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Pictures from the Alte Heimat: December 2013
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat. Saturday, December 14, 2013. The Woods in Winter Clothes. At every step a magic moment and a little wonder. The trees, bushes, and undergrowth of this special homeland glimmer white on a foggy, frosty morning. Winter enchantment in the forest. Photos by Josiane of Lorraine. Kathy, the Single-minded Offshoot. Saturday, December 14, 2013. Table of Contents winter. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Village Life in Kreis Saarburg. The Village Fruit/Viez Meadow. For the Sake of Elena,...
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat: November 2011
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat. Saturday, November 19, 2011. The Forest Begins Its Time of Rest. Poor are they,. They who go with empty hearts! How many blessings are brought to them. In the cold of the earth. From "Wer Noch Staunen Kann" by Otto Gillen. Kathy, the Single-minded Offshoot. Saturday, November 19, 2011. Table of Contents Autumn. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Photographers: Kathy, the Single-Minded Offshoot, Josiane of Lorraine, Ernst from Trier, www.irsch.de. Village Life in Kreis Saarburg.
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat: Forest flowers in Mid-May
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat. Saturday, May 21, 2011. Forest flowers in Mid-May. What a variety of flowering plants spring up in the forests of my Heimatland. Josiane has sent her latest offering. Each one shows a beauty that often goes unnoticed. One flower in particular has a well-known fairy tale connection. In English speaking countries it is called a spiked rampion. Wild Rose called a. Honeysuckle known as Geißblatt in Germany. C ephalanthera Also Known as Helleborine. Flowers" of the Maple Tree.
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat: The Forest Begins Its Time of Rest
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat. Saturday, November 19, 2011. The Forest Begins Its Time of Rest. Poor are they,. They who go with empty hearts! How many blessings are brought to them. In the cold of the earth. From "Wer Noch Staunen Kann" by Otto Gillen. Kathy, the Single-minded Offshoot. Saturday, November 19, 2011. Table of Contents Autumn. I guess Id not find a silverback in there, but I remain hopeful. Mary. Ps blog hopping ;). November 28, 2011 at 4:22 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Books a ...
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat: August 2011
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat. Tuesday, August 9, 2011. Village Structures that Hint of the Past. An excursion with camera through Ockfen, Oberzerf, Irsch, and Beurig highlights a few of the old buildings. Some hide their simple underpinnings, others show the original walls with the miscellaneous materials, mostly very poor, which kept the structures together until this day. Oberzerf wall to wall. Variety of materials in this old Irsch building. Barn door in Beurig, constructed in1833. These photos are f...
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat: May 2011
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat. Monday, May 30, 2011. A Mausoleum for Blind King John. After writing about the creation of a monument to Blind King John of Bohemia. The Klause rests high above the Saar River. The rock ledge near the Klause looking toward the small church at Taben Rodt. A side view of the Klause Mausoleum. The windows are an architectural artwork. The sarcophagus without King John's bones, which are now in Luxembourg. Looking down from the Klause to the Saar and the village of Serrig.
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat: Irsch in Winter
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Pictures from the Alte Heimat. Friday, December 9, 2011. This is a very broad translation of a bit of the poetry of Ernst Thrasolt. In his "Winter" he finds God's blessing in the cold, short days of the season. The poet says:. In the winter,. There is rest for man and horse and cow,. A rest which is scarce. Now all can sit in the warmth from the hearth,. Sleep peacefully during the long nights,. And rebuild their strength. Praise the Lord God above. Kathy, the Single-minded Offshoot. This is a very broad...
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Wiskonsin, a New Home: December 2005
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Wiskonsin, a New Home. Like so many other German people, my great-great grandparents left the land of their birth to come to a place called "Wiskonsin". They wanted a better life, if not for themselves, then for their descendants. They had to learn so much that was new: language, customs, dress, even flora and fauna. Each post will describe the unfamiliar things that awaited them in their adopted home. Friday, December 02, 2005. Wildflowers of the New Land. On a " Wildflower Walk. A bushy plant with smal...
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Wiskonsin, a New Home: July 2007
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Wiskonsin, a New Home. Like so many other German people, my great-great grandparents left the land of their birth to come to a place called "Wiskonsin". They wanted a better life, if not for themselves, then for their descendants. They had to learn so much that was new: language, customs, dress, even flora and fauna. Each post will describe the unfamiliar things that awaited them in their adopted home. Thursday, July 19, 2007. The Great American Sport - Base Ball. Team members did have uniforms. Thos...