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Stoney faces

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The coarse stones and coarser roof tiles of the “Blaue Hut”, one of the three remaining towers of the medieval town wall of Weinheim.  The name comes from the slate tiles of the original roof.
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Smooth clinker around the modern, gothic inspired window of the church St. Marien in Mönchengladbach-Rheydt.
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Course sandstone bricks forming the base of a half-timbered house in the Odenwald.
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The structured front of the Königshalle of the Lorsch Abbey built in the ninth century is the oldest monument of Carolingian architecture.  It is a UNESCO world heritage site.

for The Daily Post Photo Challenge: Textures.

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/textures/

 

Home is where the heart is

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Blauer Hut

Believe it or not – this was my playground when I grew up.  No, I’m not of noble descent – our house was on the other side of the wall in the old part of town.  One of the weirder influences this had on me is that I associate peacocks with a fuzzy, snug, and warm feeling.  I remember that visitors staying overnight with my parents usually came to breakfast with a harrowed look on their faces and “What was THAT noise last night??!” on their lips.  But to this day the shrill sound of a peacock’s call says “home” to me.

for Jennifer Nichole Wells’ One Word Photo Challenge: HOME

https://jennifernicholewells.com/2017/07/30/this-weeks-challenges-july-30-august-5-owpc-ww/

The future is on the horizon

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Looking out from the Odenwald in Hesse over the upper Rhine valley.  The  wind turbines are all on the other side of the Rhine in the State of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) where politics were much more conducive to develop renewable power alternatives.

For OneWordSunday:

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Fighting the fire

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Sankt FlorianSt Florian is the patron saint of firefighters.  This statue of him was erected in 1991 in front of the old building of the Munich fire brigade.

St. Florian 125 1866 1991

“O heiliger Sankt Florian, verschon’ mein Haus, zünd’ and’re an“, this not-really-serious prayer in German is a wellknown saying: “O Holy St Florian, please spare my house, set fire to another one”.

 

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Typical old-fashioned carousel at a German fair.
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And my favourite apprentice firefighter.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Fire Trucks, Fire Houses, Fire Hydrant