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It’s a mystery

I don’t know much about this woman. I know she stands in Bad Kreuznach, Germany. I know her creator doesn’t hold much with textiles. I guess she is made of bronze. But that’s it. I wonder how old she is. I wonder who created her. I wonder who she is or what she represents. But most of all I wonder what the belle she is doing.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Bronze

Welli

My hometown is known as the two-castle-town because: When a stranger to the town asks for the name of the castle, he or she will usually get the answer: Welli? Which is not the name of either of the castles but the question in the … Continue reading Welli

Muscle Memory

Our son is called Timothy. In order to make it easier for our German relatives this was shortened to Timo (which we thought was terribly creative not realising that Timo on its own had become widely popular at the time time). He is now 35 and everytimotime I write the word “time” my fingers type timo and I have to go back, and replace the o with an e. Every timo time!

This photo of him was taken a long timo time ago, in 2000, for the his school’s millenium parade celebrating famous people in timo time. He decided to go as Martin Luther King (which suited me fine, since it was a much easier costume than the ones for all the Tut-ankh-Amuns, Henry VIIIs, and even Julius Cesars.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Timo Time

Gaudy plumage

I would just like to say that it is my convictionThat longer hair and other flamboyant affectationsOf appearance are nothing moreThan the male’s emergence from his drab camouflageInto the gaudy plumageWhich is the birthright of his sex.from Hair, naturally Ragtag Daily Prompt: Iridescent

When the nobles want a simple life in the country

It might not be the largest baroque palace in Germany but it looks impressive even in winter with the capped tree skeletons in front. Particularly the palace gardens are wonderful. Apparently the buildings were originally painted in a yellow colour offset with white elements. I don’t know when the pinkish/salmon colour came in but I think it works very well – in fact, it looks splendiferous!

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Splendiferous