I really love this sculpture because it displays such intimacy.
But the weird – or poignant – thing about it is that I found it in a cemetery. No explanation given. Maybe it was to celebrate an undying love, maybe the artist was buried here with one of his favourite pieces … who knows.
Linked to One Word Sunday: Pair.
Neither a lady, nor a bird.
Not even a lady bug as I have just learned that coccinellidae are not considered true bugs (hemiptera).
A whole loveliness (yes, that’s the collective noun for lady beetles). Properly fitting for an insect that in German alone has (according to Wikipedia) 1500 different regional names. The most common one is Marienkäfer which ties in with the English lady bug as the lady referenced is the Virgin Mary. The one I am most familiar with is Herrgottskäfer (apparently a protestant way to omit mentioning Mary by calling it Lord’s beetle). Himmelskäfer (heaven’s beetle) has the same explanation. Sometimes they are very plainly known as Junikäfer (June bugs) and thus prone to be mixed up with other beetles. The most prosaic is Lausfresser (aphid eater) yet it describes its helpfulness for gardeners. The one I like best is Flimmflämmke just for the sound of it (pronounced something like flim-flem-ka) and possibly has to do with its flame red colour.
What other names of ladybirds are known in English? Do you have them in Australia?
Linked to Friday Fun: Another.
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(Yes, there are six geese in the picture.)
Linked to Six Word Saturday. More photos with more or less (usually more) than six words, can be found here.
Yesterday’s tower made me think of other towers I’ve taken pictures of.
Top left: Water tower of Ladenburg (interesting story: the town sold it 30 years ago for 1 DM to an investor, consequently blocked all of his ideas to develop and use the site, and has recently bought it back for 35,000 Euros and is now spending around 500,000 Euros to renovate the tower as it has become a hazard).
Top right: The Kronenhochhaus in Frankfurt-Westend.
Bottom left: Part of the medieval town wall fortifications of Michelstadt im Odenwald.
Bottom right: The Heiligenbergturm in Heidelberg,
My Square Perspective no. 18 is linked to The Life of B.
A whole district in the town of Heppenheim is called “the lazy quarter”.
Linked to The Ragtag Daily Prompt.
I was very confused when I first saw this. Are there wild hummingbirds in Germany? Almost: It is a hummingbird hawk moth. I only discovered the proboscis on the photos.
Linked to A Photo a Week: Insects.
Linked to Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Cameras or Photographers.
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