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
have these millstones crushed? Millstones from a mill built in 1612:, they were put on display in a small square in 1979, restored in 2010. For the sake of scale I went back there and asked two guys to stand next to the stones. The … Continue reading How many grains
The rules for bulk waste differ from area to area in Germany but one thing they have all in common whether there are certain collection dates for everybody, usually twice a year, or whether you have to make an individualised date – the mountain of junk grows within minutes of the first old chair appearing.
Maybe not, But this doggy is not happy about the fly on its nose. Hence the snarl. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Snarl
but the rhinoceros iguana broke out in hysterical laughter and I messed up the shot.
NB: Move the slider quickly from right to left!
Once he had calmed down and was only chuckling quietly I managed to focus properly.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hysterical
I really really really wanted to show a peregrin falcon and I spent a considerable part of my afternoon looking for … procrastinating looking for one in my archive. This involved identifying every bird of prey photographed in the wild, even the ones that ended up as small specks in the sky. Unfortunately, common buzzards, kestrels, sparrow hawks, and common hawks turned up but no peregrin falcon.
So here instead, three of these four books have a Peregrin in them. A notable Peregrin actually. A Took. A Fool of a Took.
I hope I have used enough peregrination to peregrinate this post of mine.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Peregrination
The Hash House Harriers have two tartans (both listed in the Scottish Register of Tartans). Here I’m sporting my hunting kilt – in the colours of green (for the nature we run in), amber (for our favourite drink), with a thread of white (for the … Continue reading It’s not just checkered
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