As I explained on Saturday, my own doofusity / dullness prevented me from travelling to Suebia this weekend. So I dutifully started to pack my backpack yesterday evening, set my alarm, and mentally checked what I would have to do this morning.
My phone rung at an ungodly hour and a passenger from last week told me that she’d not use the vehicle today, because it is too slippery. Yes, thank you.
I phoned the colleague, who had taken over the vehicle, and he told me that he had started the morning expedition, but abandoned the endeavour when he met the first jack-knifed semi. The dispatcher(s) called all drivers back. Yes, thank you.
I got up and reluctantly looked out into the white nothingness. All local public transport is stopped, no busses, no tramways. According to Deutsche Bahn one fare of my prospective travel route is unusable, no trains there “bis auf Weiteres”, pending further notice. Yeah, thank you.
I went to my doctor’s office, got my prescription, and – because all went fine & smooth – I already received my pills. Fine, thank you. On the way back I snapped a few photographs.

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I took this photograph on the third of December 2025. It shows budding Magnolia blossoms. Of course they will not survive the coming freeze..

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The sky was dull, clouded, dark blue grey. When I stepped under a tree the light changed noticeably. It lit up as a result of these white leaves. Follows the same situation with different camera settings.

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And then there is this. They take no prisoners, started exactly on December first, when there was nothing else “illuminated” around. Meanwhile others followed, mostly the usual sad blinking chain of lights. Interestingly there is another comparable balcony in the same house. Seems that Man in his dullness must turn anything into a competition of sorts. Or maybe it is just another blinking enthusiast.

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