Close call
After days of sunshine, the skies turned ominously dark and the clouds let fall a torrent of rain; it was not, however, the end of the world.
Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
2011-05-23
Close call
After days of sunshine, the skies turned ominously dark and the clouds let fall a torrent of rain; it was not, however, the end of the world.
2010-09-04
Rain on a train carriage window
Unfortunately, a rather typical shot for August 2010 in Saarland.
2009-07-03
Tank in the rain
After over four decades of German occupation, Spicheren returned to France in 1919. However even before the start of Word War II, the Germans were back, building military fortifications on French soil as part of the Siegfried Line. During the war it remained in German hands until liberated by the Americans in 1945. In 1995, an American infantry regiment gave the village this tank.
The village and its military relics are now used by the French and German authorities as a means to remember the past while celebrating the current lack of frontiers. Around 30% of the inhabitants of Spicheren are German citizens and since 2005, teaching in the primary school has been bilingual.
2009-07-01
Flower in the rain
A rather damp flower in a cornfield in French Spicheren, a few metres away from the German border. Coincidentally, the name of the village comes from the Latin spicarium, granary.
2009-06-29
Simca in the rain
A French-registered, French-made car sitting on the rainy streets of Saarbrücken. It would appear to be a Simca P60 Aronde, a model that was manufactured in the period 1959-1964. Still waterproof after over 40 years?
2009-06-17
Pitter-patter in the forest
By the time I had got from the sunken forest to the next lake in the chain, it had started to rain. This is an attempt to capture the experience of being under the shelter of a canopy of leaves as the raindrops fall on the open lake.
2009-05-01
Rainy layers: lush grass, white tree blossom and dark clouds on a rainy day in Spring. Location: almost exactly on the Franco-German border between Reinsheim and Bliesbruck.
2009-04-28
Celtic cat: a cat figure in Celtic style standing patiently in the rain before a burial mound.
2009-04-27
Medelsheim: This photo is taken from the cemetry in Medelsheim looking down onto the village. The cemetry contains a chapel that dates back to 1767. When the chapel received remains of the Holy Cross from Rome in 1804, 14 statues were created depicting the story of the crucifiction. They are in the little white huts in the photo. The spire in the centre of the village is from the church of Saint Martin, whose histroy goes back to Roman times.
Medelsheim is recognised an official part of the German branch of the Camino de Santiago.
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