I had planned a different free Monochrome Madness but when I saw Leanne’s rock I thought I try the same with my home. Since the quarry of my hometown is not even half as recognisable as Uluru I thought I’d better add the original colour … Continue reading Quartz Porphyry Quarry
I normally look out in the other direction. Here I was in the Palatinate looking towards the east, towards the first row of hills of the Odenwald. The Bergstraße is recognisable even in 30 or 40 km distance because of the quarries. Objectively, this is … Continue reading From a Distance
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Open Wound
To somebody who sees it for the first time it is an ugly scar on the hills above our town. For those of us who have grown up with the porphyry quarry it’s … well, home. Even as a child when we came home after … Continue reading A Quarry too Close
Silent Sunday
We’ve been living with this edge since 1894 in our hometown, and it has been growing. It is now threatening to encroach on the castle which is one of the landmarks of the area. In a peculiar twist, the site of this quarry belongs to a town which lies 10km to the south – whereas we are worried about an enlargement of the quarry, the other town is keen on the revenue generated by it. Luckily, the conflict was resolved last year, and works will be stopped soon. They are talking about recultivation but the stone wall is about 230 metres from the bottom to the edge of the forest.
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