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Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat

Fortune (or luck) is with the brave.  Make your own connection with that beaming, strong, brave mother taking part in the Frankfurt Half-marathon event and the motto of a traditional student’s fraternity.

Linked to One Word Sunday: luck.   More lucky pictures, can be found here.

Getaways without getting away

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Balconies in the centre of the town of Heidelberg.

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And in Frankfurt – more green, less flowers.

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The townhall balcony in Lampertheim – geraniums are the perennial favourites for balcony gardening.

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This is more colourful, seen in Ladenburg.

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More geraniums, in Weinheim.

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No flowers at all, yet the feeling is definitely “holiday in Balconia”.

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The old part of the town of Weinheim is built on an incline.  The rooms behind the lower row of balconies are street level on the other side of the house.  It looks even higher when shown with the more modern houses in front:

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Linked with Friendly Friday: balconies.

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Milk, eggs and flowers

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Inspecting with the farmer.

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Here there be milk, right from the farm.

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And here they sell eggs, well yes, and milk as well.

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This is the farmer’s family who tends the flower field. They are asking for people who pick the flowers to be honest and pay fair.

Linked to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things found on a farm.

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