24 for 24: Foto(ein)s in 2024
Above/featured: “Hashtag Wienliebe” (Vienna love), Rathauspark. Photo, 15 Jul 2024 (P15).
2024 has been an interesting year of personal challenge and discovery. A conclusion for the family house provided fresh impetus to inhabit (in the short term) new spaces and places to improve overall health and happiness. In Vienna, I spent a full month for the third consecutive summer. Yes, it was continent hot, but time in the Austrian capital was both glorious and productive as expected. In Calgary is a city I hadn’t visited in many decades, and I witnessed a very happy aunt surrounded by many family members on her centenary year. In California’s Bay Area is a place where I hadn’t set foot in over ten years, but whose daily temperatures and chances of consistent sun offer a higher level of content.
24 for 24
- May 12, Heidelberg: a picture of home
- May 20, Schengen: 1985 Schengen Agreement
- May 23, Heligoland: red cliffs, breeding spot
- May 24, Heligoland: dawn over the North Sea
- May 28, Schleswig: old fishing village Holm
- June 3, Rügen: chalk cliffs, Baltic Sea
- June 10, Bamberg: top of Michelsberg
- June 24, Vienna: Freude (joy)
- July 5, Vienna: Leader
- July 9, Vienna: très chic
- July 13, Vienna: vineyards inside city limits
- July 15, Vienna: humanic
- July 18, Eibsee: alpine lake, 745am
- July 19, Wamberg: St. Anna’s
- July 29, Bonn: at the new gate
- September 21, Calgary: joyful 100th birthday
- September 27, Drumheller: badlands and hoodoos
- October 11, New Westminster: apparitions 1
- October 17, New Westminster: apparitions 2
- October 31, San Francisco: (inner) peace
- November 1, San Francisco: Día de Muertos
- November 12, San Francisco: American reckoning
- November 16, San Francisco: Bruce Lee (李小龍)
- December 6, San Francisco: a picture of home
(1) ➙ May 12, Heidelberg
a picture of home
The first of three adopted home cities in the nation. Photo, 12 May 2024 (X70).
(2) ➙ May 20, Schengen
1985 Schengen Agreement
Bridge over the Moselle river from Perl on the German side to the town of Schengen in Luxembourg, to fulfill both liberty and privilege of zero- (minimal-)control travel among nation members of the Schengen Agreement, signed here in this very town of Schengen on 14 June 1985. Photo on 20 May 2024 (X70).
(3) ➙ May 23, Heligoland
red cliffs, breeding spot
Northern gannets (Basstölpeln) huddled and perched along the cliff edge – 23 May 2024 (X70).
(4) ➙ May 24, Heligoland
Dawn over the North Sea
Dawn’s pearly light in Heligoland, over the islet of Düne and the North Sea. At 445am local time, I made the following 67-second video through the apartment window on travel on 24 May 2024 (P15).
(5) ➙ May 28, Schleswig
old fishing village Holm
In the city of Schleswig is a collection of restored houses in the historical fishing village of Holm (+54.512195, +9.575962) next to the inlet Schlei. By last light on a long late-spring day, the 7pm sun casts slivers of shadows down quiet streets and onto houses. The image seems almost frozen in time; helpful is the label “1658” on one of the houses. Photo, 28 May 2024 (P15).
(6) ➙ June 3, Rügen
chalk cliffs, Baltic Sea
Near the Königsstuhl visitor centre is this east-facing view of the Baltic Sea. From here, the next landfall is 172 km/107 mi to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship coastline in Poland. Photo, 3 Jun 2024 (X70).
(7) ➙ June 10, Bamberg
top of Michelsberg
At the top of Michaelsberg (Michelsberg) hill is Michaelsberg Abbey, next to which are a café and outdoor beer garden with this view of the city of Bamberg below. My relax is doubled with a sip of the local on-tap specialty Rauchbier (smoked beer). Photo, 10 Jun 2024 (X70).
(8) ➙ June 24, Vienna
Freude (joy)
“Schöne Möbel machen Freude; schöne Kleider machen Freude. Doch viele Bücher machen schönere Freude.” // Beautiful furniture brings joy; beautiful clothes bring joy. But lots of books bring even more joy. In Vienna’s 3rd district, on 24 Jun 2024 (X70).
