The fairground came to Michelstadt in the Odenwald. The event is known as the “bees’ market” and it ends with a bee exhibition and the auctioning off bee colonies and beekeeper paraphernalia.- The fairground attractions are usually garish in colour, bright and shiny but this rather old-fashioned swing-carousel is doing it in pastels.
Cee’s Midweek Madness: June Pale Colour
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The forest on the northern side of the river Neckar near Heidelberg.
And the forest on the other of the Neckar with the hotel above the Heidelberg Castle called Molkenkur.
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Forest or Dark Green
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Weekend Sky
They practically framed themselves!
A man-made, stoney frame.
A natural frame.
Framed by a tree.
The tree frame is taking over.
Abbey Lorsch, Carolingian framing (with a few modern additions, i.e. people).
Friendly Friday Challenge: Framing your subject
This is the war grave memorial in Modautal. There are other cemeteries in Europe with graves from soldiers and civilians of many nations of the two world wars in the 20th century to remember these victims. They should be memorials not so much of “lest we forget” but rather of “never again”. Sadly, it hasn’t worked.
I had been wondering about this strange looking sculpture. A fox? Possibly. But the ears are not quite right.
Last time we passed this place in Michelstadt a small group of tourists were there with a guide and since we seemed interested we were invited to listen. The figure is indeed a fox, Reineke Fuchs to be precise, the title character of a medieval story which has been told again and again. Apparently every now and again the ears are broken off – the guide blamed local schoolkids – and everytime they are repaired they are little bit bigger than their predecessors, hence the unusual look.
Definitely more than six words this week but I just had to after Debbie’s photo and Queen Victoria’s missing finger.
And when your stamina runs out you can sit and let your imagination wander. What do you see?
A duck or an elephant or something completely different?
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Rocks, Boulders, Stones
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