In old town quarters it can be challenge to manage the symbiosis of old and new, of keeping the style and at the same time thinking of modern ways to safe energy.
The added challenge in the old part of Weinheim is the houses which are one or two stories at the front and looking like this at the back because of the slope.
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And ending with a serenade to the setting sun. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Nature in Black and White
When smoking a pipe was the thing a good situated man did.
A carved bowl of a pipe, seen in the tobacco museum in Lorsch.
Monday Portrait
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and everybody is a critic Värikollaasit #502 Aino suggested these summer colours:
I’m afraid I’m one of those people who have taken to e-books. I appreciate the sensual feeling of holding a real book but my shelves have limited capacity and I read at night and e-books’ lights are easier to shield from my (snoring) husband. But … Continue reading Elephant, penguin, cat
Last year in Sardinia our grandson and I went for an early morning walk. In a stretch of woods, away from the beach, we noticed we were being watched. Somebody was following us from the safety of the thicket. Maybe his stalking us was meant … Continue reading The Stalker
Apologies to the author Daniel Kehlmann who wrote Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World), Hamburg 2005. One Word Sunday
I don’t often take photos with my phone, I’m not that good at it and I am also mostly not in the right mood. However, I realised that I do take photos of murals when I’m without my camera because they are often unexpected yet … Continue reading Murals south of Frankfurt
The windows are already shot, the roof top tiles are precarious, and the eave is about to drop.
PS: Don’t talk about anything serious in that house. The neighbours might be eavesdropping (without really trying).
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Eavesdropping
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