January was far too mild but the last couple of weeks we had a little snow and since then we had a few wonderful crispy, cold, sunny days – although the snow is all but gone.
For A Photo A Week with the theme weather. More climate related shots can be found here.
An outing into the woods to savour the little bit of snow we had during the last couple of days.
First the road, leading up into the hills.
Light and shadow playing on the surface.
A path branching off.
Walking amongst the trees.
Snow crackling under the feet.
The path circling a hill.
And leading back to the road and the parking.
For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge. More roads, paths, walkways can be be found here.
Weinheim, in southwestern German, is known as the “two castle town” although “two fortress town” would be more accurate. The lower one, called Windeck, is a ruin, more than a thousand years old. The Wachenburg is a relatively new building, only about 100 years old, constructed as a venue for student fraternities of technical universities. I like this shot because it shows the two castles from a different perspective than the usual photos of them.
Technically, the town should even be called “three castle town” – as there is also a proper castle, the small palace of the local count. My parents’ house is close, actually their garden borders the wall surrounding the castle grounds. This photo is quite unusual and does the whole structure a bit of a disservice but I like it because it is how I used to look up to the tower as a child, through the branches of the large cedar (said to be the oldest in Germany). My dad used to work in this building (it houses the town council nowadays) and one can just see the window of his office in the bottom right corner.
Another wonderful feature and tourist attraction is the botanical garden “Hermannshof” which features many trees planted 200 years ago. It is a pleasure to visit any time of year. This photograph was taken in early summer.
This is for The Daily Post, sharing photos of the place I live – again, after being away for many years. Other people showing off their world can be found here.
A schoolyard in Hesse, slightly faded. For Monday Murals.
Last weekend we went on a “red wine walk”, which is basically a stroll through the vinyards and along the way there are tents where one can sample the local wine (not necessarily red) and a variety of food. At the first station people pay a deposit for their wine glass and keep drinking while they walk, replenishing whenever they feel like it.
The amount of people is quite astounding, even though the weather was not at its best but at least it was dry. And the wine helped to combat weather.
The paths vary from paved tracks to field roads and dirt tracks.
And a lot of fun was had by all. Despite the miserable weather.
More roads, paths, tracks, avenues, and highways can be found on Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
For A Photo A Week. For more clouds click here.
A very tired porcupine.
They might not be sleeping on the job – but they are sleeping on a bench.
A famous sleeper … or is it?
We have reached the end of Cee’s alphabet quest with Z. More sleepy posts or photos otherwise concerned with Z can be found here.
I’ve always found the rows of vines in a vineyard with a vanishing point in the distance make good photos. We went on a wine walk yesterday – basically a stroll through the vineyards of one village with tents put up at intervals where one can sample the local wine and different kinds of food. The weather wasn’t great but it least it didn’t rain and the cold was the right incentive to try out the more than 20 red wines on offer (not to mention the whites and rosés). Not that the thousands of people needed much of an incentive!
More links to photos with lines in them can be found on One Word Sunday.
No, I don’t mean the traces of the River Rhine in the distance, nor the town of Rüdesheim on its banks, nor the strange totem poles, nor even the old monastery in front of which this guy was kneeling. It’s his back – with the locations of all the German national HHH meetings since 1989 on his shirt. Good times!
This is posted as part of the Thursday Special Traces of the Past, by Lost in Translation.
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