Bad Mergentheim seen from a Ferris wheel

Over the weekend my hometown celebrated "Heimattage Bad Mergentheim 2016",
literally translated into "home (country) days" or "native days".

So we had a Ferris wheel 35 metres high for two days in the town center and I took the opportunity to explore my hometown from an angle of view I've never had before.

Bad Mergentheim's Deutschordensschloss, the castle of the Teutonic knights, in the background behind the tiled roofs of the core town.

The old town hall right in front of the market place, the twin houses and the steeple of the minster St. Johannes.

And the view to the south where I live somewhere on the horizon... ;-)

Late but...

...right before May finally winter arrived in Germany!

Yesterday evening and this morning in Mindelheim, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany.

;-)

At eye level with crocuses

Long time no see, long time no hear, dear blog friends!

Today I want to report back to you with some harbingers of spring which have been really flourishing for more than one month already here in the south of Germany.

[Crocus on ice]

 

These crocusses I took last Saturday in the Botanical Garden of the Wuerzburg University where you can find more than just one species of crocuses and other early flowering plants.

Next to these purple beauties I found a spot with some goldish yellow crocuses as well.

But honestly I must say the purple species are my favourites.

Good bye February - welcome March!

Happy Chinese New Year 恭禧發財

19.02.2015 - 07.02.2016

Year of the Goat / Sheep / Ram

羊Yánɡ

Ranking the eighth position of all the animals in Chinese zodiac, Sheep (Ram or Goat) represents solidarity, harmony and calmness. People born in the year of the Sheep are polite, mild mannered, shy, imaginative, determined and have good taste. On the negative side, they are sometimes pessimistic, unrealistic, short-sighted and slow in behavior.

Chinatown, Singapore 2015

Good fortune seemed to be with the brave people.