Tag: flag

I’m not a fan

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I’ve had this photo for a while. It’s on an art walk (art??) in a forest near here. I’ve never been a patriot in the strictest sense even though I think there quite a few things I like about living in Germany.

As the football (sic!) world cup is underway at the moment it’s possibly a good time to post this. Although I’ve never been a rah-rah football fan, I watch the occasional match (more like the occasional 10 minutes) with my husband who would much rather watch rugby if it were on German televsion but he is interested having played football himself when he was young. However, I will not watch this world cup. I’m appalled at the whole corrupt system surrounding the cup, FIFA and the US. I am even more appalled by the politics by the United States, like forbidding entry to certain players from Iran or the fans of complete nations like Ivory Coast.

But if you want to wave flags, even the German one, here you go:

Thursday Trios

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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