Living close to a river, particularly a river in a narrow valley, probably means you have to accept that every now and again the waters rise. This water line is from 1824 when the Neckar overflowed its banks.
To put this in perspective: The square where the house with this mark stands is 100m away from river, and adding a bit more perspective:
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bridges
The container port of Gernsheim on the Rhine, and the harbour for smaller private boats.
This wall on a vacant lot in the woods near Teplice – I was wondering if the artist honed his inimitable style on it. Sadly, I didn’t see any other of his works nor could I find any information about him.
And there I was thinking that selkies are Celtic by origin and are found in the North Sea, on the shores of Ireland and Scotland, and not in the sweat waters of the river Neckar. And then I found a Selkie with a Heidelberg license number.
The storks are busy.
And he’s off again:
These two have finished building and have moved in, it seems.
If you don’t know, Tark is a member of the Long Patrol, the fighting hares of Brian Jacques Redwall novels.
Monday Portrait
I wasn’t initially planning to take photos of the house next to that arch in Neckargemünd, east of Heidelberg. But I had to learn that the karenicity runs strong even in some Germans. While I was trying to find a good angle for a photo (and was quite chuffed to get the triangle of the house exactly in the opening of the arch) I was approached by a lady with a piercing voice: “Are you photographing MY house?! Are you, tell me, are you?!” I explained that I was taking pictures of the arch but as it was quite a nice house I might also photograph the house. She drew a deep breath but before she could say anything I explained in my calmest voice that I was perfectly allowed to do so from the street. She huffed a little bit and puffed a little bit and I took pictures of the house and the windows. I mean – what do you expect if you have a beautiful house standing next to an antique cultural artefacts?
Beautiful windows, aren’t they?
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I’ve never seen a rainbow like this. It appeared yesterday afternoon while I was out and about with friends.
The smile hung in the air for at least 15 minutes.
Who knew that Mother Nature could paint like that?
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Art by Nature
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