A spire.
For A Photo a Week with the theme looking up.
More upward glances are found here.
Tag: Weinheim
A walk amongst the exotic
The Exotenwald in Weinheim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotenwald_Weinheim) is the local forest, just a few steps from the centre of town. It was established in the middle of the 19th century and it has many exotic trees – not planted as single individuals but in large groups over hectares of woodland. Since it is so close to town with unrestricted access it used to be my playground when I was little. I still like to go for walks there – the following photos were all taken on a single afternoon this summer.
This last photo is of the mausoleum in the corner of the park, just where the woodlands start. It’s the grave of the family von Berckheim, Freiherr Christian F.B. von Berckheim started the arboretum.
This is for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: needs to have the letters O and U in the word.
Did you mean Barbara or Paul Mansion?
Oh, I see, you meant a mansion like this.
One Word Picture Challenge. More photos with mansions (houses) can be found here.
A school of ladybugs
These ladybugs were a nursery school group taking part in a spring parade.
for the One Word Photo Challenge: Ladybug
More ladybugs can be found here.
I’d rather be reading
I loved this sculpture in front of the public library in Ladenburg since I first saw it. It’s a reference to reading itself – whatever kind of books you like.
And while we are in Ladenburg (a small town in the southwest of Germany) have a look at this medieval tower, I could happily see it standing in Ankh-Morpork, maybe the tower of the Unseen University before the vice-chancellors got eccentric and went for the Babylonian style of architecture (I am referring to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, of course).
This tower stands about 10 kilometres to the northeast in Weinheim. It’s part of the local castle and since I was little I noticed its turrets and bay windows and dormer windows – and imagined myself a Disney princess when I was there.
And can’t you see the reference to Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea?
The mouse ran up ad hoc
I have an ulterior motive with my 6 word musings this Saturday. I was walking in the woods yesterday when this little creature ran in front of me on the path. It was tiny, totally unperturbed, meeping in a high voice, and following ants on which it pounced and ate one after the other. I think it was either a wood mouse or a bank vole – but the size still puzzles me. Its body was just an inch long, the tail about another inch. Any of the animals I checked up on are normally bigger. Or was this a baby who was still learning to keep under cover and keep quite? I hope it learned fast. Anyway, if somebody knows for sure what I saw I’d appreciate to hear from you.
The area was a fairly well frequented part of a large arboretum with exotic trees from all over the world, beech varieties are also included, pretty close to a town, in southwest Germany (Weinheim an der Bergstraße). https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotenwald
for: Six Word Saturday
Stoney faces
for The Daily Post Photo Challenge: Textures.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/textures/
Home is where the heart is
Believe it or not – this was my playground when I grew up. No, I’m not of noble descent – our house was on the other side of the wall in the old part of town. One of the weirder influences this had on me is that I associate peacocks with a fuzzy, snug, and warm feeling. I remember that visitors staying overnight with my parents usually came to breakfast with a harrowed look on their faces and “What was THAT noise last night??!” on their lips. But to this day the shrill sound of a peacock’s call says “home” to me.
for Jennifer Nichole Wells’ One Word Photo Challenge: HOME
https://jennifernicholewells.com/2017/07/30/this-weeks-challenges-july-30-august-5-owpc-ww/
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