Festival of Leaves: Autumn Grape Leaves
Tag: Bergstraße
Blue Skies
I’m singing with Ella Fitzgerald:
Blue skies smiling at me.
Nothing but blue skies do I see.
Weekend Sky
Weinheim from the North
Wordless Wednesday
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Evening Walk
Last Wednesday we went to a local pizzeria for dinner where service was good and fast and it was only 7pm when we had paid and were heading for the car to drive back. It was such a beautiful evening that I asked my husband … Continue reading Evening Walk
Between Odenwald and the Rhine Valley
I went for a drive / walk on Saturday. I’ll start with the most boring of the pictures. This cycle path is next to the Bergstraße, the ancient trade route already named by the Romans, strata montana, mountain road. It leads from South to North … Continue reading Between Odenwald and the Rhine Valley
From a Distance
I normally look out in the other direction. Here I was in the Palatinate looking towards the east, towards the first row of hills of the Odenwald. The Bergstraße is recognisable even in 30 or 40 km distance because of the quarries. Objectively, this is … Continue reading From a Distance
The Town Council Was Fed up
The underpass started out like most underpasses: Grey, naked, and boring. Then sprayers took over. Some stuff was good, some wasn’t. Then taggers started to spray over it and pretty soon it looked like many underpasses do: a filthy mess. The town council decided to … Continue reading The Town Council Was Fed up
Different Perspectives
To some it’s madness, and to others it’s exhilarating fun. I’m sitting on the fence. I might like to try it. I think. Maybe. Okay, I’m off the fence. IT IS MADNESS! Weekly Prompt Weekend Challenge: Madness
Loss and Recovery
Remember when I was little we had storks nests on the old tower in town. Each year storks would return to their nests and raise a family. But in the seventies the nests were abandoned. The habitat was not supporting these big birds anymore, as … Continue reading Loss and Recovery
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