or rather wait until 1 April! This shop in Kehl (on the German side of the Rhine where Strasbourg is on the French side) was selling shishas and tobacco. I wonder what the “more” was? Did it have to do with the barred windows? In … Continue reading Buy Now
You’ve heard of putting lipstick on a pig. Seen a monkey putting on lipstick herself? Ragtag Daily Prompt: Sophisticated
An old photo. Of an old man. Actually, it’s a photo of my grandfather. He lived to be 96. I’ll find out whether he passed the age gene on to me. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Age
A limes watchtower recreated near Michelstadt im Odenwald. Another word I’ve learned from the Ragtag Prompt: liminal. I checked it out and I recognised a related word: limes. As in: the borders of the Roman Empire. In the UK it’s called Hadrian’s Wall, same thing. … Continue reading Schrödinger
but what about Peter Schöffer? He was born in Gernsheim, a town on the Rhine about 50km south of Mainz where Johannes Gutenberg, studied in Paris at the Sorbonne, worked as a scribe and calligrapher, and when he returned to Germany he started out as … Continue reading You’ve Heard of Gutenberg
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Colourful Streets
The Weinheim castle was sold to the town in 1938 and the offices of the town administration moved in. When I was little my dad worked for the building authorities, his office was in the third window from the left. I used to visit him … Continue reading Childhood Magic
is called “persistent flax” (ausdauernder Lein) in German. However, looking up this flower I’ve learned that it is extremely rare in Western/Mid Europe so chances are very small that I’ve captured this particular flower, no matter what google picture search tells me. In my mind, … Continue reading Blue Flax
What do you mean – you can still see me? I seem to have displaced my head! For FOWC with Fandango: Displaced and the Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hidden and Six Word Saturday
She’s lucky to have a sister teaching her kindness, amongst other things. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Kindness
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