A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally small pieces of fabric sewn together, with padding in between both sides. Today there are shops selling materials specifically for quilting but in former times recycled pieces of fabrics were often used. So, there is no padding but here I … Continue reading Electronic Quilt
This is the panorama from the castle ruin Schauenburg above the town of Dossenheim at the Bergstraße. Schauen means “looking” in German, and one can see the Upper Rhine Valley, from Odenwald to Palatinate Forest, with Mannheim and Ludwigshafen in between. Although to be honest, … Continue reading The Name Says It All
Get down! That’s not a good use of a table. Now that’s a good use! Ragtag Daily Prompt: Table
The war memorial (in Germany usually referred to as warrior memorial (Kriegerdenkmal) because the names of the fallen soldiers are displayed) in our town was inaugurated in 1936 to honour the dead of world war I. The much longer list of fallen soldiers from world war II was added in the 1950s. Because of the bellicose demeanour of the sculpture it is now viewed critically. Instead of removing the sculpture the town has chosen to go a different route: in direct line passing the location of the former synagogue (destroyed in 1938) is a memorial for the victims of violence, war, and prosecution. I see it as a warning against a dystopian future which would resemble a not so distant past.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Dystopian
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
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