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Georg Jensen Dessert Spoons (“årsskeer”)
Vintage Elmshorn Vase for Sale
Two Holmegaard “Shape” Vases for Sale
Painting by Jonas Pihl for sale: “Large Hadron Collider”
Antique map for sale
Painting by Jacob Brostrup for sale
Painting by Josef Petersen for sale
Small painting by Lars Mikkes for sale
In my opinion
Please stop calling it “Europe’s Migrant Crisis”
Ban Ki-Moon and the death penalty
Botox
“Copenhagen Zoo just killed four lions”
Danmark er i sandhed et mærkeligt land
Det er ikke noget, jeg er stolt af ……
Det ulmende snæversyn og fremmedhad, og de fladpandede fordomme
Hvorfor i alverden drikker voksne danskere sodavand …..
Moral er godt, dobbeltmoral er dobbelt så godt
Pænt goddaaaaaarrrrrrgh
Udenlandske hjemløse ….
Ting jeg ikke vil savne, når jeg flytter ud af Danmark
Hvorfor i alverden drikker voksne danskere sodavand …..
Vor herre bevares
What is WRONG with Denmark?
Why is it always “the eastern Europeans”?
Learning German
Der, die oder das?
About me
When I die
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Tag Archives: Flamingos
2021 and earlier
Tierpark Berlin
10/08/2019
Helle Møller
The life of a Danish pensioner in Berlin
Activities and hobbies
Pub quizzes and quiznights
Beginning again after a surreal six months
I can’t even think of a good title for this post
29 December walk in Wuhlheide
24 to 26 December
Hallo neighbour
Loop from S Bhf Wannsee to Teltow Kanal and back
On 19 December a sign that the sun is still there, somewhere
From S Bhf Johannisthal to the Christmas Market in Rudow (or – that was the plan)
I can’t even think of a good title for this post
Wednesday walk with Sprechlaufwandern around Krumme Lake in a loop from S-Bhf Grünau
With Berliner Wanderclub along the River Spree from Ostbahnhof to Tiergarten
I do love meat ….
Sprechlaufwandern Wednesday 7 December
Tierpark on a grey day in December
Energy crisis or just a Hausverwaltung that does not care?
A.k.a. foobs
Wednesday morning walk from Onkel Toms Hütte to Grunewald
Two exhibitions on art in East Berlin 1985 to 1995
Sunday walk 27 November
The weather in Berlin
“REHA”!
On my way home
Gastronomy in Sankt Peter-Ording in winter
My last Sunday in Eiderstedt ….,
I could not leave without having paid a visit to our nextdoor neigbours …
The beach never looks the same two days in a row
If you like Sankt Peter-Ording in weather like this …..
An afternoon in Tönning
WEEKEND!
In terms of plans for the future
In-between walk
Two weeks already
How to turn a bad day into a good day: go and have a look at the sea
The storks are leaving
A windswept Sunday walk
Saturday day-trip to Husum
Double exposure – kitch or kosher?
Some photos taken from my balcony and in the neighbourhood
Denial is our Spitzenkompetenz
I do love meat ….
Parkin cake with celeriac ice cream and caramelized pears
Energy crisis or just a Hausverwaltung that does not care?
Sprechlaufwandern Wednesday 7 December
With Berliner Wanderclub along the River Spree from Ostbahnhof to Tiergarten
Wednesday morning walk from Onkel Toms Hütte to Grunewald
Tierpark on a grey day in December
Two exhibitions on art in East Berlin 1985 to 1995
A.k.a. foobs
Sunday walk 27 November
The weather in Berlin
No Title :-)
Bootcamp continued
Sunday – a day off
Finding my bearings. It’s a bit like bootcamp
On my way
Denial costs lives
The flat Fujifilm fumbler
A handful of photos from my windows and from a walk on Tempelhofer Feld 20 October
Impressions from a walkabout in the area, including my local cemetery, 13 October 2022
Rangsdorf Airfield 9 October 2022
Fundraiser for breast cancer awareness
Spectacular sky around sunset on 8 October
A handful of exhibitions visited during the long weekend 1 to 3 October
From a lake in Wannsee
Phototour to “The forbidden city” in Wünsdorf
Miscellaneous photos from the last couple of weeks
Berlin Photo Week – many workshops to choose from – I signed up for two of them
New series: “I spy”
From Rahnsdorf to “Neu-Venedig” to Wilhelmshagen 1 September 2022
Some photos from the first time I took Mr Fuji out for a walk
Thoughts on the way forward, lifestyle, hormone inhibitors …
Having “gone flat” ….
