Author: eklastic

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Story Time

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More than 150 cut-outs decorate the street lamps of Heppenheim. Each picture represents a story from local folklore. At the bottom of the lamppost there are short versions of the stories.

This lamp tells the story of the two giants who stood on opposite mountains and threw rocks at each other creating the large “sea of stones” in Reichenbach and a smaller scattering of rocks on the facing mountain side (the Reichenbach giant was the weaker or smaller one, quite obviously).

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Street Lamp

An Ancient Oak for Young Readers

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This is the 300 year old oak that was felled by lightning and was resurrected as a children’s favourite. I’ve told the story of the oak-born, knock-kneed and sharp-clawed Gruffalo before, most recently yesterday. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: From an Unusual Perspective

Creepy Creepers

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In the street where I live is this house with extraordinary negative space and the most colourful frame for the groundfloor window. Which got me looking for more windows surrounded by other creepers. And a late entry, snapped yesterday, just before the grey clouds promising … Continue reading Creepy Creepers

Scree Is Nothing More than Rubble

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Remember Barney Rubble, the neighbour and friend of Fred Flintstone? Then you might also remember his adopted son, Bamm-Bamm.

I immediately thought of him when I saw this car license plate from BAmberg (only one M in the original plate, though). And I thought of this license plate when I saw the prompt for today (yesterday, to be honest).

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Scree