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created December 10, 2024

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@mumumuphoto

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another villa on Hufelandstraße in the spa town of #BadWildungen. the street is lined with beautiful #villas from the turn of the 20th century #architecture #kphoto

yellow brick building with wooden balconies large yellow brick house with red brick patterns and white timber frame construction with wooden ornaments on the top floor
19/9/2025, 5:10:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@keefeglise it's probably fine

17/9/2025, 8:01:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@davep the estate agent's photos made it look like you could have a pleasant garden party by the house. bit misleading.

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#kphoto

front entrance of neurological and psychosomatic hospital Fürstenhof in Bad Wildungen orange roses pump gallery Bad Wildungen, exterior from the park tree seedling growing from the moss on a dead tree
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#kphoto

yellow rose hall in the pump gallery Bad Wildungen yellow and red flowers exterior pump gallery
17/9/2025, 2:58:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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coincidentally I found out today that this house from 1910 is for sale for a whopping 115.000 EUR. good transport connection!

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#kphoto

red flowers with very dark leafs a black and white photo of statue depicting a water nymph is hanging on the wall in the foreground is a transparent column filled with water in which air bubbles are rising up red roses, close-up of one flower leafs and other roses in the blurry background ionic column capitals behind large steel framed windows
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some of the pictures I took today #kphoto

a somewhat neglected old house with a large natural stone wall that is overgrown by trees and shrubbery pretty yellow flowers water is running down a wall of mirrors in the pump gallery in Bad Wildungen neoclassical round pavillon in the park white columns and a greenish iron roof
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Villa Frieda #villas #architecture #kphoto

Villa from about 1900 on a little hill painted white with antique pink window frames closer view side view old postcard I found online depicting the same building in 1937
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this cute if somewhat dilapidated little house stands on a tiny strip of land in the bend of a very busy road

wooden house, once painted blue, surrounded by a bending road side view with a motorcycle and car going down the road view of the entrance
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if Europeans feel below par they can relax for a few weeks at the neurological and psychosomatic hospital Fürstenhof #kphoto

front of a luxurious renaissance building
15/9/2025, 10:02:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@xyla it could be really fine or expecting you'll figure out yourself what you did wrong

14/9/2025, 9:39:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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1. wash your hair 2. style it to look like it hasn't been washed in a day or two 3. subvert normality!

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@keefeglise what abaldism?

14/9/2025, 10:39:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have a lot to learn about photography. I recently got a good camera, but so far I've only used it in automatic mode. just trying to get the focus right seems a lot sometimes. now I read up on aperture, shutter speed and ISO and learned that you can change the depth of field via the aperture […]

13/9/2025, 4:07:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@IngridHbn Brigitte Bardot with Sacha Distel in 1958

both are sitting on a sofa in swimming wear, Sacha Distel is playing guitar
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@IngridHbn Brigitte Bardot with Sacha Distel in 1958

both are sitting on a sofa in swimming wear, Sacha Distel is playing guitar
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@xyla "I've been working years to build this house!"

11/9/2025, 8:22:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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from 1920 - 1935 the Saarland was administrated by the League of Nations. Stones like this demarcated its border to Germany

grey mossy stone column with a number (234) on one side and a large
11/9/2025, 4:55:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#fungi #kphoto

brown gold and white fungi on tree stump large brown and white fungus black and white fungus on a tree stump I call this one burger buns
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#fungi #kphoto

golden and brown white rimmed fungi on a live tree I think I actually know this one! Looks like chanterelle brown round mushroom body among moss dirty green fungus growing on a tree stump, lots of it
11/9/2025, 4:29:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#fungi #fungifriends #FungiFanatic #fungilove #kphoto

white mushroom brown disks on a living tree brown disks golden and red fungi with white rim in a live tree
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#fungi #fungiverse #fungiphotography #kphoto

white fungus growing out of a felled tree black fungus on rotting wood brown and beige shell like fungus white mushroom fruit
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when smart Russian drones entering NATO airspace start WW3 at least I'll rest assured that AI has eventually found a use case