By the way, beware of this internet provider ….
And so life goes on …
A bump in the road Summer 2022
Just one more thing: AIACE
A new lease of life
Random thoughts while I wait for the first check-up and final pathological results and the verdict: further treatment needed or not
Random thoughts POST-OP
Further random thoughts while waiting for surgery (administrative admittance and preliminary examinations 27 July and surgery 28 July)
Self-pity is an ugly sentiment, but this is hard. Plus, it seems an explanation is due as to why I decided to re-home Max
Surgery postponed till 27 July
Hopefully the last update for a while: a great home for Max found
Update on Max the Schmuselhund
Condemnation all around …
I just posted this on Facebook
Unfortunately looking for a new home for my dog Max
Life in Berlin while Covid lingers
My very first personal encounter with discrimination, racism and xenophobia in Berlin
Really? Hugging is back?
Berlin and surroundings
Ernst-Thälmann-Park and Volkspark Friedrichshain 8 May
Cube Berlin
Berlin, a good biking city? Nothing could be further from the truth
The diversity of my Hood
The free space in the middle of Mehringplatz under Renovation
Daytrip to Brandenburg an der Havel 29 July 2020
Daytrip to Schwielowsee and the Japanese Bonsai Garden in Ferch 16 July 2020
The Buddy Bears are back in Berlin – this time in Tierpark
Walking the Berlin Wall, Continued
Walking the Berlin Wall 1 – from early February 2020 till Covid19
Dresden 16 February 2020
Erfurt Zoo January 2020
From Potsdam to Caputh
Spinnerei Leipzig January 2020
In search of January colours in Tierpark Berlin and a last-minute visit to the Christmas Garden
Gleis 17 – Platform 17 in Grunewald
Berlin Zoo July 2019
Tierpark Berlin May 2019
First time in Berlin? Some tips for your visit
Ravensbrück Concentration Camp and Downtown Fürstenberg/Havel
Beelitz-Heilstätten October 2018
Hoofstock in Tierpark Berlin 2018
The legendary Tempelhof Airport
Walks to Berlin’s landmarks
Berlin’s landmarks: Walk number 1, Charlottenburg
Berlin’s landmarks: Walk number 2 – from Märkisches Ufer through Luisenstadt to Oberbaumbrücke
A walk around Alt-Moabit and Wedding Süd 28 June 2015
Berlin Art Week 2014
Berlin Art Week and photography course September 2015
More impressions from walking around Berlin May 2015
On the waterfront 2016
December colours in Tierpark Berlin
Köpenicker Straße 2016
Stolpersteine
Kieztour June 2018
Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf
Street, and street art 2016
Köpenicker Strasse – an area under development
A walk on Stralau peninsula
A stroll round Neukölln May 2013
The U-Bahn 2016
Tierpark Friedrichsfelde
Tierpark Berlin Friedrichsfelde May 2015
Photography Berlin 2016
Tempelhof Airport
Tempelhof Airport
Tempelhof Airfield 16 May
Tempelhof Airfield 15 May
Tempelhofer Feld – again
The legendary Tempelhof Airport
A Walk across Tempelhofer Feld
Favourite recipes
Starters
Gazpacho for many
Ceviche-type salmon with loads of herbs
Quiche lorraine
Main courses
Cabbage, green lentil and sweet potato curry
Crispy Honey Sriracha Tofu
Butternut squash and chickpea curry
Flan with new potatoes, green asparagus, peas and spinach
Leek and gram flour cake – Inspired by Ottolenghi’s cauliflower cake
Protein- and vegetable-packed fish pie
Ricotta gnudi with swiss chard
Chickpeas with dates and almonds
Toor dal with spinach
Improvised green bean and split dal curry
Free-style Thai-style fish curry
Beans and potatoes with toasted sesame seeds
