Did you know ...

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At hairdressers, lucky me, they still offer all those magazines.

Interior design magazine also informs:

The Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala

would have had his 100. birthday this year.

Iittala, the traditional Finnish glass factory,

is reproducing some of his products.

BBQ season has started

and you do NOT have this gadget for your burgers yet?

Hurry up!

Pool boys at work ...

not really. Such a disappointment,

it is not going to be a pool, not even a pond.

It's gonna be a corner with a bench and sculptures 

honoring the architect Martin Elsaesser,

builder of the "Grossmarkthalle".

FAZ wrote:

Das Areal werde von einem Sitzmauer aus Klinkerstein begrenzt.

Der Klinker soll an die Fassade der Grossmarkthalle erinnern.

Die Ränder des Platzes sollen weiterhin von Bäumen gesäumt sein.

Die Innenfläche erhalte eine helle Asphaltdecke,

die zur Sonnenmannstrasse hin leicht abfallen soll.

Ein Skulpturenfeld soll dort an die Arbeit von Elsaesser erinnern.

...

Der Umbau werde rund 500 000 Euro kosten, heisst es aus dem Planungsdezernat.

Das Geld stamme noch aus dem Sanierungsprogramm Ostend.

Bis zum Herbst soll der Platz fertig sein.

(FAZ 16.4. S. 33)

Building site is going to be in front of our house until autumn.

We are not amused.

Die Darmstädter Architekten Professor Ariel Ausländer und Fabian Luttropp 

haben den Wettbewerb für die Gestaltung des Platzes 

mit ihrem „Elsaesser Plan“ gewonnen. 

Der Platz, schrieben sie zu ihrem Entwurf, 

„soll seine (Elsaessers) Bauwerke thematisieren, 

ihren Standort und ihr Verhältnis zu Frankfurt 

und dem Stadtgebiet sowohl formal als auch inhaltlich zeigen“.

http://www.fnp.de/lokales/frankfurt/Martin-Elsaesser-Platz-bekommt-ein-Gesicht;art675,1335926

They say there is no way to keep the city rabbits away.

But had to buy this for testing purposes,

the pic is hilarious!

The black bugs in this mini snowball

are really annoying.

They've attacked the rhodos underneath.

So I also purchased some poison ...

Samen Andreas is such a friendly garden shop in the middle of the city.

Check their inter site for further info:

http://www.samen-andreas.de/blog/index.php

These climbing buggers (Wisteria/Baluregen) are just wonderful,

no bugs, just a few petals on my lawn, though.

Petals

How 

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boring can it get?

Those flower//gardening pics.

Bought at Saturday market at Konstablerwache in Frankfurt.

Such lovely tulips.

And this is how they looked like in our friends' vase on Sunday.

Thanks KiSaLi for the dinner with your nice company!

View from our flat.

But the neighbor saw even stronger colors in Bethmannpark.

https://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=2793&_ffmpar%5B_id_inhalt%5D=101664

I do not think that this car has been parked here for too long.

Seen in the Uhalndstrasse in Frankfurt-Ostend.

Between our house and Janis Cafe.

It's just the time when the petals fall.

Better than bird poop ... wrote a fb friend of mine!

New car cover.

Just to remind you: we do not own a car.

My garden in April

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Almost my garden, seen from our kitchen window.

Our thymian barrier.

Detail.

Wine!

Apple.

All so exciting!

Rhodo.

Detail.

Snowball basically white (green).

The bugs cover almost all flowers. As every year.

Never mind, enjoy!

Ladies in Cala Ratjada

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Elf nackte Grazien zieren die Strandpromenade von Cala Rajada. 

Es handelt sich um zehn Skulpturen aus Zement 

und eine Figur aus Bronze, 

die der mallorquinische Künstler Joan Bennàssar geschaffen hat.

Die drallen Damen sind in primitivistischem Stil gehalten. 

Sechs von ihnen sind zwei bis drei Meter groß und 

bringen zwischen 200 und 450 Kilo auf die Waage. 

Der Künstler hat sie auf Felsen am Meer aufgestellt. 

Daher auch der Ausstellungstitel 

„On rompen les ones“ (Wo die Wellen brechen). 

Bei fünf weiteren Figuren handelt es sich um 

ein bis eineinhalb Meter große Halbkörperskulpturen, 

die auf Grünflächen an der Strandpromenade stehen.

http://mallorcamagazin.com/was-wann-wo/ausstellungen/-3.html

Mallorca's north-eastern coast resort, Cala Ratjada, 

has a new attraction this season, a sculpture route called 

'Where the Waves Break' 

along its coastline by the artist Joan Bennassar. 

Just inaugurated by the local council based in nearby Capdepera, 

the coastal path and gardens are dotted with 11 sculptures by Bennassar, 

one of Mallorca's most important, and famous, living artists.

Eleven figures in all grace the seafront, some, 

full length and nearly 3 metres tall, 

are placed on the rocks by the sea and others, 

half figures, are located in the gardens. 

Weighing up to 450 kg, the female statues invite us 

to contemplate the poetic beauty of the land, the sea, 

and the female form!

http://www.mallorca-spotlight.com/news/2015/waves_break.htm

http://www.bennassar.com/en/

On rompen les ones, 

una muestra de once esculturas femeninas intaladas 

en las mismas rocas, que recogen todos los elementos claves de su obra: 

la figura femenina y la pasión por la tierra en su sentido más universal.

http://ultimahora.es/vips/eventos/arte-bennassar-cala-rajada.html

Vom 1. Apr bis 18. Okt 2015 

Stoffmarkt Holland

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Finally I made it to this amazing market:

Dutch fabric sellers going around in Germany.

All kinds of styles and fabrics and accessories.

For all tastes.

All designs.

Loads of material!

Also some ideas to "copy".

Creative people walking around.

Prices are pretty good.

Colorful!

Again, a quick shot of the creative buyers.

Did you realize how many options there are

to design a modern bag of oilcloth.

Finnisch für Anfänger:

VAHAKANGAS = Wachstuch / oilcloth

Beautiful designs.

Width 2,80m ... table cloth ideas ...

Yes, you can also pay with bankcard.

See this cutie and more fabrics in Frankfurt on 21.6.15.

Or find another location for funny shopping:

http://www.stoffmarktholland.de/stoffmarkt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=22

Such a sunny afternoon, had to enjoy my garden, too.