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21 Sep

Tools of the trade – #1663

At Ulla Nelles-Halft‘s studio
21 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
20 Sep

Sunday’s Child – #1662

Uli  (for Ulrike)  Zawar is the owner of “Sonntagskind“, a shop that can’t make up its mind* whether it’s an espresso bar or a kiddy clothes shop. (*It doesn’t need…
20 September, 2012 at 13:00 9 Comments
19 Sep

Mainz – then and now Part 1 – #1661

The Egon Schönberger story has helped me uncover aspects of Mainz that had escaped me until now. It’s only when you start looking for specific locations that you realise how…
19 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
18 Sep

Fast forward….. – #1660

  …oh, about 24 years. We first met Ulla Nelles-Halft in 1988 at an amateur artists’ market in a small village way out in the woops. She was waaaay best…
18 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
17 Sep

Bobbing around – #1659

Buoy, oh buoy was it calm on the Main the other day….
17 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
16 Sep

Ei Hilde, wasissenDES…? – #1658

On the market the other day at the Sicilian stand – Signora Anna whose hair must have chameleon DNA, because it changes colour EVERY week and hubby who looks as…
16 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
15 Sep

Dream on…. – #1657

That was last week. Beach bar on the banks of the Rhine. Winter woolies are what you need at the moment….
15 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
14 Sep

The End of the Golden Weather – #1656

Cold front from the Atlantic meets warm air from the Sahara. Big stoush. Lightning, Thunder. Downpours. Atlantic cold front wins.
14 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
13 Sep

Locks II – #1655

PDA*s on the lenticularly-trussed railway bridge across the Rhine. There are so many of these darn things attached to the fence that the bridge is taking on a significant list…
13 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
12 Sep

We can’t go on meeting like this….. – #1654

No sooner do I meet Till and his mum Julia when I bump into them exactly a week later at the same place – Caffee Moguntia’s TSOW. Purely by chance,…
12 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
11 Sep

Lock – #1653

11 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
10 Sep

Love’s Labour’s Lost – #1652

The characters: Ferdinand – King of Navarre Lord Berowne – attending on the King (also spelt Biron) Lord Longaville – attending on the King (also spelt Longueville) Lord Dumaine –…
10 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
09 Sep

Uschi – #1651

Uschi of the eponymous Fischshop van on the market in Bad-Kreuznach (which – being a mere HSAAJ from here and being eminently bike-rideable – belongs to the Greater Mainz Area).…
9 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
08 Sep

Hooked up – #1650

Madonna and child surveying the market square.
8 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
07 Sep

2 degrees of separation – #1649

Sophie Preußer asked me the other day where I got my ideas for MDP. Sometimes it’s a combination of inquisitiveness and haemo-dementia (The Gates of the Gutenberg Museum), sometimes it’s…
7 September, 2012 at 08:00 9 Comments
06 Sep

On reflection – #1648

Late in the day on the Rhine
6 September, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
05 Sep

Talk about multi-tasking – #1647

Sophie Preußer… – is doing 2 degrees (BA in Cultural Ethnology – almost finished, BA in Journalism – just started) – working for ZDF, one of the 2 national taxpayer-funded…
5 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
04 Sep

New friend – #1646

Bumped into Flor-Maria at Caffea Moguntia this am, sans Felipe who’s made the big move to kindergarten. The appearance of Till with his mum Julia made up for his absence,…
4 September, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
03 Sep

Simplicity – #1645

The Potsdamer Hof is a vineyard restaurant on the outskirts of Bodenheim, a proverbial HSAAJ from Mainz. We rocked over on Friday (the planned visit to Mainz’s wine festival in…
3 September, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
02 Sep

Hasn’t changed a bit…. #1644

I first met Marg in kindergarten in Northcote, a suburb of Auckland. We’ve never really been out of touch, which makes her the person I’ve known longest. We last saw…
2 September, 2012 at 13:00 5 Comments
01 Sep

Monthly Theme Day – Umbrellas – #1643

City Daily Photo, the website that kicked this whole thing off,  got comprehensively hacked a while back and doesn’t look like re-emerging anytime soon. Apparently there’s a Facebook page that’s…
1 September, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
31 Aug

“To every thing there is a season…. – #1642

…… and a time to every purpose under the heaven” Too true. Mr Eccles Iastes wrote that, Pete Seeger put the words to music, the Byrds sang it. It’s about…
31 August, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
30 Aug

Cornucopia – #1641

Mainz’s market in late summer
30 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
29 Aug

Singing for their……#1640

..supper …er…. turtle. Phoebe and Rebecca are standing on what used to be the much-loved aquarium on Mapua Wharf before an arsonist munted it just under year ago. Little survived.…
29 August, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
28 Aug

Soggy – #1639

170-ish years ago, this spot on Bridge Street in Nelson apparently marked the foreshore – a good 1km away these days. Mind you, you can get your feet wet and…
28 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
27 Aug

Nelson. Winter. Not bad. – #1638

27 August, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
26 Aug

Looks familiar…..#1637

Well, I’ll be buggered! It’s Bro Paul of Auckland West fame! Not quite as coincidental as one might think, though. Having met for the first time in early 2011, again…
26 August, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
25 Aug

Terminally…. – #1636

…empty. The Origin Pacific passenger terminal at Nelson airport. Origin Pacific was an airline owned by one of the local influentials that had been struggling since it started competing against…
25 August, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
24 Aug

Hamish – #1635

Hamish, Mapua’s resident white heron, graced the wharf with his presence from the late 1980s until 2011 when he was last seen emptying Kathie Russell’s goldfish pond in Brightwater in…
24 August, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
23 Aug

Greenhough – #1634

Buying wine in New Zealand is a bit tricky, especially if you come from a traditional wine-growing region. There aren’t many small vineyards where you get to meet the vintner…
23 August, 2012 at 23:00 Leave a comment
22 Aug

On reflection…. – #1633

…….I do like sunsets around here. Hoddy Rd, Mapua.
22 August, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment