This sculpture by Uli Lamp, called Golem, stands in Hemsbach, a town in the northern part of the state Baden-Württemberg, between the church and the synagogue. The mythical creature is normally made of clay but wood and metal works as well, I think.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Rusty or decayed
It’s not a flattering photograph. I didn’t even know I was in the shot until I got home as this was taken on the fly. I liked the slogan on the van, an advertisement for a local beer (We Want Wulle) because I could do something to it which involved our family name. My bad that the van was so shiny!
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Stealthie
A look up the street:
A look down:
And since we had recently some snow I thought I include a shot from the same street, about a hundred meter further up:
And a view of the neighbourhood wouldn’t be complete without one the jaywalkers seen on a regular basis:
A Photo a Week: The street where you live
I concentrated mostly on almond trees this past weekend but there are other colour spots out already.
Monday Macro
I should really have my text preceding this series.
I took a photo of a plum tree in bloom. I liked the colour and the light in the background and it looked almost like an impressionist painting, even without any editing. I played around with it using various photoscape features and then I remembered where I had seen a plum tree in bloom before.
I had to tweak the colour a bit but the similarity is there, is it not?
Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Flowering plumtrees” can be admired in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Art for Art’s Sake
In the first scenes of what is arguably the most well-known German play, Faust has contemplated suicide because he has realised his limitations in the light of his ambitions. The ringing of the church bells at the break of dawn and the Christian message of the risen Christ hold him back.
Next morning he leaves the city to join the masses of people on a stroll outside the city gates. The following is an ode to spring and humanity, a piece of poetry colloquially known as the “Easter Walk” and lines from it are known by almost every German. He starts with describing the surroundings, seeing nature freed from the white ice just as the people are freed from the grey city. Nature is still lacking colour this early in spring, so people have to supply it with their finery. The soliloquy ends with Faust’s awareness that he can join the rest of humanity.
Hence, the photo of an Easter Sunday morning stroll.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Human
And in case you don’t know where to look for spring, you can always follow the signs: Spring Street.
You might end up here:
One Word Sunday: Spring
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