While the plain to the west was all foggy yesterday and the light never penetrated the clouds properly, there were crisp blue skies and sunshine galore in the hills to the east and I took my camera and went for a walk.
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Debbie features pictures of the Berlin Wall in today’s Six Word Saturday so I thought I’ll post something personal today. My side of the family had no relatives in East Germany but my mother-in-law’s family had to flee from the area around Kaliningrad after the war. She was the second youngest of 14 siblings (the older brothers had all died in the war) and the remaining brothers and sisters were distributed in various parts of Germany. She, at only 16, and two of her sisters ended up in the Rhineland Palatium, close to the French border in the west, some were settled further north and three lived in the East, in Brandenburg, close to Berlin.
In 2014 we received an invitation to one of the East German cousin’s 60th birthday and decided to go and meet this part of the family. Up to this point, I don’t think my husband had missed anything. Just a few distant relatives one barely thought or spoke about. He had met one or two for a few hours at a couple of funerals, that was all. So we crossed the border that had ceased being a physical border 25 years ago and we met his cousins and their spouses and children and grandchildren. He realised that he had things in common with these cousins he never knew. A lot of what-ifs were raised during this holiday.
In the photo my husband is shown around the small holding by his cousin who still weekend farms this piece of land.
For Six Word Saturday.
Nancy from A Photo a Week has asked us to take a look at our neighbourhoods. This is mine:
look up the street
look down the street
the neighbours to the right
complete with an old stone wall.
More views of bloggers’ neighbourhoods can be found here.
This building is what is left over of a mill built in the late 19th century. It was built in contrasting brickface and looked and still looks striking – now with trees growing from the walls.
The bricks of the chimneys, although rectangular in shape, were laid round.
The window panes are long gone after several generations of youngsters have used them for target practice but the contrasting brickworks still peek through the trees.
Close by are other houses in clinker brick.
The chimneys are square though in the newer buildings
as are the cellar windows.
Linked to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: bricks and stones.
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
JRR Tolkien
More photos inspired by the LotR quote can be found linked to Travel with Intent.
Many wine growing regions in Germany (and I guess elsewhere as well) organise a “Weinwanderung” – a walk of several hours through the vinyards with many stops along the way offering wine tastings and food stalls. These events have been growing in popularity and there are usually thousands of people on the way.
Most of these “wine walks” are during summer before the grapes are ripe or after the harvest in autumn but some are also organised in winter.
Cold weather doesn’t seem to deter anyone.
And nobody is forced to do the whole length – there are buses who collect those who’ve had enough of walking or of wine. So nobody gets lost.
My whereabouts – after being away for 3 decades I am back home.
Linked to Friendly Friday: Whereabouts.
Hexenturm in Weinheim
Burgruine Königstein
More Burgruine Königstein.
Also Burgruine Königstein.
For Monday Windows. More window shots can be found here.
My final square photo for this month of lines&squares with children lining up. Or is it bloggers already lining up for the next month of squares soon?
Linked to Lines&Squares: #31 in October.
“I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.”
Henry Miller
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