Around May there is kind of madness that descends on Germans. They go bananas over white asparagus. They eat it with meat, with ham, with pancakes, on its own, usually with a sauce hollandaise or a bechamel sauce. They even paint their houses with it. Proper fanatics.
BTW: The writing properly translated means: Without asparagus, life is unimportant.
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This colourful mural, or rather a few parts of a mural in an underpass in Frankfurt, was created by children. The writing suggests that at least some of them are not native German speakers, yet their take on children’s rights is powerful:
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I’m aware that these trios are imperfect trios or near trios.
Three minions following a fat penguin.
There are four Dalton brothers yet there were only three on this mural. I guess Averell is missing, but Joe, William, and Jack are there. Lucky Luke was further to the left.
Three pints on a beer sock – although technically there are more on the sides and back.
„Nicht einmal der Teufel kann so scharfe Augen haben wie Nachbarn.”
“Not even the devil can have eyes as sharp as those of neighbours.”
Heinrich Böll, Ansichten eines Clowns
I’ve been sick for almost two weeks. Too sick to go to school but well enough to crawl out of bed and plonk myself in front of the computer. I’ve used the time to sort archived photos. And came upon a few older trios.
Believe it or not – this was in March 2003. Snow like this is not a common occurrence in the Odenwald, let alone in springtime.
An old graffiti / mural. Even though old and dirty it still conveys a joyful mood.
And three birds on a wall – I’m sure there are many variations of this motive.
Water and two people. I included the mural because the curve of the net mimicks the rounded wave line of Cee’s photo. The mural is in Ladenburg and depicts fishermen in Bretagne because the twinned town of Ladenburg is Plouguernau near Brest.
Cee’s Midweek Madness: Pick a Topic from My Photo in February
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