Unity, and Trees, and Freedom

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Germany is one of the most densely forested countries in Europe with about a third of the land covered by trees. During the early 1980s the term “Waldsterben” was coined in Germany. The mainstream had started to take notice of the damage that forests were taking from acid rains. I remember at the time reading a French analysis about the fact that Germans seemed to be much more disturbed than other nations about this particular ecological disaster. Germans had a much more intimate and earnest relation to trees and woods, the article maintained.

Deutscher Herbstbaum

Hence I thought it would be a good idea to start Becky’s July Squares with a very German tree: it is sporting the colours of the German flag: black, red, and gold.

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Tree Square #1

Popular Poplars

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These two poplars grace the site of the Roman villa rustica near Großsachsen, close to Ladenburg and Heidelberg. There are other poplars in our area but these two give the site a Mediterranean flair that is just right.

Both trees have numbers. They are 37 years old, mere babies next to the stones of the villa.

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Trees or Tree Parts

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Close up Leading to a Dust up

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When we dissolved my mother-in-law’s household I received her old sewing machine. She sewed her children’s clothes on it but it is now reduced to being a flower stand.

Photographing this memory-laden piece of furniture I have noticed that I possibly should dust a bit more often … excuse the pun in the title.

For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Getting Close at Home. Thanks for the prompt, Brian at bushboys world.

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