A young man was having a dreadful fright,
He was home alone at the dead of night.
He saw beasts and creatures,
Monsters with hideous features –
Until he decided to switch on the light.
Laughing along with a limerick: Night
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The end of fear
Author: eklastic
Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.
Make it a triptych!
A triptych is devided in three sections, usually in three panels. Traditionally, the middle panel is the focus of the three and thus sometimes is a bit larger. Thematically the panels can be connected any which way you want. Here are a few examples for … Continue reading Make it a triptych!
I was looking up
while my son and grandson were looking down. Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Up or Down – or both
Thank you, Mama
This building is on the site of the “Hessische Rebmuttergarten” (aka the mamma of vines in Hesse) where in 1927 the vines resistant to the grape phylloxera were developed. This vine fretter was a pest, which came from the Americas to Europe and was set … Continue reading Thank you, Mama
As crooked as a fish hook
Macro Monday
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Sitting by the river
On my walk on the banks of the Neckar near Ladenburg I met this baby seal.
Monday Portrait
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Warning signs
Värikollaasit #483
A rejected angel
Rejects, I have a few, but then again, more than enough to mention … When Egido asks for at first glance rejected photos I immediately thought of sculptures. I love to photograph sculptures in public spaces. But they usually pose challenges exactly because they are … Continue reading A rejected angel
Even poets have clerks
at least the rich ones.
This is Bligger von Steinach, as depicted in the Codex Manesse, the beautifully illustrated songbook of German courtly songs in the middle ages. He was a noble who resided in Neckarsteinach in the 13th century but his fame came from his Minnelieder, his songs of courtly love. If the picture holds true he dictated his works to a clerk rather than stain his own fingers. I took the photo at the Starkenburg above Heppenheim which is today a youth hostel and pictures of the Manesse Handschrift decorate the hallways.
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