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Tilting at Windmills
June 200623 Images2172 visitsPhotos by aymar55@yahoo.com
Enlarge photo 1 Foerderstedt
village church
Enlarge photo 2 Foerderstedt
And some churches will just close their tower hatches in time of interdict. Certainly practical.
Enlarge photo 3 church yard, Tilia-cordata
Basswood bonanza. Let the airways be permeated by our fragrance. - Minor disillusionment: the bassoon concerto in the village square never took place. The tree name refers to bast-fiber weaving and bark stripping. Strictly utilitarian that is.
Enlarge photo 4 church yard,  Tilia-cordata
Leaves apparently off limits to grubs. Certainly did not detect any telltale cookie cutter mayhem. Beneficial church vicinity, who knows.
Enlarge photo 5 wind turbines in the wheat
Enlarge photo 6 Hecatonchire
Took me a moment to figure that one out (roughly, icicles flying off at a tangent, beware). Peer assessment: Those guys should make our next assault on heaven a cinch.
Enlarge photo 7 wind turbines in the wheat
The continuous wheat fields speak of large scale landed property. The extensive estates of  'Gut Berneck' are locally still remembered. Conversion into LPGs (agricultural cooperations) did probably offer itself. Present form of ownership still somewhat under debate. Keyword: revoked memberships. Visual impression, well tended and well run.
Enlarge photo 8 wind turbines in the wheat
I did let the wheat side win this one
Enlarge photo 9 wind turbines in the wheat
Non aligned blades will indicate out of service status. Automatic shut off position. Frequent enough if correct.
Enlarge photo 10 wind turbines in the wheat
Enlarge photo 11 wind turbines in the wheat
Enlarge photo 12 wind turbines in the wheat
Enlarge photo 13 casting a long shadow
If you listen carefully at the sealed portals (for service personal only) you can clearly hear the cries of the damned. Spookier than any Cauri shell. (Some Dante Alighieri licence - maybe appropriate for prayer mills.)
Enlarge photo 14 wind turbines in the hardheads
dream of a weed wacker
Enlarge photo 15 wind turbines in the thistles
low clearance
Enlarge photo 16 Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle (Hardheads)
Enlarge photo 17 Carduus nutans
Nodding Plumless Thistle
Enlarge photo 18 wild rape and clouds
rape of the clouds
Enlarge photo 19 Anthriscus cereifolium
Beaked Parsley (best guess)
Enlarge photo 20 Anthriscus cereifolium
Enlarge photo 21 Merseburg Castle
Enlarge photo 22 Merseburg
casual school attire
Enlarge photo 23 Merseburg
house with many corners
graffiti: smash capitalism