FOWC with Fandango: Inch
Tag: Fotografie
Hey, Buddy, What’s Going on over There?
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Friend
Go With the Flo –
I thought you meant “flour” hence the flour pot (Mehl).
Or maybe I was thinking of a flower pot. There are nice flowers drawn on the pot, aren’t they?
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Mordor in Flörsheim
Ring, ring, ring … Tolkien calling. Of course, I’m thinking of Lord of the Rings with this prompt. While out and about somewhere between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden I came about this incredible structure. The viewing tower in the regional park. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Ring
It Sounds Cruel
This is the Hexenturm, the witches’ tower, in our town. Today it’s surrounded by residential buildings. People assume it was a prison for witches, possibly before they were burned at the stake.
The facts: This was never a prison. It was part of the town wall. We do have another tower which actually was used as a prison but there are no records of any witches ever burned or even imprisoned in our town. It is just a name and nobody really knows where it came from.
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Parking Spaces Needed
Trucks larger than 7.5 t are not allowed to drive on roads on Sundays and public holidays in Germany (with very few exceptions). Which is great for congestions particularly on the autobahn but it creates difficulties for truck drivers and parking areas. Many parking spaces along the autobahn have been upgraded but are still full on weekends (the actual hours are between midnight Saturday to Sunday until 10pm on Sunday). Truck drivers are also not allowed to drive more than 8 hours per day (48 hours per week) and the trucks are fitted with tachographs which are controlled by police.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Juggernaut
Almost Pagan
Surrounded by a circle of pines this pyramid looks like the place has mystical or possibly religious significance. It’s on the path surrounding the local lake and the pyramid shows the four compass points, each side facing due North, East, South, and West.
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A Formative Experience
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educational reformer. His name is well known in Switzerland and Germany and other countries – not least because most towns have a Pestalozzi Street and many have a Pestalozzi school. Without a doubt he had a great direct influence … Continue reading A Formative Experience
That’s what I Felt Like
periodically (every $/%/& month). FOWC with Fandango: Period
With this Prompt
how could I not? Those who know know. If you don’t know let me introduce myself: I’m Elastic. Knicker Elastic. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Elastic
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