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Tag: Weinheim
Cold But Fun
We’ve not only had a cold snap but in the days before it started snowing quite a lot. All this was not so unusual when I was little but nowadays if it snows it usually melts within the next days. The large meadow in the local … Continue reading Cold But Fun
Testing the Ice on the Lake
Six Word Saturday
The World Beneath
One Word Sunday: Beneath
Trio of Windows
Thursday Trios
What the Dickens?
I certainly had great expectations when I entered this door for the first time, almost 60 years ago. Were these expectations fulfilled? FOWC with Fandango: Expectation
Das Weinheimer Turnerbad
The local swimming pool, called alternatively Turnerbad (sporting pool,because it belongs to the local sporting club), Waldschwimmbad (forest pool because of the surrounding woods) or Freibad (free pool because it has no roof) has a special forlorn atmosphere in winter. Water, Water Everywhere
The Circle of Five
Starting at the top left (but it’s a circle so you can go round and round and round): The name of our traditional town festival (Kerwe) is painted on the hoarding. — The painted mural depicts a woman wearing a medieval dress. — Philipp Melanchthon lived … Continue reading The Circle of Five
Blue Skies Can Be Deceptive
It might have been sunny on this day but the flag flying in the stiff breeze tells a different story: it’s windy.
Sometimes the wind around this castle ruin – appropriately called Windeck (windy corner) – is so strong that it splits the white and blue flag.
I don’t mind the cold as such – there is proper clothing to protect against it. But what really makes me cold is:
A fierce wind that goes through ones bones is what makes me cold.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Anything that makes you feel cold
On a Not So Clear Day
you can’t see forever and ever but still pretty far.
This is the view from the Tromm, one of the highest mountains / hills in the Odenwald towards the west. The Wachenburg, a fortress I normally look up to, can be seen in the middle and beyond is the Rhine Valley. On a clear day one can see the hills of the Palatinate in the distance on the other side of the river.
The same view on another day at a different time of day:
Either way one can see
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