Tag: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

Phases of the moon

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These are skylights in the four corner buildings of the mosque in the palace gardens in Schwetzingen, Germany.  These are not proper skylights but fake windows in the dome of the roofs, showing different phases of the moon: quarter, half, three quarters and full moon.  The Red Mosque was never intended as a place of worship but is considered a “folly” – a building which served no purpose but to be there and be beautiful.  It was constructed at the end of the 18th century when all things Turkish were very fashionable.  It combines elements of Eastern and Western architecture.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Sky

Summer and fire

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Our house is built next to an old farmhouse and occasionally the wall is aglow, sort of a sunset by proxy.

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This is particularly the case on summer evenings but if that is not enough to warrant the connection let me add that we live in “Summer Lane”.

And we shouldn’t forget the ultimate combination of summer and fire:

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Summer – Fire