Mine is not to question why. It’s what you see if you drive through Gompelscheuer. FOWC with Fandango: Crash
Tag: photography
Let’s Do the Shimmy Again
I immediately had the Tina Turner song in my head when I read shim (I learned about the other meanings of “shim” only after consulting a dictionary). The line about the shimmy is not even in the official lyrics of “Private Dancer” but Tina Turner adds it like a line of dialogue between the dancer and her customer.
The picture was done by my son for my husband for his sixtieth birthday (so quite some time ago) when he dabbled in caricatures during his teenage years.
Collecting for Friends
Schwetzingen in Germany and Pàpa in Hungary are twinned towns. Schweizingen in one of the more prosperous areas of Germany has been helping citizens of the Hungarian town for years in various ways. This is the sign of the clothes’ collection point. They also collect kitchen utensils and wheeled walkers for elderly people.
[and patterns are broken]
A Good Place to Rest
The old airport of Frankfurt. What a place to show for “conservation”! When the Frankfurt airport, the one that is today the hub of German air traffic, was built in the 1930s, Frankfurt already had an airport, near Bonames, an old part of the city. … Continue reading A Good Place to Rest
Odenwälder Bier
German beers are steeped in tradition. The breweries pride themselves in their long history. The Schmucker brewery in the Odenwald is no exception. The company history reaches back almost 300 years. Their emblem is a town dignitary in traditional garb from the Odenwald. His traditional … Continue reading Odenwälder Bier
Overgrown Cheer
On a lawn next to the path that football fans take to walk from the station to the stadium are figures of football players representing the nations who played in Kaiserslautern during the World Cup in 2006. The figures are cast in concrete and twenty … Continue reading Overgrown Cheer
Naturally Grey
More wp gremlins. Some of the posts don’t appear in my feed although I’m subscribed. I didn’t find the Ragtag prompt yesterday but this morning I saw Ruth’s wonderful grey graffiti and clicked to the prompt from there. So one day late, but still very grey. These are yarrow seed heads. (The German name, Schafgarbe, is too long to type in the flash tags.)
Immediate Association
Yes, I immediately thought of a squirrel when I read the prompt. Because most of my squirrel photos look something like this: FOWC with Fandango: Scamper
Small Stage, Big Expressions
FOWC with Fandango: Expressive
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