My hometown is known as the Zweiburgenstadt, that is the two castle town. Which in German makes perfect sense but is confusing in English since castle can mean Burg or Schloss in German. The two castles – here shown in winter because they are just … Continue reading Two Castles or Three?
It’s not the most sought after destination. There are rocks and sand and no plants and hardly any animals and yes, a kind of wild beauty but very little else. But if you sharing this with good people, possibly fun people – you’ve got it … Continue reading The Fun Is in the People
Oops, I believe the whisk was photobombed. Lens-Artists Challenge #315
The flock of flamingoes seemed to punctuate the shoreline. I couldn’t leave without showing them when they were closer to our shore. Lens Artists Photo Challenge: Shorelines
Not really. Not just cool but cold. COLD. But with certain things we like it cool. And an abstract at the end. Lens-Artists Challenge #313: Cool Colours
at pairs. How fitting. Temporal diptych: only a couple of weeks between these two photos. Late winter and early spring. Focal diptych: change of focus from background to foreground. Corporal diptych: on the vine and in the bottle. Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Perfect Pairs
floral pairs a pair of blackthorn blossoms two tulips, two ox-eyes, two cotoneaster berries feathered pairs two doves two storks, two budgies, two Egyptian geese outdoor pairs two meerkats, two toy figures two matched shoes, two mis-matched socks, two bikes Lens Artists’ Photo Challenge: Perfect … Continue reading Twosomes
Thanks to its ruined castle (thank you, France!) Heidelberg has been a tourist attraction for several hundreds of years. It became particularly popular during the Romantic era and many poets used it as inspiration for their writings. Since then it has never been unpopular and … Continue reading Alt Heidelberg, du feine
Remember when I was little we had storks nests on the old tower in town. Each year storks would return to their nests and raise a family. But in the seventies the nests were abandoned. The habitat was not supporting these big birds anymore, as … Continue reading Loss and Recovery
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