A Forgotten Meeting
In 1812, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe met through Empress Marie Ludovika of Austria-Este in Teplice. This mural commemorates this meeting – and no, I do not know who the men to the left of Beethoven and Goethe are.
Water Play
There are thirteen years between the two sets of pictures. One set shows two brothers, the other a father and his son.
Osterland – Land in the East – Österreich
What do you mean, Austria?!
Lake Wolfgang 
Mountain inn Bliembauer in Altenmarkt 
Look towards Flachau 
Dachstein massif
Forward to the Past
with museums of all types.
We were in Plzeň at the weekend where we passed the General Patton Muzeum. I remembered other museums.
Mechanical Art & Design Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh Ethnographical Museum in Plzeň Fire Service Museum in Frankfurt Rabbi Dr. I.E. Lichtigfeld Museum in Michelstadt Museum of Local History in Schifferstadt
Cee’s Midweek Madness: Must Have Two Ms in the Word
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To Draw on
Axel Scheffler was in our town reading from The Gruffalo and other books he has illustrated with the author Julia Donaldson.
The pages of the book were shown on the electronic canvas behind him.
He then proceeded to use it as a traditional canvas to show how he draws the Gruffalo.
This picture is from Zog and the Flying Doctors. Seems like a curious cat.
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