from the Gruffalo book.
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Tag: Weinheim
High Tide
I hasn’t been raining lately yet the lake seems filled to the brim. Water, Water Everywhere
The Snake
from the Gruffalo book.
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Grey with a Hint of Blue
It felt grey yesterday but looking at the photos there seems to be a hint of blue behind the thin layers of cloud.
Weekend Sky
It Sounds Cruel
This is the Hexenturm, the witches’ tower, in our town. Today it’s surrounded by residential buildings. People assume it was a prison for witches, possibly before they were burned at the stake.
The facts: This was never a prison. It was part of the town wall. We do have another tower which actually was used as a prison but there are no records of any witches ever burned or even imprisoned in our town. It is just a name and nobody really knows where it came from.
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A Formative Experience
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss educational reformer. His name is well known in Switzerland and Germany and other countries – not least because most towns have a Pestalozzi Street and many have a Pestalozzi school. Without a doubt he had a great direct influence … Continue reading A Formative Experience
T Stands for Table
Monochrome Madness: The Letter T
Child’s Play
No matter how cold – water has an undeniable attraction for children. Water, Water Everywhere
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