Tag: #rdp

Long, Round and Patterned

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A broken-off, patterned column, left by the Romans.
A weathered, patterened column from the Heidelberg Castle.
A patterned chimney of an abandoned mill.
Another patterned industrial chimney.
A patterned round staircase from the outside.
A chimney on a residential building, the pattern created by slate.

Patterned columns and chimneys (basically hollow columns) – from oldest to newest. Solid stone columns were patterned by Romans and later. Around the turn of the 19th century they used bricks and often patterned structures either plastically or by using different coloured bricks. Slate are thin plates and pattern are achieved by overlapping the pieces.

The Ragtime Daily Prompt: Patterns

Ergo Bibamus!

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Each year on Ascension Day about 2500 members of student fraternities are descending on our hometown. They wear their traditional uniforms and are practicing other traditions (like finding out how much beer they can hold). The new members are tenderfooting it – they still have to learn a lot (like how to walk after having taking in the maximum amount of beer).

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Tenderfoot