We’ve had it far too warm for the last few weeks. On Friday evening we could sit outside in t-shirts and it was balmy, like a proper summer evening. We were warned that the weather would change this weekend and I’ve seen on the news there was snow in the north east (about 750km distance) but we had this view on our Sunday stroll and I was wearing a long-sleeved tee. If you told me it was early September or even spring – I would have believed you.
That’s the war memorial in my home town. It was erected in 1936 and all the dead of world war I were registered. Except for four of them. It you look closely you see the four last ones on this list, not in alphabetical order and slightly different in colour. It’s because they were Jewish Germans who had fought and died alongside their Christian German comrades. During the Nazi era they were not acknowledged. Their names were added in 1946.
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I started with green and then …
New leaves.
Spiked wheat.
Premature rose.
Cultured rose.
Grazing buck.
Thoughtful meerkat.
Watchful castle.
Calm Sea.
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I realised I have never shown our local Diana from the back. So here she is in her beautiful two tier skirt and with her quiver at the ready.
and I’m going to miss it this year.
The town will be ready.
And that’s the view from somebody who has sampled the local wine, and mixed it with local beer, and possibly local schnapps.
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The Rote Turm in Weinheim has been suffering from Empty Nest Syndrome for many years now. I think there were still storks living there during the summer when I was a little girl. Then the nest was abandoned.
Today there is again a thriving stork population. They have moved away from the town and into the plain, closer to food and company.
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The Wachenburg is only 100 years old, it was built between 1907 and 1928. The rain gutters were done by my grandfather who was a plumber and tinner by profession.
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“You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.”
Dr. Seuss
I always enjoyed children’s books. Not just Dr. Seuss but Erich Kästner, Maurice Sendak, Hans Fischer, Eric Carlé, and of course, Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler who wrote and illustrated The Gruffalo.
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Water lilies are called “lake roses” in German. The Greek name is the most romantic: According to Pliny Nymphaeia comes from a story about a nymph died because of jealousy over Herakles and became a water lily.
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