Every carnival there was a competition for best disguise. Clara cherished the awards she had received for five years running. The winner was announced during the boogie. It was a draw: Clara had to share with another polar bear. She could have killed it as a waterfall with the tears she cried.
Can You Tell a Story in … 52 words including disguise, cherish, boogie, waterfall, draw
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“I’m just a mouse, standing in front of a house, asking you to look at me.”
The long view in the Hermannshof, a local park with the classist villa and the Wachenburg in the background (interesting fact: the castle is 100 years younger than the villa). No mouse, in this case.
And my toys are always good to stand in the foreground. This time in Mannheim, looking at the Klinikum.
And here a change of focus.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Framing Your Shots
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A German wedding tradition: the couple gets some mock work to do (with a few handicaps thrown in, like the bound up hands, and possibly a blindfold, too) and they have to hit the nails on the head. The effort is real enough – will it foretell how well they will work together in their joint future?
FOWC with Fandango: Horizontal
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Wordless Wednesday
Värikollaasit #493
Oi, that’s difficult! But it is what PR: The Beauty of Minimalism as our guest host has asked for this week. If you want to participate you can link to her post or to Leanne’s Monochrome Madness site. But a minimalist post of mine would … Continue reading No clutter
let alone several showers.
This is the entrance to Burg Wildenstein (a fortified spur castle, around 800 years old, in the south of Germany, the south of the Black Forest, used as a youth hostel today). It’s the only access, more or less even ground with the parking. Innocuous, you might think.
Still fairly harmless from this view. A bridge. The castle is situated on the edge of a steep hillside. So this is really the only access.
This is what it looks from below. And directly below.
It was a unassailable obstacle. The castle walls were never breached.
Except by fair maidens carrying beer.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Over the bridge
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