These must have blown in with the storm, and brought their log with them.
I thought I’d almost finished with the birdspotting series. Someone told me where to see a kingfisher, but it’s too wet to try out, and my nuthatch picture was not very good. I could post the green woodpecker, I suppose.
Cormorants swim very low in the water.
Die Fürther Stadtwerke – infra – testet den neuen Brunnen.
I think I was quicker than the local paper this time.
LATER NOTE: no, the local paper was there this morning. I only saw one figure yesterday, but the rest must have appeared in the course of the day. Looking at the last picture there, I realize I must have spoken to the artist, Karl-Heinz Richter from Chemnitz. It was OK that I praised the figures, then, but perhaps less so that I added, ‘bis sie besprüht werden’ (until someone sprays paint on them). Still, I read that they can be reproduced.
Richters lebensgroße Figuren bestehen aus Glasfaser-Kunststoff mit einem Stahlskelett. Ein Jahr lang hat der Chemnitzer daran gearbeitet. Wichtig war dem gelernten Porzellanformer die farbige Gestaltung. Damit soll der Eintönigkeit des Sitzrondells entgegengewirkt werden. Nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit werden die Figuren bis 22 Uhr beleuchtet. Der Vorteil des Materials: bei Beschädigungen können die Skulpturen mit den vorhandenen Formen problemlos reproduziert werden.
Link: Karl-Heinz Richter
Paper, cans, litter, Top Language Jobs.
This Christmas tree was not cut down in the forest. It must be one of the largest fake Christmas trees in Germany. According to the local paper, it has met with mixed reactions (anything artificial or gaudy tends to be despised).
This is more worrying:
The Fürther Nachrichten reported on Saturday that this is just an SPD pre-election initiative.
Frauenkirche Munich. I was just looking to see if photography was forbidden (I don’t usually use flash if I can help it).
