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Stark Trees
Sarah from Travel with Me has chosen Trees as this week’s Monochrome Madness’ Prompt. I went out this afternoon and took many, many photos of trees. Many of them in black and white. Some where okay, some were pretty good (mostly just bark), and many … Continue reading Stark Trees
An Old Grain
When I came across this wheat field I thought it was withered grain. The stalks were beige but the ears were black, they looked scorched.
As it turns out a friend of ours. who is a master miller, told me differently. This is emmer wheat, a kind of wheat that was among the first grains cultivated in Europe and the Middle East. Today it is regaining some popularity, particularly black emmer as can be a winter crop.
Midweek Monochrome
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An Unexpected Quote
“I’m a Springbok fan. I came to love the game of rugby after I had left South Africa.”
German rugby fan, talking to the SABC.
Nine year ago a South African tv crew stumbled across a German who had travelled to Newcastle to watch the match between South Africa and Scotland. The interview (all of the 30 seconds) was broadcast in South Africa.
Double dipping for
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Interview and FOWC with Fandango: Quote

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Remember this Film?
Of course. In Germany it has a “FSK 16” rating, i.e. suitable for persons 16 and over. FOWC with Fandango: Film
Asparagus Galore!
Newcomers to Germany are usually astonished by the feeding frenzy concerning asparagus in the months from late March to mid June. There is a plethora of asparagus to be had in supermarkets, in restaurants, and at the roadside.

But I’ve never seen a heap of spoiled asparagus at the side of an asparagus field. I don’t know what was wrong with them, why the spears were discarded. It just looked like a plethora of waste.
Narrow-leaved Viper’s Bugloss
Macro Monday






