sunnuntai 27. kesäkuuta 2021

Kunst am Main

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Zeit für Kunst, ja, open air.
Frankfurt, the living city, the artsy town at the river.


My friends from the painting class in the Frankfurter Malschule
(many years ago) participated this open air action day at river Main,
Angie and Jutta on the left side and Diane on the right.


Angie, the power painter.


Diane, she was awake ... after six hours show.


One of the interesting works.


This as well.


Versatile works.


Photos and Farbstifte.


Yes, working on photos.


Where is the artist?


Acryl at the back, photo edit at the front.


Such FUN!




lauantai 26. kesäkuuta 2021

perjantai 25. kesäkuuta 2021

Johanniswanderung

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Finnisch für Anfänger:

JUHANNUS = Mittsommer / midsummer

The summer solstice was called Ukon juhla ("Ukko's celebration") after 
the Finnish god Ukko. After the celebrations were Christianized, the holiday 
became known as juhannusafter John the Baptist (Finnish: Johannes Kastaja).
(Wikipedia)


Or Finnish Ladies' group decided to "celebrate" juhannus
in the Rheingau winery area, and of course we chose the location
called Johannisberg.


Our seven km walking tours startet at his point - without tasting.


The hills along the river Rhein are not completely covered by wine.


But this is the basic view.


Johannis at juhannus.


Some roses are still blossoming, and how beautiful they are.
These seen in a village along the route.


Winery area, indeed.


And now the last hill up and there's our restaurant.


No coffee, no!


The view from the Schlossschänke is quite pleasant.
The food was okay, most of the portions huge,
the cook was careful with spices.
And please note, after your walking tour: no beer served!

50 Hektar groß, exakt nach Süden ausgerichtet. Ein dem Taunusmassiv 
vorgelagerter Quarzit-Hügel. Mit einer Neigung von 45 Grad erstreckt 
sich der Berg hinauf auf 182 Meter ü. d. M. und bietet den Trauben 
eine perfekte Sonneneinstrahlung. 


Seit 1200 Jahren wird auf Schloss Johannisberg Wein angebaut, 
seit 1720 ausschließlich Riesling. Hier ist die Wiege einer der 
ältesten und edelsten Rebsorten der Welt. 
In terms of importance for quality wines, it is usually included 
in the "top three" white wine varieties together with 
Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc. (Wiki)

tiistai 22. kesäkuuta 2021

Lucky lifters

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How to avoid paying parking tickets in Germany? 

Get number plates from Brexitlandia!

These guys have been parking illegally on our street since months.
Today I talked to the

Finnisch für Anfänger:  

LAPPULIISA / PARKKIPIRKKO = Verkehrsüberwacher/ Politesse / traffic warden 

who was issuing fines for the cars parked close to our building.
I asked him how can it be that these King Lifters always
park their vehicles here, although it is not allowed.

Well, Germany has no agreement with UK, so you can write
thousands of tickets but no money will arrive.
Folks, get British number plates and park anywhere you want!

Gut zu wissen: Bußgelder aus Nicht-EU-Ländern (z.B. Norwegen, Liechtenstein 
oder Schweiz) können in Deutschland nicht vollstreckt werden.


Reminder:



290.1 stands there when you enter our street from the Uhlandstrasse,
along the Martin-Elsässer-Platz.


290.2 stands there when you leave that area.
And admire the pretty ECB building.

sunnuntai 20. kesäkuuta 2021

Hellekesä

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Such a fantastic start for this summer, temperatures over 30 degrees! 


Yes, yes, this thermometer is partly in the sun. In Frankfurt.

Finnisch für Anfänger:

HELLE = Hitze / heat


Roses love this warm period.


Also these hollyhocks in St. Arnual in Saarbrücken.



Mr. Birthday - 94 years!


These horses belong to our relatives in Saarbrücken.
Look at her, she really is sweating, poor thing.
But got a long shower soon.


And then both horses were taken to this sandy field ... they loved it!


My artistic hubby decorates the sandy horse.


Horse hair fashion or what? Absolutely funny!

Finnisch für Anfänger:

HEVONEN = Pferd / horse

tiistai 15. kesäkuuta 2021

Farben und mobiles Solito

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Yes, amazing this colouring.


These guys are enjoying the sound and all the green stuff 
in our vegetable garden. Hm.


Summer taste.


Where are we now? 
We are in St. Llorenç, Mallorca. A tiny township next to Artá.
Lucky us, were able to visit a mobile studio!


Mobiles are made of many fragile parts.


And then they hang there, so easy, so weightless.
But it is quite a lot of calculating and trying and balancing 
until you get the right proportions.
That's what we learned from the makers.

Check for more great pics and further info here:



A mobile is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage 
of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from 
which weighted objects or further rods hang. The objects hanging 
from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or 
less horizontal. Each rod hangs from only one string, which gives 
it the freedom to rotate about the string. An ensemble of these 
balanced parts hang freely in space, by design without coming 
into contact with each other. (Wikipedia)









lauantai 12. kesäkuuta 2021

Huuhkajat EM

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Today the Finnish football team is participating in 
the European Championships for the very first time ever!


Best known UHUs in Germany! It's glue.

Finnisch für Anfänger:

HUUHKAJA = Uhu / eagle owl

From huuhkajat (“eagle owls”); 
thus called because a pair of eagle owls used to nest in the Helsinki 
Olympic Stadium, which also serves as the home arena of the team.


And then something happened, a Danish played collapsed.
The match suspended.
Then game over.


Finally good news.






keskiviikko 9. kesäkuuta 2021

United Europe

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Seen today.


Hi guys, I just have to post this pic.
Can you explain me the logic of this set?
Basically the same menu in different languages.




 

tiistai 8. kesäkuuta 2021

Paella afternoon

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Again boring garden pics? NO!


This is just some leftover of an artichoke.


The big paella afternoon started with chopping,
chopping artichokes, cauliflower ...


Oh, the mussels you do not have to chop, just shop before.


Ant the butcher chops the chicken as well, 
the bones need to be included when cooking.


And here we go, this is MY paella: no seafood.


For the seafood paella some ingredidences here,
the white cubes are chopped octopus rings.


There they go, carefully adding stuff to the paella pan.


The prawns had to be cooked separately. Why?
Check your recipes.


The rice added. Note the lineal form.


Boiling boiling boiling.


Still boiling.


And here, ready to be served, with prawns and mussels.


And my "little" chicken paella.


If you like seafood this must taste wonderful!
Big thanks to Tinchen!



Paella takes its name from the wide, shallow traditional pan 
used to cook the dish on an open fire. Paellameans "frying pan" 
in Valencian, Valencia's regional language. As a dish, it may have 
ancient roots, but in its modern form it is traced back to the mid-
19th century, in the rural area around the Albufera lagoon adjacent 
to the city of Valencia, on the east coast of Spain. (Wikipedia)


Miss Alice brought ensaimada de cream quemada 
from Campos. Excellent! Gracias.

The ensaïmada de Mallorca is made with strong flour, water, sugar, 
eggs, mother dough and a kind of reduced pork lard named saïm. 
The handmade character of the product makes it difficult to give an 
exact formula, so scales have been established defining the proportion 
of each ingredient, giving rise to an excellent quality traditional product. 

The name comes from the Catalan word saïm, which means 'pork lard' 
(from the Arabic shahim, meaning 'fat'). (Wikipedia)