Today and yesterday the weather has been clear and cold. Cellpic Sunday
Vamped Up
All the time when I grew up the Wachenburg looked down on the town with a muted, reddish brown roof. I don’t know when the tiles were renewed – I don’t have any photos of the brownish tiles – but one day it was bright red. The … Continue reading Vamped Up
No Home Owners Association Yet
In a part of the woods around here somebody created a Wichtelweg, a path next to which Wichtel, imps or gnomes live. I don’t know if it ever had any official blessings but the word spread amongst parents of small children who liked to go for … Continue reading No Home Owners Association Yet
You Takes Your Car, You Takes Your Chances
Last week the roads looked like this. The snow had melted on the roads during the day and of course at night, when it gets again colder, the slush turns to ice. Very dangerous conditions. We left the car at home and went for a walk! … Continue reading You Takes Your Car, You Takes Your Chances
Don’t Be a Part of the Pollution
FOWC with Fandango: Pollution
Too Cold to Sit
The recent snow and ice was an incentive to get up move and not use the benches in the park. Different seasons, different benches, equally empty. Thursday Trios
Winter Jasmine
A hardy little bloom, fighting against cold and snow at this time of the year. For Flower of the Day and Floral Friday
How to Procure Contentment
Cleanliness amounts to beauty in a house. Hospitality amounts to honour in a house. Godliness amounts to blessings for a house. Contentment amounts to happiness in a house. If the above verse is true, than this owl has truly procured happiness: Double dipping for FOWC … Continue reading How to Procure Contentment
Playground Protection
The playground on Herschelplatz in Mannheim is surrounded by traffic. Rather than protecting the playing children with a boring old railing they put up waves. Monochrome Madness: Some Things from a City
