Tag: Bundesgartenschau

There can only be one.

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Actually, there are, as you can see, at least three.  I saw the above sculpture on a tombstone in an exhibition for graveyard designs. While I think it’s cool I wonder if anybody chose this as an actual tombstone.

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Is DEATH crying?

Eintracht Frankfurt

I took this picture with my phone.  I keep telling myself that I have to go back to this mural with a proper camera.  It is near the home of the Frankfurt football club “Eintracht” – where else?

For One Word Sunday: skull.  More skulls can be found here.

a round of applause

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Most flowers are round by definition, the petals, the leaves, even when jagged have no straight angles.  These arrangements use curves and round elements to showcase the flowers.

These flowerbeds were created for the national garden exhibition in Brandenburg, Germany, in 2016 (Bundesgartenschau).  They show examples of how graves can be planted, and nurseries from all over Germany had small, grave-sized plots showing examples of their work.  Because of the spacial limitations the displays are miniatures with every plant, every petal displayed to perfection.  In fact, I saw gardeners working on the arrangements with little nail scissors clipping leaves for optimum effect.

This is for The Daily Post and more photos with the topic of rounded can be found here.

 

Where flowers bloom

These photos were taken at the Bundesgartenschau in the Havel region in 2015.  The BuGa is a biennial federal horticultural show in Germany.  It takes place in different cities or regions.  The cities take the occasion to improve on their parks and gardens, and besides the flower displays, which are often stunning, to create lasting structures which can be enjoyed for years to come by residents and visitors alike.

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Gardens

 

How many roads

Leading lines” – #5 in Cee’s challenge which is really a class which so much to learn!

This shot would have probably been better without the pole in the middle but I was trapped behind windows in an airport when I took it.

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The obvious choice, a path, a wall, a vanishing point. This photo was taken at the German national garden show in Brandenburg an der Havel, at the wall encircling the old church district.

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Agriculture tends to thrive on lines.

So thus architecture.

I used the Roker Beach lighthouse before but how could I not?

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Completely different water, and a bridge rather than a pier.  That’s the Moseltalbrücke  which at its highest point is 218m high.

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And finally, a somewhat quirky office building in the town of Heimsberg in North-Rhine Westphalia.

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Cee’s Compose Yourself Photo Challenge: Week #5 Leading Lines

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