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Sistlau's Curiosity Posts
Oct. 03, 2019
Mirror, Mirror on the table, who was capable ...
In Summer Victoria was moving into a new apartment. It was a lot of work for the whole family to pack and transport and unpack. Everything went well until I…
June 15, 2019
Ooops ...
I did it again – I went to the flea market. I'm happy, because I bought 147 photographs and other worthless stuff I love so much. At home I began to play around…
Feb. 24, 2019
Cheers!
Another colorful shot glass set crossed my path. No, I don't have an alcoholic problem. I have more or less a charming little hoarder with a little obsession…
Feb. 22, 2019
Joke
To explain a yoke you need one. This another object for the exhibition. At least I don’t need an ox to explain, how it was used. The smelly beast wouldn't fit…
Feb. 21, 2019
Aide Memoire
I photographed some objects for an exhibition. No big fuss, just some clicks into the luggage trunk. I took this pictures, because I need some reminder, how the…
Oct. 15, 2018
Eyesore or Eye-catcher
Once in a while I post some horrible collectibles, which my friend Christine and I use in our office. It started with one single piece – no this isn’t correct.…
Oct. 15, 2018
Office Sunday
Sunday – perfect day to meet my best friend Christine in our office to talk about her last travel and scroll through all of her pictures. We came from different…
June 29, 2018
Brain vs Body
The Brothers Grimm wrote down some fairy tales in Low German (Plattdeutsch). This West Germanic language is spoken in northern Germany and it’s hard to…
April 14, 2018
Green Fairy
I was hunting! I was hunting in my favorite hunting ground: Flea market. The church organized a bazaar to raise some money. I’m glad, I met one of the…
March 15, 2018
Treasure Chest - Weekly Theme "History"
When I wrote about my great-granny, I didn't mentioned the only other inheritance my mother got from her. It's a small wooden cassette made in a very typical…
March 11, 2018
Great-Granny
This photo-brooch is more than 100 years old. It belonged to my great grandmother from my mother’s side of the family. The pictures of her and her husband were…
Feb. 23, 2018
Judging the Book by its Cover
Carmen Sylva was the pen name of Elisabeth Pauline Ottilie Luise zu Wied (1843-1916). She was the Queen consort of Romania as the wife of King Carol I. She was…
Feb. 18, 2018
Deep in the Cup ...
I had to add another cup – at the end of this evening we all will all together "deep in the cups", if we aren't careful! It came to my mind, when I saw a very…
Feb. 18, 2018
Cup mark
This stone with at least one artificially cup mark lays in the Center Court of the Minoan Palace of Malia (Crete). It's situated not far away from a room with a…
Feb. 08, 2018
Vintage Art
Stephan Coneye (1907 - 1978) was an Austrian artist. He is well known for his ceramic interior decorations like ceramic figurines and masks. He designed a large…
Feb. 07, 2018
Forgotten - Weekly Theme "Wheels"
This horse cart was rotting away in an abandoned building. Four wheels for real horsepower. Sadly it was not properly maintained, the wood was splintered, the…
Jan. 23, 2018
Salzkammergut - Weekly Theme "Words"
Upper Austrian annual exhibition in 2008. The exhibition was split into a network of 13 smaller exhibitions presenting different aspects of the main theme…
Jan. 15, 2018
Western Railway - Weekly Theme "Shape and Form"
I'm obsessed with technical structures from big oil factories down to electrical cables. It's their symmetry, the cold metal, obscure wiring and the opaque…
Jan. 13, 2018
Riddle
No, I'm not rich or a dubious politician. I didn't smuggle my dragon hoard of gold into a foreign country to hide it in some tax free dungeon. Every time I…
Dec. 28, 2017
First World War
My husband found for our 30th wedding anniversary a very special present. He does know me well! I like old cigar boxes made of wood. Especially this well…
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