This flower is only missing a few petals but these poor birds are missing a whole leg:
A one-legged duck.
A one-legged stork.
A one-socked flamingo.
For One Word Sunday: missing. Hopefully not missing are more pictures illustrating the theme – click here.
It is a tradition of the villages in the Rhineland-Palatium, the southwestern part of Germany to raise a maypole on 1 May. In some areas it is a naked pole carrying a wreath, in others it is a tall, slender birch with the young green leaves and a few colourful ribbons.
It is no mean feat to raise the fallen tree again as it is quite heavy belying its tender stature.
Many ladders are involved in the endeavour as one can see.
But the concerted action of the village people usually results in an upright pole.
Not much more to do now!
And the maypole is up. And yes, if you’ve been thinking about spring and erections and long, yet strong, slender symbols and wondering why sometimes there is a wreath that looks as if the pole has speared it, you’ve been right. The tradition dates back to Celtic fertility rituals, and no, you don’t have a dirty mind.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: chutes and ladders.
Raindrops and spiderwebs are winning combination.
This was taken a few years back when I had only a compact camera but I like it. If it weren’t so cold today I’d go out and try to find a few more spiderwebs after the rain.
And like last week a bonus – not really a raindrop but I’ll offer it nevertheless:
This droplet was hanging from a tapir’s snout.
For A Photo a Week: raindrops.
“My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been.”
Diane Arbus
For Travel with Intent‘s quotation challenge. More posts inspired by this quote can be found here.
At least, the driver was honest enough to write it on his number plate.
For One Word Sunday: Pollution.
Somewhere in Swabia I came upon a bump next to the road with this primeval looking monster on top. I suppose it is meant as art although there was no plaque to identify either the artist or the title of the piece. I just accepted it for what it is: a giant ant.
For A Photo a Week: Three of a Kind.
For more three’s, click here.
This somewhat strange structure is found between the lower and upper lake in the city centre of Böblingen, a town near Stuttgart in Germany. I say strange because it seems so barren and stark.
The reflections make a great photographic subject.
And getting close one can play with thin columns and shadows and vanishing points.
Here is a fourth, a bonus picture, which I just had to include:
For A Photo a Week: Three of a Kind.
For more three’s, click here.
“Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.”
Henry Miller
More photos inspired by the Henry Miller quote can be found on the Travel with Intent site.
When I researched the name of this tower I found it aptly described as “Aussichtsmonstrum” = look-out monstrosity. There is, even with towers, no accounting for taste. It adds 21m to the Stäffelsberg (480m) to afford a view over the Pfälzer Wald in the southern part of Rhineland-Palatium, close to the French border.
This much older tower (by about 700 years) is arguably more beautiful. It stands in Weinheim, on the other side of the Rhine. It has dominated my childhood as my parents’ (and now my sister’s) garden lies directly behind it. Which is why I include this less popular view of the Blauer Hut (the Blue Hat, as it is known):
For One Word Sunday: Tower.
For more towering photos, click here.
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