Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educational reformer. His name is well known in Switzerland and Germany and other countries – not least because most towns have a Pestalozzi Street and many have a Pestalozzi school. Without a doubt he had a great direct influence … Continue reading A Formative Experience
how could I not? Those who know know. If you don’t know let me introduce myself: I’m Elastic. Knicker Elastic. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Elastic
“Wanderlust” is originally a German word and the meaning is slightly different in the German language: it includes the yearning to go and see foreign lands but has more to do with “itchy feet” – because “wandern” means “hiking” in the sense of “on shanks’ mare”. Germans used to go hiking into the big wide world and sang while doing it.
Probably the most well-known song of this genre is: “Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust” (hiking is the miller’s delight). Most Germans will think it is a folk song and describes a miller by profession hence it is mostly illustrated with windmills and watermills. In truth, it was written in 1820 by Wilhelm Müller (that would be William Miller), a German author.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Wanderlust
The water reservoir Marbach Stausee was built in the late 1970s. Originally conceived for water management it is now used as a recreational area – swimming, boating, wind surfing, sailing, angling and hiking is possible.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Reservoir
the blizzard. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Blizzard
I’ve been taking part in Aino’s colour collage challenge called Värikollaasit every Sunday religiously (no wonder since it on Sundays) since 2016. I mostly try to find a theme in my collages but sometimes the colour is the overriding aspect. If the individual photos are very diverse I call these mixed or hodgepodge collages “gallimaufries” (I love that word!). Here are two from 2017.
PS: Why not join Värikollaasit? It’s a lot of fun!
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hodgepodge
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