ’em. buy ’em at Appel Happel in Lerchenberg
30 November, 2013 at 08:27 2 Comments
29 Nov

Festive chili peppers

29 November, 2013 at 08:53 1 Comment
28 Nov

Christmas spirit

Aaaaaaah!
28 November, 2013 at 08:49 2 Comments
27 Nov

Black and White?

THIS is Black and White….. (If you can tell the difference, I sure as hell can’t.)
27 November, 2013 at 08:46 7 Comments
26 Nov

Mayence

“Mayence” (which is what the Froggies ..er.. French call the place ) is a new magazine featuring young funky entrepreneurs. No big surprise, then, that Paul and KaffeeKommune zwei are…
26 November, 2013 at 11:46 1 Comment
25 Nov

My part-time job

I’ve been helping organise the Alzey Pottery Market for the past few years – set up their website, got some decent content from the potters (a profile so that people…
25 November, 2013 at 17:12 3 Comments