Serenity

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I think I have to explain my train of thought here.

Serenity – I immediately thought of the Serenity, the spaceship of Mal Reynolds in the cult series Firefly (yes, sometimes I’m a nerd). Mal Reynolds is played by Nathan Fillion who has come to non-nerd fame with the tv series Castle. My hometown is known as the two-castle town (“Zweiburgenstadt”) and in my photo you can see why. I hope the shot conveys the serenity I felt, on a late summer’s evening, just before sundown, with everything quiet and peaceful around me. And so I’ve come full circle.

Linked to the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Serenity.

estival

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A summer meadow with flowers close to town deserves a closer look.

Closer.

The flowers are made up of field mustard

and lacy phacelia, mostly.

There are others interested as well

going as close as they can get.

Even butterflies flutter by.

Linked to Thursday Special: Pick a word. I picked estival.

Hats, hats, hats

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I thought I’d start with local traditional hats – the tricorn of the town’s dignitaries and the simple round hat of the ordinary men.

Modern hats are sometimes less but often just as stylish. And talking of accessories – sometimes a hat is not enough, it seems.

And a hat doesn’t even have to fit, even in the case of magnolias. And the tower carries the name of his hat: Blauer Hut. Blue hat, you wonder … the challenge this week is called “hats off” and the blue slate hat came off several hundred years ago.

Linked to A Photo a Week: Hats off.

New locks in old latches

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“Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Linked to Travel with Intent: Quotations. More photos inspired by the Emerson quote are to be found here.