Having lived near Darmstadt for a while, I’ve passed this building a few times. It’s the armory or rather the hunt supply house which is part of the hunting seat and summer residence of the Landgraviate Hesse-Darmstadt, Castle Kranichstein. I’ve read that in its heyday … Continue reading Jagdschloss Kranichstein
I’ve been driving past a Banksy copy rat (sic!) for the past months. Here is my post from December about that. I enjoyed this stencilled rodent and it never failed to bring a smile to my face. Last week all that changed. The wall is … Continue reading The rat didn’t get a chance
I never really understood why some restaurants hide away art in the restrooms. But they do. I shared the ladys’ with this joker last week.
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A messy photo, no time to arrange the shot or the light or anything. Just catching Henry and his Easter fun before I had to rescue the flower/egg arrangement.
I will get more pictures (no rain forecast). For now, here are the sticks the children are going to carry while singing “Schtrih Schtrah Schtroh”, the traditional song on this day. My sister remembers how the sticks are decorated and she still had material at … Continue reading Today we’re going to burn winter
The limit is 20 kmpH in this area! Cellpic Sunday in Hirschberg-Leutershausen
Another find for my “car plates can make words in Germany” collection.
German licence plates are organised like this: the first letters (1 or 2 but not more than 3) indicate the town where the care is registered. Then there are another two letters (sometimes one but this is rare) and a number, usually four digits. Until a 20 years ago or so you just took the letters and numbers you were allocated but nowadays you can pick the letters and numbers for a small fee (something like 10 Euro). The only requirements are that no other plate has the same combination and a few letters and number combinations are forebodden because they have a meaning connected with national socialism).
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For years I’ve been telling our son that he is too careless about energy conservation. He only washes half loads in the washing machine, he overheats his room, he leaves lights on and so on
Now it has happened. I had to tell him that he didn’t switch off his cat.
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