Eyes

Anybody else who loves Dame Edna's Eyes?
Click on image to acquire knowledge:)

Eyes - what a strange medium!
Windows decoration at Steffl, Kärntner Straße,Vienna 1
:)))
Great, I love it!

Mores eyes here at Brenda's Photochallenge:

SWF - Undecided sky

Today,
Vienna's sky is rather undediced:

I took all pictures on the same day!
At the moment it's like this - snowfall :]
And it's cold: 3°C / 36° F.
Oh Spring, Where Art Thou?

Hope your sky is bright today!

An unusual perspective

"Gemeindebauten have become an important part of the architecture and culture of Vienna since the 1920s. Up to 1918, the housing conditions of Vienna's growing working class were appalling by modern standards. When the Social Democratic Party of Austria gained control of the municipal administration during Austria's First Republic (1918-1934) (so called "Red Vienna"), it began the project of improving living conditions for workers. A large number of Gemeindebauten, usually large residential estates, were built during that time. Including those buildings that were finished after the events* of February 1934, 64,000 apartments where completed, which created housing space for about 220,000 people. Apartments were assigned on the basis of a point system favoring families and less affluent citizens."

*) "The Events":
"The Austrian Civil War ( Österreichischer Bürgerkrieg), also known as the February Uprising, is a term sometimes used for a few days of skirmishes between socialist and conservative-fascist forces between 12 February and 16 February 1934. "
(See: Wikipedia)

More info on "Gemeindebauten" here at wikipedia

















Sigmund Freud Hof, Wien Alsergrund

Saturday Morning Stroll

It's time for spring to come :)

Vienna, Stadtpark, this morning

TODAY'S FLOWERS - Some tulips

red and yellow
green
colourful and bright
in my room
shine
:)

Awards, awards, awards!

I received this lovely friends award from my dear friend Karin Kessi Kölmel of Kessis Room in Germany.
I pass it on to:
Barbara of Whispering Photos
Marie-Louise of Marie-Louise Living
Judy of Lilac Gate (Canada)
Lindab of Occasional Scotland
Babooshka of Ramsey Daily Photo
Cathernie of The Five of Us
Dina of Jerusalem Hills Daily Photo
Joseph Pulikotil of Life in Motion


And this wonderful award was given to me by Tricia Hays of Bluff Area Daily.
I want to pass it on to:
Ida of Ida's Little Corner Of The World
Linnea W of Photoblogista
Annie of Annie's Blog
Photo Cache of People
Denise of An English Girl Rambles
Donna of Cottage Days and Journeys
Naturegirl of Nature Trail

I received this award some time ago from The Tile Lady of A Colourful World.
I pass it on to:
Brenda of Whats UP down South
Valkyrien of Valkyrien's Fotoblogg
Tammie Lee of Spirithelpers
Elizabeth of About New York
Sara of Come Away With Me
Raquel of ComuniQuel
Jonna of Jonna's Life in Shelby County
Tyra in Vaxholm of Navigare necesse est

I thank you so very much for visiting and commenting my blog and awarding it.
You know I am very grateful about that. Your appreciation keeps me smiling :) - and feeling alive as a blogger, if you know what I mean :l
Please enjoy our awards and pass them on to your friends, if you so wish!

SWF -Umbrella sky

All of a sudden the evening sky darkens,

the rain begins to fall,

umbrellas open,

and soon the view upwards is overcast ...

... umbrella skies!

Is your sky bright tonight?

Happy SKY WATCH FRIDAY all around the globe!

Vienna State Opera, Hotel Sacher, Kärntner Straße and backstreets
this evening

My World Tuesday - Mr. Winter, go home!

Look!

The first tiny buds on the trees.

The first bird searching for a place to build a nest.

The first Schanigarten in the sidestreets.

The last cold days with umbrellas and rubber boots.

The last rosebushes wearing their winter gowns.

Spring is on its way here in Vienna!