That’s the Deutsche Bank building in Frankfurt.
Author: eklastic
Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.
I’ll Be Back!
Not a quote from the Terminator but from Mother Nature herself.
Becky showed us some extreme gardening as an oddity today so I am showing off some involuntary gardening. Isn’t it odd to have a tree growing in what used to be a living room?
The Uses of Tea
The only definition of accumulator I could find that fitted this photo was: “An accumulator is an energy storage device: a device which accepts energy, stores energy, and releases energy as needed.” If that is a traditional, if roundabout way to describe a steaming teapot, let me know please.
This particular pot was seen on Lindisfarne or Holy Island off the north English coast.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Teapot
Sometimes the Foxes’ Ears Go Missing
I had been wondering about this strange looking sculpture. A fox? Possibly. But the ears are not quite right.
Last time we passed this place in Michelstadt a small group of tourists were there with a guide and since we seemed interested we were invited to listen. The figure is indeed a fox, Reineke Fuchs to be precise, the title character of a medieval story which has been told again and again. Apparently every now and again the ears are broken off – the guide blamed local schoolkids – and everytime they are repaired they are little bit bigger than their predecessors, hence the unusual look.
Definitely more than six words this week but I just had to after Debbie’s photo and Queen Victoria’s missing finger.
How Did I Get Here?
There is a small explanation needed how I got from “Waxy” to an Ireland rugby jersey. Only a small one, really.
Frankfurt am Main has quite a few Irish pubs and we tried out a few but Waxy’s is the one we go to when we want to watch a rugby match. It hasn’t got as many screens as O’Reilly’s at the station, but it’s not as cramped as Mac Gowan’s on the Zeil, Frankfurt’s shopping street. And in the Anglo-Irish Pub in Sachsenhausen you sometimes have to argue with the English football fans if an interesting football game is on. Besides – Waxy’s has the easiest for parking for out-of-towners like us.
With Ireland doing well in this year’s Six Nations, Waxy’s was the first association that came to mind when I heard today’s prompt
A Really Large Folly
Sue’s series of follies had me thinking. There are certainly follies in Germany (I am only talking of the architectural type, I’m sure there are enough follies in many other areas) but there is no proper name for them. I found an interesting discussion amongst translators and although a number of possible words are discussed, the final conclusion is that “folly” is best left unchanged.
The largest folly I know is the Red Mosque in the palace gardens in Schwetzingen. It was built in the late 18th century, not as house of worship but because eveything oriental was in fashion at the time. It was meant as a monument to oriental thought and wisdom, many supposedly Arabic quotes were used to decorate the insides. Oddly enough – it has been used by Muslims for worship (for example by French prisoners of war from the Maghreb after the Franco-Prussian war in 1870/71) as well as a jazz club by the US American occupying forces after world war II.
Queen Anne’s Carrot
Queen Anne’s Lace or Wild Carrot?
Floral Friday and Flower of the Day
for Cee’s Flower of the Day and Bren’s Floral Friday
pictures imperfect blog 