For the Flower Hour, share your images of flowers, gardens, fields of flowers, seasonal leaves and plants, fungus, algae, cacti, trees and tree blossoms, berries, and wildflowers. Bouquets and silk/faux flowers are welcome.

Saturday, October 10, found us in the French/German city of Strasbourg. More about the city later, but enjoy the beautiful apartment buildings adorned with these floral displays.

I wonder who waters them?

Here are some fun floral images I snapped while visiting the town of Breitnau in Germany’s Black Forest region. We visited this area October 11, essentially the last day of our Rhine River Cruise.

The life-sized, giant chalet cuckoo clock in Breitnau, Germany, is located at the Hofgut Sternen Hotel complex.

We stood in front of it at 3:30pm and watched the big cuckoo pop out, while the dancers did their dance on the balcony, complete with pretty pink petunias!

Remember, there are no specific themes for the Flower Hour, but please use your own photography from your archives or new images. Your original images reimagined with AI tools in post-editing are also welcome. And you have all week to link to this post.

New to The Flower Hour photo challenge? Please check out my page for more information! I encourage “double-dipping” with other blog challenges if you do not want to create a separate post.

A hearty thank you to Pam Perrault at Enchanting Essex who hosted the Flower Hour for two weeks in my absence. If you missed her posts, you can still visit:

The Flower Hour #51: Purple and Gold — The Perfect Royal Pairing

The Flower Hour #52: Cornucopia – Abundance and Gratitude

Also sharing for Pepper’s One Step at A Time I walked an average of 10,000 steps a day on our daily excursions. Whew!

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