A dog wallows in the grass while a woman tries to take a picture on the top of the Feldberg, the highest mountain of the Black Forest in southwestern Germany, Oct.22.The dog is actually a Bernese Cattle Dog, a Swiss breed. A part of Switzerland is seen in the hazy background.
Hiking the Wutachschlucht canyon in the southern part of the Black Forest near the border between Germany and Switzerland on a rainy day, Oct.20.
84-year-old Emma Rossmann stands behind her assortment of garden gnomes in the window of her “Dippemarkt” shop in Frankfurt, Sep.20. For over 40 years she has been selling stoneware, Black Forest clocks (in the background), “Bembels”, the city’s typical mugs with clay handles used for cider, and garden gnomes. By the way, I learned that garden or lawn gnomes as we know them appeared first in Germany in the mid 1800s.
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