My Daily Banana

Photo of the Day:

Doesn't say much,
it's just a photo of a road crossing
It's as boring as I was bored whilst sat there waiting while Heike did her shopping!
 

Event of the Day:

7th August 1974

Philippe Petit performs a high wire act on a wire strung between the Twin Towers of the former World Trading Center.
 

Birthday of  the Day:

7th August 1867

Emil Nolde
 

German painter who lived in Seebüll, North Friesland (that's about twenty kilometres from Niebüll, where yours-truly lives)

I quite like his flower paintings, they are very colourful.
 

Died on this Day:

7th August 1957

Oliver Hardy
 

The fat half of the duo Laurel and Hardy, he died at 65 of cerebral  thrombosis.

Thoughts:

Everything is going slower. Why go fast? It only costs energy that is dearly needed for something else. That starts with getting up in the morning, I take my time, the day is long enough and who knows what is going to come along. The next is driving to work; I take my time, I travel between eighty and ninety along the country roads; that way I save my break pads because I hardly ever need to break before bends. I know, it sometimes annoys other drivers, but today it saved the life of a deer and that was worth the angry looks when the one or two racers flash past.

I can remember the time when I used to drive like hell. It was frightening, for Heike, my kids and for the other road users. I changed suddenly; it was when Heike and I were driving home from Hamburg a few years ago, I still had my big Merc. We were thundering up the Autobahn passing everything when this small Peugeot gave me a hard time trying to pass. It just wouldn't let me pass, we were both doing about 220 kph and I couldn't get that last bit of power to leave him behind. After around thirty kilometers of this Heike got fed up and ordered me to calm down and drive slower. I went down to 120 kph and low and behold it felt good. Everything but the trucks passed me but I didn't mind. Since then I don't drive fast on the Autobahn, 120 to 130 is fast enough, I get to my destination without risking my or others lives and the car's consumption is down to a minimum.

The Hidden Garden

Same garden, different angle

Old Man's Beard  Clematis vitalba
Weiße Waldrebe

No rain, but the acorns are growing

That was it again for today.
Tomorrow we have a double birthday in the family,
mother and daughter: Guess who?