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Tag: Germany
Ferry ‘cross the Nahe
A hand pulled ferry services hikers who want to cross the Nahe at Bad Münster am Stein. It’s been in service since 1721. Water, Water Everywhere
From Vinyards to Lavender Fields
Vineyards – rows and rows of wine to be. The arcade of the lake in Böblingen; the little canal in Weinheim’s old tanners’ quarter. The Leimbach which is supplying the water to various water features in the Schwetzingen Palace gardens. A lavender field in the … Continue reading From Vinyards to Lavender Fields
Too Big to Dust
That’s the crest on top of the huge wine vat in the cellar of the Heidelberg Castle – not the BIG vat, though, but quite big. And it’s dusty. FOWC with Fandango: Dusty
Telling Colour?
One Word Sunday: Red
Summer with the Castles
Weekend Sky
Happy and Healthy
The Valentin-Ostertag-Brunnen in Bad Dürkheim features a putto with a smiling face and armful of fruit – I have no explanation for the tortoise except that tortoises are cool.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Cornucopia
Reliefs of Clerical Life
These bronze reliefs show scenes depicting the Premonstratensians who founded the Cathedral of Havelberg (a town in Brandenburg, about an hours drive west of Berlin) in the 12th century. They are on the outside walls of the cathedral. Not, I think, a very flattering representation: contemplative life, removed from the people; lording over a battlefield, soldiers and skulls, during the Wendish Crusade, a military campaign to crush the Slavs; contemplative life, removed from the people; and feasting on the labours of others in the last. The artist is contemporary Bernd Streiter.
FOWC with Fandango: Relief
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A Garden in Black and White
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge: Black & White
Tree Trios
Three poplars at the bank of the river Neckar.
Three trees near the Citadelle de Bitche.
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