Ten francs, reverse side

I mentioned in yesterday's post that the reverse side of the note has the German and Rumantsch labels. The impressions of the text on the front can also be seen in this photo. Two of the motifs here are the Hall of Justice at Chandigarh in India and a depiction of Corbusier's Modulor scale of measure which is based on the Fibonacci series. Here are a couple of old posts mentioning the Fibonacci series: 20070310 Too pretty to eat and 20070201 Fibonacci sequence at the Zürich Hauptbahnhof).

Do you see the creases that divide the note into quarters? Many Swiss (mostly female, now that I think about it) fold their notes in this fashion and stuff them into their Portmonnaies. Now I've started to do the same... crikey!

This series of banknotes is the eighth in Swiss history and it started in 1995. A new series is in the works. A competition was held in 2005 and the outcome was rather controversial. The first place went to a design that was widely disliked by the masses. The upshot is that the design of the second place winner has been selected as the one with which to go forward. Apparently there will be additional changes to the initial designs but you can get an idea of them here: Swiss National Bank Competition Results.

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Ten francs or yellow

As the first of the month, today is the City Daily Photo theme day and while I didn't sign up for it, I wanted to acknowledge it anyway. Please visit the community webpage to see what the participants have put up. Click here.

Pictured above is the ten Swiss franc note (CHF 10) featuring the architect Le Corbusier (an old post mentioning him is here). This side of the note is labelled in French and Italian. German and Rumantsch appear on the reverse side.

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Straw bales

Straw bales are all that remain of the wheat fields now. There were also some rectangular bales; for pictures of those and plastic-wrapped cylindrical bales, visit my overflow site.
More straw bales
A previous post on hay making:
Hay

A few DPers have recently posted photos of hay or straw bales from their corners of the world. If you know of others I've missed, please leave a comment.
11 July 2007 Abraham Lincoln across the pond in Brookville, Ohio, USA
19 July 2007 Bergson next door in Chateaubriant, France
19 July 2007 Fredrik not so far away in Ystad, Sweden

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Golden fields in June

Chuckeroon in Richmond am Thames asked how the wheat was coming along. Before I show what I think is the wheat, which is still green, I thought I would show the other stuff which seems to be ripening. The general consensus is that this is either barley or rye. Probably barley, given that more barley is grown here than rye (see the Swiss crop statistics on the overflow site). In addition to this lot, there's another batch of crop similar in color, but not quite as bristly. I've uploaded a photo on the overflow site, along the Swiss crop statistics from 2000.

Other mentions of this plant here before on 20070521 and on 20070518.

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An exuberance of flowers

Lovingly tended by a resident on Hauptstrasse, this predominantly rose garden is visible from our kitchen window. For a look at what it looks like from the window (this is a ground level view), please visit my overflow site. I didn't mention it yesterday, but yesterday's photo was taken from our guestroom, which also serves as my work room. I've posted many photos that were taken from that window.

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Wildflower: lesser celandine

There are lots of flowers blooming all over the place. I found this little beauty in Rein, near the area where I took the photo of the daffodils and Lauffohr last month. As usual, I'm not completely sure about the name of the plant. The images of the Wald-Gelbstern (forest yellow star) I've found on the Internet have fewer petals than this one.

Erratum: A friend of a friend is an expert in these matters and he has identified this as lesser celandine. It is native to Europe, Asia and Africa and it was introduced to the US where it is now considered an invasive plant.

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