Haiku
am 20.12.2004 von http://transblawg.euMany thanks to f/k/a…. for giving me my own haiku. for Margaret Marks von Transblawg new year’s fog she washes all the windows - Pamela Miller Ness Haiku …
Heritage Day/Tag des offenen Denkmals
Transblawg / In Bavaria, the Tag des offenen Denkmals was moved forward to Saturday 9 September to avoid a clash with the Pope’s mass in Munich on Sunday. Other cities may have more (Open House London is on 16 and 17 September this year), but Fürth u
World Cup / Weltmeisterschaft
Transblawg / Some blogs have taken the moral high ground and at least attempted to avoid mentioning the football. I haven’t managed this, but of course I haven’t got enough time to follow it properly. I regret having to work on Sunday and thus not goi
Dog food / Drogerie Müller
Transblawg / This shop has a very catholic range of animal food (click to enlarge): Close-up: And some earplugs to the right: I know you’re all looking for the World Cup angle. As Völker Weber would say, ‘It’s “Make your own
Football fans / Fussballanhänger
Transblawg / Just a few pictures since, as I have already said, this blog has nothing to do with the World Cup! There is a webcam of the main marketplace in Nuremberg, where fans can drink and watch, either the scene at present or a speeded-up film of the past
Communicating with the postman/Den Briefträger informieren
Transblawg / (Click to enlarge / Klicken, um Bild zu vergrößern) That’s telling him. in handwriting or in print or even more elegantly. Opernzeitungen? Why don’t I get those?
Fürth pedestrian zone/Fuzo
Transblawg / The finished end (a bit grubby): Work going on: Here Jürgen’s antiques shop (plus Jürgen, who did not mind being photographed) with KW44 indicating the work should be finished in the 44th calendar week (around November 1st). A lot
Competition results
Transblawg / The results of the RollOnFriday competition mentioned a few days ago are in. Nabarro Nathanson: “What are your main interests and activities, and how have they changed over the last ten years”. 19 year old applicant: “I don’
Blog pause - Comments closed
Transblawg / This blog is about to close down more or less till the New Year. Here are some seasonal pictures from the medical department of the Thalia bookshop in Erlangen and of the work of a Fürth kindergarten (obviously no Pisa problems here). Note the v
Building mystery solved
Transblawg / In April I posted a photo of an egg-shaped building going up near Fröttmaning in Munich. I couldn’t find out what it was. In July I photographed a later stage of development. I also established on a Munich online map that there were a K
Fuel / Brennholz
Transblawg / With heating costs what they are, the local supermarket is offering firewood alongside the seasonal Graberde. And here, from an artist’s studio in Theaterstraße, another way to fuel the stove (click to enlarge):
Miscellaneous
Transblawg / New words in Denver On December 29, the Denver Post reported on new words entering the common lexicon (thanks to Karen - I’ll send you your Christmas card next year). At the top of the printed edition was prairie-dogging: when the heads of offi
Asparagus 2007 / Alljährlicher Spargeleintrag
Transblawg / A Franconian asparagus field at the most exciting time of the German asparagus year: Too late: This is not nice green asparagus, but white asparagus that has been missed and will now grow, flower and die: Some asparagus pluckers:
