18.07.2015 Connect Four

09.07.2015 Going down the drain

13.06.2015 Splash

15.03.2015 All Washed Up

26.12.2014 Textures in the Water

08.12.2014 Above Your Bend

14.11.2014 Equal Sides for Triangles

01.11.2014 Cheers

22.09.2014 Wash it all away

A River Runs Through It

The Enchantress of Snape

Water Water Everywhere

Fountains were originally purely functional, connected to springs or aqueducts and used to provide drinking water and water for bathing and washing to the residents of cities, towns and villages. Until the late 19th century most fountains operated by gravity, and needed a source of water higher than the fountain, such as a reservoir or aqueduct, to make the water flow or jet into the air.

The Coypu and the Duck

The coypu, also known as the river rat, and nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent. Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by fur ranchers (pretty much everywhere except the really cold places). Its destructive feeding and burrowing behaviors make this invasive species a pest throughout most of its range.

The Elster-Saale Canal

The construction of the Canal was drafted in 1926. It was meant to connect Leipzig with the river Saale near the village of Kreypau. Work started at Burghausen near Leipzig in July 1933. The construction work was stopped in February 1943 because of the war. Less than 11.5 km of the canal were finished.

This canal would have given Leipzig access to the Elbe via the Saale and thus to Hamburg and the North Sea. The canal was planned for ships up to 1,000 tonnes in weight. Plans to resurrect the building of the canal were drawn up in February 2007.

Down by the Water

Blue is scattered more than other colours because it travels as shorter, smaller waves.
This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.

As the Sun sets, its light is passing through more of the atmosphere. Even more of the
blue light is scattered, allowing the reds and yellows to pass straight through to your eyes.

Elsterbecken

There is a great advantage to getting up early on a Sunday morning with the sun slowly rising over the horizon. Everything looks awesome. 

View out of Leipzig from the Zeppelin Bridge

View towards the city from the Zeppelin Bridge

The colours of autumn

Anton-Bruckner Allee

A question for you. It is a Sunday morning, around 7.30am. Where would you rather be?

a) In Bed

b) In the park taking photographs

Answers on a postcard to...

The bridge on Anton-Bruckner-Allee

Through the railings

An avenue of autumnal trees along the riverbank

Off into the distance down Anton-Bruckner-Allee

The Outside World

On the odd occasion I can drag myself away from work it is a real revelation that there is a world happening outside of school. There are people all over the place, doing stuff. It is very rare that I get to see this, except on the odd day when there is a school trip or it is the Friday before a school holiday and I have no more lessons to teach...