My childhood was spent pretty much within the triangle of three different old medieval towers, called “Blauer Hut” (blue hat due to its original slate roof, now long gone), “Roter Turm” (red tower, so called because of the reddish sandstone used) and “Hexenturm” (witches’ tower … Continue reading A confined area
We had this “almost but not quite yet” spring weather. When it’s not drizzling there is a thin cloud cover and we can barely feel the blue behind it. But it’s there, just a hint.
The town wall of Kirchheimbolanden in the Rhineland-Palatium.
Silent Sunday
This tower, called “Blauer Hut” (blue hat) because we think it used to have a slate roof, was part of the town wall encircling Weinheim.
In medieval times, the town of Weinheim was surrounded by a town wall with four towers. Three of these towers remain today.
Bonus Fact: No witches were ever held in the Witches’ Tower. It was never used as a prison.
For this post, I chose a different word of the five on offer.
Thursday’s Special: Pick a Word
These apartments were built onto the medieval town wall in Ladenburg.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: All about buildings: Modern homes and apartments
Half a circle peeping over a roof – the full circle sports a star. But it is not a car roof.
A roof peeping through an arch or through a half circle.
Through lots of arches in the castle gardens of Schloss Neckarhausen.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Circles, Curves and Arches.
I took new photos of something old. Michelstadt is a quaint little town in the Odenwald, the lower mountain range to the east of the Upper Rhine Valley. The old houses, particularly the half timbered ones, are so well suited to monochrome photography because of their contrasting structures. These photos are of the town wall encircling the inner part of the town. I chose a filter, inexplicably called “bandicoot” in my editing program, which is not as stark as black and white, yet not as mellow as sepia.
This is for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Anything new.
pictures imperfect blog 