Two modes of conveyance: an extremely famous, high-tech one; and a lunar lander.
Swiss and Switzerland
Bundeshaus
Chasseral
It is not the Chasseral itself, but up in the Jura mountains the little villages have banded together into some kind of branded region called the Chasseral.
If you squint you’ll a church!
Lugano soldier
Lugano trees
Bridge over the River Doubs
Côte-du-Doubs at La Chaux-de-Fonds
Un radar?
Hôtel de Ville, à Le Locle
I had a very intense bittersweet moment here, just as I was taking this snap. A big black crow came up to me – which crows very rarely do. Somehow we connected, albeit briefly, on that part of consciousness where man and crow overlap. After this spiritual bonding I tossed him a huge pecan nut from a bag I was carrying. Instead of enjoying it, he just carried it off to one of the bushes you see in this snap, and promptly buried it. Did he truly think it was his nut – maybe a nut so good it could not be eaten today but best saved for a more festive time? Was he just showing me how much he cherished the nut, only to return to eat it after I left? Or . . . was he contributing to the foodstocks of all the crows in Le Locle – and if he was, would that somehow reduce the pleasure I took from this man/crow nutgiving gesture? Or rather, should I judge a community spirit like that to be both admirable as well as somewhat lacking in mankind?
What is worth mentioning now is that the famous science fiction writer Stephen Baxter has postulated that after the evolutionary fall of man, crows will ascend and become the dominant species. Maybe this little man/crow event today is a little evolutionary kick along that inevitable journey?
Street art in Biel / Bienne – 2
Street art in Biel / Bienne
If you’ve spent anytime skimming through my blog, you’d’ve (how’s that for a contraction!) picked up that I love street art.
Well, that doesn’t mean I love all street art. Here’s a snap from what directly in front of the main train station in the city of Biel/Bienne:
When you consider the location of this piece in the direct pedestrian traffic flow then it sort of makes sense. But, somehow its very tight integration into the landscape – no “buffer” to soften the effect . . . well, I’m not sure what it’s missing, but in its entirety, for me personally it is a bit lacking.
United Nations
Monument Brunswick
Fachhochschule Bern – Then and Now
Migros Moose
OK, I can’t really comment about modern art because I don’t understand it. At least not the modern art currently on display at the Migros Museum:
OK, I don’t understand the art – but I do like the way this snap turned out. So, maybe that is one way to define good modern art, whether you are happy with the photos you take of it?
Ferris wheel at Rapperswil
Another lake at Crans-Montana
Crans Montana Lake
Crans-Montana Ground
Crans-Montana, in the canton of Valais in Switzerland – home to the rich and famous, movie stars like Roger Moore, restauranteers like Michel Roux.
But to me, a rubber matt that covered the ground in a town square was the most interesting:
The pattern is 100% squares, they only look distorted due to the camera.
Bodensee flowers
Gurten tower
Outdoor pub in Bern
Thunderstorm over Winterthur
Statute in a Winterthur park
The mind-blowing dormer cranes of Le Landeron – 3
Continuing the series,