▲ Burning branches in the garden (April 2011) ▼
▲ Steam engine on display in the old engine sheds,
which now serve as exhibition hall for trade fairs etc.
(Photos from spring 2010) ▼
▼ Close-up of the chimney on another occasion: ▼
So I had to dig deep into my archives for this theme…
I wonder what others did? Find out at FMTSO!
The December picture in my calendar: Christmas Market
in the Town Square, with fires to warm yourself by.
I think they need to get those fires out again!! It has been a ‘strange’ winter (and it’s not over yet). December 2010 broke cold records. So does February. In between, January was periodically mild and slushy, but did not properly get rid of the snow, just made a mess of it.
Just now, in spite of the days inevitably getting longer, and the sun shining from a blue sky, we’re having another cold spell. Far up North it’s been below –40°C. Here in the South West, -15°C in the night/early morning is more than enough, ‘thank-you-very-much’…
A juggler performed at the Christmas market: After warming up with some simpler tricks, he went on to juggling with three torches (the pictures on the right); then balanced one of the torches on top of a sword) (top left picture) and ended up juggling with the torch, the sword and an apple (bottom left picture) – and eating the apple in between (that I was not able to catch with the camera).
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