Nibelung Saga: Hagen slaying Siegfried. Was it murder most foul or a political necessity? Hagen is mostly depicted as the dark, scheming bad guy who kills the shining, glorified hero Siegfried. Even in these versions he does it to protect the kingdom, or rather his … Continue reading Death Cry
Last on the card of my mobile phone. – Ever since we’ve moved into our current flat we’ve been feeding the neighours cat, Johnny. When our Henry moved in eight years ago he was already an elderly gentleman of 10 years. For both those cats … Continue reading Alas, the Times Are Changing.
Water reservoir Marbach The catchment area is the river Mümling and its tributaries in the middle of the Odenwald. It was created around 1980 as a protection against flooding. But in 1986 it started catching hikers, sunseekers, and bathers, too. This was on the tail-end … Continue reading Marbach Stausee
I spent a couple of hours in a village in the Odenwald, called Schaafheim (nothing to do with sheep, but with “scop”, i.e. barn or shed). This half-timbered house is typical for the area – with a solid stone base, usually of reddish sandstone. With … Continue reading Windows of Schaafheim
Seide is “silk” in German. Buch is “book” in German. Yet, Seidenbuch isn’t “book of silk”. It is the name of a little village in the Odenwald. Where – according to family lore – an ancestor of mine was born and grew and left to … Continue reading The place where beeches grow
The long view in the Hermannshof, a local park with the classist villa and the Wachenburg in the background (interesting fact: the castle is 100 years younger than the villa). No mouse, in this case.
And my toys are always good to stand in the foreground. This time in Mannheim, looking at the Klinikum.
And here a change of focus.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Framing Your Shots
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(these are the names of the towns in the local dialect) This train runs for about 18km between Weinheim an der Bergstraße und Fürth im Odenwald. It was opened in 1895. The first part of the line – the part between Weinheim and Birkenau, less … Continue reading Between Woinem and Berkene
you just have to find it.
Well, I didn’t find it here. Took this photo to tell our son: Clean up or else! (last on the card on my phone)
But I did find the smile here when on a bicycle tour with my sister yesterday. It was, I must admit, before we found out that there would be another 10km to get home after having already ridden for 30km. For those who don’t know: the Odenwald is not flat, even on an e-bike you have to pedal hard occasionall). (last on the card on my camera).
For Brian’s Last on the Card in February
“We all live under the same sky, but we don’t have the same horizon.”
Konrad Adenauer
On Friday night, we went to a Christmas light installation in Bad König in the Odenwald. A walk around the lake, set in the local spa gardens, was full of colours and story for the little ones. The lights were reflected on the water giving … Continue reading A Night of Light and Reflection
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