On Sunday morning, the weather was an odd mix of fog that had settled over parts, but not all, of the downtown buildings. So, there was a curious mix of fog and splotches  of blue sky. When we looked up the hill toward the Tübingen Castle, the castle was shrouded in fog. But then we walked up the trail to get up into the fog, the fog wasn’t quite as socked in from up there.  Looking out from the castle at what is normally a view of the Neckar Island in the foreground, the train station behind that, and then the Schwabian Alp plateau in the distance, everything was shrouded in a misty sea of clouds, which created a rather unusual foggy-yet-sunny tableau.

The photo below is a stitched-together panorama of about 10 different photos. The church steeple on the left is the big Evangelical Stiftskirche in Tübingen, which towers above all the houses in the historic city center. Note that the blue sky to the left of the steeple is not  “colorized”;  the sky color was really that blue wherever the fog lifted enough for the sky to be seen

For the image below, click once to open it in a new window to get a bigger version. Then, click on that version in the new window to open it up to an even bigger size.

Panoramic view of Tübingen area in the fog

The title of the post is a reference to a line George and Ira Gershwin song, A Foggy Day:

And through foggy London Town
The sun was shining everywhere. (from the song A Foggy Day (In London Town))

Now, I associate that song with Fred Astaire, who introduced it in one of my least favorite Astaire movies, A Damsel in Distress. One of the many odd things about that movie is the way in which they staged this song, since Astaire sings those lines while walking through foggy moonlight.  It’s a pretty scene to be sure, but it is out-of-sync with the lyrics in many ways; in addition to the moon/sun problem, Astaire’s character is walking through the English countryside, not through London. But then, you can hardly expect perfection in a movie where Fred Astaire’s leading lady can’t (and doesn’t) sing or dance.

Anyway, everybody and his brother (and sister!) have recorded that song over the years, but I found this very pretty version sung by Judy Garland on her TV show in the early 1960s which I really liked the best this morning.

Enjoy.