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: Location: Oberwesel Height: 85,9 Coordinates: 50,11 - 7,73

: Saturday trip The months of May/June bring a pleasingly high concentration of public holidays. We are starting the …

: Lemon Dill Labneh #recipe Ingredients Labneh from 500 g of Greek/Turkish yoghurt 1/2 Amalfi lemon 1/2 bunch of dill …

: Location: Lunke (Longerich) Height: 45,1 Coordinates: 51 - 6,9

: Some thoughts on the Schwebebahn #Schwebebahn Wikipedia In no particular order. Clearly parking cars are not an issue. Punctuality is …

: Location: Vohwinkel, Endhaltestelle Schwebebahn Height: 170,8 Coordinates: 51,23 - 7,07

: Location: Wuppertal-Vohwinkel Height: 174,4 Coordinates: 51,23 - 7,07

: Location: Haan Height: 161,8 Coordinates: 51,21 - 7

: Goulash Flamande #recipe Ingredients 1,2 kg beef, cubed 1 kg leeks, sliced 1 head of new garlic 5 pointed peppers 700 …

: Bread Rolls Ingredients 340 g water (lukewarm) 15 g fresh yeast (or 5 g dry yeast) 10 g salt 455 g wheat flour …

: It just occurred to me, from some decades of experience Project Management is about creating …

: On our travel - Lüneburg Heath Easter Monday we set out on a trip to Lüneburg Heath, that was supposed to be four days of cycling. …

: Location: Lüneburg Height: 14,8 Coordinates: 53,25 - 10,42

: Location: Bispingen Height: 87,6 Coordinates: 53,09 - 9,99

: Location: Essel Height: 23 Coordinates: 52,7 - 9,69

: Location: Bielefeld Height: 96,3 Coordinates: 52,02 - 8,63

: Used Haiku 24/04/23: A haiku a day is not an easy habit to maintain I find 23/04/23: A breadroll morning …

: Blueberry Sorbet #sorbet #sorbetto #recipe #blueberries 600 g blueberries 200 g sugar (sugar syrup) …

: Location: Boppard Height: 403 Coordinates: 50,21 - 7,55

: Location: Boppard Height: 78,5 Coordinates: 50,23 - 7,59

: Sauce Remoulade #recipe 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 egg yolk 2 cloves garlic 1 baked onion 1 0,15 …

: Butterflies #schmetterlinge #papillon #farfalla #butterfly Pictures from a visit in the Eifalia …

: shiny

: re: www.zahr.koeln/2023/03/1… this basically works, but needs a lot more concentrated …

: Icecream Test #recipe #icecream #custard #blackberry Todays custard based ice cream is a test, as …

: Couch upgraded with my daughter. Pipe insulation, T-profile, wooden shelve. Home engineering. 📷 …

: Note to self #DeepL eats trailing spaces! I wrote up a recipe this morning and had DeepL translate …

: Cream goulash #recipe #RahmGulasch #pork #gulash 2500 g pork goulash 1000 g onions, sliced 1200 ml …

: Obsidian Sync Today had a big DUH MOMENT regarding Obsidian synching on IOS. Because I’m used to it, I …

: Orange vinaigrette #recipe 20 g white wine vinegar 80 g olive oil 100 g orange juice 1 teaspoon salt …

: Spiced butter #recipe 1 red chilli 1 sprig rosemary 1 sprig thyme 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 2 …

: Pancake recipe I needed (read that as wanted) to make a lot of pancakes, I also wanted to use some buckwheat in the …

: Apple Silicon Line Up #AppleSilicon I found myself a bit confused about the reviews of the newest Apple computers. As …

: Location: Koblenz Height: 57,7 Coordinates: 50,36 - 7,59

: Location: Boppard Height: 402,9 Coordinates: 50,21 - 7,54

: Location: Cadzand Height: 9,7 Coordinates: 51,38 - 3,38

: Due to weather we went to #Sluis. Too much rain for kites. #travel #photo

: Location: Sluis Height: 5,4 Coordinates: 51,31 - 3,38

: #Lille #travel #photo Very rainy and windy day. NOT the right weather for pictures

: Location: Lille Height: 22,9 Coordinates: 50,63 - 3,06

: Location: Cadzand Height: 6,4 Coordinates: 51,38 - 3,38

: So that was day one in #DeHaan If I trust the weather report, always a bit iffy on the Northsea …

: Location: De Haan Height: 6 Coordinates: 51,28 - 3,03

: Location: De Haan Height: -32,4 Coordinates: 51,28 - 3,06

: #Christmas Garden @ Cologne Zoo Illumination in the zoological gardens

: Location: Köln, Zoo Height: 49,8 Coordinates: 50,96 - 6,97

: Location: Köln Height: 53,7 Coordinates: 50,94 - 6,96

: Sauerbraten f/u #recipe In www.zahr.koeln/2022/12/1… I put the beef into the marinade. Today …

: Sauerbraten So, Cristmas Lunch prep done. #Sauerbraten #recipe 2.5 kg of beef (leg) will marinate for a week in …

: Cemetery (the rest of the lot?) #photography #cemetery #NordfriedhofKöln

: Cemetery #cemetery #photography #NordfriedhofKöln

: Gänseschmalz - Goose fat Poured into an ice cube bag yesterday, now going from fridge to freezer. …

: Autumn #photography

: Braised Savoy Cabbage Salsicca or Rhenish Coarse Sausage, 5 links, filling off Chopped onions, …

: Sunday Dinner Potatoes, 1 kg Carrots, 1 kg Onions, 2 Sausage, 5 (Grobe Bratwurst) Rosemary Thyme …

: Some commitments are way easier than other Eg having at least one, ideally two good cups of coffee …

: Christmas Trees, erection of, time of Hereabouts (Rhineland) you put up your tree somewhere between …

: Stable Diffusion Prompt: Great greek temple, overlooking mediteranean harbour, hyper realistic, …

: Un Bocca della verita

: Decided to stop posting on Twitter. I’ll keep lurking a while. Mastodon handle in bio. So long …

: Started to put this on our office doors - safety first

: Does this look like Düsseldorf?

