A colour collage for Värikollaasit.
For more collages have a look here.
Nothing to rival the Beatles
This soldier of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870/71 was a minor celebrity in his town when they looked for a model for the war memorial which was erected in 1890. He was a miller by profession and considered the most beautiful man around. Not long afterwards he emigrated to the US, apparently smuggling valuables in the nappies of his numerous children. If that is true I don’t know but he came to wealth in the US and his family not only grew to riches but also in numbers. To this day the town of Weinheim hosts descendants of this beautiful man about once a year when they come and want to see what their great-great-great-grandfather looked like.
I’ve featured him before here.
And here is a slightly fuzzy close up of him – jugde for yourself if he conforms with your idea of beauty.
For One Word Sunday: Famous. More photos of famous people can be found here.
Ngiyabonga! for an awesome rugby game
I had planned something else for today but as it is I am swept away by the my husband’s enthusiasm for the South African rugby team and their winning the Webb Ellis cup this morning (it was evening in Japan). “Ngiyabonga” means thank you, addressed to the team, in Zulu.
Six words on Saturday for Six Word Saturday.
Never ending lines ( = circles)
All the lines from my square October in never-ending circles.
Check out Becky’s blog (who Jude has taken to calling “Queen of the Squares” which I like and will steal from her) for more lined squares.
Dates
The water level marked on an old house from a flooding in 1875.
A mural created by a school class in 2015.
A keystone with the year 1743 marked out.
The (most likely) dates of birth and death of Johannes Bückler, better known as Schinderhannes, painted on a house in the area where he used to live as an outlaw and robber. There are many legends (and five movies) about the man, making him into a more modern German version of Robin Hood which are in all probability not true.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Anything with numbers on it. More numbered photos can be found here.
Lining up
My final square photo for this month of lines&squares with children lining up. Or is it bloggers already lining up for the next month of squares soon?
Linked to Lines&Squares: #31 in October.
The stories behind
“I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.”
Henry Miller
Linked to Travel with Intent. For more photos inspired by the Miller quote, click here.
Foggy lines
Linked to Lines&Squares: #30 in October.
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