It was just a short walk but it was exquisite.
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Tag: Odenwald
That’s the Style
This is a typical free-standing house in the Hessian part of the Odenwald. The ground floor on the outside is a plainly painted. The walls of the first floor and up are covered with wooden shingles, sometimes in natural brown wood colour, but often painted in pastel colours. In the middle of the roof is a large gable, decorated with wooden cut outs. The windows have a contrasting border.
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Acquittal
The German word for acquittal has an S in the middle which looked good enough for this pub, close to the local court, to write as a paragraph sign..
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Native Country
I’m so happy to see that Becky’s squares are back. More importantly: that Becky is back. And she brought squares.
She is asking for photos of walks – walking squares. I’m so happy to join in but … yes, there is a but: I don’t like walking so much these days, I’d rather ride my bike. So I will offer squares from daily bike rides.
My first squares from this afternoon show the radius of my riding activities. Standing on the slopes of the mountain range of the Odenwald in my back I look towards the west over the fields, the industrial and residential areas of the Rhine valley with the mountains of the Palatium in the distance. There are houses interspersed with vinyards to ride through, alotments and gardens.
And these are the woods in my back which I will visit in the days ahead for sure. And there is the village to cross before I get there, hence the street lamp.
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The Fear of Retribution
The gallows of Beerfelden is a scary place at any time of year. In winter it is a particularly forlorn, depressing place. It was designed to strike the fear of God in the hearts of wrongdoers.
Ladder in the Sky
The Odenwald, the low mountain range to the east of us, sports a new tower. On top of the Tromm (a mountain/hill of 577m altitude) stood the Irene Tower (named after the Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) but the wooden construction was destroyed by rot and bark beetles and demolished in 2020. In its place the new Tromm Tower was erected, a beautiful, modern construction made of wood and metal. It’s beautiful, modern, 33 m high, leaning over the side of the hill and granting a beautiful 360° panoramic view of the Odenwald. It opened to the public in June this year.
Cee’s Black & White Challenge: My Pick
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Woolsack Weathering
The forces of nature lay bare rocks and smooth them down.
FOWC with Fandango: Elementary
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Different Strokes for Different Folks
While this gull is flying into the infinite distance
the Vedra is making shoreward, towards Roker Beach.
Thirty years earlier we were on the opposite side of the world, at the lagoon of Nature’s Valley near Plettenberg Baai in South Africa.
I wear my hair short and I can style it without much fuss. But folk with proper manes might rely on the help of others to look their best.
I also don’t care for cigarettes or pipes but the Odenwälder Hannes is smoking day in, day out.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word in August
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