: Taking part in a fire alarm at work

: Sun set over the Chorbusch

: Location: Zons Height: 41,8 Coordinates: 51,12 - 6,85

: Twitter / Mastodon I have been crossposting to mastodon (social) since apparently 2018, with the odd interaction and …

: Grefrath open-air museum Pictures from the #tannery

: Focaccia molto crocante 1 #focaccia not quite the intention ↩︎

: #autumn

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 10 - Vincent Van Gogh #ai_art #stable_diffusion

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 9 - Picasso #ai_art #stable_diffusion

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 8 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio #ai_art …

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 7 - Michelangelo Buonarotte #ai_art …

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 6 Leonardo da Vinci #ai_art #stable_diffusion

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 5 Jan Vermeer #ai_art #stable_diffusion

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 4 Frida Kahlo #ai_art #stable_diffusion

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 3 Diego Velazquez #ai_art #stable_diffusion

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 2 Claude Monet #ai_art #stable_diffusion

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters - No 1 Albrecht Dürer #ai_art #stable_diffusion

: A bridge over troubled water by 10 painters As seems to be the vogue, I have been playing around …

: Location: München Height: 528 Coordinates: 48,14 - 11,7

: Recipe frozen yoghurt So, now we have a working recipe for frozen yoghurt. We use 300 g of Greek or …

: #tree #autumn no 10

: #autumn #tree no 9

: #tree #autumn no 8

: #autumn #tree no 7

: #tree #autumn no 6

: #autumn #tree no 5

: #tree #autumn no 4

: #autumn #tree no 3

: #tree #autumn no 2

: #autumn #tree no 1

: Some quick thoughts on Stage Manager on iPad OS 16 Jason Snell on Macworld explains the issue from …

: New camera Over the last few years, basically since the iPhone XS, I took a lot of pictures with …

: Location: Ernst Height: 88,6 Coordinates: 50,14 - 7,23

: Location: Münstermaifeld Height: 244 Coordinates: 50,25 - 7,36

: Location: Gedeonseck Height: 255,6 Coordinates: 50,25 - 7,57

: Location: Bad Münster am Stein Height: 172,4 Coordinates: 49,81 - 7,84

: 4 Gradierwerke(*) in Bad Kreuznach (*) graduation works or thorn houses Today for inhalation …

: Location: Bad Kreuznach Height: 107,9 Coordinates: 49,83 - 7,85

: København #travel

: København #travel

: København #travel

: København #travel

: Göteborg #travel

: Göteborg #travel

: Location: Wiesbaden Height: 123,9 Coordinates: 50,08 - 8,24

: Location: Kiel Height: 2,3 Coordinates: 54,33 - 10,15

: Location: København - Nordhavn Height: 2,9 Coordinates: 55,71 - 12,62

: Århus #travel

: Århus #travel

: Århus #travel

: Århus

: Århus

: Århus

: Århus, Den Gamle By

: Århus, Den Gamle By

: Århus, Den Gamle By

: Århus, Den Gamle By

: Århus, Den Gamle By

: Location: Göteborg Height: 1,8 Coordinates: 57,69 - 11,82

: Location: Aarhus - Knebel Height: 2,2 Coordinates: 56,15 - 10,34

: Skärgården

: Skärgården

: Stockholm, Djurgården

: Waxholm

: Stockholm

: Off Helsinki

: Helsinki

: 2 days ago Location: Stockholm Height: 12,2 Coordinates: 59,37 - 18,05

: Gdańsk, Poland

: Gdańsk, Motlava, Poland

: Visby, Gotland, Sweden

: Tallinn, Estonia

: Tallinn, Estonia

: Location: Helsinki Height: 50,2 Coordinates: 60,15 - 24,92

: Location: Tallinn Height: 13,1 Coordinates: 59,45 - 24,8

: Location: Visby Height: 5,3 Coordinates: 57,64 - 18,29

: Location: Gdańsk Height: 5,2 Coordinates: 54,35 - 18,65

: Location: Gdańsk Oliwa Height: 6,3 Coordinates: 54,4 - 18,68

: Location: Sopot Height: 21,1 Coordinates: 54,42 - 18,56

: Location: Gdingen Height: 39,9 Coordinates: 54,5 - 18,54

: Location: Gdynia Harbour Height: -5,4 Coordinates: 54,53 - 18,55

: #baltic Drinks In the evening sun

: Location: Off Sassnitz/Rügen Height: 1,6 Coordinates: 54,71 - 13,71

: #baltic ship’s arrived during the night

: Location: Kiel Height: 38,8 Coordinates: 54,32 - 10,14

: Location: Tecklenburg Height: 111,7 Coordinates: 52,23 - 7,88

: Location: Pulheim Height: 47 Coordinates: 51,02 - 6,82

: Benrather Lichterfest Lichterfest. Schloss Benrath is a baroque pleasure palace, and as such for Cologners a bit suspect. …

: Location: Benrath, Palace concert & illumination Height: 38,6 Coordinates: 51,16 - 6,87

: Burger Sauce #burger_sauce #recipe 2 parts tsatsiki 1 part Hela Curry Gewürzketchup 1 part sauce …

