This is the view with which I grew up. A 1000 year old castle ruin, in the middle of an old, dense forest. As seen from across the town, and as seen from directly below where you could hardly see the castle for the trees. … Continue reading The Absence of Trees
Pockmarks? Acid rain? This decorated keystone can be found over a door at the Mannheim Palace. PS: A new strategy. I publish in steps. No title. No tags. No text. Once the post is live, I add the rest. Very unsatisfying but it seems to … Continue reading A Bad Case of Acne?
Anytime, if the weather is halfway decent there is a crowd standing on this bridge, particularly during lunchtime. The bridge is in the centre of Munich, over a part of the Isar, the river flowing through Munich. Here is what they are looking at: The … Continue reading What Are They Watching?
I hasn’t been raining lately yet the lake seems filled to the brim. Water, Water Everywhere
The weather was grey and dull and cycled to the shops (i.e. I had little choice about the scenic views). So grunge it was and grunge it is.
Under the bridge and next to the railway lines. I was tempted to take a photo of the tracks but it would have meant standing on them and I don’t have a death wish.
A couple walking on this stretch of road, separated from the cars by a winter greenish strip. And a look to the right to the fields isn’t much cheering either.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: From the bottom
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Seen in Schwetzingen. Seen in Heidelberg. Seen in Heppenheim. Monday Windows
from the Gruffalo book.
Monday Portrait
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Lens-Artists Challenge: Exploring Colour vs. Black & White
Ignoring the six Words – I tried to find out a bit about this sculpture. It’s to be found in the Frankfurt Zoo and the litle I could find out about it is the title: Sitzender Jüngling, or sitting young man. The artist is Wilhelm Riedisser, it was created in 1903 (but that might not have been the year it was displayed at the zoo), the medium is bronze.
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