To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.
– Brassaï
Another quote by Debbie on Travel with Intent. More photos inspired by this saying are found here.
Don’t swat the small stuff
Don’t swat (sic) the small stuff.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: close up or macro. More close looks can be found at Cee’s site.
Wine time
It may be the first Sunday of Advent but I am not quite ready to let go of autumn. Lines. Rows and rows of growing wine – Riesling, Grauburgunder, Gewürztraminer, Merlot, Shiraz … I love them all. PS: Today’s Oxford Dicitionary’s Word of the Day is bibulous, aka: excessively fond of alcoholic beverages 😉
For One Word Sunday: lines. More lineage can be found here.
She flies by her own wings
I almost missed this challenge – A Photo a Week Challenge: Things with wings – so I looked at all the entries so far and I won’t even try to compete with all the gorgeous birds, and bees, and butterflies.
And to round it off here is a German car number plate. I like that sometimes the letters make actual words. It helps if you live in Wiesbaden (WI) but really sucks for people living in the Börde area (WZL) – formerly Wanzleben (“here there be bugs”).
For more wingy things, look here.
A small step for a child
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
– Lao Tzu
Sometimes this step takes courage. But it’s worth it.
A quote quoted by Travel with Intent. More photos inspired by this saying are found here.
What else can I cover up?
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: cold. Cee wrote: “Think about what makes you want to put on a jacket or sweater.” Well, I usually take my cue from other people, in this case our grandson.
For more cold or even colder photos click here.
A new beginning dwells in every ending
Christmas lights are put up between the last brown leaves and seeds. One season ends, another one is coming – maybe a fitting end to Festival of leaves. More last leaves can be found here.
Krötenwanderung
This is a groaner in German and I have to explain. A funny synonym for money is Kröten, or toads. So I found this sign where to find the next branch of the local bank, which happens to be in Toad Lane, particularly fitting for One Word Sunday: money.
The literal meaning of Krötenwanderung is toad migration but it can be used in the figurative sense: when a stream of my money wanders from my pockets into the pockets of an unscrupulous organisation or company.
It’s not perfect but it is better
for the environment. Individual transportation is comfortable but often not the best solution. In Germany, public transport is called ÖPNV = Öffentlicher Personennahverkehr, and always a topic of conversation.
A train pulls into a Munich subway station.
Same train, same station. Stationary but with selective colouring.
Night time stop for an intercity bus in Germany.
And finally, shades of things to come: public transport in miserable winter weather.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge with public transport as theme.
Click here for other bloggers’ public transport photos.
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