: Dinner #focaccia salad #pork

: #foccacia - a bit on the dark side

: Flora, Köln #flora

: #ferry

: Marinade for chicken 1 lemon, zest of 1 lemon, juice of 3-6 cloves of garlic rosemary, finely …

: Salted Wood #gradierwerk

: Gradierwerk Salzkotten #gradierwerk

: Location: Salzkotten Height: 100,3 Coordinates: 51,67 - 8,6

: Location: Schloss Neuhaus Height: 104,2 Coordinates: 51,74 - 8,71

: Location: Paderborn Height: 110 Coordinates: 51,72 - 8,75

: Focaccia #focaccia

: Schloss Laach, Monheim/Rhein #cycling Updated www.zahr.koeln/2020/12/2…

: Who would’ve known. M1 MacMini faster than a 2011 I7 MacMini. New (refurb) server serving …

: Tiles of Lisbon 7/7 #tiles #lisbon

: Tiles of Lisbon 6/7 #tiles #lisbon

: Tiles of Lisbon 5/7 #tiles #lisbon

: Tiles of Lisbon 4/7 #tiles #lisbon

: Tiles of Lisbon 3/7 #tiles #lisbon

: Tiles of Lisbon 2/7 #tiles #lisbon

: Tiles of Lisbon 1/7 #tiles #lisbon

: Muttertag - Aufanische Matronen #mothersday

: Machinery Put some old photos from visits to industriemuseum.lvr.de/de/starts… on Glass. The …

: Just in case, I’m @tho99 also on mastodon.social and on glass.photo

: Location: Kranenburg Height: 9 Coordinates: 51,79 - 6,01

: Location: Kleve Height: 39,1 Coordinates: 51,79 - 6,14

: Location: Gennep Height: 13,2 Coordinates: 51,7 - 5,97

: Location: Kevelaer Height: 22,3 Coordinates: 51,58 - 6,24

: Kevelaer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keve… Not sure if I „approve“. But am clearly lacking any …

: Colonia Ulpia Traiana #CUT #APX

: Location: Xanten Height: 24 Coordinates: 51,66 - 6,45

: Location: Colonia Ulpia Traiana Height: 22,9 Coordinates: 51,67 - 6,45

: Graduation works

: Brassica Nepus

: First #wildgarlic pesto of the year, done, 3 glasses. Lot more where that came from. #bärlauchpesto

: No. 14.2022 #spelt #sourdough

: Live concerts seen Alte Bekannte AnnenMayKantereit BAP Birth Control Black Fööss Brinks Chris de …

: I had tried a baking method where you start the loaf / baking tin in a cold oven. Good rise, but, in …

: No. 13.2022 #sourdough #spelt a bake on the dark side

: Thyme, sage and oregano added to the rosemary in the herb garden. Just in time for spring…

: 3rd batch #tangerine #jam

: No 12.2022 #sourdough

: Almost sprung #spring

: Some people are crazy - the two shops we normally go to were sold out of vegetable oil and most …

: No 11.2022 #sourdough #spelt - fairly flat without the tin

: Symptoms: headache, runny nose, sore throat, coughing fits, aching limbs. Braucht kein Mensch

: No 10.2022 #sourdough #spelt - getting there

: Still not at anything close to a clear view on #putins_war but some things are clear Ukraine is a …

: No 09.2022 #sourdough #spelt - more a flow than a rise

: There’s the bubbly stuff #spelt #sourdough

: Finished reading: Man of High Empire by Roy K. Gibson 📚 cool. Puts the man in his time and place. …

: No 08.2022 #sourdough #spelt

: No 07.2022 #spelt #sourdough

: Perpetrated another batch of #tangerine #jam which nicely alliterates to Mandarinenmarmelade in …

: No 06.2022 #spelt #sourdough

: No 05.2022 #spelt #sourdough the good oven spring rerouted some of the dough

: No 04.2022 #sourdough #spelt bursting the seams

: No 03.2022 #spelt #sourdough went with the flow

: Update to my #spelt #sourdough #recipe See www.zahr.koeln/2021/12/2… Upped water to 260 g

: No 02.2022 #sourdough #spelt great oven spring

: #tangerine_jam #jam #marmalade

: #windmill

: St Martinus From the 11th century with a late gothic update, in the neighbouring village.

: No 01.2022 #sourdough #spelt

: Another #Tree

: E. made a #Neujahrszopf

: No 44.2021 #sourdough #spelt and new „tin“

: The mighty #duck waiting for its spot in the <sun/oven>

: #pizza

: #pizza #dough - not long now

: #Pizza #dough for tonight, biga overnight

: Spelt sourdough update While the bread went through 40+ iterations I didn’t update the recipe. My bread idea has always …

: #Tree 24/24

: No 43.2021 #sourdough #spelt

: #Tree 23/24

: #Tree 22/24

: No 42.2021 #spelt #sourdough VERY dark, but not (quite) burned

: #Tree 21/24

: #Tree 20/24

: #Tree 19/24

: #Tree 18/24

: #Tree 17/24

: No 41.2021 #spelt #sourdough

: #Tree 16/24

: #Tree 15/24

: #Tree 14/24

: #Tree 13/24

: #Tree 12/24

: #Tree 11/24

: #Tree 10/24

: No. 40/2021 #spelt #sourdough #overproved

: #Tree 9/24

: #Tree 8/24

: #Tree 7/24

: #Tree 6/24

: #BakedApple #Roses

: #Tree 5/24

: #Tree 4/24

: #Tree 3/24

: #Focaccia

: No. 39/2021 #spelt #sourdough

: #Tree 2/24

: #Tree 1/24

: Going fast #spelt #sourdough

: No 38.2021 #spelt #sourdough

: No 37.2021 #spelt #sourdough - was a bit over proofed

: #spelt #sourdough ready to bake

: No. 36.2021 #sourdough

: No 35.2021 #spelt #sourdough

: Nordfriesland 3

: Nordfriesland 2

: Location: Friedrichstadt Height: 1,8 Coordinates: 54,37 - 9,09

: Nordfriesland #wattenmeer #waddenzee

: Location: Sankt Peter-Ording Height: 5 Coordinates: 54,31 - 8,61

: Location: Ehrenbreitstein Height: 181,6 Coordinates: 50,37 - 7,62

: Location: Boppard Height: 70,5 Coordinates: 50,23 - 7,59

: No 35.2021 #spelt #sourdough My starter didn’t like the break, less rise than usual. Hydration …

