Red Scharlach Points At Interesting Things

A fancy 1920s capybara, drawn in the style of my Bluesky chum Doc Hackenbush who produced a delightful capybara-drawing tutorial, so you can easily join in and draw your own!

Last week I went to Vienna, and while I was there, I visited a waste incinerator. This may sound like a strange thing to do, but the Spittelau Incinerator is not your average trash-burning facility. It was originally built in the 1960s, but following a major fire in the mid-80s, it was rebuilt to a design by visionary artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. You can't go inside, but you can walk most of the way around it and get an ever-changing view of its patterns and decorative details. The chimney with its golden bauble (which holds an emissions monitoring station) makes a striking landmark for the local area.

The Casa Batlló (1904–1906) in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí, is a swirly undersea kingdom covered in glorious tiles and stained glass. Photos by me, February 2026.

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