Tag: #rdp
What Goes Up
must come down.
Unfortunately, on our Sunday runs it is often the other way round.
“Curses!!! We are not going on a cruise!”
A cruse is an old word for an earthenware pot or jar. In the Book of Kings in the Old Testament is the story of a widow who’s cruse of oil never runs try.
I found this mural on the side of a house in Koblenz. This is what it looked with the house attached, so to speak:
Accepting the Inevitable?
Living close to a river, particularly a river in a narrow valley, probably means you have to accept that every now and again the waters rise. This water line is from 1824 when the Neckar overflowed its banks.
To put this in perspective: The square where the house with this mark stands is 100m away from river, and adding a bit more perspective:
Industrial and Recreational
The container port of Gernsheim on the Rhine, and the harbour for smaller private boats.
Six of a Kind
This wall on a vacant lot in the woods near Teplice – I was wondering if the artist honed his inimitable style on it. Sadly, I didn’t see any other of his works nor could I find any information about him.
With a Spring in the Step
Marching.
And in normal years (i.e. COVID free) this happens usually in March: The spring parade in our town.
Linked in Spirit
There is a word in the dialect of the German southwest that sounds quite similar to eldritch: Elwetritsche. Etymologically they are not related, but there are certain similarities (besides one being an adjective, the other one a noun).
Both words have a connection to the mythical, the not-quite-explainable. Elwetritsche are said to have come about by cross-breeding wood spirits such as elves and goblins with domestic fowl. Somewhere along the lines, some also acquired antlers. Hunting them is great fun but one should avoid them at night when one is alone. A meeting might be quite scary or even dangerous, if not quite as horror-inducing as what eldritch suggests.
Being descendants of fowl they lay eggs. The one just about to hatch inspired me to whip out my crayons.
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