: Location: Mannheim Height: 104,8 Coordinates: 49,48 - 8,46

: Location: Hitdorf Height: 41,9 Coordinates: 51,06 - 6,92

: Location: Leverkusen Height: 49,2 Coordinates: 51,03 - 6,97

: No 34.2021 #spelt #sourdough

: Location: Schloss Türnich Height: 85 Coordinates: 50,86 - 6,74

: No 33.2021 #spelt #sourdough

: Update I dropped the hydration in my spelt #sourdough recipe from 75%, which yielded an extremely …

: Haus Orr Renovations

: Tag des offenen Denkmals 2021 In beautiful sunshine we cycled to the two closest monuments. First to Haus Arff, a maison des …

: Location: Haus Orr Height: 46,3 Coordinates: 51,01 - 6,83

: Location: Haus Arff Height: 43,7 Coordinates: 51,05 - 6,82

: No 32.2021 #sourdough #spelt

: Abtei Tholey From 634, though today’s buildings seem more baroque and gothic. Closed by Napoleon in …

: Location: Saarschleife Height: 382 Coordinates: 49,5 - 6,54

: Location: Tholey Height: 142,3 Coordinates: 50,19 - 7,47

: Location: Eckmühle Height: 142,3 Coordinates: 50,19 - 7,47

: Freilichtmuseum Lindlar Rope makers shop

: Freilichtmuseum Lindlar Nice museum, focussing on the Bergische Land area.

: Location: Lindlar Height: 198,4 Coordinates: 51,01 - 7,36

: No 31.2021 #sourdough #spelt

: Aschaffenburg

: Location: Aschaffenburg Height: 138 m Coordinates: 49.97 - 9.14

: Celtic hillfort museum Glauberg

: Waldgirmes horse head (bronze) @ Römerkastell Saalburg

: Römerkastell Saalburg Reconstructed Roman cohort camp Saalburg, near Bad Homburg. Wilhelm II was a …

: Location: Glauberg Height: 213 Coordinates: 50,31 - 9,01

: Location: Saalburg Height: 422,9 Coordinates: 50,27 - 8,57

: Bad Orb - Gradierwerk

: Location: Bad Orb - Gradierwerk Height: 184,3 Coordinates: 50,22 - 9,35

: Location: Bad Orb Height: 168,5 Coordinates: 50,23 - 9,35

: No 30.2021 #spelt #sourdough has done its thing

: No 30.2021 is doing its thing, before going into the oven

: No 29.2021 #spelt #sourdough Almost no oven spring this time, the starter was bubbly, as was the …

: #tree

: No 28.2021 #sourdough #spelt A little (50 ml) less water because spelt. Also, the last one was a …

: Family seems to like it #spelt #sourdough

: No 27.2021 #sourdough #spelt

: Hiking at the Mosella, view to the Eifel

: Fridays #focaccia in all its glory. The taste was good, the rise not so much.

: No 26.2021 #sourdough #spelt

: Spelt sourdough part 2 #sourdough #recipe 200 g starter (100 g spelt flour, 100 g water) 500 g spelt …

: Baking with spelt My #sourdough starter seems to like spelt. Good rise in the starter. The dough is …

: #apricot_jam

: No 25.2021 a #sourdough boule

: Great #ragu. Minced beef, sausage meat, a sofrito, tomato paste, chilli salt, red wine and milk. …

: Focaccia #sourdough it was too hot for normal bread

: No 24.2021 #sourdough

: Dinner is being prepared #homemade_pasta (daughter) #panzanella #tomato_sauce #lentil_roast (wife)

: Roman Statues

: #pinguins

: Quick #focaccia

: No 23.2021 - my #sourdough mojo is gone

: I know where my (lilac smelling) towel is #the_glorious_25th_of_may #towel_day

: Dinner prep #porchetta, #focaccia and salad

: 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons Unavailable due to privacy invasive business model is what …

: No 22.2021 #sourdough - return of the sideburst

: Marvelous. The first hay fever attack of the year. #sneezing

: Location: Pulheim Height: 110,2 Coordinates: 50,95 - 6,76

: Yellow

: No 21.2021 #sourdough - for once without sideburst

: Cycling trip While the sun was shining we cycled to the Alte Schloss in Grevenbroich, another one …

: Location: Grevenbroich - Altes Schloss Height: 52,3 Coordinates: 51,09 - 6,59

: Cycling trip along the Wupper Industrial remains, river banks, half timbered houses, gastronomy …

: Location: Müngstener Brücke Height: 104,9 Coordinates: 51,16 - 7,13

: No 20.2021 #sourdough return of the rise

: Very Cool Internal Combustion Engine – Bartosz Ciechanowski

: Cycling Trip to Cherry Blossoms and Lilac Bonner Münster, Südstadt, Kessenich, Konrad Adenauer …