Aubergine and pea curry
Asparagus and peas in a mustard sauce
Kadhi Pakora
Fish curry
Beans and potatoes with toasted sesame seeds
Sweet-Potato Oatmeal Muffins
Asparagus and peas in a mustard sauce
Aubergine and pea curry
Slow-roast spiced lamb
Paneer and broccoli masala
Chili con carne
Malay braised duck in aromatic soy sauce
Vietnamese roast duck (vit quay)
Convertible roast leg of lamb
Roast leg of lamb with gorgonzola
Ground lamb and chickpeas in spicy cashewnut sauce
Lamb shanks with pumpkin and dates
Pumpkin curry with black-eyed beans and coconut milk
“White” lamb curry
Desserts
Parkin cake with celeriac ice cream and caramelized pears
White chocolate, cardamom and cashew nut squares
Rhubarb ice cream
Lemon mousse
Ris à l’amande (or risalamang)
White chocolate ice cream with chili
White chocolate mousse with a rhubarb sauce
An almost-healthy, almost-candy, cake
Miscellaneous
Cabbage, green lentil and sweet potato curry
Tart with parsnip, potato, goats’ cheese, and onion
Buckwheat Bread
Two versions of spicy red cabbage
Sunday Brunch: Gram (Chickpea flour) waffles
Two types of glutenfree bread with lots of grain, nuts and seeds
Autumnal pie with pumpkin, mushrooms and caramellised onions
Masala oats
Bread with pumpkin and seeds
Baked Butternut Squash “Hasselback-Style”
Millet/coconut “porridge” for breakfast
Spiced biscottis
Red cabbage for the season
Hummus
Gazpacho
LUNCH!
Four kinds of homemade marshmallow – for the children in the family or the child in you
Peanut sauce
Masala aubergine
Roasted garlic soufflé
Seaweed salad
Glögg
An almost-healthy, almost-candy, cake
How to make basmati rice in an OBH rice cooker
Photography
CORONA DIARY III
Photography: Personal Favourites 2021 April
Sunday morning walk in Kreuzberg
Tempelhofer Feld – again
Photowalk to Tiergarten and beyond 20 april 2021
Thinking about street photography
Thinking about still-life photography
Photography: Personal Favourites 2021 March
Two cemeteries and a park in Prenzlauer Berg
Herzberge Landscape Protection Area and Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde 22 March 2021
Audiowalks as a gift from Berlinische Galerie
Photography: Personal Favourites 2021 February
A Walk across Tempelhofer Feld
Daytrip to Warnemünde 15 February
A tour of parts of Tiergarten
Volkspark Hasenheide 21 January
When a parcel delivery service sends you on a detour ……
Sunday walk 7 February
Short walk in the neighbourhood 5 February
A Walk across Tempelhofer Feld
Volkspark Hasenheide 21 January
A tour of parts of Tiergarten
Photography: Personal favourites 2020
When a parcel delivery service sends you on a detour ……
Photography: Personal favourites 2019 and earlier
Things I can photograph without leaving home
Corona Diary II
Macro Photography Meetup Number 2
Macro Safari Meetup 23 August 2020
Macro Photography Meetup No 1
More “Weiß Fotografieren” from my home
Online course “Weiß Fotografieren”
My Corona diary – Beating COVID19 boredom
All creatures great and small 2020
Abandoned, repurposed, 2019 and earlier
Abstract and minimalist 2019 and earlier
All creatures great and small – 2019 and earlier
Architecture 2019 and earlier
Arty-farty, epic fails and photobombs, 2019 and earlier
Doors and windows 2019 and earlier
Nature 2019 and earlier
Photobombs in Rostock Zoo May 2019
Reflections 2019 and earlier
Old photos
Old photos from Aldershvilevej, Bagsværd
Old photos from Fyn
Tomsgårdsvej Brandstation i slutningen af 1950’erne, formentlig (?)