10/9/2025, 8:31:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the noise coming from highway 268 dies down and the lake looks like a silver platter in the dark #kphoto

barrier lake mirroring the night sky surrounded by dark trees
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view nothing #kphoto

shot from inside a dark forest towards an empty bench sitting at a clearing that's a whiteout haze, like the Nothing eating Fantasia in Michael Ende's Neverending Story
10/9/2025, 6:00:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#mosstodon #kphoto

a tree stump, broken off and overgrown with moss, dark greens and browns
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fruit of the zoom #kphoto

view down the side of a corn field and a bush with red berries in front some apple tree branches with fruits and bee hive boxes in the back red berries on a bush a single red apple on its branch in close up
10/9/2025, 2:36:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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typical German country road
10/9/2025, 2:25:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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met these beautiful and slightly scary beasts today. they kept their distance at first, but avoiding eye contact gave them enough trust to come closer. then repeated loud snorting by the bull made me back off. #kphoto

cows watching from a distance bull carefully coming closer bull up close
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@AnnyJoe to read it's last rites, I guess. how can anyone who's professionally involved with video display look at this and say: yep, that's an improvement, we should make this a default

9/9/2025, 11:29:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hotel room TV has frame interpolation enabled and the menu is locked. do I just throw it off the balcony or is there another way?

9/9/2025, 11:10:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I came upon this small chapel in the woods, just above a well. Supposedly the spring water heals blindness and childlessness among other ailments. And sure enough some people came by to fill up crates of water bottles. And I thought about the excellent, well […] [Original post on social.cologne]

backside of a small neogothic chapel in the woods front of the chapel some stairs lead up to it adorned with fresh flower pots and I'm not sure if you can see that but also rows of little crosses handmade from sticks view into the chapel, where a painted statue of holy Odilia resides she's holding a book that says: CREDO and has two eyes symbols below top of the frontside with a stony cross
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old marker in the woods #kphoto

grey stony path marker, slightly tilted among dark green vegetation and some rotting wood on the forest floor
9/9/2025, 2:28:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@Kingu @jabsonik um, that second post is way funnier than the first.

9/9/2025, 9:01:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#mosstodon #kphoto

moss covering the whole forest ground moss on the side of a tree stump mossy rocks
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some weird fungi I saw while hiking #fungiverse #kphoto

bracket fungus on a tree stump, brown with a grey rim white bracket fungus on rotting wood
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saw this #Peugeot 203 parked in front of the hotel #kphoto

front view of a white old-timer car backside front profile detail of the good ornament
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Germany at night #kphoto

view down from a bridge onto an empty 4 lane highway that vanishes into dark woods
7/9/2025, 7:15:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@larsweisbrod

Bernhard Black from the British comedy series Black Books
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@mumumuphoto that second shot is especially great! it has that industrial scifi vibe, like a bunch of EVAs might shoot out from those numbered bays :awesome:

6/9/2025, 2:48:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@IngridHbn Beautiful and very witty and sharp-tongued in her writing.

6/9/2025, 2:16:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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logging into mastodon

Keanu Reeves gets recognized by a cyclist in Paris
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@larsweisbrod Es immer darum in abgekürzter Form auf etwas jenseits des Textes zu verweisen und dadurch bestimmte Bilder beim Leser zu erzeugen. Wie auch in Poesie und Songtexten. Dass es sich dabei um Namen, bzw. Marken handelt hat eventuell mehr mit modernen Erzählformen als mit den Genres zu tun.

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@gavi thank you, weird cow of the woods

4/9/2025, 11:05:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@Guillotine_Jones hehe, no. Giorgio Armani is a famous Italian fashion designer who created the Armani suits still worn by many a genteleman these days. Terence Hill is an Italian actor who had his heyday with his friend Bud Spencer in a series of spaghetti-westerns/buddy-comedies. Also he […]

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out of focus shots of my keyboard while testing something on my camera turned out kinda pretty #kphoto

red glowing circles on y dark background more pretty red circles, less glowy but still out of focus red you know what blurry red circles in SPACE maybe
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an old BMW motorcycle with sidecar that I saw in my neighborhood. rare sight these days. #kphoto

view from the motorcycle side, leather saddle, the BMW logo is peeling off the gas tank sidecar view, it has a plastic wind shield and the seating hole is covered by a black leather cover, a spare wheel with spokes is mounted on the back
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Terence Hill and Giorgio Armani in the 1970s - something good in the pasta back then

