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Category Archive: Mainz

26 Oct

By special request #1697

It’s that time of year again when we teetotalers are forced to partake (my cousin Ruth taught me that word..)  of the new wine. The things I do for science………
26 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
25 Oct

Crop circles #1696

So THAT’S how they do it…..
25 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
24 Oct

Sleepyheads #1695

The only explanation that I have for a Mainz this deserted at 8:40 am on a Saturday morning is that we woke everyone up as we drifted in from Boston…
24 October, 2012 at 13:00 4 Comments
23 Oct

Black and white? #1694

No, THIS is black and white…. f3.5 10mm madness in the Theatre underground carpark stairwell
23 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
22 Oct

Thirst is worse than… #1693

  ..homesickness. A sly-grogging joint out in the fields. Seems like a good enough hide-out away from the wimmen…..
22 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
21 Oct

You meet the nicest people …… #1692

  ….at Caffee Moguntia’s Tin Shed On Wheels on the market in Mainz Fate brought us together. Just a bit too late, IMHO. We’d  got back from Boston at 5:15…
21 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
20 Oct

And just for a change…. – #1692

You can tell that the leaves are falling….. She can have 3 big bags full from me. For free…. Category: Mainzer Seasons
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19 Oct

Regimented – #1691

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18 Oct

The things you find ….. – #1690

…under an autobahn flyover. Royalty on the left doesn’t look utterly convinced that it’s going to hold…
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17 Oct

Embattlements – #1689

Uncrenellated (look it up), at that. The Brand shopping precinct in Mainz at its most inviting.
17 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
16 Oct

Weaver – #1688

You’ll rarely find a subject as photogenic as Peter Krings. Lucky me. (Talking about weaving: I once told Meg, a highly skilled fabric artist and co-author of Nelson Daily Photo,…
16 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
15 Oct

Hang on…! – #1687

If blue-skinned grapes are WHITE inside, how do they make RED wine? Gather round, children, and I’ll tell you a story. It’s a bit confusing. You all thought that they…
15 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
14 Oct

Perch – #1686

any spiny-finned, freshwater food fish of the genus Perca a solid measure for stone, usually taken as 198 inches by 18 inches by 12 inches any place or object, as…
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12 Oct

Very tricky…..- #1684

…to stay on the aforementioned straight and narrow when the stuff looks this good…
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11 Oct

It’s difficult… – #1683

…to stay on the straight and narrow when you’re surrounded by raw materials like this…
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10 Oct

Mainz – then and now Part 2 – #1682

And Part 3 of the Egon Schönberger story The Schönbergers were Neustadt [New City] folk. Of course, “new” around here has a different connotation to where I grew up (oldest…
10 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
09 Oct

Klaa-Winnerum – #1681

That’s how the locals pronounce it, anyway, and after 30 or so years, I can just about manage it too. Klein-Winternheim (bits of it, anyway) in the foreground, Ober-Olm in…
9 October, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
08 Oct

Very Fina – #1680

You’ll find Fina Alonso at the market in Bad Kreuznach on a Friday. And at Frank and Ingrid Jung’s Open Studio event in autumn. Not that I’m one of her…
8 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
07 Oct

Sewing mailbags – #1679

Peter Krings (in real life, a hydraulics engineer) repairs the woven seating of antique chairs. “Sometimes, I think it’s punishment for some unknown crime” he said. Seen at Karina Jungenheimer’s…
7 October, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
06 Oct

Blindingly colourful – #1678

Kupferbergterrasse
6 October, 2012 at 13:00 3 Comments
05 Oct

“Someone just said I look just like…. -#1677

…James Dean” said Volkmar and Rosi Nauth’s son on Wednesday. “Especially when I take a drag…”* Know the feeling. I was hobbling around on crutches after a meniscus operation a…
5 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
04 Oct

Head, Hands and Feet – #1676

Seen at Karina Jungenheimer’s open day in (sister) Rosi Nauth’s wonderful courtyard. Head: Peter Krings, chair seat basketry Hands: Rosi Nauth Feet: Unknown customer with Physallis Head, Hands and Feet? …
4 October, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
03 Oct

Mainzer Herbst – #1675

Gudrun Klag’s excellent flower stand on the market in Mainz is a perfect indicator of the seasons. Their bunches start out as “Mainzer Frühling” [Spring], change to “Mainzer Sommer” [Summer]…
3 October, 2012 at 13:00 2 Comments
02 Oct

Monthly Theme Day – October 2012 – Silhouettes – #1674

St Martin will have to do. I had Kurt Beck, Premier of Rhineland-Palatinate, all lined up for a silhouette portrait, but he held a press conference on Friday to tell…
2 October, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
01 Oct

Tagged – #1673

I’ve put this through Google Translate, but that didn’t come up with a legible version either….
1 October, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
30 Sep

And talking about design….- #1672

Sunday’s Child Uli’s mother-in-law’s mum, Katharina Roth, must had a stunning designer back in the 1960s or early 1970s. The only thing that gives this away as not being from…
30 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
29 Sep

Paper Art – #1671

Work this out for yourselves. A university lecturer (lost her card…) does this sort of stuff in her spare time. Makes a box out of cardboard (phenomenal artisanal skills, believe…
29 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
28 Sep

The Rhine bridge – #1670

Used to be, anyway. If you want to cross the Rhine anywhere between Wiesbaden and Koblenz ( a good hour’s drive) , you’re stuck with using ferries. Ferry operators are…
28 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment
27 Sep

Line up – #1669

“Now take your time. Does any of these creatures look like the one who shat on your head?”
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26 Sep

Get out of the way….! – #1668

The Katharinenkirche in Oppenheim spoiling a late evening view of the Mainz Basin, a tertiary marine basin that for a time (shortly before we moved here, actually…) linked the North…
26 September, 2012 at 13:00 Leave a comment
25 Sep

“Thanks, for the ……. – #1667

…memories… er….the dog shit and the trash…” The perpetrator (or someone with a keen sense of the absurd) wrote underneath “Oh, you’re very welcome”
25 September, 2012 at 13:00 1 Comment