Look at the clouds

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Clouds – rain – spring – river – sea – evaporation – clouds – rain – – –  the circle of life.

2009 clouds a

Can you see the newborn Lion King?

2009 clouds b

Clouds over hills and dales –

Wiesn

Clouds over the empty festival grounds which are home to the world largest beer festival once a year, the Münchner Oktoberfest.

2009 clouds d

And one big thick cloud and not nothing else.

2009 clouds e

A host of clouds behind a silhouette of trees.

2009 clouds f

And again stretching over hills

2009 clouds g

offering a peephole into the sky.

For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Clouds.

 

Change can be challenging

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2008 bright a

The first day of school can be tough.  A bright t-shirt as well as the “sugar cone” for the first day may help.

 

2008 bright b

Maybe not.  But it’s better than wearing dull clothes from the outset.

For On the Hunt for Joy: Wear Bright Clothes on Tough Days.  More bright clothes may be found here.

 

Framed!

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“Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts.”

Garry Winogrand

2009 frame d

Step through the frame and find out (Leazes Park in Newcastle).

2009 frame f

And he stepped through the frame.

2009 frame e

In Ladenburg they have these signs all over town to show how the landscape was changed to make paths and parks more inviting.  On the left are photos of what it looked before and it can be compared with the reality today.  It was found that just putting up the photos wouldn’t be enough, so a frame was offered, similar to the frame of the old photograph to make the views comparable.  Because a frame changes things.

A frame also helps to focus the attention.  Or possibly, it allows people to cope with nature if they are used to seeing things only framed ?

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Linked to Travel with Intent.  More photos inspired by the quotation by G. Winogrand (what a wonderful name!)  are collected here.

The storks are back for good

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2008 riddle

For Six Word Saturday.  More six words and accompanying photos are only a click away.

 

And I need to add this German children riddle song:

Auf unsrer Wiese gehet was, watet durch die Sümpfe.

Hat ein schwarz-weiß Röcklein an, trägt auch rote Strümpfe.

Fängt die Frösche, schnapp, schnapp, schnapp.

Klappert lustig, klapperdiklapp.

Wer kann das erraten?

 

Something walks in our meadow, wading through the marshes.

It wears a frock that’s black and white,

and also wears red stockings.

It catches frogs, snap, snap, snap.

It clacks merrily, clack, clack, clack.

Who know what this could be?

 

Stones to make you stumble in your heart

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Stolpersteine

In places all over Germany and other European countries one can find Stolpersteine – cobblestones called “stumbling stones” or “stumbling blocks”, commemorating victims of National Socialism near places where they lived or worked.  After almost 30 years, these stones now number several ten thousands and more are added almost on a daily basis.   More information about the project can be found here.

The initiator likes to quote a child who said about his remembrance project: “You don’t trip on a STOLPERSTEIN, you stumble with your head and your heart.”

For Cosmic Photo Challenge: Set in Stone.