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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
31 Dec

>Election promises – #839

> Bionade would have voted for you. Makes a change from politicians (of all colours) who woo you with visions of milk and honey and then act asd if you…
31 December, 2009 at 12:00 Leave a comment
30 Dec

>Stocking up – #838

>   The discount supermarkets in Germany have a huge market share – somewhere over 50%. You might then think that it’s all “pile it high and sell it cheap”…
30 December, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
29 Dec

Reinhilde -#837

Reinhilde Roth (on the right, with her sister Christine) runs the eponymous farm shop in the village. She started out with a tiny corner of her parents’ farmhouse, selling only…
29 December, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
28 Dec

>Subway to the power of 3 – #836

> In the classic “I say tomato, you say tomato” tradition, we have 1. A subway. Or an underpass 2. A subway. Or a tube. Or a suburban metro railway.…
28 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
27 Dec

>So. Farewell then -#835

> In MemoriamTin Shed On Wheels So. Farewell then Tin Shed On Wheels For a while  At least Until the Rands Run out And Mme M-D And M. Schwarz return…
27 December, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
26 Dec

>Surprise, surprise – #834

>   The new subdivision at the top of the hill isn’t going quite as smoothly as folk had hoped. Great rush to be placed on the waiting list, followed…
26 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
25 Dec

>And here we are – #833

> All the candles on the Advent wreath* lit Merry Christmas *A beam rescued from a medieval half-timbered house, actually
25 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
24 Dec

>Oh, how festive – #832

> At least they don’t smell of cinnamon…
24 December, 2009 at 12:00 3 Comments
22 Dec

>De-Christo-ed – #830

> I though you have to wait until Christmas Day to unwrap your pressies, but it appears to be different around here. The Johanniskirche, looking brand-spanking new, despite being extremely…
22 December, 2009 at 12:00 3 Comments
21 Dec

>Potato pancake time – #830

>   Yummy! I refuse to partake of the cheap Glühwein and sundry overpriced/sub-standard dross of the Christmas Market, but the potato pancakes are a dream. The Goldies and post-Goldies…
21 December, 2009 at 12:00 3 Comments
19 Dec

>Flaunting flautist flair – #828

> Or “Fähigkeit“ Two flossies tra-la-la-ing and another playing a mean flute, adding an attractive note to the enduring ugliness of the Brand shopping centre
19 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
18 Dec

>Dagobert -#827

> Put a German to a word association test with “Dagobert” and they’ll be back in a flash with “Duck” Pronounced “Dook” Do the same with an American and “Donald”…
18 December, 2009 at 12:00 Leave a comment
17 Dec

>’Oh, no…." #826

> …I’m just sooooo unphotogenic”  said Julia, one of Doc Höffler‘s deputy torturesses assistants. “Well”, I said “if that’s the only blemish, I wouldn’t really worry about it” I sensed…
17 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
16 Dec

Stumbling over things – #825

  Drifting along Gt Marlborough Street in London the other week, minding my own business and (unsuccessfully) trying to prevent Mrs MDP from frittering away our last cents in expensive…
16 December, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
15 Dec

>Traditional -#824

>   How about that, then? A cast-iron manpersonhole cover AND cobblestones! Just how much “quaint” do you want? (Told you they put the city crest everywhere)
15 December, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
14 Dec

>Honoured, indeed -#823

> Mainz appears to have ben discovered by Yoko Ono and Jeff Koons, although they appear to have run out of space and had to truncate Jeff’s name in the…
14 December, 2009 at 12:00 Leave a comment
13 Dec

>Christo was here -#822

> Well, maybe a failed apprentice, then. The Johanniskirche nicely gift-wrapped for Christmas
13 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
12 Dec

>Bambi – #821

> Now, either Disney’s opening a new theme park in Mainz or this group of elegantly attired folk mingling with the wildlife in P&C, a clothing store, has something to…
12 December, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
11 Dec

>Instruments of torture – #820

> At Doc Höffler‘s Don’t think he used any of them, actually. Felt more like a Black and Decker hammer drill…
11 December, 2009 at 12:00 Leave a comment
10 Dec

>Oh, how picturesque…#819

> Won’t have to go to the market anymore, if I’ve got this worked out correctly. The City of Mainz has provided me with a way to visit the market…
10 December, 2009 at 12:00 Leave a comment