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Tag Archive: NQM

27 Apr

>Pot and Plants – #957

> My mate Frank the Potter and his wife, Mrs jb’s girlfriend, Ingrid put on their Pots and Plants Spring Show in their garden at the weekend. Perfect weather, nice…
27 April, 2010 at 11:00 2 Comments
08 Apr

>Easter Bunny? – #938

> Don’t think so. Looks a bit hare-raising to me….. Sculpture: Andreas Hinder
8 April, 2010 at 11:00 1 Comment
05 Apr

>And while we’re on the subject of eggs……#935

>Monika Debus is one of Germany’s most recognised and leading ceramicists of her generation. I fulfilled a long-harboured wish today by buying one of her major (as in “a couple…
5 April, 2010 at 12:29 1 Comment
24 Mar

>Not that we’re posing of course… -#923

>Icecreams at the Eiscafe Italia in Heidesheim. Great icecream, brilliant espresso Summer is definitely just around the corner….. Posted using BlogPress
24 March, 2010 at 16:34 1 Comment
17 Mar

>Why would you want 2 black holes…? – #916

> Went to see my mate Houghton at the Boat Show at the Viaduct Basin in Auckland on Sunday. He’s the very proud owner of “Raindance”, an 80 year old…
17 March, 2010 at 19:00 Leave a comment
25 Feb

>Asks himself…. – #895a

> …”What the hell am I doing here…?” Seen on Bridge Street. And Hardy Street. And Trafalgar St. I think some wowser with a spraycan is following me. Not that…
25 February, 2010 at 06:00 3 Comments
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
20 Dec

>Big day for Little Eva – #829

> Image removed at the request of the parents Why is it that “The Locomotion” always springs to mind when I think of Eva, Mrs jb’s great-niece? Big day yesterday…
20 December, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
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
23 Nov

>Girls of our age – #802

> Mrs jb helped Mrs Frank the Potter, Ingrid, out at the Alzey Potter’s Market on Saturday. They appear to have sold quite well which is a bit of surprise,…
23 November, 2009 at 12:00 4 Comments
08 Nov

>New flossie in the family – #787

> Image removed at the request of the parents Eva Hellmich 23.10.2009 3.8kg A real sweetie. Ms jb’s great-niece, actually, but she seems to have taken an instant liking to…
8 November, 2009 at 08:00 4 Comments
05 Nov

>Shameless commercialism – #784

> Not my photo. Not even Mainz. And not even in English. Frank the Potter and 3 of his mates have taken over the running of the Potters’ Market in…
5 November, 2009 at 12:00 1 Comment
27 Oct

>Don’t belittle – #775

> ..Petra Bittl. Hugely talented (and nice with it) ceramicist. Surface detail from two seriously good pieces
27 October, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
12 Oct

>Flossie – #760

> Ms jb, having turned mumblemumble earlier this year, was honoured by her Scrooge-like ever-generous employer in the form of a gift voucher for a wellness/cosmetic outfit. On which she…
12 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
06 Oct

>Busy bees – #754

>   If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the thyme. Something like that anyway. A patch of Corsican thyme at the place with the patina-ed roof.
6 October, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
23 Sep

>On second thoughts – #741

> It’s all very picturesque and stuff, but who has right of way? I think a bridge is definitely the right idea…..
23 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
22 Sep

Imagine…-#740

..a bridge. Right here. This is the Middle Rhine Valley, an UNESCO Heritage Site. Because: Criterion (ii): As one of the most important transport routes in Europe, the Middle Rhine…
22 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
19 Sep

>I never tile ….#737

> …of looking at old roofs. This is 200 years old if it’s a day. You can keep your shiny lotus-effect blue tiled roofs. Our neighbour’s got one. It hurts…
19 September, 2009 at 11:00 1 Comment
14 Sep

>….and a silver spoon on top – #732

> Rosemarie Jäger (left in picture, slightly obscured), a delightfully cultured lady, runs a gallery in Hochheim (hence NQM) in her used-to-be-a-winery house. Attracts top artists in almost any 3-dimensional…
14 September, 2009 at 11:00 Leave a comment
16 Feb

>The soundtrack of my childhood – #706

> OK, so this is definitely NQM (Not Quite Mainz) and decidely waaay off track, but it’s too good to just skim past. Jan Liefers is a German actor with…
16 February, 2009 at 09:00 Leave a comment
10 Jan

>If I lived in Darmstadt…#669

> … I could tell you about the Mathildenhöhe, an artists’ colony built in a park above the city at the turn of the last century at the height of…
10 January, 2009 at 12:00 3 Comments
05 Jan

>"Despondency……#664

> ….is futile” Thus spake Beate Thiesmayer, artiste extraordinaire.
5 January, 2009 at 12:00 2 Comments
28 Dec

>Islands in the stream – #656

> So you’re Ludwig II, it’s 1277 and you’ve just bought the village of Kaub from Philipp II. von Falkenstein-Münzenberg. As part of the deal – apart from a halfway…
28 December, 2008 at 12:00 4 Comments
18 Dec

>Branching out – #646

> Just looking at bare trees makes me feel cold…. On the Rhine flood meadows
18 December, 2008 at 12:00 2 Comments
17 Dec

>Mountains and molehills – #645

> The flood meadows along the Rhine look as if everyone’s been out, taking Great Danes for walkies and not using their plastic bags. On closer inspection, it appears to…
17 December, 2008 at 12:00 Leave a comment
14 Dec

>Life’s a beach – #642

> Just downriver from Mainz, believe it or not. Not many bikinis on display today (4ºC and a keen breeze) and not a lot of folk swimming. None, in fact…..
14 December, 2008 at 15:45 4 Comments
16 Oct

>Cote de Bad Kreuznach – #583

> Close your eyes and you could think you’re on the Cote d’Azur. Just look at those palms (well, open your eyes, then…), just feel the warm late autumn sun…
16 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
15 Oct

>New England….#582

> …it isn’t, but you don’t need to fly acroos the pond to see countryside like this. Maple syrup’s not on the menu, but the new wine certainly is. (Wouldn’t…
15 October, 2008 at 11:00 1 Comment
04 Oct

>An old chestnut – not! – #571

> My mate John “Methuselah” Whatley is a man of great age (self-proclaimed) and wit (demonstrated). “If I could get my wife to pick up that chestnut” he said ”…
4 October, 2008 at 11:00 2 Comments
26 Sep

>Skinny dipping – #563

> NQM (Not Quite Mainz) but not too far out of town. Best advertising for a plumbing outfit I’ve seen. And before anyone asks:  No, it’s not……
26 September, 2008 at 11:00 3 Comments