Goodbye for now

Due to big changes in my personal life, some good, some not so good, I won't be able to carry on blogging regularly for a few months, Back at the end of march, I think. Or this weekend.

Siberian day out!

I almost froze solid today. Being still used to more southern temperatures, minus 4 C, wind chill factor minus 11 C, despite of the sun,.. Very hard!
Anyway, I went to the lovely german city of Heidelberg, 140 km away. You get different kinds of mulled wines here, exactly what I needed!

The french way

Christmas decoration made in France!

It is christmassing!

The festive season started on Friday, with the opening of the 446th (yes, since 1570 AD!) Christkindlsmarik, the christmas market.

Some like it pink...

Showing off at the fancy restaurant, with your fancy car...

Sorry about the quality, photo taken with my phone

Snowy???

Not really... Some more light, less colors...
The weekend is starting, and it is black and white, with some grey thrown in

2 for the price of one!

A rarely seen cormoran, very few of them around here.

Ducks and colors

A place for you

Enjoy!

A Monday mural

See more about this here.

A weekend reflection

Click here to see more!

The last few

We've had a wind storm yesterday morning, the leaves have almost gonne

Skywatch Friday

Wonderful sundown last night, as always taken from my kitchen window, as always for the Skywatch Friday meme.

Cold, but sooo romantic!

A painted-over photo of one of the canals

Full steam ahead!

Place of music and dance

Aka Cité de la musique et de la danse, the most musical building in town, musicians (and I suppose dancers) rehearsing at all hours. Also a concert place, a few hundred meters from the city center.

Monday mural

My first entry to the Monday Murals theme: Check it out, here!

It's the weekend, and it's black and white!

More b&w here!

Running late!

Well, late for Skywatch Friday anyway! Click here!

Holy cow!

One of the statues stored inside the old Vauban fortification. Leftovers from the (catholic!!!)
cathedral, I believe.

Spring?

Printemps: french for springtime. What used to be a haberdasher shop, sells now clothes and leather goods, only the most expensive brands. Behind all the metal and glass, is a brick building. In front, the main tramway hub in town

Orangerie

Colors of fall

A coffee in the park

 Well, I need my coffee fix, and I need it several times a day. Had one here today.

The red house

A hotel, replacing an old 16th century inn

Blue house with angel

In the soap street

A 2-parter...

Oops, a bit missing. Here it is:

...from the small petting farm in the Orangerie park, place I've been visiting now and then for the last 50 years. Memories!

Don't go me on the ghost!

Our dear neighbors on the other side of old father Rhine, 3 miles or 5 km from here, have a way with words... Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about Goethe or Schiller, oh no! I'm talking about those everyday expressions... translated in English, word for word.
Peace, joy and eggcake to you, my friends! LOL!

Out of focus...

Out of a lot of things! Easiest City Daily Photo theme ever!!! More, here.