In shops, on the side of the road, in farmstalls. In our area asparagus are literally and figuratively part of the local culture. And then, from one day to the other, the stalls are selling red currants, and strawberries, cherries and raspberries – but no … Continue reading One Day Asparagus Are Sold Everywhere
First Sunday colour collage of the year! It’s one colour only and I immediately thought of pink sandstone. It was hard to leave out things, there are so many sandstone buildings in our area hear. Värikollaasit #443
Last on the SD card of my phone: No, not a bastartized invocation of a God but an expression in our dialect which can have a lot of meanings.It’s either derived from the French “à la prochaine” (’till next time) or “allez!” (let’s go). Either … Continue reading Font (!) Expression
Technically these pictures were not taken in summer. But “summer’s day” is celebrated each year on Laetare Sunday, i.e. three weeks before Easter. After a spring parade through town a large snowman is burnt to represent the end of winter.
In years gone by the snowman was burnt in the town square. For years, the fire fighters have argued that this is not safe with so many people in the square, close to the burning effigy. Covid gave them the ammunition they needed and now the burning takes place in the gardens of the local castle. This picture is from ten years ago:
Sorry for the title. It’s local dialect.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Summer – Fire
I have never been very patriotic to Germany, nor Baden-Württemberg. But I do feel very close to the Kurpfalz.
Geographically, the Electoral of the Palatinate centres around the towns of Heidelberg and Mannheim. For me it is more a linguistic area than a geographical one. Dialects are on the wane and are less pronounced but they still exist. I hear myself surrounded by Kurpfälzisch.
This is the current coat of arms but the Electorate dates back to the to the Holy Roman Empire, long before it became the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1512, and hence it has changed a lot over the years.
We name ships, restaurants, theatres, wines, beers, and many more things accordingly. Many town crests feature the Palatinate lion and the Bavarian white and blue fusils.
We even have our own excellencies. The wine queen and her two princesses, their titles proudly displayed on the domiciles of the sovereigns.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Surroundings
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The translation of the short poem on this house reads: This building is here To dignify the town, To adorn the place, And for my enjoyment. Since I grew up next to this house, just on the other side of the lane, I thought the … Continue reading Place Times Four
they grew tobacco in this region. It’s not profitable anymore and when the last EU subsidies ceased in 2010, the last leaf was grown commercially. The large, airy sheds where the leaves were hung up to dry are still to be seen in the towns where the tobacco industry once flourished.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: The Old Shed
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