Rike's Journal

I went to the Britzer Garten yesterday where they have display of dahlias at the moment and I took lots of pics of gorgeous flowers.

I love dahlias. They come in all colours from white to yellow to pink to orange to red so dark that they were almost black. And they come in all kinds of shapes, too.

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I talked to researchgrrrl just now and I've been telling her about my vacation in Istanbul pretty much until her phone battery gave out and that finally made me get off my butt and search out some of the pictures I took. So here are some unsorted impressions from that very pretty city.



( pics under the cut )

So last weekend was Berlin's annual Karneval der Kulturen (carneval of cultures), a big celebration of all the different people from different cultural backgrounds living in the city. There's a big street fair and a parade.

( beware, there are lots and lots of pics under the cut )

So this weekend the weather was gorgeous and I have a new fancy SLR. What does that mean? Right, pictures of critters.


I like crows. I think they are cute. They are very smart and they'll hold still long enough to get a decent photo.

( pictures from my dad's garden under here )

After the Christmas goose I'd spent 5 hours cooking, had been wolfed down in about 20 minutes, I left my brother to wash the dishes and went to play with his camera at the nearby horse racing training track.
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