Ehrenfriedhof

The German WWI and WWII Cemetery, Ehrenfriedhof, is a place that my husband and I passed by once before and have been meaning to go back to.  It is one of those places that is so close by and easy to get to, that you keep putting it off and seem to never get back to visit.  However, the nice weather and sunshine we had this weekend gave us the motivation to get out and explore a bit.  We decided to head down the road to Heidelberg and visit a couple of historical sites in the area.  We visited Thingstatte, a Nazi amphi-theatre, and finally made it back to Ehrenfriedhof to take some photos of this beautiful site.

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A love letter to Kitty Paw

When Ashley at Ramblings and Photos announced her “Love Letters to Kitty Paw” contest, I knew I had to enter.  After serious collaboration with my husband and our two cats, Spitze and Mia, we think we came up with something that will win Kitty Paw’s heart.  What could be more romantic than Shakespeare combined with our boy Spitze’s movie star good looks?  Surely Kitty Paw will not be able to resist him!

Disclaimer: Mia came up with the Shakespeare quote (she is the smart one of the two) and Spitze came up with the very witty “purrrty” comment!

 

52 week photo project: Week 6

There are so many things I love about living abroad, one of them is the number of historical sites that are within a short drive of our house.  One of the places that we have been wanting to visit is a place called Thingstätte, in Heiligenberg.  Tucked away in the forest overlooking the city of Heidelberg and it’s castle, is an old open-air amphitheatre built in the 1930s by the Nazi party.  I need to research Thingstatte a bit more, but it was apparently used by the Nazi party during WWII for rallies and festivals.  Standing on the stage and looking out at the rising rows of stone seats, it is hard not to wonder what it looked like when it was first built and think about that dark time in German history.  It is truly an impressive site and one that is hard to capture with just photos. 

SOOC Sunday

My little girl kitty was featured yesterday in my 52 Week Project, so today I have to share a photo of my little boy cat, Spitze.  My cats are indoor cats but are allowed to go out on the patio/balcony because there is no way for them to get down into the yard and escape.  Patio-time is their favorite time of the day and we joke about how Spitze over watches the backyard area like it is his job.  He takes patio-time very seriously and without his oversight and regulation, I’m quite sure the neighborhood would turn to chaos.  Here is a photo of my boy “working”.
Spitze has his game-face on.  Seriously, would you mess with this guy? 

In position and focused.

I decided to not even mess with cropping these photos.  Just added the watermark in LR. 
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Scavenger Hunt Sunday

I am a huge fan of the Ashley and her blog, Ramblings and Photos, and finally decided to participate in this challenge.  I have been wanting to participate for awhile, but always seem to get distracted before finishing up with all the photos.  This week, I set my little post-it list next to my computer as a constant reminder and finally did it. 
1. Water – I pulled this one from my archives from our trip to Dublin.  I loved this photo of my husband standing in front of the waterfall inside the Guinness Storehouse.

2. Quote – I love quotes.  I have books, magnets, cards, frames, coasters, etc.  everywhere of quotes.  They are inspiring, cute and make fantastic decorations throughout the house.  This is my address book that I have had for the last few years.  I absolutely love this quote.

3.  Window – This is one of my favorite windows in the house, and it is also a favorite of our cats too.  It is on the top floor loft and offers an overview of the entire neighborhood.  My little boy cat sometimes looks out the window and plots his escape.


4. Activity – Typing on the computer is a frequent activity in our house, for both me and my husband.  Occasionally we do like to “unplug” but that is pretty rare.  Sometimes I wonder what we did before computers and the internet! 

5. Page 25 of a magazine – This is page 25 of a recent “Runner’s World” magazine.  I love the quote, “Somebody has to run the world”.

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52 week photo project: Week 5

Since I have participating in quite a few photo challenges lately, I haven’t posted too many photos of my kitties.   Since my little girl, Mia, loves to have her photo taken and loves attention even more, I decided to post photos of her this week.   Isn’t she gorgeous?

You Capture: Red

My favorite coffee mugs are the ones we bought in at this cute little pottery shop in the Alsace Region of France.  They are the perfect size to wrap my hands around and I love how they look.  This red mug was perfect for this week’s You Capture theme, so I grabbed a shot of it as I was waiting for my coffee to come out of the machine. 

Friday Foto Fun!

I love Fridays.  Not just because it means the weekend is here, but also because there always seem to be great photo challenges on Fridays.  These Friday photo challenges get me excited to share my photos and get me amped up to get out and practice my photography on the weekends.  Yay for Fridays!

This photo is from our trip to the Heidelberg Castle.  I thought about cropping it a bit, but decided to leave it as is, SOOC.  I’m not sure what kind of tree it is, but thought it looked pretty interesting on the castle grounds. 

These are from our trip to Rothenburg ob der Tauber and I absolutely loved the look of this old walled German city.  The gates to the city walls were peppered with amazingly big and mossy old trees, gorgeous!

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