I'm back

Sorry to have neglected my blogging duties lately. At first I was just lazy and moody, then some household chores needed doing, then we went off to Chicago for a few days (photos upcoming), then I caught a cold. Happily, I am now largely back to decaying gracefully. We thank you for your patience. 🤧

Potpourri

This week's flowers, chosen and arranged by David. Simple sunshine...

On the Mall, Southern Magnolias were blooming, unusual but not unheard of. They usually bloom in Spring.

I gotta admit, this is clever

I thought our conservatory/balcony was looking particularly photogenic

Viennese Odds & Ends

public use hammocks 

cap of one of the chivalric orders

Franz-Josef's christening blanket

the Lindt chocolate flagship store

milk & dark running chocolate

David had a white hot chocolate

 

coffee bar at hotel breakfast (the Viennese really know how to breakfast)

and the juices were delightful 

yes, the yellow sign on the military vehicle is for a student driver & the sign says FAHRSCHULE="driving school"

School outing on a tram

this was sooooooooooo cool!!! (see also:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Peutingeriana)

the heavenly apple strudel; the pastry is soft and smooth, not crunchy as you find in the States

one of my absolute favorites, Leberknödelzuppe = liver dumpling soup (don't knock it till you've tried it)

a group of Albanians were staying at our hotel, there to cheer on their country's entry in the Eurovision song contest (ya don't see that every day)

not an Albanian

Incisive Political Commentary

 

Avant-Garde

I was going through my recent photos and discovered what are clearly cutting edge, experimental pieces:

I can understand what happened with the first two, but where the turquoise--or is it aqua--square came from I haven't a clue. I also do groundbreaking, abstruse short film:

From the sublime to the mundane & meteorological, as of 2:46 (14:46) on July 18th (18 July), the air temperature was 94ºF (34.4ºC) with a heat index (i.e. feels like) of 108ºF (42.2ºC). That, my gentle readers, is freakin' absurd.

Lots o' Flowers