Monday, November 26, 2007

Germany's most disturbing underpass. WARNING!! Not for the faint hearted.

Would you use this underpass? Do you dare? It's not the other side you need to fear.


It looks safe. Think you can get to the other side without incident?


Take a closer look at the lights! Click on the picture to enlarge it. How many spiders do you see?


These are Germany's best fed spiders. And they are always hungry!!


Eine grosse Spinne.


Yum, yum, yum. I pity the fly or moth that heads for this light.



What song are these lines from?

on candystripe legs the spiderman comes
softly through the shadow of the evening sun
stealing past the windows of the blissfully dead
looking for the victim shivering in bed
searching out fear in the gathering gloom and
suddenly!
a movement in the corner of the room!
and there is nothing i can do
when i realize with fright
that the spiderman is having me for dinner tonight!

quietly he laughs and shaking his head
creeps closer now
closer to the foot of the bed
and softer than shadow and quicker than flies
his arms are all around me and his tongue in my eyes
"be still be calm be quiet now my precious boy
don't struggle like that or i will only love you more
for it's much too late to get away or turn on the light
the spiderman is having you for dinner tonight"

and i feel like i'm being eaten
by a thousand million shivering furry holes
and i know that in the morning i will wake up
in the shivering cold

and the spiderman is always hungry...

"Come into my parlour", said the spider to the fly... "I have something here for you"

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Lake Constance and its secrets.

Yes, the image is pretty. But, this lake has some secrets it tries to hide.

At the harbour, where this boat quietly rests, so does something else...

The water level has dropped over one meter in the last two months. The lake is giving up its secrets. Exhibit One: A bike at the bottom of the harbour!!

Exhibit Two: Two more bikes lying at the bottom of the harbour. People here refuse to discuss the Bikes!

Coming soon: Germany's most disturbing underpass!!

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Tower of Power?


Only this past week did I noticed this tower for the first time! It was only when the leaves had fallen from the trees that it was revealed to me. I decided to take a closer look...


A short trip up a small hill past some vineyards...



Built in 1909. Overlooking the town of Konstanz and Switerland and Austria. This was the era of the Wilheiminian Empire.


Bismark. The Iron Chancellor. Is this a monument to German unity or Imperialism?


Is that a representation of Bismark or some unforgiving god of war?


This is Konstanz below the tower. If you click on the picture you can see the Alps in the distance. On most days the Alps are hidden in fog, clouds or pollution.