Or Golden October, being the Teutonic equivalent of Indian Summer. No-one knows the origin of the North American terminology and it wouldn’t work here anyway, given the lack of aforementioned…
…..And after summer evermore succeedsBarren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold;So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.—Gloucester, Henry IV, Part 2, Act II, scene 4 Not quite winter, Will,…
…what you don’t measure. The classic quality management mantra that I learned implementing (in a previous life…) QM/ISO9001 for the intercontinental network of a major logistics airline. Doesn’t apply here,…
Don’t mind it that much. Freezing rain? Nah…
Or what goes for one at the intersection of 50°0’N and 8°16’E This *used* to be Mainz and it’s still called Mainz-Kastel ( in brackets: Suburb of Wiesbaden) with the…
…and the sky is grey. And it’s BLOODY COLD Whether night or day.“ Mercury doesn’t move much Nights: -3C Days: -2C
… (rhymes with) Godot. (Seen in the Gausgass) Not much chance of that this year. Last time was 2010 and the neighbours’ kids got fed up of waiting. Soap machine.…
…of winter cycling. Somewhere down there is a concrete farm road. Somewhere…
Bro Paul of Auckland-West fame (and too good a photographer not to resurrect his site) reminded me today that I should by rights be in New Zealand. Thanks for that,…
… brown red, and the sky is grey blue, I’ve been for a walk On an autumnal …… (choose your own…)
Indian Summer in Mainz
Oh. They’re clouds……
…just good days for different things. When it’s blowing a gale and pouring with rain, that’s a good day to sit in a café with mates, not a day to…
Cold front came through on Sunday night, thumping into the North African high that’s been hanging around for a week or more. Proceeded to spawn tornadoes which ripped through a…
The occupancy rate of these tables will increase in direct proportion to the ambient temperature. Bro Paul will doubtless provide us with the formula….
A springtime and autumn ritual. (Seen at Euromaster in Mombach) Shedding summer/winter tires (as appropriate) and donning the reverse. Back in the day, it was common sense to have tires…
…clearing tomorrow.
He’s back, if only in spirit, having fallen off the perch in 2011… A new James Rizzi (I always thought that the pronunciation would be italianate, but it’s not –…
…has surely come. Not this year – they’re looking for an average harvest on account of the dry spring and early summer – and at the moment, they’re scampering to…
He is, of course, facing the wrong way (typical Canon photog…) and blissfully unaware of the fate rapidly approching him from the rear….
Confirmed by a forecast temperature of 34 Celcius (that’s about 150 degrees in old money)
My first thunderstorm in Germany was quite an experience. I’d been used to a) New Zealand where you get 4 seasons in one day b) the UK where it drizzles…
At last
if you’ve had no snow drops…er…fall
…and yes, it’s still raining. Well, drizzle more than real rain, actually, but I’m sure we;ll be breaking records soon
It keeps on reminding you of how bad things can get. A good couple of 100 metres from the Rhein. And I didn’t have to bend down much to take…
Chilly this morning…
THIS is Black and White….. (If you can tell the difference, I sure as hell can’t.)
A DHL delivery van brightens up an early morning Mainz, recovering after a good summer storm thumping yesterday afternoon. I’ve experienced some good storms around here, but this was closer…
Mainz Daily Photo 