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.
There once was a tabby in Cyprus
who was a lot of things - yet not sightless.
She stalked with the best,
then pounced with claws manifest
until the mice were completely lifeless.
Monday Portrait
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Macro Monday
Coneflowers are literally called “sun hats” in German, i.e. Sonnenhut. And I saw them not only in yellow: I had to include this globe thistle (au naturel and with intentional zoom blur): The Cosmic Photo Challenge: What’s Flowering?
I’m a Fan of …
Water, Water Everywhere
A common name for a traditional inn, “The Golden Hart” (or “stag”) – this one has, for the moment, closed down. Another well liked traditional name is “The Lion” or “The Golden Lion”. Unlike in the UK were the most popular name for inns and … Continue reading Windows of German Inns
at pairs. How fitting. Temporal diptych: only a couple of weeks between these two photos. Late winter and early spring. Focal diptych: change of focus from background to foreground. Corporal diptych: on the vine and in the bottle. Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Perfect Pairs
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