Ragtag Daily Prompt: Chockablock
Tag: Schifferstadt
Wild Man Turned into Pub’s Figurehead
Six Word Saturday
Wheel that Barrow!
Wheelbarrows as art: painted on a length of hoarding, and hanging as an art installation, possibly.
Wheelbarrows as miniatures: with pebbles, and with a enjoyable load.
Wheelbarrows being worked hard: by a market stall holder and my favourite little worker of all.
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: Words ending with a W
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Solitary Seats
And sometimes you want to sit and the seat is taken:
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Seating
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The women who work at the markets
This Schifferstädter Marktfrau wheels her beets to the market in front of the Rathaus in Schifferstadt, a town next to the river Rhein in the upper Rhine valley.
This cheerful Maatfrau sits in Koblenz, a couple of hundred kilometres down the river, with her lettuce and potatoes on offer.
And finally, in the heartland of the asparagus growing region, this Spargelfrau sells her wares in Schwetzingen in view of the palace – fitting for this noble vegetable.
Linked to Friendly Friday: Markets.
Dilly-Dali-ing
Linked to the Cosmic Photo Challenge: Surrealism.
Windows from Schifferstadt
Schifferstadt is a town on the Rhine near Ludwigshafen. The old part has many half-timbered houses dating back several centuries – many are restored or are in the process of being restored.
Traditionally, these houses show the contrast between the dark brown or black wooden beams and the whitewashed mortar pieces in between.
Sometimes these colours are offset by colourful, often red, shudders.
Green is also a favourite, for shudders as well as for window frames.
However, in recent years more and more half-timbered houses have started to sport a coat of paint, ranging from soft pink like the one below to really dark or bright colours.
Often the panels are accentuated with two-tone coloured paint. The writing on the beam reads: Joseph Maier and his wife Katharina built this house in the year of the Lord 1835 (Dieses Haus erbaute Joseph Maier und seine Ehefrau Katharina im Jahre Christi 1835).
Blue is a fashionable tint for half-timbered houses these days. It goes well with green climbers and red geraniums.
Linked to Monday Window. For more windows, click here.
Lining up
My final square photo for this month of lines&squares with children lining up. Or is it bloggers already lining up for the next month of squares soon?
Linked to Lines&Squares: #31 in October.
Towering lines
The water tower of Schifferstadt, in the upper Rhine valley.
Linked to Lines&Squares: #6 in October.
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