Alte Zürcher Blog - Fountains

Fountain - Lindenhof

Tue, 27 May 2008 18:20:00-0400

Eis-Skulptur

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:33:00-0400

I've talked about the Zurich fountains before, and in the winter many of them take on a new life, especially the large ornate ones

Hot, thirsty weather

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:46:00-0400

Not really hot weather, but getting back to summer temperatures. The Zurich fountains come into their own again

Well, I've finished moving my website, and upgrading the software. Not really finished - still need to work on the colours and layout. Biggest problem this week was moving domain names, especially the third level domains, so I back-tracked a bit on that. The best change for me is that I can make entries and post date them. They will then apppear on the date required, and emails will be sent out to subscribers at that time. I think I might change my worklflow now and create posts once or twice a week, batching the work and hopefully avoiding the gaps which plague this "daily" blog. I could theoretically do the entire month, or year

Another interesting option is the ability to add slideshows. This is useful if you have a daily image which is difficult to select from a series done at, for example, an event. Many people use overflow sites for this, but I'm going to use the slide show option. More about this when I have an exammple

La Rivière, by Aristide Maillol

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:51:00-0400

This is a special request for Isabella at Naples Daily Photo. Isabella wasn't very specific about the request, just that she wanted one. So I thought one with a little blue (well a lot of blue actually) would be appropriate

This statue by French sculptor Aristide Maillol was one of his last works before being killed in a car crash at the age of 80-something. It sits on Talacker, a side street in Zurich near Bahnhofstrasse, and next to my local pub, so I know it quite well. It also doubles as a public drinking fountain There is a picture on the Wikipedia site of a version in NYC, but I like this with the blue pool. Reminds me I need to wash my hair.

Refreshment

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:47:00-0400

With the warm weather, Zürich's plentiful drinking fountains are always a pleasure

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