Surrounded by a circle of pines this pyramid looks like the place has mystical or possibly religious significance. It’s on the path surrounding the local lake and the pyramid shows the four compass points, each side facing due North, East, South, and West.
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Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educational reformer. His name is well known in Switzerland and Germany and other countries – not least because most towns have a Pestalozzi Street and many have a Pestalozzi school. Without a doubt he had a great direct influence … Continue reading A Formative Experience
“Wanderlust” is originally a German word and the meaning is slightly different in the German language: it includes the yearning to go and see foreign lands but has more to do with “itchy feet” – because “wandern” means “hiking” in the sense of “on shanks’ mare”. Germans used to go hiking into the big wide world and sang while doing it.
Probably the most well-known song of this genre is: “Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust” (hiking is the miller’s delight). Most Germans will think it is a folk song and describes a miller by profession hence it is mostly illustrated with windmills and watermills. In truth, it was written in 1820 by Wilhelm Müller (that would be William Miller), a German author.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Wanderlust
The water reservoir Marbach Stausee was built in the late 1970s. Originally conceived for water management it is now used as a recreational area – swimming, boating, wind surfing, sailing, angling and hiking is possible.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Reservoir
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Black & White
One Word Sunday: Square
Weekly Prompt Colour Challenge: Green
Last on my camera’s SD card. Last on my phone’s SC Card. Last on the card in January 2025
the blizzard. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Blizzard
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