2011-02-28

church, tower

Church tower

Although it is in a completely different style, this is the tower of 2011-02-26.

2011-02-27

tannery

Tannery

If I remember the sign on the wall looked like it was indicating in Luxembourguish that this was an old tannery.

2011-02-23

bill, café

Merci et au revoir

This seemed so typical of Luxembourg: each line appears to be taken randomnly from French and German.

2011-02-17

water, fountain,

Fresh water

Bietzen Spa: “According to the Deutscher Bäderverband e.V. (German Spa Association), the spring is of a sodium calcium chloride water, which contains significant amounts of magnesium, hydrogen carbonate and sulphate.” Apparently, it is supposed to be good for you.

2011-02-15

sculpture, garden,

Pink totem pole

If I recall correctly, the plaque with the name and artist had disappeared from this sculpture.

2011-02-12

sculpture, garden,

“Keine Betonköpfe” - Laura Danzi

“No concrete heads / no hardliners”

2011-02-10

sculpture, garden,

“Wolkenharfe” - Doina Tatoli

“Cloud harp”

By the way, these sculptures have a web site. It is in German, but has pictures of the artists.

2011-02-08

sculpture, garden

“Vertrauliches Gespräch“ - Hubertus Jakobs

A “Confidential Conversation”, one of several sculptures in the SaarGarten in Beckingen.

2011-02-06

bridge

Graffiti and bridge

Yet another bridge across the Saar - this time a rail bridge, I think.

2011-02-05

sculpture, iron

Dillinger Kubenvariation/Cube Variations

A work by Friedrich Gräsel, rusting on the banks of the Saar since 1990.

2011-02-01

phone cam, theatre, saar,

Phone cam recursion

Since 2010-12-20 I have retired my Sony Ericsson Satio and have been using an HTC Desire HD in its stead. The Desire is about 6 million times better as a smart phone, but probably has an inferior camera. I foresaw this when I started my blog and that was why I added rule number two (see text box to the right). So I will resist the temptation to keep taking photos with the Satio, and I will learn to live with the quirks of the Desire in order stick to the goal of this blog: trying to capture the essence of the places around me with the camera I always have with me.

P.S. Upon Ccat's request, here is a large version of the photo you see dimly on the Desire.