A wonderful photo, so very much balanced. In colour as well in framing. Do you now what kind of plant this is? I like the correspondence of the really small satellite dish with the (forgotten?) Christmas star in the window beneath the dish.
Martina, judging from bark and petals I am almost sure this is an Update:apple pear tree. In this oldest part of Bad Reichenhall time seems to progress a bit slower, maybe that’s the reason for the forgotten star in the window. Imagine, roughly 70 years back the Catholics here were throwing stones towards the Lutherans…
John, I enjoyed here small town pleasures: only 5 minutes walk from the most ugly 70ies concrete slabs buildings is such a nice quarter with old houses, still in its late stages of intactness, and also with a active group of inhabitants really forming the society part of a quarter. Something like that is rare nowadays.
As far as I can tell that is a very old espalier. Pears do not grow very fast and training them slows even that pace. It is a lovely photo, with the dish a perfect little counterpoint.
James, you are right: this tree probably is many decades old, I guess 30+ years. The owners of the house certainly cherish traditional values over a pure neat look of their house.
A wonderful photo, so very much balanced. In colour as well in framing.
Do you now what kind of plant this is?
I like the correspondence of the really small satellite dish with the (forgotten?) Christmas star in the window beneath the dish.
Martina, judging from bark and petals I am almost sure this is an Update:
applepear tree. In this oldest part of Bad Reichenhall time seems to progress a bit slower, maybe that’s the reason for the forgotten star in the window. Imagine, roughly 70 years back the Catholics here were throwing stones towards the Lutherans…Love this shot. Looks Old World and then you see the satellite dish. Cool.
John, I enjoyed here small town pleasures: only 5 minutes walk from the most ugly 70ies concrete slabs buildings is such a nice quarter with old houses, still in its late stages of intactness, and also with a active group of inhabitants really forming the society part of a quarter. Something like that is rare nowadays.
As far as I can tell that is a very old espalier. Pears do not grow very fast and training them slows even that pace. It is a lovely photo, with the dish a perfect little counterpoint.
James, you are right: this tree probably is many decades old, I guess 30+ years. The owners of the house certainly cherish traditional values over a pure neat look of their house.