These crenelated shadows are from the basilica of Einhard, the biographer and contemporary of Charlemagne. The basilica was built around 825 in Steinbach, near Michelstadt im Odenwald. This on the other hand, is a much smaller shadow of a collection of elvish clay characters contemporary … Continue reading Then and now
I have to add to the one word because this wheel led me down a small rabbit hole. At the harbour of Gernsheim, a town on the Rhine about 40 km south of Mainz, I saw this crest on the side of a monument. The … Continue reading A lesson in heraldry
Next time I’m going to this garden, I will check what kind of tree this is. The weather was glorious even though it was the first cold day (and no, I wasn’t dressed appropriately). Festival of Leaves #9: November Tree
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Pick a Shape
Although the book I am using to teach German is only 6 years old, it is in some ways outdated. The current lesson talks about writing postcards from holiday destinations. People, and particularly the kind of people I am teaching don’t write postcards (and probably … Continue reading I do homework, too
#16 NovemberShadows
wood Flowering dogwood at the local botanical garden. Festival of Leaves #8: Dogwood
I’ve been to the southern most boabab in the Kruger Park in South Africa, i.e. I know that boababs don’t like colder climates. So when I saw this one, near Frankfurt am Main in Germany, I knew something was not right – despite the giraffes and zebras milling about.
The location is a give away – as is the door – this is an artificial baobab. They wanted to create an African atmosphere at the Opel-Zoo but doesn’t it look absurd with the rest of the German landscape and plants around?
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