When seeing the word “pewter” I could only think of rainpipes. What else would the granddaugher of a tinsmith think? My grandfather worked with pewter (and tin, admittedly) all his life and I remember going into his workshop which looked ancient but he still tinkered … Continue reading Pewter rainpipes
Six Word Saturday
I knew I would be able to use a photo of the sculpture one day. It’s called “Klenkes” which means “pinkie” and it illustrates a special way that the people of Aachen greet each other.
A look up can be rewarding. If surprising.
And it has been a pleasure through the ages.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Looking up
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No, I’m not dyslexic and I didn’t want to talk about snakes. This is one of the spires of the Kaiserslautern church St. Nikolaus wearing a copper hat.
These are three establishment around the old bridge (Alte Brücke) in Heidelberg, Goldener Hecht (The golden pike), the Hotel Vier-Jahreszeiten (The Hotel Four Seasons), and I don’t know what the traditional name of the now Korean restaurant was.
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I will get more pictures (no rain forecast). For now, here are the sticks the children are going to carry while singing “Schtrih Schtrah Schtroh”, the traditional song on this day. My sister remembers how the sticks are decorated and she still had material at … Continue reading Today we’re going to burn winter
Was it or maybe or possibly warp speed? (Worb, the license claims, is the better choice!) One Word Sunday
That the spring days soon will reach us. A quote by Edwin Arnold. For Cee and Bren, Flower of the Day and Floral Friday.
From Pyrenees to Pennines is Margaret’s blog and she has set the theme for today: Walls. If you have some monochrome photos you’d like to share you can link directly to Margaret’s site or to Leanne’s blog: Monochrome Madness. Some walls are more famous than others. … Continue reading Stonewalled
Being an inn with a deep heritage doesn’t mean you have to have beautiful windows.
The Apfelweinwirtschaft Buchscheer (the name is an old name for pasture) is located in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen near the tram and train station Luisa. It’s a traditional inn where one is not able to order a beer, they only serve Ebbelwoi (the German kind of cider). It has a lovely outside sitting area under large trees and the inside is charmingly old but the window are … well, decidedly plain.
The inn Schmärrnche in Frankfurt Bornheim has a similiar long history to look back on. The windows are not particulary elaborate either but at least they tried with the trompe l’oeil sandstone frames.
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