In which we share a smattering of late summer.

Here are a few scenes from Hamburg in later-to-late summer: skateboarding in the Schanze, a 2-D pug spewing tic-tac-toes/hugs 'n' kisses, general jollity at this year's Alstervergnügen (including fabulous, stilted sea creatures and the breaking of the world record for the number of people holding inflated balls up in the air {of which I am skeptical}), and the neighborhood park abask in the last of summer's golden yummliness.