FOWC with Fandango: Upon
Blue and white flags and bunting everywhere
Some people go a step further and even paint their houses in white and blue. Monday Window
Gerberbachviertel in Weinheim
It’s often difficult to get a full view of a half-timbered house because so many of them are built in narrow streets and alleyways. In our town the look up is even more pronounced because the old part of town is built on a slope. … Continue reading Gerberbachviertel in Weinheim
Firefighting for over 100 years
I couldn’t verify if this firefighter has been with the 130-year-old two-storey merrygoround since the beginning but he has been standing to attention for a long time.
Monday Portrait
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Who’s a pretty mouse then?
For Värikollaasit #508 Aino has chosen a pretty shade of pink:
Himalayan Indian Balsam
This flower – a perennial shrub, up over 2 metres in height, native to the Indian subcontinent – is totally invasive in the North American continent and Europe. I don’t know about other areas but here they grow next to every little brook or stream.
Walking Leaves
These are leaf insects (aka grashoppers that engage in leaf mimikry) living in the Vivarium Darmstadt.
I’m not enough of a specialist to know if these particular insects are related to grasshoppers; they are if they are katydits but not if they are phylliidae.
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Lights today, lights next year
This was contract work. After our four day party, there was the big clean-up. Before we took down the coloured lights I was asked to take pics of how the lines were strung so that they could replicate it next year without too much thought. … Continue reading Lights today, lights next year
