Primary colours today from Aino:
No One Had any Intention of Building a Wall.
And yet, they did. In the middle of a meadow. It’s just a wall. About 10 metres long, 2.5 metres high. No other structure around. So I guess it’s fair game for sprayers. And the taggers who just spray without artistic intention at least appreciated the panda and his dream of bamboo and let it be.
Flying in the Sky
I’ve now posted a number of photos from the Bienenmarkt in Michelstadt, the yearly fun fair. The swing carousel offered many opportunities for catching the sky. Noteworthy that they decorated the chains with Ukrainian flags all round and they were flying high in the breeze.
Weekend Sky
A Seasonal Selfie
I have friends who are accomplished selfie takers but I’ve never been happy with my own results.
This is one of the few selfies I ever took. I was quite glad to find left-over cloth masks from the beginning of the pandemic to protect me from grass pollen in our garden to protect my mouth and nose. For good measure I grabbed our grandson’s swimming goggles. At least, I can’t blame my lack of selfie skills for my looks!
Decorated Roundabouts
When we moved to Saudi Arabia in 1998 I was struck by the amount of roundabouts in the cities there. Of course, we had roundabouts in Germany but they were utilitarian, barren traffic circles. In Saudi, and particularly in Jeddah, they were showcases of … well, art I guess (realising that art is in the eye of the beholder). Sometimes HUGE pieces of art. Have a look on the search engine of your choice and you’ll know what I mean. And it makes sense in a city of more than 4 millions with many illiterates to have these monuments. Instead of telling somebody to turn left on Falasteen Street, you’d rather send them to go to the “spaghetti and meatballs” and then go past the “flying carpet” until you see the “Dali camel” (PS: The camel isn’t really by Dali but it was certainly inspired by him.)
Around the time we moved back to Germany, the idea of roundabouts had caught on in Germany and they seemed to propagate. Most of them are simply softly elevated bumps, often covered with flowers and/or stones. But some seem to have taken ideas from Jeddah. albeit on a smaller scale.
Here are just a few examples.
Life Is Hard, Gras is Boring
Sometimes not even the best design can help with the dull impression you make on others.
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Devoured by Donkeys
Far too pretty in my opinion to be devoured by donkeys but that’s what the Latin names onobrychis means. Otherwise known as either sainfoin or esparsette.
Floral Friday and Flower of the Day
for Cee’s Flower of the Day and Bren’s Floral Friday
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