#AllThingsFern

[uwhe-arts]

Here are my personal @uwhe-arts Top 5 photographs 2024 in memorial of the Gray-Card’s Year End Top 5 Photo Extravaganza. Many thanks to @luxlit and @allthingsfern for hosting the beautiful Year End Top 5 Extravaganza Tradition!

Thanks everyone for the flying hearts, reblog, likes and comments! Many thanks also to the curators for their constant support of the photographers on tumblr! Thank you all! I wish you all a happy new year! May each day of the New Year be filled with contentment, opportunities, peace and health!

Hugs and Chers!

Previous top five's: 2023 / 2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016

[adventuresofalgy]

Algy remembers the end-of-year Gray Card Top 5 extravaganza very well, and he was sad when it ended, so he is thrilled that @luxlit are continuing that tradition now.

Algy found it extremely difficult to select five posts from his 2024 adventures, even with the help of his assistant… However, as he had to make a choice, he did, as he would hate to miss out on the fun…

He sends his warmest thanks and fluffy hugs to @luxlit and his good friend Fern @allthingsfern for continuing this lovely tradition and for all the work and effort it involves 🤗

[fotos-art]

AllThingsFern

Cascading XVII. Miami

05-27-24.

[lovefromalgy]

Another lovely rose, in a beautifully simple and elegant photo by Algy's long time friend Fern @allthingsfern.

Happy Sunday everybody 💛

On a walk I. Davis, 10-19-24.

[lindenardenshighlights]

Year End Top 5 with gratitude to @Luxlit, @allthingsfern:

Transamerica building (in San Francisco)

this way and that

Only those who attempt the absurd…will achieve the impossible. I think ..I think it’s in my basement…Let me go upstairs and check.~M.C. Escher

untitled

Mordor? (It's actually the Hyatt Regency in S.F.)

[stephiramona]

My top 5 of this year

Thanks to @luxlit and @allthingsfern for hosting it again

I always love to see the top 5 of all the great photographers here and I also love to go through my own photos to make my selection.

[nh-art]

A rose for fern @allthingsfern

[besidethepath]

My 2024 selection for the Gray-Card Top Five

Many thanks to @luxlit and @allthingsfern for continuing this tradition

[peintre-stephane]

street art

translated from a @allthingsfern photo

[ramonasphotos]

My top 5 of this year

Thanks to @allthingsfern and @luxlit for hosting it again

While last year's top 5 were very colourful this year they are mostly black and white.

[luxlit]

About the 2025 Top Five Submit problems

So, I've heard from a couple of people that they cannot submit their 2025 Top 5 post. I have a couple of recommendations:

On a computer, try using Chrome or Safari browser. Apparently there is a bug with Firefox that does not recognize that you are logged in if visit another Tumblr

If you can, Message me the link to my Tumblr. allthingsfern

Finally, email me the li nk at iclickerucd3@gmail.com; no worries, since it is an account I never use except for work to test some things. I will be checking it until the first of January. Note that I will be flying back home on that day, so my checking will be sporadic.

[bwwhitney]

Fuck yeah! Time for the 20223 Year End Top 5 Photo Extravaganza!

Thank you @luxlit and @allthingsfern for continuing the tradition.

I wanted a more diverse, more representative selection than @jetblackcode turned up, so I mixed things up a bit.

After the storm

It's nice to share

One second of morning

Ferns

Gold

Happy New Year everyone!

[worldsandemanations]

Blocks VI. UC Davis, 09-09-21. Source: allthingsfern

[bostonfly]

Apologies to @allthingsfern -- I love sunflowers and felt like adding some color:

[lindenardenshighlights]

Year End Top 5, with gratitude to @Luxlit, @allthingsfern:

1.Round 'n round: the Orb

2. Door at 1105

3. Abstract city in black and white

4. Magnolia

5. House with porch and light in the window

[stephiramona]

The tale of two cities according to Heiko and Stephi - Part 439

We thought to make two Oktoberfest posts in our "Tales" series, this year.

Last week Heiko wrote about the beer tents and the fair itself. Today I want to write about the insides of the beer tents and give some other hopefully interesting information.

even though it is called "Oktoberfest" most of the festival takes place in September. Only the last weekend of Oktoberfest is always the first weekend in October. October 3rd is a German holiday, and in the years when this holiday is on a Monday or a Tuesday (like this year), Oktoberfest is one or two days longer and ends on this very holiday.

Oktoberfest is famous for the beer but it is also a big fair, and therefore during daytime, it is a family event as well.

Here in Munich, Oktoberfest is called "Wies'n", and during the two weeks, you see a lot of Bavarian traditional clothing, called Lederhosen and Dirndl. Many of Munich's citizens wear them when they visit "Wies'n" but many tourists do as well.

Oktoberfest has 14 big beer tents and you only get beer from Munich's breweries in them. In Heiko's post last week, you can see the so-called "Beerstreet" with the tents. The photos above show the insides of two tents.

The first photo was taken by Heiko five years ago when he visited Munich, and - together with Fern @allthingsfern , Pete @tvoom , and me - was at Oktoberfest. Pete and I don't like the beer tents so much, so we went to the "Oide Wies'n" ("old Oktoberfest), which is a separate part of the Oktoberfest, basically being a small version of the historical fair, with amusement rides and tents from Oktoberfest's past. The tents aren't as full and loud as on the "normal" Wies'n part.

The second photo was taken by me in one of the big beer tents and, it shows the party mood there. These tents are always full and very loud. People are drunk and are partying, they dance on the tables and sing loudly to the music. If you like something like that, you will love the Wies'n.

To be honest. I'm not the biggest Oktoberfest fan and - I think - the last time I visited was five years ago with Heiko and Fern. But I can understand that many people have a lot of fun there. Every few years, or so, I like to take a walk around in the fair area with all the lights and amused people, though.

Have you ever been to Oktoberfest in Munich?