The house was built by weaver and ribbon maker Hans Schellhorn in 1682 in the town of Bensheim.
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Memory, all alone in the sunlight
Memories of a time when coal and domestic fuel oil was sold in portable containers.
For One Word Sunday: memory.
Come blow your horn
No, I’m not Frank Sinatra but feel free to take your pick. The choice of horns is yours:
The sign of the hotel “Adler-Post” in Schwetzingen.
Less ornate but rich in contrast, the restaurant “Post” in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
A mural in Bensheim – night watchmen carried a lamp, a hellbarde, and a horn.
Passing on the knowledge to the next generation.
A magnificent set of horns on this he-goat.
And a more whimsical set of horns on this cow,
A horned theme for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. More horny photos can be found here.
Feeling blue – in a good way
I don’t know if that exquisite blue flower was the blue flower of the romantics but it could be. It can be found next to fields (hence its common name “Wegwarte” in German, which could be translated as “watcher on the path”) but Common Chicory has practical applications in ersatz-coffee making.
In the blue yonder with a blue balloon.
The side entrance of the restaurant known as “Blue Monkey” (“Blauer Aff“).
For One Word Sunday.
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It’s better to be a big fish on a big house
I couldn’t match the shiny vintage car of Cee nor the beautiful and stark maritime mural but I found a mural with fish, actually a four storey house with fish.
This was Cee’s given photograph for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge:
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