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Tag: photography
Water, water, everywhere
Impressions of the river Ilmenau in Lüneburg, Germany, for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. More photos of flowing waters can be found here.
Round and round it goes
Nancy Meryll was asking for a series of photos from above and from below of the same thing for A Photo a Week. These photos were taken in Neustadt an der Weinstraße at the festival of the wine harvest. From the top of the ferris wheel one has a great view of the festival, the town, and the whole area. And from below it’s a structure of metal beams.
Check out other bloggers’ contribution to this challenge here.
Without sin
We go naked because we want nothing of this world; for we came
into the world naked and unclothed. […] ― The Travels
(stories told by Marco Polo and written by Rustichello da Pisa)
More photos inspired by the quote can be found here.
I’m walking with my lantern …
🎵🎶 … and my lantern is walking with me 🎶🎵
In Germany (and many other European country) Saint Martin’s Day is celebrated on or around 11 November. In our area there are processions of children carrying lanterns, singing songs like “Laterne, Laterne, Sonne, Mond und Sterne”. In larger towns a rider dressed up as a Roman soldier proceeds the children, in remembrance of the legend that St. Martin cut his coat in half to share with a poor man who was clothed in rags. At the end of the procession children are rewarded with a sweet pastry, either a pretzel or in the form of a man. In some areas the children then ring on doorbells to collect sweets comparable to Halloween customs.
The lanterns are often made by the children themselves in class, although some are oviously bought.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Lights.
For more photos with lights of all kind, click here.
Autumn in the vineyard
For Festival of Leaves #8. More autumn leaves can be found here.
Don’t hiss me off
I am not quite prepared yet to let the summer go.
For One Word Sunday asking for the theme purple. For more purple photos, click here.
Qahwah Arabiyya
Coffee – the Sudanese way. Roasting, cooking, drinking. All in the middle of a German living room.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: liquid drinks.
More drinkable liquids, hot or cold, can be found here.
I am Henry the cat, I am
I am Henry the cat I am
Henry the cat I am I am
I moved in with the people next door
They’ve had several cats before
And all of them were pussycats
They woudn’t have a tomcat or a male (no Tom!)
I’m their first tomcat, I’m Henry
Henry the cat I am.
Apologies to Hermann’s Hermits.
Challenge yourself
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security
unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can
choose a challenge instead of a competence. — Eleanor Roosevelt
More photos inspired by the quote can be found here.
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