A whole barge-load of amethysts? And no guards? Seen at the quayside in Bingen
…mallow yallow Malven around here. Wonder if they have anything to do with the salt people…?
Er…summer clean? Phillip Harth’s “Tiger” sculpture on the Rhine promenade in the process of getting a good scrub. My quoting Blake at the time appears to have given Kate of…
…same price. 3 weeks later
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..impaled your thumb with your sword. St Bonifatius in a state of misery.
Yes, I do think so…..
That’s the gobbledygook that New Zealand bureaucrats use when they want to say “a nice view”. The highly attractive and exceptionally pleasant Ms. Schulz from Caffee (TSOW) Moguntia definitely qualifies…
It’s quite unbelievable what a mountain bike, bike gloves and a high level of tolerance to nettles and scratches will get you. Mirabelle plums and blackberries (a kilo in 2…
Apricots on the market
True story. Wattle and daub is a 6000 year old (neolithic, even) building technique. A woven lattice of wooden strips acts as in the same way as reinforcing netting does…
The young lady in pink set up a canine grooming stand of the market on Friday, immediately attracting a customer (black) a customer’s own (red, white, bottle-blond) a camera team.…
…looking down benignly on the new(ish) restaurant in the Kupferberg Terraces overlooking Mainz.
The lunch room at Roland Rother’s workshop. “Titillating” doesn’t BEGIN to describe the artwork…
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That’s what my schoolboy Latin tells me is the translation for “Boniface”, shown here giving us the cold shoulder as he gazes over the square in front of the cathedral.…
…but I’m wondering if it says “Duotonplatz” on the 2nd Level of the Theater underground car park?
Redcurrants on the market
Only a matter of weeks until the agony starts. “How could they be leading 3:1 and allow 2 goals in the last 5 minutes?” “That new guy’s about as much…
Caffea Moguntia (aka the Tin Shed On Wheels = TSOW) is going to be with us all summer. Brigitte Müller-Dildei‘s son Dominic has taken over the market business (they’re in…
Norbert Trock has packed up his tent and moved on to the next oasis. Wherever that may be. So what do I do now…?
In the finest erotic tradition of our friends from St Paul and Eagan, our very own X-rated roundabout/traffic circle/rotary. Which used to be crowned by a spinning top until a…
The park-that-used-to-be-the-old-shunting-yard-on-the-banks-of-the-Rhine-in-Bingen-until-it-hosted-the-State-Horticultural-Show-in-2010 is always worth a visit. (Even if those bloody pensioners shout at you for cycling in an utterly deserted park…) For the past 2 years, they’ve featured a…
… or two. Steps at the Geromont vineyard in Oestrich-Winkel
And if it keeps up like it’s been for the last couple of days, I’d be prepared to pay…um…€7.10?
Or “The Bridge to Nowhere”. Mainz’s yacht harbour is tucked off to the south of the city, opposite the confluence of the Main and the Rhine. Not many floating gin…
… Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes” ‘(Richard III, I,2,151-152) Thinks Richard: “If you don’t stop bloody nagging, I’ll do away with YOU as well” More from…
Mainz Daily Photo 