The above title is a fairly well-known German song (or at least, it’s well known amongst people my age) from a singer called Alexandra: My friend, the tree, is dead. It tells the story of the friendship of a woman who comes back to her … Continue reading Mein Freund, der Baum
Sunday collage based on these colours from Aino: Värikollaasit #401
St Florian is of course, the patron saint of fire fighters. He is often depicted in murals on houses but that’s the only tiled mural of him I’ve found. This bakery doesn’t exist anymore but the tiled mural still tells of former times. My favourite … Continue reading Tiles into Murals
This school in Mannheim, Germany was built around the turn of the last century as a so-called Volksschule. In the 1970s it was changed into a Gymnasium, (i.e. a place to exercise young minds and not bodies). In the early days they had separate entrances … Continue reading A Place of Learning
A door in teal. OR A Eurasian teal. One Word Sunday
And here she is: The Crazy Cat Lady Cellpic Sunday
Some sounds are so soft they need amplification. Some sounds don’t need it but use it nevertheless: in churches, in mosques, in forests, in vineyards. Some sounds though are loud AND need amplification. I’m talking about the emergency sirens which are tested every few month … Continue reading Encroachment
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Edge
The Madonna statue topping the Marienbrunnen is overlooking the market square in Ladenburg and has done so for centuries, or so you would think. Not so, I found out. There was a statue of Maria on this spot in the 19th century. But a priest … Continue reading Rays of Light Surround Her
Six Word Saturday
