Five times

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What a challenge! Dale at CosPhoCal has asked to turn the everyday in the unusual. What an opportunity to play! But first things first, let’s start with the important ingredient:

Coffee.

The cup of this owl (aka: me) reads: I’m afraid I am awake (I’m awake I’m afraid?) How mundane can it get?

A walk with the dog.

A ride on the bike.

A slice of lemon.

And some healthy apples rife for the picking.

These are the untouched photos that were used:

Linked to the Cosmic Photo Challenge: The everyday into the unusual.

Windows on wine

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If you didn’t know that the city of Frankfurt has a vineyard of its own, you’re not alone. We didn’t know either. And we certainly didn’t expect to find it 20km outside of Frankfurt, in Hochheim am Main.

Here are the windows of the estate, new and old combined:

Linked to Monday Window.

A dammed valley

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This reservoir in the Odenwald, the Marbach Stausee, features a unique structure in the middle. I’m sure it has something to do with the lake’s function but I’ve not found a detailed explanation why it is there – except for looking strange and unique, especially with its reflection in the still waters.

Linked to Friday Fun: Unique.

Too late and too early

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This little wood mouse was too early out of its nest, I think, but probably also too late in the year to be born. It was sitting on the side of a path, squeaking loudly but not running away. There was no adult close by, at least not one we could see. We pushed him gently with a stick into the leaves on the side and told it to be quiet.

Linked to One Word Sunday: Early.

Follow the hare

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This is my awake (awoke?) week. It seems I have used up all my awaken (awoken) photos this week already: my awake coffee mug, my cat waking me when it is still dark, even a sunrise somewhere. But I know (and the mirror confirms this) that I will never look as awake as this hare, alert, vigilant, sharp, and wired. I need something to awaken my morning bearing.

Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Awaken.

African Anamnesis

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I’ve done two versions. Take your pick.

Zakes Mda is a South African writer whom I got to know first as a playwright. His plays were performed at the Johannesburg Market Theatre. In The Heart of Redness he writes about Nongqavuse, a Xhosa girl who prophesied the exodus of the British settlers if her people were to kill their cattle and burn their crops. This resulted in a massive famine in 1856/57 in the area of the Eastern Cape, with an estimated 20,000 people dying and many more deplaced. Mda shifts from the historical perspective to the present to illustrate the interplay of history, myth and present day reality.

Linked to Thursday’s Special: Make a book cover.