A happy and healthy new week with some vertical shots from Saturday’s excursion to the old town of Passau:
I love Passau, it a great old town. Especially impressive, when you walk along the river and you see the little plaques way above your head that mark the high water levely of floods over the last hundred years or so!
There is a lovely point, where you can stand and watch the Donau and the Ilz(?) flow into one another, a real maelstrom at the best of times.
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An unusually warm November weekend in New England (75F/23C) made it a good day for a family bike ride.
Yes, Americans are a patriotic lot, but this actually at a seaside memorial for veterans, hence the flags.
And this a small Japanese Maple in our yard that has somehow kept most of its leaves.
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The maple is lovely. We have a red maple in our garden.
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I am digging the symmetry in that flag photo. Nice composition.
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Indeed! The highest watermark measured at the city hall is from 1503. Just a few inches below, there’s one from 2013. 500-year-high-water just a few years back…
There is a lovely point, where you can stand and watch the Donau and the Ilz(?) flow into one another, a real maelstrom at the best of times.
Ilz is correct (had to double check) but we sadly only stayed on the main island. It was a very calm day, too, however.
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Is that a folly? It seems to have no depth.
Okay, Passau is added to my post Covid list. It looks as if it would be a good add on for my trip to Zagreb.
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The “castle” in the picture is actually a Gatehouse for an executive of the Standard Oil Company built long ago. It is named Squire’s Castle named after the executive. the rest of the estate was never built.
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Sich a shell of a building of cables a folly in English.
Very nice photo. I love the subdued colours, really atmospheric.
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You’re winding me up now 
No, honest. I really like that photo!
It’s actually B&W below the horizon. The muddy grass on the hills was all the same colour and didn’t really add anything.
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Breathtaking! Due to the photography, the view and my current fitness.
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