I was an walk coming down a hill when I saw a couple sitting on a bench below me. When I passed them, I turned back to bid them good day.
For Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge. More oddballs can be found here.
Neckarbrückenblues
Although Joy Fleming was thinking of a different bridge over the river Neckar when she sang her signature tune: Neckarbrückenblues, this bridge is about 20km upriver, and thus qualifies for Neckarbrücke.
It spans the Neckar between Ilvesheim and Seckenheim, which is a suburb of Mannheim.
Here is clip of this German blues singer from Mannheim with the amazing voice, from 1980: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR6hKeCB4eQ
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. More photos of roads, ways, paths, bridges and the like can be found here.
A grain of confusion
When I came across this field last summer, I was thoroughly confused. The grain was black and I wondered if it was diseased and ruined, yet besides the black colour the grains looked healthy.
I was fascinated.
I asked a friend of mine who is a miller by profession and was told that it was emmer wheat, one of the oldest grains cultivated, and that this variety was called Persian black emmer wheat. Confusion cleared up.
For A Photo a Week Photo challenge: state of confusion. More confused photos (or photos by confused photographers) can be found here.
The best seat in the house?
Rather rickety, don’t you think?
Filigree- yes, comfortable – maybe, mad – definitely.
Pseudo antique, old-fashioned elegance.
A lonely, lovely bench in the woods.
Not lonely, not really lovely.
The best choice: A sit down with Mr Samuel Longhorn Clemens, next to the Ilmenau in Lüneburg, Germany.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: any kind of seating.
If you want to take a seat with others – here they are.
So many books, so little shelf space
Okay, that’s only a fraction of my books by Terry Pratchett. And I have most of them ALSO on an electronic reader (I could be stuck somewhere, away from my shelves).
For The Daily Post: prolific. More prolific photos can be found here.
Must haves at the Oktoberfest
I found this First Aid vending machine at the fairground where the world famous Oktoberfest in Munich takes place each year. It sells paper and desinfectant tissues, sticking plaster, antacid tablets, and condoms. That should tell you something about what’s going on there each September (sic!).
This is for Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge. More oddballs can be found here.
Crayola Colour Challenge – week 16
The sixteenth week of Tourmaline’s colour challenge: Colour Your World.
Other people’s colour photographs are linked here.
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