The area north of the main station in Darmstadt has seen almost unbelievable building activities during the last decade. About 10 years ago we used to run through overgrown empty lots.
Looking to the right.
and looking to the left, the reflection and the building itself.
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This sweet confection, which is very similar to lebkuchen or ginger bread, is a speciality of Mannheim. It was introduced in the early 1800s as a reaction to a city ordinance concerning refuse by an enterprising baker.
It’s even called Schönburg which means beautiful castle. The worst thing about it is that you have to walk up that hill to get there.
In South Africa there a certain kind of tree, the vachellia xanthophloea (xanthophloea refers to the yellow bark). Now I know that the common name, fever tree, stems from the fact that they were first found in malaria infected areas but you can always see a fever tree from afar – the bark stands out and the stem and the branches look as if they were glowing from the inside.
I’ve never seen a specimen in Germany but in the right light a poplar can look luminous, too.
This is last weekend’s sky. It’s actually raining today and I haven’t had my camera out yet. So this is reminiscing.
Weekend Sky
I’m not quite sure whether these ventilation hoses have been installed due to COVID air conditioning improvements. In any case, they look funny.
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A small puddle in the right place. In this case, in Mannheim in front of the water tower in the city centre.
Last on the SD card in the camera: A fountain in the city of Mannheim.
Last on the SD card in the phone. – I was taking photos of old pictures in photo albums. I did crop this because I sent it to my son whom I wanted to tease and only kept the cropped version.
For Bushboy’s Last on the Card in August
This statue of an apple picker stands in front of the old town hall of Trebur, a town near the River Rhine in Hesse.
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Fruit
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It used to be a private mansion. The building and the surrounding garden still belongs to the family company but nowadays the garden is open to the public on most days and a botanical garden of some renown. Schau- und Sichtungsgarten Hermannshof in Weinheim.
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