Archive January 2016

Gallery: Snow 2015


No, we haven’t had much snow this year except from one brief bit that vanished overnight – this is the Snow Album of 2015 – which was actually just from one single day on January 24. I thought it might be a good moment to share this now, followed by the Autumn shots to create a new category for seasons which will be the home for all those tree and other nature shots except flowers I often take. Click on the preview photo above or the link below to go to the gallery, but you can also find a G+ version over on my Google+ Profile or the Seasons Gallery Collection.

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City Views #523: Up the South Hill 9


A view back down Mülheim’s Kämpchenstrasse across the intersection in the reverse direction I showed in the previous photo. Have a look at the colour version too for the new paint scheme the houses have received some years ago. I may have a photo somewhere showing how shabby they looked before!
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Magpies vs. Pigeons


I posted this as part of the Birdspotting Gallery, but never on its own – here’s an example from last July of a Magpie harrassing one of the Pigeons that was perching on the antennae of a nearby house!

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Cactus Flower 2016 #15


A second shot from two days ago because I haven’t processed any more yet :-).

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Gallery: Kitchen Flowers 2015


I completely forgot that I actually had another flower album with photos taken inside early and late last year – I called them Kitchen Flowers of 2015 because that’s where we put the Amaryllis (also guest starring one tiny Hyacinth). Click on the preview photo above or the link below to go to the gallery, but you can also find a G+ version over on my Google+ Profile or the Flower Gallery Collection.

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City Views #522: Up the South Hill 8


Here is the first of several panoramas in this sub-series, the intersection of Mülheim’s Kämpchen- and Paul-Essers-Strasse looking to the Southeast. Here you can see the contrast between the older buildings at the left and the highrises on the right, although the angles are slightly exaggerated due to the combination of the panorama stitching and the wide-angle lens. Don’t forget to check out the colour version too, because both buildings have a decidedly blue hue!
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Cactus Flower 2016 #14


I should post those before they start to pile up… a new blossom from yesterday!

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Maple Magpie III


The Magpies are definitively staking out new nesting opportunities!

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Gallery: Squirrels 2015

This is the last of the animal-related albums from last year and the Squirrel Gallery of 2015 has only eight photos, but they were such a huge surprise! In all the decades we’ve been living here we never had a single squirrel in the backyard and 2015 was the first time they showed up and in November even climbed the balconies. They were really hard to photograph, but I also shot a bit of video, some of which I haven’t even posted yet! Click on the preview photo above or on the link below to go to the gallery itself and you can also visit my Google+ Profile or the Animal Gallery Collection to find the parallel G+ version.

SQUIRRELS 2015

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City Views #521: Up the South Hill 7


This is a photo I’ve taken many times before and just for completeness’ sake here it is again – the lovely old corner building at the crossing of Mülheim’s Kämpchen- and Paul-Essers-Strasse with the Greek Restaurant on the ground floor. We know exactly when this was built because the year is inscribed on the left side of the house: 1906, which makes it 110 years old today!
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