Even small bodies of water are appreciated.
Author: eklastic
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Two Houses, How Many Window Styles?
Both these houses are from Michelstadt im Odenwald. I was fascinated by the different kind of windows, all coming together to one style, sort of.
The contrast between the sandstone and the white front, the windows with the rounded top on the ground floor, mirrored in the second floor balcony door cum window. The grey and white half-timbered style on the top floor with the small oblang windows. The combination of both styles in the little tower cum bay windows.
And here is another house with typical architectural details of the area. The creme coloured shingles set off by the simple oblong windows, set off by grey and brown frames. The sandstone set-ins with grilles leading to the basement. The angular bay window jutting out and decorated with half-timbered details in dark wood.
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Let’s Get Ahead
Monday Portrait
Portrait of a Culprit
Although a portrait I am posting this as a macro.
Grass. My nemesis.
Macro Monday
No One Had any Intention of Building a Wall.
And yet, they did. In the middle of a meadow. It’s just a wall. About 10 metres long, 2.5 metres high. No other structure around. So I guess it’s fair game for sprayers. And the taggers who just spray without artistic intention at least appreciated the panda and his dream of bamboo and let it be.
Flying in the Sky
I’ve now posted a number of photos from the Bienenmarkt in Michelstadt, the yearly fun fair. The swing carousel offered many opportunities for catching the sky. Noteworthy that they decorated the chains with Ukrainian flags all round and they were flying high in the breeze.
Weekend Sky
A Seasonal Selfie
I have friends who are accomplished selfie takers but I’ve never been happy with my own results.
This is one of the few selfies I ever took. I was quite glad to find left-over cloth masks from the beginning of the pandemic to protect me from grass pollen in our garden to protect my mouth and nose. For good measure I grabbed our grandson’s swimming goggles. At least, I can’t blame my lack of selfie skills for my looks!
Decorated Roundabouts
When we moved to Saudi Arabia in 1998 I was struck by the amount of roundabouts in the cities there. Of course, we had roundabouts in Germany but they were utilitarian, barren traffic circles. In Saudi, and particularly in Jeddah, they were showcases of … well, art I guess (realising that art is in the eye of the beholder). Sometimes HUGE pieces of art. Have a look on the search engine of your choice and you’ll know what I mean. And it makes sense in a city of more than 4 millions with many illiterates to have these monuments. Instead of telling somebody to turn left on Falasteen Street, you’d rather send them to go to the “spaghetti and meatballs” and then go past the “flying carpet” until you see the “Dali camel” (PS: The camel isn’t really by Dali but it was certainly inspired by him.)
Around the time we moved back to Germany, the idea of roundabouts had caught on in Germany and they seemed to propagate. Most of them are simply softly elevated bumps, often covered with flowers and/or stones. But some seem to have taken ideas from Jeddah. albeit on a smaller scale.
Here are just a few examples.
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