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These natives of the US west coast were planted about 150 years ago in Weinheim. The single specimen in the trial garden Hermannshof and in the forest arboretum Exotenwald there are about 50 of these giants left of about 150.
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Be they alive in a zoo in terrariums
or in the wild, even the fake ones,
or if it’s just their likeness.
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Horns again – but different kind of horns, mostly man-made ones.
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Another post that will come in installments because I have found so many horns in my archives. Bent horns, twisted horns, ribbed horns, straight horns, flat horns, …
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As promised, the second installment of my hearts. This time upright or portrait-stlye.

A gingerbread heart which was made especially for me (I won’t tell you what the RA stands for).

Rainbow love on a sock.

A multicoloured ballon heart.

Somebody saying: “I have a heart for plants.”, or possibly: “Plants sold here.”

A sgraffito heart on a house front.

Wooden deco hearts. In a restaurant where the landlady has gone crazy with deco – this was the least busy window.

” … I don’t have a wooden heart.” – But the people living here obviously do.

Alternatively, you can carry your heart on your board.

Or carve it in stone.

Or scratch it on crayons. And light it.

Two more hearts form the light show, a reddish one and

a purple one.

And last not least, hearts flying up in the sky on the occasion of a wedding (another custom we should be wary of when we think of the environment.)
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When I decided on hearts as the subject of this week’s “I’m a fan of …” I didn’t realise how many hearts I do have on file. So I decided to split the post. I tried to sort the photos thematically, chronologically, by colour – then I gave up. The simplest solution: This week’s hearts are in landscape format, next week’s will be portrait.

Let’s start off with a “hearty welcome” because

“adwenture” is calling.

Ugly, untidy, but a heart, nevertheless.

A heart for gardening in general, and bees in particular.

A heart for a Seffrican braai, or an Australian barbie, or a French grillade.

Elephants have hearts, too.

A heart for Ulm, a town situated between Bavaria and Swabia.

A rusty heart and

and a heart drawn in chalk proclaiming the love of veal cutlets.

A heart and it’s murky reflection during a light show.

A very elusive heart – no snow this year.

More light-hearted hearts.

And finally bleeding hearts (I always feel as if I’m swearing when I mention these flowers).
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All reflections courtesy of the Neckar near Ladenburg in Germany.
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And an inn called “Black backbird” in Speyer, next to the River Rhine.

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