Linked to Friday Fun: Fishing.
Compliments
Tag: street art
I’m a fan of giraffes
On Friday I rediscovered this giraffe (or possibly not) amongst my archived photos for the Friendly Friday Challenge.
It made me realise that I have more photos of giraffes. I’ve always liked these animals and it has upset me when I read that their conservation status has been moved from “least concern” to “vulnerable”.
No matter how difficult the task is, we will manage it!
Linked to I’m a fan of … #73. For more fanatical pictures, click here.
Bicycle, bicycle, I want to ride my bicycle
… I want to ride my bike. I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride it where I like.
Need I say that the lyrics are from Queen?
For Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge. More oddball pictures can be found here.
Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant
Who??! — Better known as Carl Benz, the inventor of the first viable automobile. This portrait of his is in Ladenburg, close to Mannheim, Germany, where he made his invention and located to – privately as well as his factory – in 1904.
This is for One Word Sunday. More who? photos can be found here.
Nothing noteworthy, not?
Nonconformist norseman needs noticing next to nifty needlework.
Street art (bridge art?) in the old part of Lüneburg, Germany.
This is for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – the alphabet challenge: needs to start with the letter N. More n-photos can be found here.
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Playground art
These murals are from a playground. They were created by youngsters, aged 15-17, from the local community and their twinned town in France (Hemsbach / Bray-sur-Seine), under the guidance of two artists, Motz Tietze and William Noblet.
Check out more Monday Murals here.
“… try getting a plumber on weekends.”
This long mural is an advertisement for a plumber who plans and installs bathrooms, solar panels, heating systems (the company’s name is unobtrusively in the last photo, bottom right). This is in Oberursel, just northwest of Frankfurt in Germany.
(Apologies to Woody Allen for the truncated quote.)
More Monday Murals can be found here.
All you need is a socket
“Bei uns kommt der Strom aus der Steckdose” = Our electricity comes from the socket. This was familiar saying in the 80s in Germany. I don’t know the origin but nowadays it is used disparagingly to characterise an attitude of people who want (and waste) electricity mindless of how it is produced. This transformer substation reminded me of this phrase although I’m sure the electricity company meant to illustrate that they are the ones supplying electricity to all households. The houses are typical for the region, the Odenwald in Germany.
http://oaklanddailyphoto.blogspot.de/ : Monday Mural
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