Värikollaasit #514 Aino’s suggested colours immediately let me think of the strawberry fields after the harvest.
Sweat and photos
I rarely go out on a recreational ride without my camera (I also use my bicycle for commuting and going to the shops, that doesn’t count here, though). I manage around 2000km per year and the last time I took a photo of my odometer was a “Schnapszahl”, five ones. While I am at it I also take photos of my trusted steed, Wynona Rider, but she looks better if I crouch down a bit with gras in the foreground.
She also looks good from above.
This tower in the distance has been my destination a few times since it was built about five years ago. I could take the car but it is in range of Wynona and me.
Once there I had to leave her to climb up.
And this is one of the views 192 steps or 577+34 metres up.
And now for something completely different. To get photos of wild beasts in the bush or gardening experts checking on the local plants – you have to go down, creeking knees and all.
Two shots of Ned Flanders from the Simpsons that show the difference between bending down and going really low.
Lens Artists Challenge: Move your body
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Underpass beautification
Pedestrian underpasses are usually targeted by sprayers and while this can result in beautiful murals it can also end up looking rather messy and dirty. The town of Hirschberg combatted this with large photos of street scenes, some older, some newer. Cellpic Sunday
Jam lovers
Just a little taste… … it’s already too late. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Jam
No more
This photo of the nuclear power station of Biblis is five years old. Three of the four towers were still standing, two were demolished in 2023, one in 2025, and the last one came down in January this year. In the background are a new source of power, wind turbines.
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One Day I am going to throw all mobile phones out of the window
There is no doubt that mobile phones and their translation / AI capabilities make some things easier for me as a teacher of German to non-lliterate foreigners, especially in the very beginning. But then – it should stop. At least in class – if they … Continue reading One Day I am going to throw all mobile phones out of the window
Not a happy post
When I recently visited the city of Mainz with my sister we were a bit puzzled by all the sculptures and monuments we encountered to be wearing a yellow sash (turns out they were meant to represent gold).
From Johann Gutenberg (who together with Peter Schöffer invented book printing as we knew it until recently in Mainz) to a carnival fool (Mainz together with Cologne is the heartland of German carnival) to a naked lady holding two fish (I have no idea why but she looks nice), and quite a few others.
At first we thought it was a prank and it took us a while to get a decent look at the QR-code to figure out the meaning of the gold sash or ribbon:
It was a campaign to support the international childhood cancer awareness month.I learned that different varieties of cancer have different coloured ribbons, as well as other illnesses and causes.
Cancer occurs in children and adults. Cancer is a bitch – and that’s putting it mildly.
Two interpretations
Both these artists delivered a piece for the theme “luck” or “lucky”. Which speaks more to you? Ragtag Daily Prompt: Lucky
