Tag: Germany

It’s a dangerous business, going out of your door.

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It might have been for Frodo or Bilbo but it wasn’t for me when I stepped out this afternoon.

That’s the furthest I can see without going further than 50 steps from our front door. In the distance in the West is the Palatium mountain range, in between are the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen and the breadth of the Upper Rhine Valley, around 40km at this point.

A look to left, and a look to the right. The area used to be a mixture of residential buildings and farmsteads but today only a couple of farmers are left around us.

And finally I managed an inadvertent selfie (I’m the small orange blob in the mirror). The old wall belongs to our next door neighbour, the sandstone blocks are encircling our front yard.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walk 50 Steps or Less

Mirror, Mirror

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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.

Monday Window

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This Is not a Fever Tree

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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.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Luminous