: No 19.2021 #sourdough this time the rise didn’t come

: Yesterday’s hike in the Schwalm valley

: No 17.2021 #sourdough

: Railroad Track Cycling No 2 Another leg of the same track we took earlier this week. NW 1.02a Viersen-Dülken – …

: Railroad Track Cycling Over the last two years we discovered the joy of converted railway lines. Yesterday we went from …

: The farm where we buy seasonal stuff is preparing this years oil. Great in a #pesto with parsley, …

: No 16.2021 #sourdough

: Vacation! Nice cycling trip. We crossed the Rhine with the ferry at Langel and returned to our bank via the …

: No 15.2021 #sourdough

: No 14.2021 #sourdough

: Daughter baked an „Osterzopf“

: No 13.2021 from one side a bit tame wild oven spring from the other side #soudough

: Good (Friday) cycling tour We cycled to Schloss Hülchrath today. Nice tour, but after 4 days of glorious sun today it was …

: Lorry sign of the week: 50 Jahre Innovation in Kalbfleisch

: It’s that time of the year again. Wild Garlic (Allium Ursinum) is spreading in the garden. To …

: No 12.2021 #sourdough - last time the cust was VERY crusty, so baked a bit shorter this time.

: We took out the bikes. Glorious sun, spring having sprung. But it was COLD. Good to be cycling …

: No 11.2021 - #sourdough

: and done #focaccia

: #focaccia waiting for the oven

: No 10.2021 #sourdough - need to work on that rise, otherwise tasty

: Dinner: Lemon risotto with prawns

: This cloud makes me shiver

: Sitting in the garden, getting some sun, reading a book …

: And hike I did. Very nice in the sun, quite chilly in the shadow.

: There’s a bit of a moral dilemma this morning. I’d like to take the bike for a spin. The sun is …

: No 9.2021 #sourdough is quite different. The difference started with me grabbing the wrong organic …

: #sourdough has done its thing

: Focaccia - not a #sourdough, but pre-fermented over night in the fridge.

: No 08.2021 #sourdough

: No 7.2021 - a bit smaller rise, didn’t refresh last week, but very tasty #sourdough

: Madness, same as yesterday, just in the north of #cologne instead of the south. Still the #rhine …

: Nice, though bloody cold, walk #rhine #cologne

: Some of the flood barriers still in place #rhine #cologne

: Some #flowers

: Liking the crumb of no 6.2021 #sourdough

: No 6.2021 #sourdough

: yesssss

: Late season nativity One of our Christmas traditions has been to visit various churches in Cologne during Advent and the …

: Semi failed focaccia … tastes good though

: No 5.2021 Another #sourdough I let the dough ferment at about 35 C in the oven

: 3-4 cm fresh snow this morning

: Update on No 3.2021. Quite good crust and open crumb. The crust was quite a bit thinner than on the …

: First outing of the new #sourdough starter. No 4.2021

: New #sourdough starter is active. It has done its thing and dough has been mixed.

: Sauerbraten Did this last weekend. Where I live I have two choices in making Sauerbraten 1, either buy the meat …

: While I’m starting a new #sourdough starter, I did a „normal“ loaf. Looks good. Now need to let it …

: Had to start a „normal“ bread while I start the new #sourdough. Will let the dough ferment outside …

: For some unknown reason my #sourdough (organic rye) fell ill. The colour turned reddish, the smell …

: Hike in the woods We drove to Schloss Ehreshoven and did a hike around the Agger reservoir 1. Nice hike. The Schloss, …

: Location: Engelskirchen (Schloss Ehreshoven) Height: 109,1 Coordinates: 50,97 - 7,34

: Pancake, crepe, galette 100g plain flour 100g buckwheat flour 3 eggs, lightly beaten About 500ml …

: No. 2.2021 #sourdough

: (Blender) Hollandaise Am going to try this today. Basically blend the yolks with the salt, pepper, …

: About 3 minutes of snow, perhaps half a millimetre. #snow

: No 1.2021 I wonder what I need to do for more consistency? Otherwise, a nice #sourdough loaf.

: Decade Book Started year 4 in my “decade book”. Elisabeth gave me the book for Christmas 2017 and I …

: Lasagna

: Really the last one Good rise in the fridge, but deflated a bit on the way to the oven. Nice crust though. #sourdough

: Photo review 2020 - December The photos from December I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - November The photos from November I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - October The photos from October I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - September The photos from September I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - August The photos from August I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - July The photos from July I liked the most

: Vacation The vacation is continuing, I’m feeling less stressed. I sleep better and longer. More …

: Last sourdough of the year?

: Photo review 2020 - June The photos from June I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - May The photos from May I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - April The photos from April I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - March The photos from March I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - February The photos from February I liked the most

: Photo review 2020 - January The photos from January I liked most

: Quite chuffed … and the year isn’t quite over yet … #cycling 🚲

: Red Cabbage Just so I remember: Fry onions and apples in, preferably, goose fat. Add Preiselbeeren …

: Schloss Eicherhof Schloss Eicherhof Crossed the Rhine with the ferry at Langel and then up to Leichlingen in the …

: Location: Leichlingen (Rheinland) (Schloss Eicherhof) Height: 59,8 Coordinates: 51,11 - 7,01

: Brexit If Brexit has done one thing it has cured me of Anglophilia. There is now no chance of me going back …

: Ready for Christmas #sourdough

: Good day 40 km cycling trip with my wife, got home just before the rain made 21 Rouladen with the daughter …

: Schlösser Cycling Tours On our hunt for nice cycling tours we found a list on rheinland.info listing all the Schlösser 1in …

: Upped the volume #sourdough

: Another tour, another Schloss Today we took the Zons ferry and cycled on to Schloss Benrath Again, only 20 km from home. #cycling

: Location: Düsseldorf (Schloss Benrath) Height: 40,3 Coordinates: 51,16 - 6,87

: Tree is up As per family tradition we put up the tree on the fourth Advent.

