Author: eklastic

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Shedding Light on Old Tales

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In the old part of Heppenheim there are more than 70 lanterns decorated with cut-outs illustrating tales and legends of the region. The artworks were created by Albert Völkl.

The latern in the photo features a story about a recluse who likely frightened the people living in the area.

The “Mordche” (a name alluring to ‘small murderer’) is said to have lived in a particularly dense part of the Bombach forest. The story goes that he was a small man who had killed his brother during a quarrel and after avoiding justice for a long time finally found a hiding place in the Bombach valley.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Lantern

Nostalgia

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There is this strip of flowers next to a field and I make a point of driving there at least once every September. Normally cosmos are garden flowers in Germany, a couple of clumps at most. This strip – possibly 200 metres long, 2 metres wide at most – is a place where they are allowed to grow wild and it reminds me so much of the highveld in South Africa where in autumn white and pink cosmos fields stretch into the distance.

For Floral Friday and FOTD

for Cee’s Flower of the Day and Bren’s Floral Friday

Ladder in the Sky

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The Odenwald, the low mountain range to the east of us, sports a new tower. On top of the Tromm (a mountain/hill of 577m altitude) stood the Irene Tower (named after the Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) but the wooden construction was destroyed by rot and bark beetles and demolished in 2020. In its place the new Tromm Tower was erected, a beautiful, modern construction made of wood and metal. It’s beautiful, modern, 33 m high, leaning over the side of the hill and granting a beautiful 360° panoramic view of the Odenwald. It opened to the public in June this year.

Cee’s Black & White Challenge: My Pick

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