Sanssouci

Sanssouci,  former summer palace of  Frederick the Great.

Situated in Potsdam near Berlin.

Ornate gardens & sculptures.

The royal life for some.

While the rest blog.

Lady of Potsdam

 Lady in the garden of  Sanssouci,  in Potsdam near Berlin

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer

This photograph was captured in the very peak of  a German summer’s day. The serene green is deceptive because the heat on that day was almost unbearable, at a sweltering 40 degrees. Captured in the gardens of  Sanssouci,  the  ‘summer palace’ of  Frederick the Great, in Potsdam near Berlin.

I decided to add a touch of drama from Shakespeare’s  Sonnet –

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines…

Weekly Photo Non-Challenge: Windmills

Okay so WordPress did not put out their weekly theme, so while we wait, I put out my own – Windmills.

Wait only so long…after that create your own theme… challenge or not 🙂

Who doesn’t love windmills anyway? This was captured in Potsdam,  Germany