> One of the best things about being back in Nelson is popping into Baku in Richmond and being greeting like long lost friends by people like Lynda. Secretly, I’m…
> A fry of Steve Fullmer’s eels
> With thanks to Meg and Ben for tolerating the intrusion ….I’m convinced that this is one of the best galleries I know. Run by one of the nicest…
Having received a further invitation to spread my profound wisdom among the youth of the world, I’m sure that it’s only a matter of time before this outfit begs me…
> Brobdingnagianism at Mainz’s Academy of Arts.Last year.This year’s was such a well-kept secret that I didn’t find out about it until I couldn’t go any more.Rats.
> “Hommage a Gutenberg” a 1988 work on the Rhine promenade by Wulf Kirschner, a Hamburg sculptor. Massively big (taller than me, anyway) wavy steel pages with welded implied text…
> Sounds like a lyric from “Highway 61 Revisited”. (Who said speed kills…?) Here be that bridge again with a severe paucity of cumulo-thingies, but a surfeit (that’s…
> These pigeon barriers appear to require a redesign. Unless of course it’s a pigeon prison which would be a VERY GOOD IDEA. Fort Malakoff
> I’m in two minds about Emy Roeder, the Mainz sculptress. On the one hand, I rate her work untold – this is the “Tripolitanerin” from 1961 on the banks…
> Navigation lights at Michael Teschke‘s vineyard in Laurenziberg. The easy way to remember the port/starboard/left/right/red/green confusion is this one: “PORT wine is RED and is best LEFT well alone”…
> “I’ve got my eye(s) on you….” Metallic Triffidity on the Theodore-Heuss bridge linking Mainz with heathen lands.
> The floodlight towers between the Rathaus and the Rheingoldhalle. (Jockel-Fuchs-Platz, to give it its correct name) Tweaked just a tad. But only with iPhoto…. (Back in the day, of…
> Where are you going with that cake?” Scene from the Villa Musica hoolie last year. Tilt-shifted with this here thingie
> …don’t appear all they’re cracked up to be. Wilful damage to the Coneheads* on the Alte Universitätsstrasse *Aka as the conical decorative skylights for the lower levels of the…
> How bloody dull can you get? “Die Römersteine”. These are the remnants of one of the most significant Roman structures north of the Alps, for goodness sake! An aquaduct…
> Double espresso and a blueberry muffin at the (average age 17…) Kiddie Café Annabatterie café on the Gartenfeldplatz. Definitely worth a visit.
> Thomas Campion Said Thomas Campion. On yer bike, say I.
> Not mine. Mine’s neatly trimmed. I think. (Confirmation required) This is Clematis vitalba, taken with an iPhone 3GS
> …said Uschi. Not surprised. First time she’s flown anywhere by herself. Meet Uschi Niklas, my mate Christoph‘s wife. She retired from her job at the University clinic in Mainz…
> I’m not a regular visitor to palaces of conspicuous consumption aka shopping centres, but I’ll make an exception for The Loop in NQM Weiterstadt. They have a place…
> Anthony Hammond (American dad, German mum) runs the Garage Winery just across the river in Oestrich-Winkel. He calls his wine Sugar-Babe, Rosamunde, Kickstart and Goldmarie, sells them in 0.25…
> …… in the cold cold ground,No, I don’t wanna have them cut me up and pass me all around.Throw my brain in a hurricane, and the blind can have…
> A young Josef Beuys holds court to a disinterested visitor at Frankfurt’s MMK (Museum of Modern Art)
> “Portobello” is a small Italian restaurant run by Giovanni and Barbara Jelapi in Nieder Ober-Olm, a neighbouring village. They opened about 18 years ago and we’ve seen their…
> Who don’t in fact look too happy with the situation at all. Not surprising, given what you read in the papers… Update The tablet sez Veni, Creator Spiritus One…
> Oh, OK then. But I did warn you… Allegorical thingies clustered around Fastnachtsbrunnen. Answers on a $20 note, please…
> More white stuff…..
> Good thing it’s winter. Thinks: Even if the water WERE turned on, it would have frozen to ice, so there’s no danger of my getting wet… So a good…
> … they changed his name to Bacchus.* Just try saying “Dionysus” when you’re ripped. Waaay too many sullabills sollybulls sabbalabs syllables *Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest,…
> Or Proof that you CAN have your cake and eat it too…. Caffea Moguntia – the Tin Shed On Wheels – performs an excellent role in bringing the most…
> …the Schirn art museum in – ahem – Frankfurt. Not only did they buy me a new iPhone the other year, but their exhibitions are a treat. Current one…
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