will look as good! So we call our badges patches but they’re still badges. There are kennel patches like these: And then there are personal badges. Most personal badges are rather … rough so I will only show a judicious selection: You don’t have to … Continue reading A Badge by any Other Name
A really monumental monument – the Niederwald monument – erected to commemorate the unification of the many German states into one Reich. Huge and full of symbols and allegories, overlooking the Rhine and waving her towards a distant France, stands Germania. The location is wonderful, … Continue reading An Idea Turned to Stone
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Armchair
This “Barefooter” (Barfüßer) walks in Brentano Park in Frankfurt, Germany. The design is by Kurt Halbritter under the heading: “Comical Art”. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Offbeat
Aurora is too Roman for me. I’m currently into Greek Gods and Goddesses. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Aurora
This cast of a relief from Roman times shows three women – mothers and fertility deities. The original is displayed in a church in Mümling-Grumbach but the cast is in the open at the Haselburg, a Roman villa which was excavated near Höchst im Odenwald. … Continue reading Three Mothers
Once a year, on Ascension Day, our town is invaded by students and alumni organised in students’ corps (similar to fraternities but not really). They wear fancy uniforms, some just the caps and possibly the sash in the colours of their corps. Some wear the … Continue reading Student in the Town with Diamonds
“Yes, I AM in shape. The shape is round.” Ragtag Daily Prompt: Shape
You can’t pluck me yet as I still lack feathers but I already face the world with courage (and bread). Ragtag Daily Prompt: Plucky
Gemini Rägtäg Däili Prompt: Doppelganger
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