Where do you live and what does it look like?

Started by Mozart, May 10, 2007, 10:53:47 AM

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Papageno

Quote from: Bulldog on May 13, 2009, 03:50:07 PM
Your kitchen needs an extreme makeover and different housekeeper. :D

My saying is "Don't touch anything and don't walk in there bare-footed."

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 10, 2007, 12:29:04 PM
I live in Germany in a village along the Rhine River a few miles north of the city of Worms. I just checked my photo files and couldn't find any decent pictures of the place. Tomorrow I'll take a few and post them.

Sarge

Man, I can procrastinate. Tomorrow turned into five years  ;D

Anyway, here's my village seen from about two miles away from a vineyard in the neighboring village. My village is across the wheat fields. The Rhine is behind that row of trees. The mountain range is called the Odenwald. Left click to enlarge pic.




And here is the Rhine, at the edge of the village.

 


Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Opus106

Okay, that's sort of like what I imagined it would be like around you place. :)
Regards,
Navneeth

Elgarian

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Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 17, 2012, 06:47:35 AM
And here is the Rhine, at the edge of the village.

 

I think Woglinde is behind the nearest tree, Wellgunde behind the second one, and Flosshilde behind the third. They keep the Ring stashed away in the high security green bin, and Alberich is kerb-crawling in that car. Am I right?

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 10:45:16 AM
I think Woglinde is behind the nearest tree, Wellgunde behind the second one, and Flosshilde behind the third. They keep the Ring stashed away in the high security green bin, and Alberich is kerb-crawling in that car. Am I right?

And Hagen is a few miles south, hanging out along the riverbank. I've seen him. I'll get a picture  8)

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"


Elgarian

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 17, 2012, 11:33:30 AM
And Hagen is a few miles south, hanging out along the riverbank. I've seen him. I'll get a picture  8)

Sarge

Ooooh, good!

I suppose the remains of Fafner have long been washed away, so can't be photographed. Pity.

North Star



The university:


The concert hall:


I don't have any decent pictures of the house on the computer, but here's the view from the front balcony in the winter:
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius

My photographs on Flickr

madaboutmahler

What a beautiful place, Sarge! And Karlo, too! Wonderful! :)
"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
— Ludwig van Beethoven

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: Elgarian on July 17, 2012, 12:03:46 PM
I suppose the remains of Fafner have long been washed away, so can't be photographed. Pity.

I'm sure I've found Fafner's lair, though. It's about twenty miles from us, atop a mountain called the Drachenfels (Dragon's Crag or Rock) in the Pfälzerwald. There is a large cave there (Drachenhöhle), open on two sides, big enough for a dragon. We've searched but the bones are long gone  ;)

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Karl Henning

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 18, 2012, 06:36:55 AM
I'm sure I've found Fafner's lair, though. It's about twenty miles from us, atop a mountain called the Drachenfels (Dragon's Crag or Rock) in the Pfälzerwald. There is a large cave there (Drachenhöhle), open on two sides, big enough for a dragon. We've searched but the bones are long gone  ;)

Sarge

Another possibility (I do not believe it to be the case, but I mention it only as a logical alternative) is, that you did not find the bones because . . . you are the dragon!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Elgarian

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on July 18, 2012, 06:36:55 AM
I'm sure I've found Fafner's lair, though. It's about twenty miles from us, atop a mountain called the Drachenfels (Dragon's Crag or Rock) in the Pfälzerwald. There is a large cave there (Drachenhöhle), open on two sides, big enough for a dragon. We've searched but the bones are long gone  ;)

Sarge

What a pity. Or, just maybe, you're stringing us along because you don't want us barging in on your discovery; maybe you did find a dragon bone or two; maybe you ate your sandwiches afterwards, unthinkingly.

Sarge (he asked, innocently) ... have you listened to any birdsong lately?

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: karlhenning on July 18, 2012, 06:42:33 AM
Another possibility (I do not believe it to be the case, but I mention it only as a logical alternative) is, that you did not find the bones because . . . you are the dragon!

That would explain so much...like, why was Mrs. Rock attracted to me? Could it be my reptilian nature? 8)




Sarge

the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Sergeant Rock

Quote from: Elgarian on July 18, 2012, 07:36:58 AM
Sarge (he asked, innocently) ... have you listened to any birdsong lately?

I always hear birds. There is a constant twitter in my head.

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

Florestan

"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

Karl Henning

View from my bus stop as I waited to head in to Boston.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

TheGSMoeller

Quote from: karlhenning on July 28, 2015, 04:23:10 AM
View from my bus stop as I waited to head in to Boston.

Very nice, Karl. Enjoy your day.

kishnevi


Rinaldo

I live by the Vltava (Moldau) river and yesterday's view, right after a quick storm, was especially lovely, so I took a snap on my phone. That's Charles Bridge on the right.

"The truly novel things will be invented by the young ones, not by me. But this doesn't worry me at all."
~ Grażyna Bacewicz