May wonders

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Boys and girls, how wonderful it is to ...

... enjoy early dinner in a restaurant, outside, watching people.

How simple is that then.

But now during corona times, that is not possible in Germany.

In Spain, yes.

And the Spanish colours!

May is such a wonderful month.

Check those crazy Margarethas, they are almost as tall as I am!

Spaniards consider this borage / Borretsch as a weed ...

In Germany it is used in the Grüne Sosse in Frankfurt,

and it is also called Gurkenkraut.

The flowers make such a cool decoration on salads.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borretsch

How amazing is this then?

This snake was ... yes ... killed last autumn.

And yes, it is allowed to kill these ones as they are

originally not from Mallorca.

Well, we did nor bury him but left him on a stone wall.

Hello, nature fellas have done their best, but even if the

weather on the island in the winter season is very humid,

this guy just dried! 

I guess I have to frame it.

These opuntias are such fabulous foto objects.

Finnisch für Anfänger:

OPUNTIA = Opuntie / opuntia

https://www.biothemen.de/Qualitaet/mittelmeer/kaktusfeige.html

Another iPhone shot with the portrait modus.

Check the glass!

Yes, it also enjoyable to sip cocktails at the seaside.

Cala Ratjada harbour.

Acca, the first flowers!

Corona garbage

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This is the situation in our paper garbage bins on Monday.

These bins will be emptied during the week, but not today.

If people learned to fold the boxes etc. life would be easier.

Also they should learn that the Bio-Tonne is not for plastic bags,

metal or for any other waste than biologic.

People, in the corona times you do have more time.

Recycling is not difficult.

Ulkonaliikkumiskielto ja muita sääntöjä

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TOC DE QUEDA

and other restrictions on the island.

Business as usual.

Restaurants and bars may open their terraces until 17 hrs.

Max four persons at one table.

Finnisch für Anfänger:

ULKONALIIKKUMISKIELTO = Ausgangssperre / curfew

Gründonnerstag

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Tolles Wetter in Frankfurt.

Enjoy as long as you can.

Es ist ein Wimmelbild von Menschen, die an diesem Donnerstag die Abendsonne 

genießen. Auf Decken und Tüchern, in Gruppen eng beieinander stehend, 

spazierend. Die Menschen freuen sich auf das lange Wochenende, viele dürstet 

es nach Alkohol. Der Konsum ist zwar am Mainufer wie auch an vielen anderen 

Plätzen in der Frankfurter Innenstadt derzeit wegen der Pandemie verboten, doch 

kontrolliert wird es hier nicht, ebenso wenig wie Kontaktbeschränkungen oder das 

Maskengebot. Polizei oder Stadtpolizei sind nicht zu sehen.

https://www.fr.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-corona-verdruss-in-der-stadt-90314177.html

Gründonnerstag auf Malle.

Finnisch für Anfänger:

VIHREÄ = grün / green

Corona life goes on

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Oh these confusing times. Corona rules. The leaders are lost.

Let's make the best of it. Let's enjoy the nature.

Enjoy the colours.

Enjoy the fantastic scent of freesias.

Enjoy the lovely dogs of our neighbours.

Enjoy the new sculptures in Son Moll promenade.

By Guillem Ángel Crespí Alemany.

Enjoy lunch time at the seaside.

Enjoy the empty promenade in Son Moll.

Enjoy the empty beach in Son Moll.

Kind of enjoy the view of hotels getting ready for the new season.

Will there be a new season this year?

Check the figures.

http://www.capvermell.org/index.php/actualitat

 

Mallorca fun

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Wonder why people send us this joke. 

