We went for a walk at the UNESCO heritage site of the Lorsch Abbey. The buildings are amazing all by themselves, the beautiful gatehouse (here only a corner of it can be seen) and the remnants of the massive church. But the autumn colours suit … Continue reading Carolingian Autumn
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I have no idea what this is. I could imagine that it is the frogs and toads preparing for the winter season. It kind of looks like a miniture fir, doesn’t it? Water, Water Everywhere
I don’t normally use my cell phone for photography except for classroom purposes (homework, tests, attendance lists and the like) but I’ve been so mixed-up lately that I managed to take not two but three empty camera batteries along on our last outing.
But have a look – is this photo really from the era of cell phones? It looks vintage, doesn’t it?
King Ludwig I. of Bavaria built a classicist villa above the village of Edenkoben in the Palatinate (part of Bavaria in the mid 19th century) and below the castle ruin of Riedburg. The villa offers a panoramic view across the Rhine Valley to the Odenwald on the other side of the river. In 1954 a chair lift was built to the top of the hill. The pamphlet proclaims that the chairlift is technically up-to-date but the newest thing we could find were the “please wear a mask” Corona warnings which were stuck to the masts. The seats looked decidedly prehistoric, and kind of unsafe, and a bit rusty. But there has never been an accident in 67 years and apparently, the modern technical side is hidden behind the scenes.
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The faux mosque in the palace gardens of Schwetzingen is decorated with maxims and sayings which the designers considered to be Eastern wisdoms. Wherever it stems from, the sentiment seems to be true in this case.
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Again, I couldn’t quite see what was happening at the time. I saw the cormorant bursting out of the water and carrying something in its beak. Had I witnessed the end of a successful hunt?
At home on the larger screen it became clear: I had caught a male cormorant collecting nesting material, which he brings to his mate who in turn builds the nest. In other words: She demands, he supplies.
Asymmetry in buildings might be owing to necessity or the fancy of the architect.
In nature it is not always planned but due to an accident.
PS: I don’t know what is happening. The gallery is all screwed up. Another wordpress glitch?
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you can’t see forever and ever but still pretty far.
This is the view from the Tromm, one of the highest mountains / hills in the Odenwald towards the west. The Wachenburg, a fortress I normally look up to, can be seen in the middle and beyond is the Rhine Valley. On a clear day one can see the hills of the Palatinate in the distance on the other side of the river.
The same view on another day at a different time of day:
Either way one can see
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