Tag: Denkmal

but first sleep

Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020 · 2 Comments ·

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I’ve used this group before. It’s a sculpture of, I think, eight sleepers. There is space to sit next or opposite them but I don’t think living people can really relax close to them.

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This is part of a group depicting the night in the garden Gethsemane when all the disciples fell asleep while Jesus prayed.

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The way animals sleep, one can only be envious.

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And what do turtles dream of?

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Cats of course, are champion sleepers. This one slept next to a busy road and had made this flower pot his own. A potted cat, so to speak.

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It doesn’t look comfortable but it must be – at the moment this is our cats favourite place for a snooze.

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And this picture is – for me – pure bliss. Falling asleep while reading a book … without the dummy, for preference though.

For A Photo a Week: Sleeping.

There was a crooked man who walked a crooked line

Dec 26, 2019Dec 30, 2019 · 1 Comment ·

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Linked to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Crooked or Squiggly Lines.

Nothing to rival the Beatles

Nov 3, 2019 · 8 Comments ·

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This soldier of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870/71 was a minor celebrity in his town when they looked for a model for the war memorial which was erected in 1890. He was a miller by profession and considered the most beautiful man around. Not long afterwards he emigrated to the US, apparently smuggling valuables in the nappies of his numerous children. If that is true I don’t know but he came to wealth in the US and his family not only grew to riches but also in numbers. To this day the town of Weinheim hosts descendants of this beautiful man about once a year when they come and want to see what their great-great-great-grandfather looked like.

I’ve featured him before here.

And here is a slightly fuzzy close up of him – jugde for yourself if he conforms with your idea of beauty.

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For One Word Sunday: Famous. More photos of famous people can be found here.

The camera in the mirror

Apr 24, 2019 · 1 Comment ·

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“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.”

— Ansel Adams

More photos inspired by the quote of Ansel Adams can be found on Debbie’s site, click here.

They made it happen

Oct 4, 2018 · 1 Comment ·

The carpet salesmen

This gilded tribute to the three men who made Birmingham great, – referred to alternatively as The Carpet Salesmen or The Three Wise Men – is the city’s thank you to James Watt, William Murdoch and Matthew Boulton. They certainly used a lot of gold.

A Photo a Week. For more gilded photos (literal or otherwise) click here.

Wars are never won

Jun 21, 2018Jun 21, 2018 · 12 Comments ·

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This war memorial – commemorating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 – stands in front of the St Laurentius Church in Weinheim. As in many towns all over Germany, memorials went up to celebrate this particular war and Kaiser Wilhelm I. A German historian talked of this as the epidemic of monuments brought forth by Germany’s boastful besottedness with national ideals (file:///C:/Users/nukman/AppData/Local/Temp/12240-21601-1-PB.pdf) and I am not at all fond of these glorifications of war.

There is a humorous side note to this particular one. Johann Wilhelm Goos, a miller in town, was considered to be the epitome of manhood and chosen to be the model for the charging soldier. He later emigrated to America with his family, where he became wealthy. To this day, descendants of Johann Goos come to Weinheim and want to see what their ancestor looked like.

This is a more comprehensive look of the church overlooking the market square.

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