Giorgio Armani, mid 1970s Terence Hill still from They call me Trinity (1970)
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@Guillotine_Jones @greem @streetartutopia @Rejected_cryptid@mstdn.social @rejected_cryptid@beige.party Sure. Please understand that I didn't create the video. It's a meme that's been circulating around the net since 2018. You can read about its history here […]

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#misskey写真部 #photography

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@larsweisbrod okay

4/9/2025, 11:23:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@larsweisbrod und ja, alle Preise bilden sich am margin, aber üblicherweise am unteren margin, nicht am oberen.

4/9/2025, 9:51:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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@larsweisbrod nach meinem Verständnis könnten sich die Gaskraftwerke nicht am Markt halten, wenn dieser unreguliert wäre, weil Grüne Energie deutlich kostengünstiger ist. die Regel, dass der teuerste Energie-Preis (der KKWs) den Gesamtpreis bestimmt, erlaubt es KKWs weiter zu betreiben. es gäbe […]

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@larsweisbrod hier ist der Link zum Artikel und der entscheidende Teil, der das verständlich macht als Screenshot. das Problem dürfte sein, dass man die Gaskraftwerke in Dunkelflauten braucht und deshalb nicht einfach den Markt entscheiden lässt, in welchem […] [Original post on social.cologne]

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@greem @streetartutopia

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I built bluetooth headphones into my motorcycle helmet and went on a little ride down Alte Römerstraße north of Cologne, where the warm summer air smells of Brussels sprouts growing in the fields. I was listening to Radio Zodiac and they played Fleetwood Mac and G'n'R. So that was nice. #klife

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Kill All Hippies by #PrimalScream samples the voice of #LindaManz from the 1980 #DennisHopper film #OutOfTheBlue

film poster for Out of the Blue
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ein live rant von @larsweisbrod

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I bet cats loved the little curtains on this 1950s furniture. Lurk there, sleep there, rip 'em to shreds. The possibilities are endless. :blinkmf:

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Yvonne De Carlo poses at home in Los Angeles (ca 1955). Photo by Earl Leaf via http://www.vintag.es/2025/09/yvonne-de-carlo-1950s.html

b/w photo of darkhaired woman reclining in her bathrobe on an easy chair
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@ulrics.bsky.social @politicalbeauty.bsky.social

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@Vibracobra23 - Row faster, Serge. I am already late for breakfast as it is. - I'm trying to, Monsieur, I think the boat is stuck. - Is this a strike? Are you striking? - Non Monsieur. I cannot help it. - Do you have a cigarette? - Non Monsieur, only cheese and baguette. And some wine. - Give me […]

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@Vibracobra23 "Your accomplishments on the harp are most outstanding, Amica. Now do Freebird!"

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横浜駅にて #Misskey写真部

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Traveling in a fried-out combie On a hippie trail head full of zombie What's in your head? In your head? Zombie, zombie, zombie! -- Men at Cranberries

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@Vibracobra23 yeah, I've seen some prehistoric settlements in Greece and Italy that looked similar. a bit more luxurious in fact.

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@Vibracobra23 might as well be prehistoric.

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Ein Kommentar vom Chefredakteur der Jüdischen Allgemeinen, darüber wie in der deutschen Berichterstattung unkritisch Hamas-Narrative übernommen werden https://www.juedische-allgemeine.de/meinung/gaza-israel-und-der-hunger/

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@CarexEchinata Aliens?

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@xyla USE GREASE TO KICKOFF THE MASS

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2/2 ...and of course story rich games of broken heroines. It means that video games made in 🇪🇺 are important, because even if you may think a shooter is just about mowing down some aliens, there are cultural specifics expressed in video games, sometimes subtly but they make a difference. And […]

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I'm surprised every time I notice one of my favourite games is made in 🇪🇺 because of course there are many more games from the 🇺🇸 and it's not something I check when buying a game. it just happens that I tend to like things like architecture inspired by the Palace of Versailles (Echo by Danish […]

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@Vibracobra23 been there about 50 years later. can confirm it looks like King Arthur just left

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@xyla no stairway?

