From what I’ve found on the web, those cave paintings date back 5000-6000 years. Domboshava is supposed to have been a spiritual center regarding a cult of rain, and it was declared a national monument already in 1936.
Cave Paintings
Hidden In Plain Sight
Right behind this dry grass hide wonderful cave paintings, supposedly dating from 5000 to 6000 years ago. According to archeologists they were used in rain ceremonies, well necessary in a country sometimes as dry as seen here.
Inverted Pleat
Crack and Hole
This is one image that lets me despair about my picture taking abilities: Why for heaven’s sake did I cut off the nearest part of the hole here? Sh.t! Still, I like this scenery so much, also the muted colors, that I decided to show it, and keep it as a reminder for myself to…
May Wallpapers – Post No. 2000
For download as usual from here. Again not late! And: this post is reason to (modestly) celebrate: It marks post #2000, if the wordpress counters are correct (maybe they aren’t perfect, but I don’t really care). A lot has changed from my first posts in 2006, sparse at that time, but there’s continuity, too: commenters…
Cleaning Up The Leftovers
Overcomers
Viceroy
A Gaze With A Purpose
Gold And Marble
Schwechat Ruler
Bald Trees
Schwechat Facade
A Convsersvationist’s Delight
Located in one of the heartlands of Car Germany – the Stuttgart/Sindelfingen/Zuffenhausen region, where both Mercedes Benz and Porsche have their factories – cars play an important rule in Ludwigsburg, nicely complemented by big bicycle lanes and e-car stations. But for a true enthusiast, a car without the smell of fuel is not a real…
Past Present
Schwechat, Austria This Globe-Cross Obelisk was erected to celebrate the end of the Turkish siege on Vienna in 1683. But nobody did save Schwechat from the siege of faceless industrial buildings 300 years later, me thinks.
Easter, Discreet
Elysian Gathering
Vienna, (osm)
Inside – Outside 3
Vienna, Zwölfergasse (osm)
Diverging Interests
Vienna, Austria (osm)
Inside Outside 2
Vienna, Zwölfergasse (osm)
Inside – Outside
Vienna, Zwölfergasse (osm)
Luntika
Vienna, Austria Seen on a derelict shop window in the center of the city, this graffiti is PR for a Vienna artist’s collective, consisting of two ladies and a dog.
Inside – Outside
Vienna, Zwölfergasse (osm)
Vine Residues
Vienna, Austria
March Wallpapers
For download as usual from here. If you think that I am late, you are right. Still, I like the image and I found the time to process it into a wallpaper and I’ll enjoy it (and try to counter-procrastinate) myself.