One third of June has already passed, so I am really late with my wallpapers. But as I do like this pair of images so much, especially the delicacy of the Iris, I decided to publish those anyway. The reflection in the first image is the replica of a Thai Temple situated in the pond…
Searching for the church of Sveti Krsevan, we stopped in the small village of Poljica for lunch. And a fine lunch this was, by far the best grilled lamb that I’ve eaten on this island. But really spectacular was the walnut schnapps, served before *and* after the meal. Sometimes it’s really good not being the…
Off season here in Krk means time for the locals to sit and chat in places that will be humming from the voices of tourists within four weeks time
I am taking my holidays seriously: Instead of sweating for Sofbomo, I just see what comes along. Serious work has to wait a bit, it doesn’t really comply with family holidays anyway.
These days are the festivities for the name day of St. Quirin, patron of the church and the diocese. The local Brass Band gave a concert on the plaza.
Today was the Feast of Corpus Christi, and as the town of Krk on the island of Krk is the seat of the bishop, there was a large procession through all of the alleys.Krk itself is the town of Sveti Kvirin, Saint Quirin. Now don’t get me wrong, I am the last to deny religious…
Found in one of the alleys in Krk, where ACs are blooming on the walls now like mushrooms in a moist forest.
Seen in the small village of Milohni?i in Krk
Probably just a formalist shenanigan, but to quote Tyler Monson: “… why do I do what I do? Because it makes me smile, inside, I think; as simple as that.”
The name of these supermarkets was fascinating me since my first visit here in Krk. On the background of the socialist history of this country I found it even more interesting.
On the island of Krk, tourist season still has not fully started, clearly visibly through those caravans. Christo would have liked the wrappings, but in reality the look almost a bit out of this world.
I would not go as far as Earl here on ‘Meandering Passage’ to see bayonets coming out of that Yucca, but its gestalt for sure shows a certain aggressiveness, making it ideally suited to patrol the front yard of that house in Krk.
Found on the way to the harbour.
Playing in the shadows sometimes is the best part of the holidays. For fathers with cameras and daughters with books and games as well.
Here in Krk, blue sky and turquoise water render a superficially fine impression. But this is not the Italian Adria, where armies of machinery and men each morning clean the beaches of all kinds of litter brought by nightly winds and waves, in order to maintain the (equally superficial) impression of clean littoral areas. The…
No twist in this image, no opportunity for a rant or talkin’ politics. Family holidays mean just some occupation with mundane things like driving, setting up a the caravan, getting the kids into and out of the water and so on. Private time was restricted to two images of the evening clouds and now some…
In her comment to the last post, Martina pointed at the attempts of the people to make their environment more homely. This was probably the motivation, too, to set up this bird’s house in the front yard just 50m away from the scenery with the flower pots. But in times of ubiquitous home improvement stores,…
Strolling through one of the new housing estates here, I came across this scenery. It looks like the flowers in the pot will need a lot of manure and water to cope with these large floor and wall spaces.
The weather here on the northern slope of the Alps reminds me a bit of what Paul Maxim wrote not long ago about the weather in the Rochester area. What we have at the moment is more like a late winter with night temperatures below 10°C and 15°C during the day – only the intensive…
Found on the descent from the world’s largest glacier cave in Werfenweng. In the cave photography is forbidden, at least for tourists, but it would be anyway complicated (and dangerous for non-climbers) to create a suitable lighting situation.
Here in Europe all new buildings have to be insulated according to highest standards. Those styrofoam boards are among the most important component to achieve lower CO2 emissions while maintaining a high comfort level. And they have sometimes even optical merits.
Taking up the postings of Carl Weese and Tyler Monson earlier that day.
Having run errands for/with the family the last days forces me to resort to another image of the Wimbach Canyon, already subject of two postings in the last week. As Thomas had stated correctly: “One of those ever-greens”. And as long as it works, I don’t feel guilty, even if the Wimbach cascades are not…
This certainly is a diametral counterdraft to yesterday’s Bus Stop photos. Prince Archbishop Markus Sitticus erected this garden with its aquatic surprises in the early 17th century for the pleasure of himself and his aristocats. Democratized now, they are visited by legions of tourists and provide a major source of income for Salzburg.
I am astonished again and again how much I have missed over the many years that I use this bus stop. Or expressed positively: Since working to develop my photographic skills my visual sensorium perceives interesting things in constantly increasing numbers. And the contentment lies more and more in discovering and in sharing subtle things…