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how I close the Mastodon tab when I have to leave the house

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went to buy new shoes

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I only just learned that #CHORVS was made in Germany. the company founders also created #Everspace and the spaceship gameplay is actually quite similar.

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@Vibracobra23 a bit like Lehnert & Landrock without girls

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Currently playing the #OpenWorld scifi #shooter #CHORVS (2021). If you like #dogfighting in space, scifi mysticism and traumatic feelings of guilt — then Chorus is right for you! The story and main character remind me a lot of ECHO (2017) which I loved as well […] [Original post on social.cologne]

rendered image of Nara, the female protagonist of Chorus who escaped a cult only to find herself in another kind of battle
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@Vibracobra23 - Row faster, Serge. I am already late for breakfast as it is. - I'm trying to, Monsieur, I think the boat is stuck. - Is this a strike? Are you striking? - Non Monsieur. I cannot help it. - Do you have a cigarette? - Non Monsieur, only cheese and baguette. And some wine. - Give me […]

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"Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Paywall zu errichten!" --Walter Ulbricht sein Wort

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My sister Elin never enjoyed our time travel adventure games as much as I did. Said it was pointless if we never leave the wood. That only changed when she decided on her paleobiology major. src: https://www.vintag.es/2025/08/runestones.html

A girl with a runestone in Lejsta, 1926.
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@krasse_eloquenz Wenn ich die Augen schließe, habe ich auch kräftige Brustmuskeln und ein Kinn wie Bruce Campbell. Anyway, was ist die Alexandertechnik?

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@AnnyJoe a deck of cards is the same as a set of cards. "deck" is more specific for cards though.

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Hey @AnnyJoe, not sure what you are referring to. Maybe this chart helps. German poker cards are a bit taller and narrower, so these don't seem to be international sizes. But good enough for comparison, I guess.

chart of common play card sizes
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There are some exceptions to this, eg the Aviary deck by Bicycle or Provision and High Victorian by Theory11. But they're rare and you'll only notice by their price. Product photos are rarely a give-away. (I'm ignoring any licensed franchises here, like Naruto […] [Original post on social.cologne]

Aviary deck by Bicycle High Victorian (red) deck by theory11
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I like playing #GinRummy. And I like playing it with nice cards. You need a #poker deck for gin and there are basically two companies who create worthwhile poker decks, both based in the US: #Bicycle and #Theory11. They both follow the same script: A heavily […] [Original post on social.cologne]

inconsistent design in the Nomad deck by theory11
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_L5v9OTSxc You can see Lorenz Rhode and others play live on Friday in #Odonien starting 23:00 https://www.morgengrau.net/party/15-jahre-feines-tier-birthday-bash-in-odonien/77694 #cologne

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and then there was this evening sky #kphotos

sky with some light clouds lit by the setting sun row of dark apartment houses in the background a line of telephone masts silhouetted against the sky in the foreground silhouette of overripe sunflowers against a bright evening sky dark aerial railway against the evening sky just the sky and some houses in the back
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eroded desire path in tzhe park some people hnging out at the hammocks
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#StreetPhotography, now featuring people, because people are always fun, right? #kphoto

some guy in his convertible. bald as tradition would have it people sitting in front of the retirement home, looking at their phones. I'm pretty sure by now that home has unsecured wifi... some kids partying in the park
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at the playground #kphoto

moody ping pong table lost toys for sand baking inside a wooden jungle gym
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#streetphotography around Neusser Str. vis-a-vis the Netto supermarket that I once guided a mute person to (https://social.cologne/@kolya/112276660906337415) and next to the pizza shop where Posdnuo works (https://social.cologne/@kolya/114374259720726843) #cologne #kphoto

view down some stairs onto Neusser Str bus stop Nordstr in front of La Pizza Sushi restaurant on Neusser Str view down Neusser Str across Blücherstr
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@weit_im_westen Sorry, I see that now. I'll let the post stand if you don't mind, because it provides additional info and photos.

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summer evening in the city #kphoto

rust colored school building against a summer evening sky, some dark bushes below
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shell limestone #architecture #kphotos

protruding corners of a limestone clad building against the blue summer sky different view of the same building
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