Erlaubt, aber nicht erwünscht –

 „Kommunikationschaos“ um die Mallorca-Reisen

https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article228487285/Reisen-nach-Mallorca-Bundesregierung-ruft-zum-Urlaubsverzicht-auf.html

Illegal

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Frankfurt während Corona. 

https://www.de24.news/en/2021/03/police-dissolve-illegal-party-in-frankfurt.html

Outdoor party!

https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/500-jugendliche-feiern-illegal-am-mainufer-stadt-frankfurt-kuendigt-krisentreffen-an,illegale-party-frankfurt-100.html

https://www.t-online.de/region/frankfurt-am-main/news/id_89606502/polizeieinsatz-in-frankfurt-rund-500-jugendliche-feiern-im-hafenpark.html

Cientos de personas están organizando una fiesta ilegal en Ostende en Frankfurt, 

a pesar de Corona. La policía disuelve la celebración en el parque del puerto. 

Se supone que el incidente tiene consecuencias.

Look for this image!

You can get translations in many languages very fast!

Hier der Artikel auf Deutsch:

https://www.fnp.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-illegale-party-corona-ostend-hafenpark-polizei-anonyme-kritik-zr-90231264.html

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/frankfurt/polizei-loest-illegale-party-in-frankfurt-auf-17231787.html

Ohne Worte.

Nur eine Frage hätte ich:

nach einem Jahr Corona Pandemie, wo finde ich Statistiken 

mit Infos wo die Leute sich angesteckt haben, wo sind die Hotspots 

(ausser Ischgl After Ski Bar) ?

Bahn, Bus, Supermarkt, Mainufer, Schule, Büro,

Blumenladen, Baumarkt, Wochenmarkt ...???

Bitte.

Map bag

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I like maps. Like I like travelling.

Instead of travelling let's get creative!

THE WORLD.

Well, printed on material.

Actually a nice mix of the continents, I would say.

This is THE world. 

And a puzzle, and I tell you, it was not easy to

put all those tiny islands in the Pacific Ocean in right places.

But during the lockdown last year we had time to search and learn.

Finnisch für Anfänger:

MAAPALLO = Erdkugel / globe

KARTTA = Landkarte / map

OLKALAUKKU = Schultertasche / shoulder bag

This beautiful mix of continents has been folded in

my cupboard since three, maybe four years.

Finally I got an idea: I need a camera bag.

Hyvin suunniteltu on puoliksi tehty.

... well planned is half done ...

Needed to decide how big the bag should be so that my

camera fits in conveniently, and the best part was:

how to place the continents!

Sure as hell: Europe had to be placed to the front.

Rest of Africa in the inner side.

Like a kangaroo: Australia as a pocket on the back side.

South America on one side.

India on the other side.

No continent needs to be placed in the bottom.

Even if Mr. Trump has left Washington.

North America is hanging there, strapped.

Instead of Antarctic the lining of this bag is made of

old napkins. Recycling, indeed.

And no, this is not my new start-up business idea.

Just a corona project for some winterly rainy days.

Navidad getting closer

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Well, you have to keep your eyes open for new ideas and inspirations.

This wooden construction might work as a Mediterranean Christmas tree.

But which one?

Tableclothes seen in Artá at the market.

The most popular xmas flower on the island: ponsietta.

THE tree.

Well, I wonder what they have buried under the red material.

Forget the tree, get the chicken and run!

One of the reasons I like the island:

gardening season is on all year round!

Mein "Coronaweihnachtskaktus"!

CORONA? Yes, Corona.

Mallorca is now on the level 4.

These measures start on Tuesday 15.12. and will last until December 28.

https://www.caib.es/sites/covid-19/ca/cartells_per_imprimir/

Here are the measures:

1. Meetings of maximum of six people, inside and out.

2. Insides of bars and restaurants closed.

3. Bar and restaurant terraces to close at 10p.m. except on Fridays, Saturdays 

and the eve of public holidays when it will be at 6p.m.

4. You can still smoke as long as you respect social distancing and you are static.

5. Big stores will have to reduce their capacity to 30 percent 

(One person per 10 square metres).

6. Theatres and auditoriums at 50 percent capacity.

7. Churches at 25 percent capacity.

8. Gyms 30 percent of capacity and only six people per class.

9. After school activities suspended.

10. Curfew at 10pm until 6am.

https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2020/12/14/76267/more-coronavirus-restrictions-introduced.html

https://ib3.org/govern-enllesteix-entrada-fase-4-mallorca