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The turtle doesn’t move

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I saw this yellow-bellied slider (a land and water turtle) and three of his closest friends sunbathing this weekend.  One of the other turtle’s back is in the foreground and the odd angle of the stretched out neck (no doubt to catch some more sun before winter comes) makes the image almost abstract – one wonders which way the head faces.  I prefer the monochrome because it enhances the geometry of the waves in the background, and the head seems even weirder.

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Apologies to Terry Pratchett for misquoting him: THE turtle does move. Just this one didn’t.

https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-y1-08/

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Press them to ripeness

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The ripe grapes, soon to be made into wine, embody autumn for me.  The first sweet grape must is being sold in open bottles (since the bottles would explode if they were firmely corked), soon to turn cloudy when fermentation sets in.  I love it at all the different stages before it is left to mature under the watchful eye of vintners.  The German term for harvesting grapes is actually “herbsten” which is related to “Herbst”, meaning autumn or fall.

The title is taken from one of the most famous poems about autumn in German, by Rainer Maria Rilke:

Befiel den letzten Früchten voll zu sein;
gib ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage,
dränge sie zur Vollendung hin und jage
die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein. 

Command the last fruits to be ripe;
Grant them another two more southern days,
Press them to ripeness, and with power
Drive final sweetness to the heavy grape.

for the A Photo a Week Challenge: Signs of fall

A Photo a Week Challenge: Signs of Fall

Football Fantasy

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I’ve had these pictures on my files for a while.  They were taken with a mobile phone so the quality is not good.  I’ve always wanted to go back with a proper camera but haven’t gotten around to it yet.

The murals are situated on a walkway that fans of the football club of Frankfurt take before entering the actual stadium areal.  Obviously.

for: Monday Mural

http://oaklanddailyphoto.blogspot.de/

Year after year

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Wrong season – but it’s a craft that is practiced every year in our region.  There is a parade in many towns on the mid-lent Sunday to welcome spring and burn an effigy of winter.  The children carry self-made “Sommertagsstecken”, sticks decorated with loops of colourful paper, a sweet “Bretzel” and a blown egg topped off with a twig of evergreen boxwood.  The sticks are made in schools by the children themselves or by the parents at meetings in the days prior to the parade.

A Photo a Week Challenge: Made by Hand