The Blue Hand

I discovered this eye-catching blue hand in the window of a bookshop in the city center.

May Theme Day: Shopping

For four of the last seven weeks all shops, except supermarkets and drugstores have been closed due to the pandemia. Nearly three weeks ago the smaller shops reopened but I haven't been to any of them, I preferred to do some online shopping. Amongst other things I bought several face masks as they are now part of the new rules for our life with the Corona virus. During one of my last walks I discovered these masks in a shop window. 
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Happy Easter!

This Easter is different as family gatherings are not allowed (if the family members are not living together) and churches are closed.  Plush bunnies of course are excepted ;-)

LOVE

A little bit of love can never hurt - even if it's only an eye-catching window display...

April Theme Day: Yellow

Yellow accessoires obviously are a thing this spring...
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Spring is Coming

The up and down of the temperature continues. Yesterday it was unusually hot (I saw the first people in bathing suits), over the night the temperature dropped considerably. In the shop window of the department store "Gerngroß" spring and the time for gardening have already arrived. 

4th Sunday of Advent

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind.
To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, 
is to have the real spirit of Christmas." - Calvin Coolidge

Silent Night...

It's time to get into the Christmas spirit! We could do that by singing the Christmas carol "Silent Night" (German: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht")... It was composed 200 years ago by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in a small town in Salzburg, Austria. The carol has been translated into about 140 languages and was declared intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO in 2011. The song has been recorded by a large number of singers, the version sung by Bing Crosby allegedly is the third best-selling single of all-time. The window display of a confectionary in the city center shows a sweet version of the parish church where the carol was first sung in 1818.

Northern Lights

The current installation "Northern Lights" at the art space of the Swarovski Kristallwelten store in the city center was created by Austrian fashion designer Susanne Bisovsky. The installation evokes an arctic storm blowing open the doors and windows of an imaginary Russion dacha. The ladies of the house are wrapped in glittering robes that sparkle with thousand of crystals.

Pink Car

The current window display of the K. u. K. (Imperial and Royal) Confectionary Demel was inspired by the exhibition project "Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty" at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts. The exhibition investigates why people feel attracted to beauty, how they can deal with it and which positive effects beauty can have. I haven't yet seen the exhibition, so I dont't know which role plays this pink car, but it's definitely an eye-catcher.

Happy Belated Easter!

Due to yesterday's theme day I'm one day late in wishing you a happy Easter! 

Easter Window

The Easter display of the K. u. K. (Imperial and Royal) Confectionary Demel.

8th Blogiversary!

Today this blog turns 8!!! When I published the first photo I never would have thought to keep the blog up for such a long time. Sometimes blogging is fun, but sometimes it's also stressful and I don't always manage to publish the photos in due time. But I love how I started to see my hometown in a different, more attentive way thanks to this blog. Thank you for your support by visiting my blog and commenting on the photos!! I'm looking forward to sharing more photos of Vienna with you! How about starting the new blogyear with a coffee party? (Unfortunately the sweets and coffee in this photo are not "real", but only the decoration in the window of the confectionary Demel in the city center.)

Let's eat Krapfen!

Today is the last day of carnival, the last possibilty to indulge in "Krapfen", the traditional Austrian carnival sweets: they are dougnuts made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil. The classical version is filled with marmelade or jam with powdered sugar on top, but you get them also filled with vanilla cream, plum butter, nougat...

New Collection

While winter sale is still going on, the new collections are already arriving. One of the new trend colors is "arcadia". According to the Pantone Color Institute it's a "cooler, cleaner take on green. Its tinge of blue undertone takes us into a new direction for the spring 2018 season". If you want to know the other top colors of the coming season please click here.

The Most Wonderful Time...

We use to say that Advent is the quietest time of the year, but in actual fact it is a rather stressful period: you have to buy Christmas presents, the public transport and the shops are crowded, you have to finish all your work before the holidays, you have to go to Christmas markets, there are Christmas parties and Christmas appointments with friends... I'm trying to avoid all this pre-Christmas "madness" as much as possible and enjoy a real wounderful time... We'll see how I do...

Advent Calendar

We don't only have Advent wreaths for the "countdown" for Christmas, but also Advent Calendars. These calendars have 24 "windows", each of them reveals an image or a small gift (a toy, a chocolate item...). The first "window" was opened on December 1st, the last will be opened on December 24th. I discovered this sweet Advent Calendar in the window of a confectionary in the city center. 

December Theme Day: Gift

The gifts are on their way... - at least in the windows of a jewelry store in the city center.

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Sweet Autumn

The autumnal window display of a confectionary in the city center.

Autumnal Shop Window

The window display of the department store Steffl looks already a lot like autumn...