Another macro shot linked to Sunshine’s Macro Monday.
Author: eklastic
Zu alt, um nur zu spielen. Zu jung, um ohne Wunsch zu sein.
Edward, the blue iris
Not just any old iris but an iris reticulata by the name of “Edward”.
The “Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof” (trial garden) is in itself a speciality: a garden that is at once a garden showcasing plants and presenting them to the public as well as being a scientific institute which valuates plants in a natural environment regarding their position and growth and compatibility with other plants.
More information about the Hermannshof can be found here.
Linked to One Word Sunday: Speciality.
Distant in three stages
Head – ship – mountain
And just because it fits another car registration plate from Frankfurt. I guess this Beamer will go far in life.
Linked to Friday Fun: distant.
Hold on!
From Koblenz there is a cable car across the Rhine leading up to the fortress Ehrenbreitstein. For an even better view a huge viewing platform has been constructed up on the hill plateau.
And contrasting this rather large construction, here is a little detail on how to beautify rails – also close to the Rhine but in Düsseldorf.
Linked to the Friendly Friday Photo Challenge: Rails.
Put your asperagus on the table
This sculpted group stands in Lampertheim, a salute to the asperagus farmers and sellers right in the centre of the traditional asperagus growing regions. I stress traditional because with the advent of plastic covering on fields (and a bit of help from global warming) white asperagus is farmed in many areas of Germany. In the wide Rhine valley the climate was always favourable and in combination with the sandy soil which has come on southerly winds from the Sahara dessert for aeons it became ideal for this spring vegetable. Germans eat “Spargel” with a passion and the season is from early spring until traditionally 24 June in order to give the plants time to recuperate before the next season. To this day more than half of the German asparagus is sold on roadside stands and in open markets.
Linked to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Tables, Chairs, Picnic Tables, etc.
Even in bright sunlight
“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. “
Mary Anne Radmacher, author
I misread the quote (possibly deliberately):
“I am not the same having seen the moonshine on the other side of the world.”
Linked to Travel with Intent. More photos inspired by the quotation of Mary Anne Radmacher can be found here.
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