Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.
Maya Angelou
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Lighting of Any Kind
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Every Book is a Beacon
Tag: Odenwald
I’m a Fan of Traditional Costumes
Traditional costume from the Alsace.
Odenwälder and Bergsträßer traditional costume.
Non-specific traditional costume from the South and Southwest of Germany.
These murals in Lindenfels are badly faded, I enhanced them with photo shop. The left picture depicts the traditional costume of Lindenfels in the Odenwald; the right picture shows young women from Moëlan sur Mer in traditional Breton costume. The two towns are twinned.
Another version of Odenwald costume from Neunkirchen, the highest village in the Hessian part of the Odenwald, part of the community of Modautal.
The Sun Setting Slowly on 2022
Actually, it was last Tuesday. But close enough, I suppose.
Weekend Sky
What a Mixture
Cold, blue skies, snow, clouds —
Weekend Sky
Is It the Tower or Am I Slant Eyed?
When the old tower was condemned because the wood was rotten they built a new one. It’s slanted.
The new tower adds 34 metres to the 577m of the (a hill in the Odenwald), has 192 steps, the inclination angle to the horizontal level is 54,3°. And the panoramic view is amazing – given the correct weather conditions, naturally.
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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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