for: One Word Photo Challenge. This week the word is “kangaroo“.
https://jennifernicholewells.com/2017/09/24/this-weeks-challenges-september-24-30-owpc-ww/
Author: eklastic
Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.
The turtle doesn’t move
I saw this yellow-bellied slider (a land and water turtle) and three of his closest friends sunbathing this weekend. One of the other turtle’s back is in the foreground and the odd angle of the stretched out neck (no doubt to catch some more sun before winter comes) makes the image almost abstract – one wonders which way the head faces. I prefer the monochrome because it enhances the geometry of the waves in the background, and the head seems even weirder.
Apologies to Terry Pratchett for misquoting him: THE turtle does move. Just this one didn’t.
https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-y1-08/
Just add mozzarella and olive oil
for Six Word SaturdayFind more 6 words musings here: https://travelwithintent.com/2017/09/23/passion-leashed-as-beast-ignores-beauty/
A splendid dorsal view can be delightful, too.
German proverb: Ein schöner Rücken kann auch entzücken.
Press them to ripeness
The ripe grapes, soon to be made into wine, embody autumn for me. The first sweet grape must is being sold in open bottles (since the bottles would explode if they were firmely corked), soon to turn cloudy when fermentation sets in. I love it at all the different stages before it is left to mature under the watchful eye of vintners. The German term for harvesting grapes is actually “herbsten” which is related to “Herbst”, meaning autumn or fall.
The title is taken from one of the most famous poems about autumn in German, by Rainer Maria Rilke:
Befiel den letzten Früchten voll zu sein;
gib ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage,
dränge sie zur Vollendung hin und jage
die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein.
Command the last fruits to be ripe;
Grant them another two more southern days,
Press them to ripeness, and with power
Drive final sweetness to the heavy grape.
for the A Photo a Week Challenge: Signs of fall
Date me
Builders often write the year the house was built, often together with their name or initials, somewhere over a door or a window. This is just a small collection from close to where I live, all done in rose-tinted sandstone, which is often used in our area.
for Thursday’s Special: Traces of the Past
https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2017/09/21/thursdays-special-traces-of-the-past-y3-09/
Gras – corn – trees
The Daily Post asked for a picture that showed layers of depth, density, and texture. I thought this cornfield from the Odenwald fitted the bill.
You can see others’ interpretation here: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/layered/
Eye contact: how souls catch fire
Three letters, two E’s. Lots of eyes.
I wanted to use the title “The Eyes Have It” (that’s the title of a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick) but realised I have used it before. So I looked for a quote with “eye” in it and found this very fitting aphorism by Yahia Lababidi:
“Eye contact: how souls catch fire.”
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Letter E – Needs to have two E’s in the topic word
