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An Asparagus Spider

This is a contraption that helps to harvest asparagus by lifting the protective foil so that the two harvesters sitting on the sides can reach the raised soil mounds. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Contraption

As Swift as an Arrow

The Lunabrunnen (fountain of Luna) is a landmark in the town of Lüneburg. It’s a bronze statue of the goddess Luna on top of a fountain. This renaissance statue seems slightly confused: Luna (or her Greek equivalent Selene) was a godess associated with moonlight, beauty, and fertility; Diana (or Artemis) is the goddess usually depicted with bow and arrow as she is the goddess of the hunt associated with virginity, fortitude, and nature. Yet there is a connection between the two and even in mythology the boundaries between both are not clear cut. This little statue (just over 60 cm tall) almost made it in my Naturally Monochrome gallery for Monochrome Madness today – since she didn’t, I swiftly entered her here.

Ragtag Daily prompt: Swift

A School for the People

English “folk” and German “Volk” (as in Volkswagen) are not identical but the meaning can overlap.When education for everyone became a concern for governments, i.e. in the 19th century, the German states started schools for the people or Volksschule. This sign is from the Feudenheimschule in Mannheim, built like many schools at the beginning of the 20th century.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Folk