Autumn means gorgeous colours so this was difficult. But the air is misty and the castles looming on the hill tops show their age. The first castle is the Windeck in Weinheim, the two other photos are of the Strahlenburg, which is about 10 km south at the Bergstraße in Schriesheim.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Autumn in Black & White
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Whenever I see the cranes crossing Germany from their northern summer resort to their winter abode I think of the line from Friedrich Schiller’s ballad The Cranes of Ibycus: “Sieh da! Sieh da, Timotheus. Die Kraniche des Ibykus!”
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Repetition
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The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Moss, Fern, and Fungus
Sometimes there is a reason that the road less travelled is less travelled, particularly when you are travelling on a bicycle. Nevertheless, next to the road there is always something to discover. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: An Autumn Walk
And thanks to this post and a bit of digging I now know that the chestnut (the edible variety in the middle) is not related to the horse-chestnut (European and Californian variety to the left and the right) and the matching names are only due … Continue reading Three kinds of chestnuts
and pay your dues. Rides at a nighttime fair. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Festival
And then I saw a slow worm on the path. I brought my camera down to its level, trying to get a good photo and …
… off it went!
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Movement
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It’s often difficult to get a full view of a half-timbered house because so many of them are built in narrow streets and alleyways. In our town the look up is even more pronounced because the old part of town is built on a slope. … Continue reading Gerberbachviertel in Weinheim
It was our annual town festival this weekend (Friday to Monday, Monday being mostly for the locals) and that means that everybody in the designated area (the old part of town) can register their yard, garage, patio etc. as an impromptu pub. Here are photos … Continue reading Food and Drink and Good Vibes
More stones but with a cricket lying on it. Those buggers can be loud and they were loud in Greece. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Ground Beneath My Feet
