via Feckbook friend Greg Tally…what the hell’s a Smilodon?
animals
and her wolf
In Asam Straße in the Au neighbourhood in Munich
Sometimes it’s best just to let the girl be with her wolf.
Was scrolling through some photos I took last year and never used. Why has it taken me so long to insert this one in the blog? There are wonders waiting round the corner…all you need to do sometimes is let your gaze float upwards.
Another use for that donkey of yours
If you could get your cat to sit on the back of your donkey, you’d make that your screen saver. Wouldn’t you?
canine sphinx
Don’t ask me what I’m thinking…I won’t tell you.
Recently took a day trip to Austria.
Whenever I travel without my dogs Ella and Louis, I stop and admire other dogs. It’s not something I can control.
Have always liked dogs. Because mine aren’t with me, I live vicariously through other dog owners. It’s a weakness.
This dog breed is Japanese.
Great dogs.
Very stubborn.
Unlike my dogs, not that interested in other people.
His owner he loves.
Anyone else? Not so much.
I wish he’d tell me what he thought. Or what he’s thinking.
Oh well.
Don’t tell Ella about my thing with Poppet
Me and my bitch in London…
Poppet isn’t shy about showing her affection.
I think she has something very serious to talk to me about.
This was before the election, but I feel the same way now.
I think we’re ok again.
One of us had too much Chapi (and it wasn’t me)…farting commenced.
There…everyone feels better now.
Then we went outside, which is much better than inside.
The River Lea…
The tea selection at the little café where the *boat people* drink tea.
Stuck on the wrong side of the fence…literally and metaphorically…
This isn’t going to end well, is it?
Wait! You’re the one stuck *inside* the fence. Out here, I can chase swans…
Well, enough of that. Let’s go back home for some more Chapi.
from above the Oktoberfest
Bavaria and her lion
Isn’t she gaww-juss? My girl Bavaria. I like ’em big, you know. And her lion? I could let her stick around for the lion alone.
My band and I went to the Oktoberfest yesterday morning, but my hounds Ella and Louis insisted on accompanying us, so we knew we wouldn’t be actually going down to the Wies’n. Instead, our plan was to stay up above on the hill with the Bavaria statue whose photo you see above.
So, how does the world’s biggest folk festival look from up there? Let me show you.
Frauenkirche and Löwenbräu
That’s Munich’s Frauenkirche with her two Turms (towers) on the left, and then the Löwenbräu Festzelt on the right.
A huge Maß of Paulaner in the distance
A lot of Munich’s architecture is inspired by the Greeks. Take for example these columns on the hill above the Wies’n. I’ll talk more about that in a later post, but I just liked this photo because it’s got the two images juxtaposed.
all the owners of the tents listed in one place
These guys make a killing every year. The turnover in each tent would astound you. It’s a massive economic surge to the city of Munich. The locals complain about how the Volksfest seems more for tourists every year, but they cannot deny the financial benefit to not just the people who make beer, but to the entire local tourism industry and limitless other local businesses.
St Paul’s from the European Patent Office
If you read/look at more of my Oktoberfest posts, you’ll see that I’m obsessed with this church. I could take photos of it every single day. More soon…
pig saves kid
I don’t really know what to do with this, so I’ll simply post it. It pleases me to no end. Purportedly, pigs are rather clever. This one’s no exception.
