Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

2026-04-27

A stroll in the park of a Benedictine Abbey

 In 2014 a group of friends travelled to Rome to visit the Vatican and give a present to the late Pope Francis. It was a very special atmosphere being in Rome and as a group, as well. It was outstandingly peaceful.

Since then we meet as often as we can and last saturday we finally met again.

Just enjoy the impressions of a perfect day in spring, a perfect sky and perfect sweets :-)))

 

The entrance to the church dedicated to Christ the King, marked with a huge door named the Portal to Paradise

 
Entrance to the shop where you can buy things manufactured in the Abbey
 
Entrance to the parc

 In an area located a little further backpart of the parc the monks create a new herb and vegetable garden
 

 

 After this long walk we met at the cafe and ended the visit with many memories of our trip to Rome
 
all photographies taken by me, April 2026.
 
 
 
 




 

2026-03-01

Completed 1st March 2026

 

1000 Pieces 

MGA Miniverse-Collection jigsaw puzzle 

Artwork and layout by Sina

photography by me

assembled by Sina and me  

💖💙💚💛💜

 

2026-02-27

Completed 27th February 2026

 

1000 Pieces

Periodensystem der Elemente (German) 

Planet Poster Editions

 



 The periodic table, also known as the periodic table of the elements, is an ordered arrangement of the chemical elements into rows ("periods") and columns ("groups") and a traditional dividing line between metals and nonmetals. Aa an icon of chemistry, the periodic table is widely used in physics and other sciences.

 The first periodic table to become generally accepted was that of the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869; he formulated the periodic law as a dependence of chemical properties on atomic mass.

An amazing periodic table can be found HERE

 Some time ago, I found a really exciting and funny periodic table that classifies the individual elements according to their edibility. It's called “Can I lick it?”


 

2026-02-22

Development process of a custom made "MGA Miniverse"-Collection jigsaw puzzle - updated 1st. March 2026 and completed

 Last year, I saw a collection of MGA Miniverse creative sets being made for the first time and was allowed to take photos of the finished little masterpieces. Thank you very much Sina! 

 

The aim was to combine the individual objects into a collage and to transfer this collage into a 1000-pieces-jigsaw puzzle:

Unboxing on Valentine's day:

and of course we started to assemble "our" jigsaw puzzle:

After a second session we managed to assemble all those tiny jewels


 In a final session we will complete the black and dark-grey gaps :-)
 
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The final session took part today, 1st of march
 

 ... and yes, we completed it :-D

2026-01-18

Completed 17th January 2026

  

1000 Pieces 

Ready for the garden 

Alexander Raths / 123RF

Bluebird Puzzles, France


 

2025-12-27

Completed 27th December 2025

1000 Pieces

Hurtigruten (The Coastal Express)

Photos by C. Holzhäuser, 2005/2012/2014

 Top (left to right): Flag of a ship Hurtigruten 2014 - Sortlandbrua 2012 - Kjeungskjær fyr 2012

2nd row: Midnight sun, Lofoten, Vesterålen 2005 - Nordlys in Svolvær 2014

3rd row: Nordlys in Honningsvåg 2014 - near of the Trollfjord 2005

below: Raftsund 2012 - Sea eagle during a photo safari, Lofoten 2014 - in the far north 2014

Manufactured by PuzzleYou, Germany 

2025-10-25

Completed 25th October 2025 (1/3)

 "Our beautiful Germany" Set of three jigsaw puzzles: 
Wartburg, Eisenach (500 pieces, missing)  = famous for Martin Luther
 Brandenburger Tor (1000 pieces) = an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin
 Dresden Zwinger (1500 pieces) = The name "Zwinger" is used in the Middle Ages for a fortress part between the outer and inner fortress walls
 
I helped a neighbour completing the Brandenburg Gate, mostly the upper part of the iconic Brandenburger Gate and the sky
 
 
1000 (-2) Pieces
 
 

2025-07-28

Completed 27th July 2025

 

250 Pieces

 
"Bummi is dreaming"
Photography by Petra Markert 
 
a Wentworth wooden Jigsaw Puzzle with many whimsical pieces
 
 
Would you expect a wave-shaped edge when you receive a box like this? 
What a wonderful surprise :-)