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It’s a dangerous business, going out of your door.

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It might have been for Frodo or Bilbo but it wasn’t for me when I stepped out this afternoon.

That’s the furthest I can see without going further than 50 steps from our front door. In the distance in the West is the Palatium mountain range, in between are the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen and the breadth of the Upper Rhine Valley, around 40km at this point.

A look to left, and a look to the right. The area used to be a mixture of residential buildings and farmsteads but today only a couple of farmers are left around us.

And finally I managed an inadvertent selfie (I’m the small orange blob in the mirror). The old wall belongs to our next door neighbour, the sandstone blocks are encircling our front yard.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walk 50 Steps or Less

Home is where the heart is

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Blauer Hut

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/