I’m a bit short on lighthouses in the middle of Europe, so I’m using some photos from 2015.
The Roker lighthouse in Sunderland as seen through the C2C (coast to coast) giant shutter.
Approaching the lighthouse from the south and approaching it from the north.
Having approached I stood directly underneath and had nowhere to go.
I’ve decided that it looks best from the shore, showing off its beautifully curved pier.
Monochrome Madness: Lighthouse in Different Compositions
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Whenever there is a major Hash House Harrier event, we get a t-shirt as keepsake.
That’s one way to combat the overflow:
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge: Keepsake
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Prince Max to the right: the smaller the prince, the more obvious the sign, apparently.
The Central Council of Pond Frogs protests: “This ain’t no prince! We demand a thorough investigations of his credentials!”
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In 1871 a baron decided that he wanted a forest full of unusual trees so he started to plant trees not native to the area in his backyard. He didn’t just plant one tree of every kind but in groups of hundreds. In ten years he planted (or rather had planted) more than 12,000 trees on the grounds behind his castle in Weinheim an der Bergstraße, 1460 of the trees were sequoias. In 1955 the family sold the area to the State of Baden-Württemberg and the care of the “Exotic Forest” fell to official foresters. Today it is open woodland like any other public forest in Germany. Over the years more and more species were introduced and now more than 130 non-native species can be found species, most of them thriving in large groups.
Although I am most attracted to the sequoias other species have their charm like this American tulip tree. Information boards are displayed next to the paths.
Animals are few and far between because of the many visitors but one can get lucky.
Sometimes it’s hard to cross the path because of the amount of traffic. Heedful snails look left and right before they cross.
Occasionally though, one can meet a more threatening member of the animal population. This one was aggressively lunging at me:
was the 22 July and that was National Hammock Day in the US.
You could have been laying in one and humming softly.
Cee’s Midweek Madness: Words with mm
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Omens are everywhere in this world. You just have to find the one that fits.
Terry Pratchett
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not just Lily Marleen.
Old and not quite so old lanterns.
Two in a row and four in a row.
Even little dolls have lanterns in front of their doors.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Street Lamps or Outdoor Lighting
I took this photo last Monday in the Odenwald and then I went to look for other windows with antlers in my archive.
Also from the Odenwald, with an added stag head (not a real one, obviously) .
This one is from the Alps, from the Kleinwalsertal – this curious part of Austria that can only reached from Germany.
Again from the Odenwald. I’ve posted this photo before but with so many antlers how could I not?
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and I’m going to miss it this year.
The town will be ready.
And that’s the view from somebody who has sampled the local wine, and mixed it with local beer, and possibly local schnapps.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Festival Special
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