For One Word Sunday: movement.
I’ve been waiting for a chance to slip this photo in somewhere because even though it’s not a great photo I still think it looks kinda cool.
More moving photos can be found here.
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White-zippered and red-faced
Apologies to W. Shakespeare. One Word Sunday is Red. For more red photos, click here.
The promise of a cobbled alley
“The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, I thought I was in a dream. “ A quote by Jack Kerouac.
Perfect for Debbie’s prompt Night over at Travel with Intent. Other nightly photos can be found here.
Pack up your troubles in the old car boot …
Slightly untidy, yet serious voyagers.
Voyagers with different priorities – provisions are essential!
And a boot full of very different priorities!
For One Word Sunday: voyage or voyager. More 🎼 “Voyage, voyage!” 🎵🎶 can be found here.
Feeling blue – in a good way
I don’t know if that exquisite blue flower was the blue flower of the romantics but it could be. It can be found next to fields (hence its common name “Wegwarte” in German, which could be translated as “watcher on the path”) but Common Chicory has practical applications in ersatz-coffee making.
In the blue yonder with a blue balloon.
The side entrance of the restaurant known as “Blue Monkey” (“Blauer Aff“).
For One Word Sunday.
More blue photos can be found here.
Verboten!
For One Word Sunday: list. And what a list it is!
It is forbidden in the forest to
- start or maintain an open fire – including a bbq fire
- smoke between 1 March and 31 October
- camp
- leave waste behind
- drive on forest tracks without a permit
Violations are a misdemeanour and carry a fine of up to 10,000 DM. Forestry office Bad Bergzabern.
From the fine it is clear that this is an old sign. But boy, does it feed into prejudices about Germans. 😜
More lists or possibly listing photographs, have a look here.
A displaced giant
Cedars were not really winter hardy in Germany (this might be changing, unfortunately for the overall climate), so large, old cedar trees are exceptional. The oldest and largest cedar in Germany is found in Weinheim, in the southwest. It was planted around 1720, has a width of 27 metres, a height of 23 metres and a trunk circumference of 5,20 metres. Over the years, it had a number of visits from tree doctors and so far, it is going strong even though it has suffered from the dry summer this year, as have other old trees in the area. For years, there was a toy rocket stuck in its upper branches, the loss of which pained me greatly.
Here it is on the left, with the tower of the castle (now the townhall) in the background:
For One Word Sunday: old. More old photos or photos of old things and possibly people can be found here.
Great expectations
German children get a cone full of sweets on their first day of school, presumably to fool them about things to come … This fellow clutching his “Schultüte” clearly is anticipating the “Ernst des Lebens”, the seriousness of life, with some trepidation.
For One Word Sunday: anticipation. Looking forward to more anticipatory photos? Click here.
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