Next time I’m going to this garden, I will check what kind of tree this is. The weather was glorious even though it was the first cold day (and no, I wasn’t dressed appropriately). Festival of Leaves #9: November Tree
Tag: Weinheim
Impressions of a flowering dog
wood Flowering dogwood at the local botanical garden. Festival of Leaves #8: Dogwood
Three Pelicans
The pelicans are the waterfilters in the local lake. Thursday Trios
Wistful reflection
Wordless Wednesday
Swiming in Single File / Gänseschwimm
Wordless Wednesday
Lasting Materials
Every pebble on a beach is potentially ancient, every sand kernel was potentially once a large rock. My favourite earrings and the matching pendant are certifiably ancient, they are ammonites, actual fossils. In Nierstein, a wine growing village next to the river Rhein, they have … Continue reading Lasting Materials
Signs of the Zodiac
This is the entrance to the adult education institute in our town, i.e. where I work. It’s a building from the late 19th century and the portal has all the twelve zodiac signs in sandstone on it. I’m a taurus – which is cute ‘coz … Continue reading Signs of the Zodiac
The Perfect Response
Lately a lot of the local power distribution boxes have been painted in blue and black, the colours of a football club in the next town. The ultra fans of this club have stuck really ugly and offensive stickers on every possible surface. And now, the power boxes. But for once somebody (the town officials? – I don’t know who) has reacted and painted our town’s crest on the surfaces. A major improvement.
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An Untimely Warning
The sign carries a dire warning: Don’t go out on the ice! Deadly Peril!
The reality: The pond is less than 50cm at its deepest point. It’s probably not the wisest of actions to go out on the ice, particularly since we have seldom more than a three day spell with temperatures below freezing.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Precarious
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