Ragtag Daily Prompt: Pristine
Tag: Germany
Grappling for a Hold
This eagle sitting on a sphere (not a world sphere just a ball) is watching over a war memorial for the fallen of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71. He doesn’t look happy maybe because he was a visionary seeing more wars to come.
Monday Portrait
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Upper Flakeycreek
No, the proper name of the location is not that but it’s a literal translation. I was getting my daily walk yesterday afternoon in by driving into the hills and just before the sun went down I was rewarded with that view.
I’m a Boar with Canine Teeth
Really mean canine teeth.
The wild boar of the Boar Fountain in Eberstadt (aka: Boar Town), a part of Darmstadt.
Vanishing Transportation Ways
A country road in southwestern Germany, a waterway (Canal La Basse) in France. Geometric Square #11
On the Road
I’m used to seeing vintage cars, particularly really old ones like this one, at museums or possibly car shows, so I was startled when I saw this one nonchalantly pulling up at a petrol station and being filled up with normal petrol or possibly diesel. BTW: The H, the last letter on the car license plate, stands for “historic” and is reserved for vintage cars (provided they are maintained more or less like the original ) and it has advantages regarding insurance and tax purposes and I also think exemptions regarding emissions.
FOWC with Fandango: Operational
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They Were Jammed Up
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Chockablock
It’s a Snake! It’s a Trunk!
It’s Supertree!!!
Or simply a tree who once was very confused about which direction it should grow.
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Shaken or Stirred, Definitely Shivering
We had it cold two days ago, even a bit of snow, and then it was gone within a few hours. Temperatures are up to 15° C today, I’d call that spring if it weren’t so grey and wet. The rain caught me when I … Continue reading Shaken or Stirred, Definitely Shivering
The Wide and the Narrow in Aachen
Both are examples of Aachen, the city where Charlemagne is buried and where for about half a millenia the German kings where crowned. It took me ages that Aachen is the city meant when the French talk of “Aix-la-Chapelle”. The narrow buildings are near the … Continue reading The Wide and the Narrow in Aachen
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