Tag: fountain
Water My Blood
How can you not think of Hemingway?
Earth my body. Air my breath. Fire my will. Water my blood.
Small droplets
collecting in puddles and bowls
flowing into streams
and rivers
into larger rivers
and finally finding their way into the sea
reaching from shore to shore.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water
How to Decorate your Fountain for Easter
Originally a tradition in Frankonia (the northern part of Bavaria) the tradition to decorate fountains with coloured eggs has spread to other parts in southern and south-western Germany.
Longer Days, Here I Come!
Monday Portrait
Lines Square
Water dripping from the rim of an old fountain forming lines. It’s been doing it since ages past judging by the plants and algaes.
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Fish Nouveau
A fish with distinctly human features – eyes, nose and even a moustache reminiscent of German emperors displayed on a fountain in Schwetzingen.
The fountain was erected in honour of Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden, and his wife, Luise (daughter of the first German emperor Wilhelm I).
The two are seen on either side, the shield of arms of Baden in the middle (a red stripe on a yellow field if it were in colour) and the strange fish underneath.
I’ve tried to find an explanation for this whimsical waterspout and could only find a description stating that the fish head is supposed to show an affinity to the art nouveau style of the time. I find this explanation less than satisfying and there is something distinctly fishy about it, to my mind at least.
Fishy or Friendly Friday: Something Fishy
Monday Portrait
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Passing it forward
One Word Sunday: Small, smaller, smallest.
Is it a star? Nothing of the kind
Square 29 for the KindaSquare Challenge in October.
