There once was a baker who wanted her cakes to be seen.
So for St Patrick’s Day she baked one all pretty and green.
For decorations she decided on shamrock and feet
The cake ended up looking yummy and neat.
And though black the feet were doubtlessly clean.
I knew I would be able to use a photo of the sculpture one day. It’s called “Klenkes” which means “pinkie” and it illustrates a special way that the people of Aachen greet each other.
A look up can be rewarding. If surprising.
And it has been a pleasure through the ages.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Looking up
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No, I’m not dyslexic and I didn’t want to talk about snakes. This is one of the spires of the Kaiserslautern church St. Nikolaus wearing a copper hat.
We were driving from Germany to Perpignan, we overnighted in Bourg-en-Bresse. This fellow waved us away and towards the South. Wind turbines on the way. Then we passed the Porta dels Països Catalans, the gate to the Catalan region. And soon afterwards, our first glimpse … Continue reading To the South and back
These are three establishment around the old bridge (Alte Brücke) in Heidelberg, Goldener Hecht (The golden pike), the Hotel Vier-Jahreszeiten (The Hotel Four Seasons), and I don’t know what the traditional name of the now Korean restaurant was.
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Two sparrows were frolicking in a footbath
Thinking that it was their own private birdbath.
Along came a peregrine,
A bird of prey, decidedly keen -
Who turned the scene in a bloodbath.
When I was looking for rhymes with bath I came upon “Bundesrath” in a rhyming dictionary. There are two things wrong with that listing. For one, the normal spelling is “Bundesrat”, writing “Rat” like “Rath” is very ancient and predates the German parliament (aka “Bundesrat”) by something like 200 years. But the th would never be pronounced anyway. So here goes my second limerick:
A journalist reporting from Bath
talked extensively about the Bundesrath.
My teutonic feelings were stirred!
How could he pronounce this word
With a th? That’s clearly the sign of sociopath.
Laughing Along with a Limerick: Bath
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Monday Portrait and Macro Monday
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but it’s not for me. If I ever wore it people would immediately ask me if I was ill.
Aino has asked to make a collage with colours we would never wear. I like it on others but it will not be found in my wardrobe.
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I will get more pictures (no rain forecast). For now, here are the sticks the children are going to carry while singing “Schtrih Schtrah Schtroh”, the traditional song on this day. My sister remembers how the sticks are decorated and she still had material at … Continue reading Today we’re going to burn winter
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