More Precious than Gold and Silver

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“Jeder grüne Baum ist trotz allem wertvoller als einem (sic) der aus Gold und Silber wäre.”

Martin Luther

“For all that every green tree is more precious than one that were made of gold and silver.”

Living on the slopes of the Odenwald, and looking across the Rhine Valley to the Pfälzer Wald (“Wald” meaning forest in German), woods are close to my heart.

The Odenwald consists of mixed forests but beech is predominant in our area. And it is glorious at this time of year, the leaves all new and fresh and bright green.

  • a path leading through new growth
  • long and slender grey stems of beech trees
  • many granite boulders are found in the area
  • a look out on the next hill
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Arboreal
The city arms of Gersfeld

Braving the Sea

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The Sea of Stones is a natural phenomenon in the Odenwald. You can take a stroll on the pathways or you can make an expedition of it and dive in.

For more information have look here on the site of this fellow blooger, who is an American living in the area; Deena.

For some reason I am not able to give a proper ping back, so here is her site: http://englishspeakingodenwald.blogspot.com/2017/08/felsenmeer-odenwalds-sea-of-stones.html

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Expedition