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.

Gènova

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 Another mountain conquered!

In this pic you can just see the Burg Bellver from where you 

can have a splendid view over Palma.

But if you take the motors a bit further away towards Andratx,

you can have more than a splendid view over the whole island!

Check the signs for Gènova and drive up the hill until Burguesa.

There she is, the lady of Peace,

Nuestra Señora de la Paz.

Must say, once you have made it half way up the hill

you cannot really see the high positioned lady at all.

(...) steht eine Skulptur des Künstlers Joan Ginard Ferere alias Sarasate, 

die zur Verehrung von Nuestra Señora de la Paz 

(Unsere Frau des Friedens) errichtet wurde. 

http://www.genova-infos.de/allgemein/rueckzugsort-der-wohlhabenden-stadtbewohner.htm

Nuestra Sra. de la Paz : En el año 1924, el urbanista y jefe de Obras Públicas 

Bernat Calvet cedió 10.000 metros cuadrados de terreno en la cima del puig 

del Caragol (conocido como Na Burguesa) para construir el monumento 

dedicado a Nuestra Señora de la Paz. Las obras no se realizaron, aunque 

en 1940 se construyó una capilla dedicada al Inmaculado Corazón de María 

.La actual configuración proviene del año 1967, de 22 metros de altura y forma 

prismática. Recientemente se ha instalado, como coronamiento, una imagen 

de la Inmaculada Concepción llamada Nuestra Señora de la Paz. la escultura 

data de 1985 y es obra del artista de Artà (Mallorca) Joan Ginard Ferrer, 

llamado Sarasate (1915-1990).

http://doblevuit.com/Untitled-98-CAS.html

Well, you can see her from the back, when

hiking through the forest.

Serra de Na Burguesa (Balearic Catalan pronunciation: formerly 

Serra de Portopí or Sierra de Porto Pi, meaning "Port of Pine Mountain") 

is a well-defined mountain on the island of Majorca (WIKI here and there)

Serra de Na Burguesa, honors Francesc Burgués, the Solicitor-General 

of the Spanish Crown, who, from the early sixteenth century, owned the Bendinat 

farm at the foot of the mountain. Bendinat is now a residential zone in Calvià.

A lot of pine trees all over.

BUT

beware of the procesionares!

The larval stage of some Thaumetopoeinae are known as processionary caterpillars, 

so named because they move in columns in search of food, resembling a procession.

Some of the species, like the pine and oak processionaries, can constitute a health 

hazard due to their urticating hairs.

Dear Wikipedia: urticating?

NOKKOSROKKO = Nesselsucht / urticaria

To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.

Very decorative.

Really, you should avoid touching those beasts!

For dogs it's even worse.

Lucky me, don't own a dog. Yet.

Mallorca.

Gardeners & Gänse

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It is also fun to follow other blogs, my favourites are,

of course, blogs about gardening.

I don’t have a failure, 

I have something not destined to be 

and a chance to do it differently.

Found in this blog:

https://carolinamoongarden.com

Carolina was interviewed in  Jan Edward's podcast:

https://livinginruralmallorca.com/2021/02/01/caroline-fuller-gardening-in-mallorca/ 

In the podcast both women laughed and giggled quite a lot.

If you like to listen to British English, turn on your loudspeakers!

It really seems to me that the British community on the island

is very keen on gardening. the Germans invest more time in

animal protection and maybe environmental issues.

Winter is the perfect time for pruning trees,

like here at the the market square in Artá.

Seen in Son Negre. Old almond tree has been pruned

by man or by nature?

Here I tried to get as close as possible.

Remember my amaryllis photo from the last posting?

Have not used the zoom for a long time, totally

need some practice. 

Hello, new neighbours! 

I tell you, they can be loud, but only sometimes.

Or maybe they bring luck?!

Finnisch für Anfänger:

HANHI = Gans / goose

Hannu Hanhi = Gustav Gans / Gladstone Gander

Gladstone Gander is a cartoon character created in 1948 by The Walt Disney 

Company. He is an anthropomorphic male goose (or gander) who possesses 

exceptional good luck that grants him anything he desires as well as protecting 

him from any harm. (Wiki)

These beauties, in groups of 5-7 birds every now and then land 

on our campo. They also spend a lot of time with the sheep next door.

Also have to practice catching the flying birds.

With my camera, of course.

Majorcan winter

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Yes, there is winter in Mallorca as well.

The best thing of the real winter month February

is the almond blossom.

For my true followers already "alte Kamellen".

Finnisch für Anfänger:

MANTELI = Mandel / almond

And all those winter colours!

And ... the almonds, again and again.

Like Finnish summer!

🌞

Corona year. Son Moll.

The magic of the setting sun.

Blue hour ... pergola construction.

¡Olé!

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Sorry fans, my computer is kind of full, I most probably take too many pics.

Need to wait until my iPhone pics are transferred,

otherwise posting will take too long.

Tässä nyt teille suomea osaaville juttu, joka julkaistiin

viimeisimmässä Olé-lehden numerossa eli 02/2021.

Lehti ilmestyy Espanjan aurinkorannikolla, mutta 

Mallorcalle muuttanut suomalainenn Meri sai myytyä

sinne oman juttunsa.

Lue Merin hauskasta blogista hänen kokemuksiaan Mallorcalta:

https://www.merimallorca.com

Mun kavereille jutussa nyt ei ole mitään uutta.

Itse olen ihan tyytyväinen itselaukasijalla ottamaan kuvaani.

Óle-lehteä ei voi lukea maksutta netissä, tässä peruslinkki:

https://www.olekustannus.com

Zeil

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This is the busy shopping street Zeil

in the heart of Frankfurt on Tuesday before noon.

These are corona times.

This is how Zeil is shown in the Wikipedia.

Since the end of the 19th century it has been one of the most famous and busiest 

shopping streets in Germany. Before World War II it was also known for its grand 

buildings, but most of them were destroyed and not rebuilt. 

Zeil 1898, as seen to the east.

How pretty!

Max Junghändel - Max Junghändel: Frankfurt am Main. 

Aufnahmen nach der Natur von Max Junghändel. 

In Lichtdruck ausgeführt von der Verlagsanstalt für 

Kunst und Wissenschaft vormals Friedrich Bruckmann 

in München.Verlag von Heinrich Keller, Frankfurt am Main 1898.

Next to the banking area, close to Rossmarkt there is another building site.

Let's see how the city is changing.

Shall keep you posted.

Girls and boys, how much am I looking forward to the times

when we can fill these coolers with champagne bottles and dash off 

to the river or beach and have some fun together!

HELMIkuu

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Finnisch für Anfänger:

HELMIKUU = Februar / February

HELMI = Perle / pearl

KUU = Mond / moon

Historical names for February include the Old English terms Solmonath 

(mud month) and Kale-monath (named for cabbage) as well as Charlemagne's 

designation Hornung. 

In Finnish, the month is called helmikuu, meaning "month of the pearl"; 

when snow melts on tree branches, it forms droplets, and as these freeze 

again, they are like pearls of ice. 

In Polish and Ukrainian, respectively, the month is called luty or лютий 

(lyutiy), meaning the month of ice or hard frost. In Macedonian the month 

is sechko (сечко), meaning month of cutting (wood). In Czech, it is called 

únor, meaning month of submerging (of river ice).

(Wikipedia)

No frost in Frankfurt, the river Main ist starting to flood.

150 shades of gray. 

😑

My sister's summer cottage in southern Finland.

There they have a real winter.

BTW

If you need decoration for your walls check my nephew's page,

he is selling his great photography:

https://tomasolsen.darkroom.tech