Keys in heraldry can signify open-mindedness (or, less often, closedness) and is a symbol of the power of Petrus or hence of other high dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church. The crest of the town of Ladenburg, once as a graffiti, once as a relief … Continue reading Keys in Crests
Weekly Prompt Weekend Challenge: Shiny
Drinking alone. Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Single
To get my feet wet or not to get my feet wet? Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Contemplate
At the finale of a marathon (or half-marathon for that matter, as this one) the runners experience a spurt of energy that propels them over the finish line. In his case, some doping might have been involved. Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Finale
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Tour
has never happened to any hasher ever. HA!
To be clear, I’m talking about hashers who run (or walk), members of the Hash House Harriers. Although we drudge through weeds, it’s got nothing to do with weed.
I have never been very patriotic to Germany, nor Baden-Württemberg. But I do feel very close to the Kurpfalz.
Geographically, the Electoral of the Palatinate centres around the towns of Heidelberg and Mannheim. For me it is more a linguistic area than a geographical one. Dialects are on the wane and are less pronounced but they still exist. I hear myself surrounded by Kurpfälzisch.
This is the current coat of arms but the Electorate dates back to the to the Holy Roman Empire, long before it became the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in 1512, and hence it has changed a lot over the years.
We name ships, restaurants, theatres, wines, beers, and many more things accordingly. Many town crests feature the Palatinate lion and the Bavarian white and blue fusils.
We even have our own excellencies. The wine queen and her two princesses, their titles proudly displayed on the domiciles of the sovereigns.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Surroundings
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This particular alley is from Neustadt an der Weinstraße – where the name says it all: look at the vines overhead. Cars and walkers have to share but consideration widens the path so that everybody gets through.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Narrow
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