Tag: flag

Flying in the Sky

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I’ve now posted a number of photos from the Bienenmarkt in Michelstadt, the yearly fun fair. The swing carousel offered many opportunities for catching the sky. Noteworthy that they decorated the chains with Ukrainian flags all round and they were flying high in the breeze.

Weekend Sky

Unity, and Trees, and Freedom

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Germany is one of the most densely forested countries in Europe with about a third of the land covered by trees. During the early 1980s the term “Waldsterben” was coined in Germany. The mainstream had started to take notice of the damage that forests were taking from acid rains. I remember at the time reading a French analysis about the fact that Germans seemed to be much more disturbed than other nations about this particular ecological disaster. Germans had a much more intimate and earnest relation to trees and woods, the article maintained.

Deutscher Herbstbaum

Hence I thought it would be a good idea to start Becky’s July Squares with a very German tree: it is sporting the colours of the German flag: black, red, and gold.

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Tree Square #1