Tag: #weekend sky

Not the April I’m Used to

April is supposed to be fickle with four seasons in one day, possibly on repeat. It hasn’t been that way recently – it’s been warm (too warm, 25° C) with a cloudless blue sky. I’m not complaining it’s gorgeous but I’m aprehensive about the climate and the future. This was taken in our backyard. The old cherry tree is blooming like crazy.

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A Sky to Meet an Emperor

We’ve had a few glorious days this week. Blue skies, no clouds. And I was reading Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver with our grandson. And Luke says that on the day he wants to meet the Emperor of Mandala. And a blue sky like that is often called Kaiserwetter (although Kaiser means emperor I think a fit translation would be “royal weather”).

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Hang Gliding Season is upon Us again

That was last weekend, to be honest. This weekend it’s sleet and grey and cold. Actually we woke up to more snow than we have seen these past six month. Winter is making a last stand although I think it’s like in Goethe’s Faust: “winter downward sends an impotent shower of icy hail”. At least, I hope so.

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The Sun Drowning in Sahara Dust

Tonight when I was looking from the Odenwald towards the Pfälzer Wald (40-50km as the crow flies) it was a quite unusual combination of clear views (it is not always possible to see the hills on the other side of the Rhine Valley, let alone see the wind generators) and the Sahara dust in the air making for a spectacular sunset.

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