Tag: Düsseldorf

The five are back

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After the summer break, another: Pick a word from Thursday’s Special.

Citadelle de Bitche
FORTIFIED

The fortress in Bitche, France.  Fortified against the German/Prussian threat to the East.

Niederwald Denkmal Germania
EMBODIMENT

The statue of Germania looking to French threat to the West.

50 chic
CHIC

Personally, I find him much more chic than any political manifest in stone.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
PREHISTORIC

The Alps are also “set in stone” – in this case, the famous Eiger and Jungfrau in the Berner Oberland in Switzerland.

50 submerged

SUBMERGED

The Rhine burst its banks in Düsseldorf, way back in 2016.

For more photos illustrating the five words, click here.

 

 

 

 

3 out of 5

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… I knew. For the others I needed a dictionary.

31 candescent
candescent

So hot it is white – the fire in the kiln of a glass blower.

31 festive
festive

She was all dressed up for the celebration.

31 auricomous
auricomous

Bleached, flaxen, pale – well, if he had shaved I might have used the pic for festive.

Stadttor
angular

Angles everywhere.

31 algid
algid

It was summer and somebody had cooled the beer so much that when it was opened and put down the liquid and foam rose up and froze to the shelve.  If that happens again, can I say: “Have an algid beer?”  😀

For Thursday’s Special – Pick A Word.  More angular, auricomous, festive, candescent, and algid pictures can be found here.

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Frogs? Aliens? Flossis?

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These figures are apparently leftovers from an art installation and have been put up on this building in Düsseldorf in the harbour area next to the Rhine river.  They are called “Flossis” which refers to their fins which in German are called “Flossen”.  I wish I’d been on the other side of the river, closer to the building for a better photo.  But they definitely qualify for Cee’s Oddball Challenge.

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https://ceenphotography.com/cees-odd-ball-photo-challenge/

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