No, this is not a counting mistake.
We all know the five senses:
In the English language we speak of a sixth sense when somebody has a power of perception seemingly independent of the five senses. But in the German language, we talk of the seventh sense when we mean that (and ignore the sixth, I think).
But what does this seventh sense look like?
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and Poseidon cradling his trident watched over me the whole time.
This is the front of the Herschelbad in Mannheim, an art nouveau public swimming pool which in its early days even offered a pool for dogs.
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If your bookshelves look like this: you start appreciating open bookshelves like this: making space at home for more book hoarding and sharing your hoarding passion with others (which is better than throwing your books away). Weekly Prompt Wednesday Challenge: Hoarding
The phone area code for Stuttgart is 0711. Stuttgart is the official capital of Baden-Württemberg and the in-official capital of Swabia tying in nicely with yesterday’s seven Swabians.
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Wordless Wednesday
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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Diagonal Lines
and what would a horse going by without the clippety-clop? Incidentally, a horse shoe is a hoof iron in German. Clop – clop – clop – clippety – clop – clop – clop – clop – clippety – clop – clop … Can you hear it?
Double-dippety – dip – dip – dip
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Technically not a fairy tale but rather a “funny tale”, however The Seven Swabians appeared in the collection of the Brothers Grimm. The people in the photo might not be born Swabians or even Germans some of them but they lived long enough in the Stuttgart area and identify as Stuttgarter and therefore Swabians.
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Aino suggested burnt orange for this week’s colour collage – Värikollaasit:
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