La Voile

More b&w for the weekend? Click here! And more weekend reflections right here.
 

Red Dwarf

I am a big science fiction fan, always have been. I used to love a british scifi comedy series in the 90es, Red Dwarf.

This said, this is the ensign of a bar. Closed since October, like all restaurants, cafés, cinemas, theatres, museums.................
 

Hortus conclusus, the enclosed garden

Mimmo Paladino is the author of this... strange beast at the museum of contemporary art in Strasbourg.

"Without ears, mane or tail, this primitive equine evokes the Trojan horse and the cunning of the Greeks to enter the city. But made of precious materials, hieratic and hoisted on a terrace, this horse is not a wooden horse or a decoy. Recurring in the artist's work, it evokes more the passage from the world of the dead to that of the living, like a psychopump god, who in mythology leads and guides the souls of the dead. Other works by the artist bear the same title and refer to this same symbolism which escapes that of the medieval representation of the Hortus conclusus, that is to say of the Virgin and Child in the garden of Paradise."
 

Street light

 

City Daily Photo February theme day.. Smile

More smiling people right... here
 

Shadows and light

 

A weekend reflection

Early morning in the Petite France, Strasbourg. More weekend reflections here
 

Lunchtime!

The weekend is black and white!

 

Notre Dame de Strasbourg

1006 years old in 2021
 

Mirror, mirror, who is the...

You're both pretty!
 

I so miss traveling!

When will be able to travel again... Sigh.
 

A Monday Mural

Seen behind the Boqueria market in Barcelona ages ago.

More Monday Murals here
 

One early morning in the Ghetto...

... in Venice, looking for a caffè
 

An Italian weekend reflection

Some of the 78 statues on the Prato della Valle square in Padova/Padua, depicting famous historical people. To name but a few: Galileo Galilei, Torquato Tasso... The Prato is, with 90.000 square meters, one of the world's largest public squares. More info here. And more weekend reflections here.
 

Weekend in black and white

Playing the flute naked for your girlfriend... Well, I suppose it's the Greek god Pan.

More b&w here

 

Light after darkness

 

Democracy

The perfect time and day to re-post this. Taken in Colmar, Alsace, first home of Lady Liberty.
 

City center

Going gets easier, as the snow stated to melt.
 

White

 

More snow

 

Lots of snow

At my local tramway station
 

Weekend in black and white

We've had last night the heaviest snowfall since 2006, up to 45 cm, a foot and a half near the Basel airport. About 6 inches, 15 cm here. Anyway, more b&w here.

The original, non edited:

 

Winter is ...here

What started as rain this morning, turned into the first  real snowfall in 2 years. Real, meaning not melting within 5 minutes. My cameras hate wet weather!
 

Dude, where did I park my van?

Found it!
 

On a freezing grey windy and rainy winter day...

... let's go the beach! :-)
 

A double Monday Mural

From mouth to ear, or the other way around... Anyway, wanna see more murals? Click here!
 

Fall

 

A weekend reflection

More of the Petite France area.

And more weekend reflections here.
 

Weekend in black and white

Bibliothèque André Malraux, reflected in a canal.

More b&w here.
 

Bird's resting place

 

The bow

 

Getting cold

Where has the sun gone???
 

A Monday Mural

Weird beastie

More Monday Murals right...here

A weekend reflection

More weekend reflections here
 

Silhouettes

 

Leaving 2020 behind

Wanna see more? Click here
 

Photo of the year

January CDP theme day... More, here
 

2021

 

Closed

All restaurants, bars, winstub, cafés still closed till at least January 20th. Only take away and deliveries. Meanwhile Uber Eats and others "se font des couilles en or", "are getting golden testicles", or are making a killing. A colorfull and accurate French expression...
 

Hark the angels

 

Καφενείο

Happy new year, everybody! Wishing you all to be able to enjoy a Greek coffee, ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΦΕΣ, some time next year!

More Monday murals from over the world here
 

Light at the end of the ... year?

The week between Christmas and the new year always seems to me as being rather strange, a little out of time. Will 2021 be good?
 

The red house

Wish I was there...

More weekend reflections here
 

Christmas in black and white

Second post today, wishing all my friends from the Black and white weekend meme a very happy Christmas
 

Noël

Merry Christmas everybody!
 

Wishing for...

Hoping that you'll all get what you wish for... Not necessarily something material!
 

Last Christmas

This was last year. Not much to see, not much going on this year.
 

Morning has broken

As seen from my balcony. It may look cold, but we had 13 degrees C when I took this photo, at 7.30 AM, 55 F, very far above normal.