Old and new

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Worms, a town on the Rhine between Mannheim and Mainz, can trace its origines back to the years B.C. and the citizens were challenged to incorporate old walls and buildings into the modern lay-out throughout the ages.  The town walls we see today were built from the 12th century onwards on foundations dating back to walls of the Roman military garrissn that stood here in the first century A.D.  The big gate to one of the bridges crossing the River Rhine is much newer, and the houses can be anything from a few decades to a few centuries old.

For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.  More ways, paths, streets, etc. can be found here.

Another Thursday’s Five

38 a sliver (640x480)
SLIVERED (slivers of wood)
38 bc muted traversed (640x480)
1 for 2: MUTED + TRAVERSED
38 e converted (480x640)
another 1 for 2: CONVERTED + OVINE
38 d ovine (640x480)
but because it’s so nice: a real sheep

For Paula’s Thursday’s Special – Pick a word: ovine, converted, muted, traversed, and splivered.

More photos of all five words or less can be found here.

Over an alien horizon

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It may be a cliché but snow can change a familiar landscape in a short time, often it happens overnight.

In this case, the arms of a wind turbine just over the hill might possibly suggest an alien structure, and the wary astronaut drudging through the foreign landscape towards an unknown fate.

For The Daily Post: Out of this World.  More otherwordly photos can be found here.