(9) ➙ July 5, Vienna
Leader
Along the Ringstrasse, I’m waiting for a Bim (tram) when a dog walks by, with their human and a stroller/pram in tow. There’s no child, so the carrier is meant only for one. But everyone knows who’s in charge of that household. Photo, 5 Jul 2024 (P15).
(10) ➙ July 9, Vienna
très chic
In Vienna’s 1st district, on 9 Jul 2024 (P15).
(11) ➙ July 13, Vienna
Vineyards inside city limits
Vineyards on Nussberg (Nussberger Weinberge) facing southeast to the Danube river and the pointy Donauturm tower. Vienna is one of the few places in the world with many active vineyards within city limits. Photo, 13 Jul 2024 (P15).
(12) ➙ July 15, Vienna
humanic
Mariahilfer Strasse at left, Museumsquartier at right. Photo, 15 Jul 2024 (X70).
(13) ➙ July 18, Eibsee
alpine lake, 745am
Eibsee lake at 745am; single pylon for the Eibsee cable car to Zugspitze (centre-right). The lake is located in Grainau, Bavaria, Germany. Photo, 18 Jul 2024 (X70).
(14) ➙ July 19, Wamberg
St. Anna’s
This view of St. Anna’s church in the alpine hamlet of Wamberg is one of the many scenic motifs in the region. Some planning is required, but it’s worth the effort to reach this place, trundling through rows of cut long field-grass. Photo, 19 Jul 2024 (X70).
(15) ➙ July 29, Bonn
Am Neutor (At the new gate)
The intersection of Am Neutor and Am Hof, in Bonn, Germany. Photo, 29 Jul 2024 (P15).
(16) ➙ September 21, Calgary
Aunt J’s 100th birthday celebration
My mum’s older sister, aunt J, celebrated her 100th birthday this year. Gathering in Calgary, family members arrived from many parts of North America to honour and celebrate the beloved matriarch. She looks beyond happy. Photo, 21 Sep 2024 (P15).
(17) ➙ September 27, Drumheller
badlands & hoodoos
Hoodoo formations at Willow Creek, 15 km southeast from Drumheller in east-central Alberta. Photo, 27 Sep 2024 (X70).
(18) ➙ October 11, New Westminster
Apparitions 1: northern lights
Intense solar activity created a massive display of aurora borealis, visible to the naked eye at mid-northern latitudes, including metro Vancouver at 49 degrees North latitude. Photo, 11 Oct 2024 (P15).
(19) ➙ October 17, New Westminster
Apparitions 2: comet C/2023 A3
By mid-October, the brightness of the receding comet C/2023 A3 rapidly faded, but at dusk, the comet’s nucleus and tail appear in this 3-second image. The colours have been “inverted” to emphasize the comet’s appearance in the sky. I’ve labelled the comet and other stars in adjacent constellations: Her for Hercules, Oph for Ophichius, and Ser for Serpens. Photo, 17 Oct 2024 (P15).
(20) ➙ October 31, San Francisco
inner peace
2023 mural by twickicp. Photo at Commercial at Grant, 31 Oct 2024 (X70).
(21) ➙ November 1, San Francisco
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
“Nuestros muertos no se venden.” (Our dead are not for sale.) In the Mission District, Florida at 24th Street, 1 Nov 2024 (P15).
(22) ➙ November 12, San Francisco
“American reckoning”
The view south from Embarcadero Center towards Salesforce Tower in morning light. The low sun angle in mid-autumn causes deep shadows among the towers in San Francisco’s Financial District, as wispy cirrus forms and dissipates overhead. Photo, 12 Nov 2024 (P15).
(23) ➙ November 16, San Francisco
Bruce Lee (李小龍)
Bruce Lee 2023 wall mural by Vogue One & Agana, next to the Chinese Historical Society of America. Photo, 16 Nov 2024 (X70).
(24) ➙ December 6, San Francisco
a picture of home
San Francisco morning skyline with haze caused by fine particulates from wood-burning from California’s Central Valley. Photo, 6 Dec 2024 (X70).
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• 22 for 22, from 2022.
• 21 for 21, from 2021.
• 20 for 20, from 2020.
• 19 for 19, from 2019.
• 18 for 18, from 2018.
• 17 for 17, from 2017.
• 16 for (20)16, Urban Moments.
• 16 for (20)16, Travel Instants.
• 15 for 15, from 2015.
• 14 for 14, from 2014.
• 12 for 12, from 2012.
I made all images above with an iPhone15 (P15) and a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime (X70). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-tC3.
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