: They keep on eating them #sourdough

: Cycling to Schloss Frens Another Schloss, again within 20 km from home. Renessaince (Dutch style) architecture. Not open to …

: Location: Bergheim (Schloss Frens) Height: 71,2 Coordinates: 50,93 - 6,7

: There seem to be quite a few of them A cycling trip to Schloss (Museum) Morsbroich. Ca 20 km from home on the other side of the Rhine. …

: Can’t stop #sourdough

: Cycling to Schloss Loersfeld #cycling

: Location: Kerpen (Schloss Loersfeld) Height: 76,6 Coordinates: 50,89 - 6,7

: Bread Yesterday’s sourdough was quite successful, so successful that I had to make another one.

: Did it again #sourdough

: More sourdough

: Bicycle Tour from castle to castle along the Erft Saturdays tour started at Schloss Bedburg and followed the Erft up to Schloss Paffendorf and on to …

: Location: Bergheim Height: 72,1 Coordinates: 50,96 - 6,64

: Location: Bergheim (Schloss Paffendorf) Height: 63,6 Coordinates: 50,96 - 6,61

: Kloster Langwaden & Schloss Hülchrath Nice walk today …

: Crumb is ok My sourdough is going sideways, but the crumb is ok

: Yesterday's tour: NW 4.05 Kohlenbahn: Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen – Sprockhövel – Hattingen Very cool tour, map, 22 km one way. We went Wuppertal - Hattingen - Wuppertal. There would have been …

: Cycling on an old railway line Build to transport coal / iron from Hattingen to Wuppertal and …

: Location: Hattingen Height: 82,3 Coordinates: 51,39 - 7,18

: Location: Wuppertal Height: 266,7 Coordinates: 51,31 - 7,24

: My sourdough is going sideways Two choices - declare victory with this recipe or - rework to get …

: Another one

: Sourdough Method Update Started the autolyse with about 10 minutes worth of kneading and then let …

: Hiking the Ehrbachklamm Schloß Schöneck to Brodenbach

: Location: Ehrbachklamm Height: 178,2 Coordinates: 50,18 - 7,48

: Hiking in the Rhinevalley Two different castles, Reichenstein and Rheinstein. We also crossed 50 …

: 50 degrees north

: Location: Trechtingshausen Height: 79,6 Coordinates: 50 - 7,86

: Location: Trechtingshausen Height: 203,7 Coordinates: 49,99 - 7,86

: Cycling Trip Saturday We drove East to the Rhine, then followed it downriver, skipping some of the bends. Worringen, Zons, …

: Sourdough Method Update While the starter did it’s thing I mixed the flour (250g Semola, 250g Double Zero) with the …

: Sourdough, this time a darker bake

: Slight tweak in the mix

: More sourdough This time in a loaf tin. #recipe

: Sourdough again Upped the hydration to 70%. Fermentation at room temperature. Bigger rise. #recipe

: Addendum www.zahr.koeln/2020/10/2… The starter is rye based. Mixed then fermented over night …

: New Sourdough Bread 200 g Semolina 300 g Farina 00 300 g Wasser 300 g Sourdough Starter 12 g Salt …

: Along the Via Agrippa

: Location: Nettersheim Height: 469,8 Coordinates: 50,48 - 6,62

: Location: Alsdorf Height: 174,9 Coordinates: 50,86 - 6,19

: Cycling vacation Now that we both have e-bike’s our driving radius got a lot bigger and the …

: Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden A Wuppertal mountaintop park filled with modern sculpture. Tony Cragg …

: Location: Wuppertal Height: 206,1 m Coordinates: 51,2537 -7,1674

: Kaiserpfalz Ingelheim The bits still there were preserved in 18th century houses, now removed. The …

: Mainz in the rain

: Location: Ingelheim am Rhein Height: 129,7 m Coordinates: 49,9783 -8,0728

: Location: Mainz Height: 86,8 m Coordinates: 49,9994 -8,274

: So, this didn’t work out so well. Due to Corona we were not able to see the exhibition …

: Today seems to be rain all the way. Yesterday we had long dry spells and used them for a short hike …

: Onion Jam

: This years apricot jam From about 2 kg of fruit. This should be enough for one year. We did …

: Some more salt Mini vacation drawing to the close

: Gemütlich #gemütlich

: Sunflowers & wine #pfalz

: Roman vineyard Partially reconstructed Roman vineyard, 250 to 450 ac. Near Ungstein.

: Klosterruine Seebach Disused since the mid sixteenths century today only the central nave of the …

: Schloss Hardenburg For some reason Napoleon didn’t like it

: Hambacher Schloss Since the Hambacher Fest in 1832 a symbol of democracy and unity. …

: Limburg Abbey Cornerstone set by Konrad II in 1025, Benedictine Abbey

: View from the top

: Roman Quarry - Kriemhildenstuhl Excavated in the late 30ies, coloured sandstone

: Some more salt

: Wooden railings Spruce, polished by hundreds of hands

: Gradierbau Saline Bad Dürkheim Dripping for your lungs

: Location: Bad Dürkheim Height: 116 m Coordinates: 49,47 - 8,17

: Grande Allee connecting Schloss Augustusburg and Schloss Falkenlust

: Schloss Augustusburg, Brühl Summer residence of the Elector of Cologne #augustusburg #brühl

: Haus Arff Small, baroque, moatless. Not too far from home.

