
At least that’s some of them. But every little helps, especially if they appear in great numbers, like cars.

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Monochrome Madness has a free theme this week. And the recent Easter scenes let me think of sheep. I didn’t know sheep could sit like that. Oooops, wait … nevermind.
A red drainpipe, shutters with hearts – all that missing is a bit of TLC. Similarly lacking in TLC but just the name “storks’ corner” is enough to include this window in this post. This one is specifically for PR. It’s the window (and drainpipe) … Continue reading Quaint drainpipes (and windows)

Sucking it in.

Letting it out.

Focussing on his most prominent feature.



The Cosmis Photo Challenge: Focal Point
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that smoking isn’t really conducive to your health, gentlemen smoked pipes. And very elaborate pipes indeed.

Last week we were at the UNESCO heritage site of the Abbey of Lorsch. There is a small museum close by and we had a look. A small section is concerned with the abbey, the rest of the building houses Germany’s largest tobacco museum. The combination may be unusual but not the location: Lorsch has been a tobacco growing town for three centuries.
Monday Portrait
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Actually, anybody’s little helper. Do you know with what he is helping? This is a window shutter fastener made of cast iron. Seldom in red but usually the same face with a little helmet, they used to be standard on window shutters. It’s also a … Continue reading Mama’s little helper
Treed can mean a landscape covered with trees (I thought that was called a forest or wood?!). But it can also mean “forced or chased up a tree”.