Sue had a gargoyle for her odd square today and Margaret had a trio of such beasties so I had to share this odd fellow. Is a gargoyle still a gargoyle if it is down on the ground drinking from a spring?
Odd Square #6
Tag: Brunnen
Lines Square
Water dripping from the rim of an old fountain forming lines. It’s been doing it since ages past judging by the plants and algaes.
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Fish Nouveau
A fish with distinctly human features – eyes, nose and even a moustache reminiscent of German emperors displayed on a fountain in Schwetzingen.
The fountain was erected in honour of Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden, and his wife, Luise (daughter of the first German emperor Wilhelm I).
The two are seen on either side, the shield of arms of Baden in the middle (a red stripe on a yellow field if it were in colour) and the strange fish underneath.
I’ve tried to find an explanation for this whimsical waterspout and could only find a description stating that the fish head is supposed to show an affinity to the art nouveau style of the time. I find this explanation less than satisfying and there is something distinctly fishy about it, to my mind at least.
Fishy or Friendly Friday: Something Fishy
Passing it forward
One Word Sunday: Small, smaller, smallest.
Is it a flock? Is it a flight? No, it’s a dissimulation!
The Elwedritsche are mythical creatures believed to live in the Southwest of Germany. Often described as being birdlike but with antlers and scales instead of feathers, there are really very little bounds to the imagination. In Neustadt an der Weinstraße a whole dissimulation of Elwedritsche can be seen frolicking in the waters of a fountain, getting themselves wet and everybody who cares to stand close to them.
I picked the word dissimulation from a collection of collective nouns for birds. It seemed appropriate.
Linked to The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A wet weekend.
Sandstone faces
Colour collage inspired by these colours:
More collages with similar colours are linked to Värikollaasit.
Artistic lines
This is a fountain in Munich, the Spitzweg-Brunnen on the Stephansplatz. It was created by Konstantin Frick in 1979 and takes its name from the romantic artist Carl Spitzweg, whose tomb is in a cemetery close by. Apparently, he often painted fountains although I wonder if he would have painted this one.
I’ve had it in my archive for a while, I just didn’t know what to do with this odd blob. But lines it has.
Linked to Lines&Squares: #19 in October.
Elwetritsche
This fun fountain in Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Germany sports a large variety of Elwetritsche – mythical creatures, supposedly bred from ducks, geese, chicken and woodland imps and gnomes. The artist responsible is Gernot Rumpf. More about Elwetritsche can be found on wikipedia. I’ve posted pictures of their young ones before.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge is asking for fountains this week. For more wet photos click on the badge:
Golden liquid
This is one of those accidents that turned out well. I was photographing a blackbird taking a bath and then it flew away. The deserted stone well (sic!) looked as if it contained not water but liquid gold.
For The Daily Post: liquid. More liquid photos can be found here.
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