: Snails under water Seem to like it though #garden #water #snail

: Schloss Türnich - one more #schlosstürnich

: Schloss Türnich A baroque moated castle, also a nice cafe

: Location: Erftstadt Height: 83 m Coordinates: 50,85 - 6,73

: Circumcycling Baldeney See #baldeneysee #cycling

: Location: Essen Height: 46,9 m Coordinates: 51,39 - 7

: Almost done #sommerkino #rockyhorror #rheinauhafen

: Almost starting #rheinauhafen #sommerkino #rockyhorror

: Location: Köln Height: 40,3 m Coordinates: 50,93 - 6,97

: Opening act #Rheinauhafen #rockyhorror #cologne

: Sunset over the Rheinauhafen Waiting for the Rocky Horror Picture Show to start screening …

: Campus Galli What an interesting project www.campus-galli.de #campusgalli

: Brioche Why isn’t it cool yet? #brioche

: Schloss Falkenlust, Brühl Small hunting lodge of the Elector Clemens August, Archbishop of Cologne …

: Niehl, Alt St. Katharina #Alt_St_Katharina

: Hills‘n trees (and clouds)

: Reconstructed Roman Mars Temple, Martberg, Mosella

: Location: Pommern Height: 272,3 m Coordinates: 50,18 - 7,29

: Location: Bad Kreuznach Height: 104,9 m Coordinates: 49,84 - 7,86

: Hike with castles

: Location: Bundenbach Height: 318,1 m Coordinates: 49,85 - 7,39

: Location: Traben-Trarbach Height: 154,9 m Coordinates: 49,93 - 7,11

: Poppies

: A walk in the hills and along a river

: Cycling to Zons #cycling

: Focaccia #focaccia

: Urban tree #tree

: Tree #tree

: Reopening First beer in a beer garden. Wonderful. Hopefully this keeps. Contact info to be left, go …

: Communication #tree

: Enough for a hedge #tree

: I like this one #tree

: Still another tree #tree

: And some more #tree

: More trees 10 years ago #tree

: Trees 12 years ago #tree

: Sauce Remoulade A new recipe, at least for me. Used it on fish (specifically rainbow trout) and as a burger sauce on …

: Sunset #sunset

: Another one #tree 7 years ago

: #Focaccia

: Not quite 8 years ago #trees in snow

: 9 years ago, last week, still pretty #trees

: Strategic Railroad Embankment Never used for trains, build between 1904 and 1916 Now a walking and …

: Focaccia #Focaccia

: Cycling

: New Helmet Lights

: In the forest Somebody has time on their hands, or kids to occupy. Looks neat.

: Osterzöpfe #osterzopf

: Spring has sprung

: First #Bärlauch (allium ursinum) #Pesto from our patch in the garden.

: Village church, Esch, close to Cologne

: Spelt, Tippo 00, Semolina, Kölsch, Sofritto, Sourdough, … lecker

: **Kölner Zoo

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: Focaccia The dough misbehaved, or did not add enough yeast yesterday. Anyway: 10 min at 250 C and 15 …

: Illumination Cologne Zoo - 2020 China Light

: Current Focaccia Recipe Pre Ferment 2 g dried yeast 100 g flour tippo 00 150 g water Mix and keep in …

: Bought a small (160 g) drone at Aldi. This one flies for 10 minutes and the remote connection has a …

: Battery in my 2010 MBP 13 swapped, should be good for another 10 years.

: Completely dazzled, upgraded the 2011 MacMini Server (5,3) to 16 GB ram and a 1 TB SSD. Positively …

: Location: Boppard Height: 420,8 m Coordinates: 50,21 - 7,56

: Gent #3

: Gent #2

: Gent #1

: Location: Gent Height: 4,9 m Coordinates: 51,05 - 3,73

: Current breadrecipe Pre ferment 100 g spelt flour 150 g water 3 g dried yeast Mix and keep in fridge for 10 to 12 hours …

: Location: Düren Height: 126,9 m Coordinates: 50,8 - 6,48

: Saturdays cycle trip

: Illumination Schloss Dyck

: Location: Neuss Height: 38,3 m Coordinates: 51,19 - 6,69

: Tag des offenen Denkmals / Open Monumenten Dag - Dombauhütte Köln

: Location: Pulheim Height: 44,5 m Coordinates: 51,02 - 6,82

: Location: Füssen Height: 804,2 m Coordinates: 47,57 - 10,7

: Location: Schwangau Height: 818,7 m Coordinates: 47,55 - 10,74

: Vacation #5

: Vacation #4

: Vacation #3

: Vacation #2

: Location: Kempten (Allgäu) Height: 694,8 m Coordinates: 47,73 - 10,32

: Vacation #1

: Location: Obermaiselstein Height: 870,9 m Coordinates: 47,45 - 10,24

: Jethro Tull at #Kunstrasen

: Jethro Tull at #Kunstrasen

: Jethro Tull at #Kunstrasen

: Jethro Tull at #Kunstrasen

: Fish at #Kunstrasen

: Fish at #Kunstrasen

: Fisch at #Kunstrasen

: Fish at #Kunstrasen

: Riverside at Kunstrasen

: Location: Brühl Height: 62,7 m Coordinates: 50,83 - 6,91

: Banana Butterfly

: Wasserfall Dreimühlen

: Well, well. Switching the mediaserver to a Synology was at the same time much easier and much more …

: we went hiking on Sunday

: Either I bit off more than I could chew or I blame the heatwave. Anyways, it‘s not working. Just …

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: Location: Pula Height: 6,3 m Coordinates: 44,87 - 13,84

