Sarah from Travel with Me has chosen Trees as this week’s Monochrome Madness’ Prompt. I went out this afternoon and took many, many photos of trees. Many of them in black and white. Some where okay, some were pretty good (mostly just bark), and many … Continue reading Stark Trees
When I came across this wheat field I thought it was withered grain. The stalks were beige but the ears were black, they looked scorched.
As it turns out a friend of ours. who is a master miller, told me differently. This is emmer wheat, a kind of wheat that was among the first grains cultivated in Europe and the Middle East. Today it is regaining some popularity, particularly black emmer as can be a winter crop.
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This is not the only castle or castle ruin that is called “Windeck” (windy corner). Personally, I’ve never found it windy up there but maybe it was different 1000 years ago when it was built.
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In the local park, the palace grounds of the Weinheim Schloss, there is an old lady and a modern lady. The sculpture of Diana, a replica of the Roman goddess of the hunt from the Louvre, was a bit worse for wear so she got … Continue reading Ladies and Boys
No, not West Virginia. But home, nevertheless. Monochrome Madness: Roads, Lanes, and Pathways
I’ve tried a double exposure juxtaposition of a honesty plant: the left leaves are from yesterday, i.e. from summer, the leaves fairly thick an the seed pods only hinted at, the right ones are from winter, beige and translucent. The difference is barely visible in … Continue reading Money Plant Throughout the Year
This flower is called devil’s claw in English, Teufelskralle in German, griffe de diable in French, artiglio del diavolo, garra del diablo in Spanish, and garro-do-diabo in Portuguese. Midweek Monochrome
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