Tag: Rheinebene
Asparagus and Strawberries
The fields of the Rhine Valley are very fertile. Asparagus and strawberries are amongst the crops that are cultivated.
Framed on Purpose
They practically framed themselves!
A man-made, stoney frame.
A natural frame.
Framed by a tree.
The tree frame is taking over.
Abbey Lorsch, Carolingian framing (with a few modern additions, i.e. people).
Friendly Friday Challenge: Framing your subject
When Africa Comes to Visit
A sunset to complement Becky’s sunrise with which she started off Febodduary, or rather: a month of odd squares in February. Not a pink and orange blaze of the sun going down over the Rhine Valley but a a lowered sun muted and dark through dust blown all the way from North Africa. A Sahara sandstorm in Germany which although it seems to spell doom is actually the reason why our area has such fertile soil.
Through Gritted Teeth
In February this year we had some strange weather in the Upper Rhine Valley. Strong winds blew sands from the Sahara, from as far away Morocco, Algeria, Mauretania and Mali all the way to Switzerland, France and the south of Germany. It happens every few years.
As interesting as the effect was, I prefer not to breathe in my sand.
How about drinking it?
A few days ago somebody posted a photo of sand in a bottle and I commented on it and now I cant find anymore. Anyway – this is the bottle that I have, a lot less artistic. I filled this bottle myself 50 years ago with sands from Le sentier des ocres de Roussilon in the Luberon. It’s an old ocher pigment quarry in the South of France which was then open to anybody and one could just collect sand. Nowadays, there are fixed walkways and taking sands is strictly forbidden (and quite rightly so).
Three Different Types of Open Space
A huge open space for most of the year in the middle of the city: the Wiesn, the place where the biggest Octoberfest in the world takes place each September.
Brandenburg is as flat as country can be and there is nothing like seemingly endless skies to feel out in the open.
At the other end of Germany, the flatness of the Upper Rhine Valley is bordered by the Odenwald on one side, the Pfälzer Wald on the other side.
It’s the sky in all three examples that purports the sense of open country.
Colour can enhance that sense of wideness.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: In the big wide open spaces
How It Will Astound You
On a clear day, rise and look around you. You will see forever, and ever, and ever more. (Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner)
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Clear skies.
Almost kind of pretty like, init?
Looking through photos for Debbie’s Travel with Intent quotations challenge I cam across this view across the Rhine valley, from our side of the Odenwald all the way to the hills of the Pfälzerwald. In between are is Mannheim and Ludwigshafen and several medium-sized towns and quite a few villages with more than half a million people, agriculture and industries (in fact, the chimney belongs to the world largest chemical producer, BASF, with over 100,000 employees working on that site).
Square 08 for the KindaSquare Challenge in October.
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