Rather rickety, don’t you think?
Filigree- yes, comfortable – maybe, mad – definitely.
Pseudo antique, old-fashioned elegance.
A lonely, lovely bench in the woods.
Not lonely, not really lovely.
The best choice: A sit down with Mr Samuel Longhorn Clemens, next to the Ilmenau in Lüneburg, Germany.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: any kind of seating.
If you want to take a seat with others – here they are.
I found this First Aid vending machine at the fairground where the world famous Oktoberfest in Munich takes place each year. It sells paper and desinfectant tissues, sticking plaster, antacid tablets, and condoms. That should tell you something about what’s going on there each September (sic!).
This is for Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge. More oddballs can be found here.
This is the view from the Vierritterturm (four knights tower), located at the western side of the Odenwald between Nieder-Liebersbach and Hemsbach, looking toward the East.
For One Word Photo Challenge: panorama. More panoramic photos can be found here.
Objects or People older than 50 years for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge.
The featured people are older than 50 but their clothes – traditional German costumes from the south-western part – often are too, truly so or re-created. Obviously, I have a penchant for hats. The men all wear the traditional form called tricorne or cocked hat which was worn by older, more well-to-do burghers.
For more photos of things and people older than 50 years, click here.
Me eyeing a cormorant eyeing the river for his next meal.
For Thursday’s Special: zoom in zoom out. More photos playing with distance and nearness can be found here.
In our annual spring parade, nursery schools celebrate the awakening of spring.
The Daily Post: Awakening. More wide awake photos can be found here.
Thursday’s Special has another pick a word challenge. I picked all five.
To get away from clogged highways we stopped for lunch and a walk in the small town of Günzburg in northern Bavaria. The old centre of town is crisscrossed with little narrow streets and alleyways. It’s by necessity that one ends up arm in arm!
For more photos of roads, alleys, driveways, paths … go to Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
Many German towns have a Judengasse (Jewish street). In this wikipedia.de article it is explained how these came about, usually in the Middle Ages. The corresponding English wiki article is more about Jewish ghettos in Germany, and generally in Europe. In my hometown the street is in the middle of what used to be the quarter where tradesmen and farmers lived. The photos are from the town of Worms in the Upper Rhine valley. The street ends in a place in front of the old town wall which has been named after a Jewish teacher who became the head of the Jewish school in Worms when the German Nazis expelled Jewish students from “German” schools. She was murdered in a concentration camp. As is often the case in Germany when streets are named after a person a short explanation is attached to the street sign – which is a good way to learn about history in general, and people in particular.
More photos of paths, streets, alleys can be found at Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
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