Brigitte Nerlich

@bnerlich

Metaphor hunter, linguist, social scientist, blogger blog: also sorted into categories at ORCID: 0000-0001-6617-7827

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Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· 5d

For some reason I ended up in a building in Beeston, Nottingham yesterday and found it contained memories of Humber Cycles which were taken over by Raleigh. I took some pics

Bicycle and wheels on the wall of a former bicycle factory

wheels and a metal sign for Humber cycles and some old photos of the factory

Blue plaque for Thomas Humber, 1841-1910, Engineer, made bicycles, motorcycles and cars here and later in Coventry

Advertising for Raleigh The All-Steel Bicycle on a brown road with green around it and brown hill and yellow sky - in the style of old railway travel adverts

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· 7d

Still from the film Le Voyage dans la lune, Trip to the moon where a rocket is embedded in the eye of the moon face. George Méliès 1902. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_to_the_Moon

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· 27d

NOOOOO!

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Jun 23

In Germany lots of big windows have blinds on the outside - see photo. I thought about installing these here during the last heatwave. I should have actually done it! Climate action....

A windowsill full of flowers, trinkets, geodes etc and also show a partially down blind on outside of window

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Jun 20

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Jun 20

#BlueSkyArtShow #curve Liège and Liverpool

modernist curved glass and steel roof at Liege train station

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Jun 14

Oh deer, oh deer (at Wollaton Park, Nottingham)

Some fallow deer with white spots and some red deer bucks with velvety antlers lazing around in the shadow of a tree in the long grass

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Jun 6

Just saw this at a craft fair and couldn't resist buying it. Sort of self-portrait of me standing my ground.... 😅

A red knitted cat with a white muzzzle and white paws, sitting upright with front legs/arms crossed over in front of its 'chest', giving the impression of saying: No, I am right and I stand my ground.

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· May 27

Cleo

Black and white cat on office chair with head tucked in and tail draped over body

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· May 26

After the storm!

Moody sky filled with dark, illuminated clouds during sunset after a thunderstorm

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· May 25

One fell very loudly onto our bed and we put it outside.

May bug on a brochure after having been transported outside under a cup.

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· May 22

I slightly less colourful view from Le Patissier last winter!

View from a café through a misted up window with middle part wiped clean onto St John's and St John's honey-coloured chapel

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· May 21

Tapestry dog at Boughton House. Love him.

Hunting dog on tapestry looking straight at you

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· May 11

and.....

BBC news about cruiseship with hantavirus "British passengers flying home from virushit ship"

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· May 10

The OED's frequency graph is quite different (also: it started as a translation from the German Aufklärung)

graph in the OED showing the frequency in use of the word enlightenment between 1750 and 2010 showing an increase in use in from about 1820 onwards

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· May 2

#BlueskyArtShow #ShadowPlay Cambridge shadows

Shadow of an old fashioned 'gas' street lamp and wrought iron railing (in front of Senate House) projected onto the wall of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Apr 29

Every year the triffids are getting bigger!

The image displays the flowering stage of a Chinese Windmill Palm (Trachycarpus fortunei). Big palm 'tree' with yellow strange fruit sprouting between the hairy stem and the green fronds

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Apr 6

Scented viburnum brought in from the back of the garden, so I can smell it when doing the washing up!

Little ceramic jug decorated with a stylised blue outline of a bird perched on a branch, with a head of white Viburnum fragrans flowers.

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Apr 5

Happy Easter Bummies!

two water-colour painted brown rabbits, rather abstract, with white tails on some grass with some easter eggs - from behind showing their bums

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Apr 5

Happy Easter! Old memories of Germany...

Two photos of wooden colourful cut-out easter bunnies in Germany with proud little faces and proud ears

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Apr 2

Colourful fair on a sunny day at Wollaton Park

Four photos of vintage fairground attractions, a carousel with horses 'Gallopers', a chair-o-planes and a helter-skelter decorated with British bunting, a close-up a painted giraffe face and a little a vintage airplane kiddie ride with a round RAF marking

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Mar 23

I had a patch of purple tulips once which I called 'tulips from Amsterdam', as I had bought the bulbs at the airport, but they were first decapitated by the squirrels and then dug up by the squirrels - total devastation!! This photo is from before that happened.

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Mar 15

I love dodos but I am quite happy just to have them on my tea towels (a new one in my collection).

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Mar 14

That's what I call a sitting duck

A mallard duck with green head, brown belly and orange feet, sitting on a little rock reflected in the water

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Mar 13

I was sure I had a photo of that house somewhere, so I searched my google photos and the AI came up with that! (Unfortunately, my more manual search came up with nothing)

A silver/rusty 1920s-1930s Wilmot Breeden Calormeter temperature gauge, originally mounted on a vintage car's radiator cap to monitor engine temperature, saying 'cool', 'normal', 'BOIL'.

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Mar 3

Timeline synchronicity. I hope they bring you coffee Tamsin!

Two posts one talking about late night work and coffee provided by colleagues in the morning the other about late night baby and hopefully coffee in the morning

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Feb 22

yes, I can't quite believe it

Pink camellia flowers on green bush against blue sky

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Feb 16

Will the rain ever stop?

Two photos on the left a soaked few daffodils, on the right raindrops on snowdrops.....

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Feb 11

First outing after (successful) eye op. Trying to enjoy the small things ..... puddle shots cheer me up ☔

Two rainy photos. On the left bare birch tree reflected in two puddles with roots of another crossing between them. On the right refection of a willow with drops creating ripples in the puddle

Brigitte Nerlich@bnerlich· Jan 27

This directly inspired me to take this photo, not quite so good, in 2023