FOWC with Fandango: Environment
FOWC with Fandango: Environment
The treetop walk in Bad Wildbad includes a suspension bridge, 380m long and almost 60m above the ground (give or take a little, “depending on the amount of people on it” as the website points out). One Word Sunday
These are parts of the rotary press on which the Esslinger Zeitung was printed from 1934 until 1983. When the press replaced for a newer model, the newspaper placed parts of the old one on the lawn in front of their office builing where it … Continue reading Stop the Presses!
means taking a lot of photos with in-motions blur. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Predator
Photo search told me that this is a maple shoot. I was a bit sceptical until I looked at the “butterfly” below the new green. Doesn’t it remind you of a samara (that’s the two wing of a maple fruit)? For Cee’s Flower of the … Continue reading A Maple Shoots
The Lunabrunnen (fountain of Luna) is a landmark in the town of Lüneburg. It’s a bronze statue of the goddess Luna on top of a fountain. This renaissance statue seems slightly confused: Luna (or her Greek equivalent Selene) was a godess associated with moonlight, beauty, and fertility; Diana (or Artemis) is the goddess usually depicted with bow and arrow as she is the goddess of the hunt associated with virginity, fortitude, and nature. Yet there is a connection between the two and even in mythology the boundaries between both are not clear cut. This little statue (just over 60 cm tall) almost made it in my Naturally Monochrome gallery for Monochrome Madness today – since she didn’t, I swiftly entered her here.
“I told him absolutely, we’d have a lot of fun this summer.”Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth Sweet, sweet burn of sun and summer wind, and you my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling.”k.d. lang And then again: Have you seen my … Continue reading Relax, Relax, and Relax a bit more
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