August Odds and Ends

The eclipse that wasn’t (at least from our location)

During the not-eclipse 

Sister’s pictures from Florida. We like the birds. We don’t like the alligators.

In the small German town, where we stayed for Family Reunion, a very rare event with all of us together.

The house of our accommodation. Yes, it had this sharp corner, but it really did fit us all. 

The goat fountain in Deidesheim, where we met with relatives. (More on this to follow.)

In Brienz area, by Ballenberg, for a birthday dinner with family. 

These were for sale along the walk back to the car. Garden dwarves.

A local sunset out our window. 

The drain spout on a small local grocery store. 

 Goodbye, August. You didn’t stay around very long, but you sure were full.

Lenzburg Castle

 Through History

The exhibits in the castle tour start from the time when the castle was built, in medieval times. They progress through Renaissance and Baroque times to the early modern times, when the castle was bought and renovated by an American. 

A sitting room

My Lady’s bedchamber

The many roofs of the castle

The fields in a very hot, dry summer 

A rise garden courtyard 

Historical displays of area events and personages

This room is the most modern. It used to have the mounted head of a large American bison. The room seems empty without it. 

The End of this tour. 

Lenzburg Castle

 Garden, Views, and Inside 

The formal Baroque garden

The views of the town below from the guard house

A view toward a young man’s  proposal tree overlooking the castle

In the medieval part of the castle. The kitchen.

The apparatus on the table holds the light

The kitchen sink

The masters study

The ceiling in the study

The stone steps in the circular staircase 

The next period, Renaissance 

The tiled wood stove with apostles and historical figures 

To be continued….

Intermezzo

 Summer Color

Lenzburg Castle

 Upward From the City

How to bring down the key

Inside the gate

Entering the courtyard, after the drawbridge 

A sculpture of Falke, the baby dragon in the castle 

In the knights’ hall

The formal garden

To be continued…