Inbetween - now the brakes are done, checked - and ready to go the the Austrian MOT ("Pickerl") appointment and ready for the next year - and on the next dry but not insanly hot day I will drive to school with it. 

Während der Phase zu Hause, hatte ich nun endlich Zeit ein wenig umfassender Aufzuräumen und durch zu soriteren. Hierbei vielen mir weitere Skizzen, Vorstudien zum Gemälde "die Riesen" von Wilhelm Dachauer in die Hände. 2 Skizzen und das Gemälde selbst waren 2019 im VKH Ried ausgestellt gewesen, damals kannt ich diese noch leider noch nicht.

The sun is rising early enough, so that I get to drive to work with the first glimpse of light on the horizent. Since I'm eastward driving, I get to enjoy and follow every day as the days are getting longer and longer.

Visiting friends during the days between Christmas and New Years Eve, with my focus on ideas and projects instead of talking about persons, I heard about something I wasn't aware until now - the Topothek project.

My interest in old glass, especially early and mid 19th century Bohemian glass told on another blog entry already, as well as the challenge of making a good photo, I want to add a new aspect. I have confessed, that the joy of looking for and collecting is difficult to describe. Objects, great or small, rare or ordinary, you will always find something. I'm looking on different flea markets for various historical things of interest, some of those on my list are bohemian glasses and while Czech collectors are offering good money, in rural Austria or small towns you can still find something. Over time I managed to concentrate scattered objects to a small collection.