: Location: Height: 27,6 m Coordinates: 45,02 - 14,24

: Location: Povljana Height: 32,5 m Coordinates: 44,34 - 15,08

: Location: Height: 31,2 m Coordinates: 43,05 - 15,14

: Location: Argostoli Height: -7,1 m Coordinates: 38,19 - 20,47

: Location: Height: -2,3 m Coordinates: 39,63 - 19,91

: Location: Korfu Height: 8,800000000000001 m Coordinates: 39,62 - 19,92

: Location: Trieste Height: 2,4 m Coordinates: 45,65 - 13,76

: Location: Ronchi dei Legionari Height: 27,5 m Coordinates: 45,83 - 13,51

: Location: Cervia Height: -5 m Coordinates: 44,25 - 12,37

: Location: Oberding Height: 444,1 m Coordinates: 48,36 - 11,79

: Freilichtmuseum Grefrath

: At the Donnerloch

: My new 4-liner @ Cadzand last week

: Location: Köln Height: 117,4 m Coordinates: 50,94 - 7,14

: Location: Köln Height: 62,7 m Coordinates: 50,93 - 6,88

: Köster, Hocker (Kruminga) @ Stadion

: Location: Retranchement Height: 3,2 m Coordinates: 51,37 - 3,37

: Location: Knokke-Heist Height: -0,9 m Coordinates: 51,32 - 3,29

: First lilacs

: Location: Boppard Height: 394,7 m Coordinates: 50,21 - 7,54

: Location: Garching Height: 483,8 m Coordinates: 48,24 - 11,64

: Location: Neuenstein Height: 345,7 m Coordinates: 49,21 - 9,640000000000001

: Todays mood

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: Ragu

: Good job I found my padded bycicle trousers, they make a nice difference on todays trip. Now having …

: Focaccia

: Location: Essen Height: 71,8 m Coordinates: 51,46 - 7,01

: So, ob tv d’r Zoch is on, so far in good weather

: Ok, Karneval coming up, vacation coming up, flu coming up. Spot the odd one out.

: Location: Troisdorf Height: 47,7 m Coordinates: 50,77 - 7,11

: Location: Borgo Panigale Height: 27,1 m Coordinates: 44,53 - 11,29

: Location: Kopenhagen Height: 0 m Coordinates: 55,67 - 12,57

: Location: Frankfurt am Main Height: 105,4 m Coordinates: 50,04 - 8,56

: Location: Pulheim Height: 44,2 m Coordinates: 51,02 - 6,82

: Location: Eschborn Height: 137,1 m Coordinates: 50,14 - 8,56

: Location: Köln Height: 48,7 m Coordinates: 50,94 - 6,96

: Pannekoekenvalley

: Bah, forgot the new kite at home. In other news, no wind to speak of

: Location: Julianadorp Height: -2,1 m Coordinates: 52,9 - 4,73

: Location: Roermond Height: 17,3 m Coordinates: 51,2 - 5,99

: Well, holidays done, first time without anybody left from my side of the family. Apart from that, …

: Focaccia con cipolle

: Found in the woods

: Location: Pulheim Height: 43,2 m Coordinates: 51,02 - 6,82

: Location: Borgo Panigale Height: 28,3 m Coordinates: 44,53 - 11,3

: First (light) snow of the year, considering we’re at 46 m, early

: Nice concert, vintage canzone from San Remo

: Weekend! Going to see Götz Alsmann and going to cook with the gang. Looking forward to everything.

: Blue sky, cold, counting down to holidays …

: Location: Boppard Height: 393,4 m Coordinates: 50,21 - 7,54

: I finally, prodded by scientists, wrestled my Micro.blog check in into form by rounding off the …

: Location: Borgo Panigale Height: 28,9 m Coordinates: 44,53 - 11,3

: Location: Alfonsine Height: -1,6 m Coordinates: 44,5 - 12,03

: Location: Ravenna Height: -6,20870508246476 m Coordinates: 44,42 - 12,16

: Location: Ravenna Height: -6,4 m Coordinates: 44.41, 12.20

: On offer: 1 impostor syndrome, cheap, collection only, …

: Location: Boppard Height: 393,4 m Coordinates: 50.21252705930643, 7.53765650380643

: Focaccia

: Location: Ravenna Height: -5,1 m Coordinates: 44.42198580805359, 12.16667025714203

: Location: Borgo Panigale Height: 107,5 m Coordinates: 44.53116464836053, 11.29652260091198

: Location: Eschborn Height: 142,9 m Coordinates: 50.14335340225777, 8.559373204176708

: Location: Kratzenburg Height: 420,1 m Coordinates: 50.20642391845182, 7.553357770758179

: Focaccia

: Location: Pulheim Height: 44,2 m Coordinates: 51.02335651859308, 6.821501205528112

: Location: Frankfurt am Main Height: -1 m Coordinates: 50.05025226413676, 8.569790157967118

: Location: Kratzenburg Height: 420 m Coordinates: 50.20648726655187, 7.553371896509074

: Location: Pulheim Height: 53 m Coordinates: 50.99878247036295, 6.80062021034196

: Ceramic Tiles, Lisbon

: Lisbon

: Location: Lissabon Bellem Height: 14 m Coordinates: 38.69851878293835, -9.205181181775194

: Location: Lissabon Height: 68,7 m Coordinates: 387.805.104.590.937,0, -9.138113452145339

: Location: Pulheim Height: 51,1978823902615 m Coordinates: 5.099.730.086.811.396,0, 6.797524002540031

: Focaccia Not quite as brilliant as hoped for, but quite good

: Location: Krefeld Height: 37,29 m Coordinates: 51.33191566122711, 6.560320085886746

: Location: Pulheim Height: 44,16 m Coordinates: 51.02342268202816, 6.821583016324686

: Location: Pulheim Height: 44,16 m Coordinates: 51.02342268202816, 6.821583016324686

: … vacation started - hurray