Tiexano's photos

Bauhaus, Dessau.

Dry heat, flat landscape with sparse trees and people living next to ruins.

Where the Archbishopric of Magdeburg met the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg lies the not to small Castle Neugattersleben. Sadly I didn't dare to sneak inside.

A tiny castle over the river Bode. Partly renovated after years of disarray it features parts from all kind of centuries, back to the 16th.

A small village just outside Staßfurt, following the river Bode.

Cumulus congestus in the dusk.

Two huge walls found far out in the fields in Saxony-Anhalt. I have never seen any thing like that before, maybe it's a remnant of old GDR style agriculture?

This is the maximal zoom of my Nikon P500

Wild tulips flower early, but they wither as well when summer comes. That's when annual plants come in. I like to buy a sachet of flower seeds for the window sill. They are selected to be small and grow and flower at different speed , that wax you have slow but constant variation in front of your windows.

Paspalum scrobiculatum is a perannial grain that originates in West Africa. It grows wild all over the Old World Tropics. Domesticated races are mostely grown in India since at least 3000 years. It is used to make flour, but can also be cooked like rice.

Sawa is another Indian millet, also known as Barnyard Millet. Here I make dosa style pancakes, which is way easier than steamed idlis if you lack the proper equipment.

A small runnel in the woods of Mount Freeden.

Echinochloa frumentacea is a tropical grass that has been domesticated in India, Nepal, and Sikkim. Its wild ancestor is the tropical grass Echinochloa colona. Sawa or Indian Barnyard Millet plays a role in a number of Hindu fasting traditions where only "unusual" foods are supposed to be eaten.

The finished "Panecicos". They have a unique texture and great pork flavour. It's a recipe from Dominican Cooking and includes a recipe for unique Dominican Pork ,Chicharrón de Cerdo. This is what the ingredients look like.

Cassava aka. Manioc is a common staple food in the tropics. Being independent of seasons, tolerant to high temperatures and easily storable, it has the slight disadvantage of being full of cyanide. There are some cooking hacks to get rid of it, this one is my favourite. It's a recipe from Dominican Cooking and includes a recipe for unique Domenican Pork ,Chicharrón de Cerdo. This is what the finshed product looks like.

"We just have purple sweet potatoes," says the guy at the vegetable stall. Fine by me, the whole dish was amazing, that bit looks out of this world as well is considered a bonus by me. Great recipe found at BBC good food .

One of my favourite Earl Greys by German tea vendor Tee Geschwendner. It's made from rather dark South Indian tea, Italian bergamot oil and some lavender blossoms.

Milky Oolong by my favourite German tea vendor Tee Geschwendner. A fine Chinese Oolong steamed in milk.