Old photos from holidays in Jutland and on Als
Travels
The Sea, The Sea! Norddeich, Norderney and Juist 31 August to 4 September 2020
Magdeburg August 2020
Daytrip to Frankfurt Oder and Słubice 14 August 2020
Trip to Wittenberg 3-5 August 2020
Daytrip to Halle (Saale) 31 July 2020
Tagesspiegel trip to the Kiel Canal – “125 Jahre Nord-Ostsee-Kanal”
Mannheim March 2020
Zoo Heidelberg March 2020
Traces of the GDR in Chemnitz January 2020
Erfurt Zoo January 2020
Trip to Gdansk, Torún and Poznan, October 2019
Hamburg August 2019
On Warnemünde Beach May 2019
Rostock Zoo and Stralsund Oceanarium May 2019
St. Peter-Ording September 2017
Hannover August 2017
Madrid February 2017 – gallery walks and art fairs
Wrocław, March 2016
Krakow and Łódź 2016
From sea to shining sea – in Spain
Liste Köln and Art Cologne April 2014 – impressions
Western Balkans June 2013
Kenya, February 2012
London July 2016
London October 2014
London 9-14 February 2008
Rome, May 2012
Palma de Mallorca Spring 2010
Málaga, Córdoba and Granada, July 2009
Warsaw with my two favourite teenagers 2007
Amsterdam, Munich, Bolzano, July 2007
Washington, Philadelphia and Boston April 2006
Faeroe Islands July 2002
The Balcony that “would not be affected”
Only in Berlin …
Day in, day out, week in, week out, year in, year out
Lies, lies, lies
Their unbelievable arrogance and indifference and lies
One of the few things I miss about Denmark ….
To Cresco Capital Group
No more progress. The more than two-year-old nightmare continues
Progress on “the balcony that would not be affected”?
At least they have not dumped anything on my balcony for the last 48 hours ….
I can’t believe this keeps happening
How much longer?
I always give back what I have borrowed
More Lies
Like a gift that keeps on giving
For the Post Mortem, Assuming there will ever be one
Chapter Number 27 in the Never-ending Saga of the Balcony that would not be Affected
Aww – a little bit too tall to get through there?
Now in stereo
The nightmare that never ends
Neighbours from Hell – two updates in one day? This is getting ridiculous
Neighbours from Hell – the by now almost daily update
They said they had finished. And one more question to which I still have not received a reply
This is exasperating
The saga about the scaffolding continues
I am not going to stop till I get a response
So my balcony would not be affected?
Activities and hobbies
Playing Bridge in English in Berlin
Opportunities to play bridge in English in Berlin in the first half of 2025
Playing Bridge in English
2023: Bring it on
Local birds in Danish, English and German
Monday walk: Loop round Tegeler Fliess from S-Bhf Hermsdorf
1 January walk to inspect the damages and check out another annual Berlin tradition
What’s up with those shoulders?
Three bird-watching walks 7, 8 and 9 February
Thai salmon curry
Opportunities to play bridge in English in Berlin in the first half of 2025
Urban art Berlin – photography course with VHS 3 February to 24 March
Interior Architecture Photography with Lette Akademie 3 to 5 February
Some random birds in Urbanhafen
Webinar Fotoaufgabe with Blende2, Hamburg
Munich and Karlsruhe February
Exhibitions to visit
European Month of Photography Berlin 2025
Beaver-spotting walk with BG Spandau
In and around Beeskow
City walk with Empor Berlin 16 January
Birdwatching in Blankenfelde Botanical Garden 14 January
