To paraphrase Oscar Wilde.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Withstand
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Living with a Predator
means taking a lot of photos with in-motions blur. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Predator
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.
I Don’t Want to Alarm You
but every second Thursday in September this siren on top of our village town hall together with other sirens in Germany is tested. In addition in my hometown they might be tested on one Saturday a month. I’ve never heard them sounded in seriousness, not … Continue reading I Don’t Want to Alarm You
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.
Proud
Let’s forget about closets. They are so old anyway. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Closet
Catching up
I didn’t have a Barbie when I was a little girl. I got a cheaper doll and I was played out within a week or two. So when one of the granddaugthers asked for a Barbie I had three days of catching up before I … Continue reading Catching up
Buckskin Breeches Will Outlast the Wearers
This is a Lederhose, made of leather and with the characteristic codpiece and decorative stitching. If it’s a proper Lederhose it will outlast the wearer. In 1911 Börries von Münchhausen, a descendent of Baron von Münchhausen on whom the literary figure of the lying, adventurous … Continue reading Buckskin Breeches Will Outlast the Wearers
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