Round 1 -- Kathy

thirteen runners

thirteen white keys

thirteen leaves

thirteen pennies found on the street

thirteen shells

thirteen plaques at the "art" fair

thirteen bricks

thirteen pork dumplings

thirteen people in the foyer of Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart

 thirteen little animals

thirteen old spools

thirteen Ks

Round 1 -- the baker's dozen -- Kathy

thirteen walking guys in the park

 

Round 1 - Uta

In German, thirteen-letter-words are rare compared to eleven-, twelve- and fourteen-letter-words, it seems.

Sonderauflage = special edition

Wasserstrudel = (dangerous) whirl

Mineralwasser = mineral water

Grillhähnchen = barbecue chicken

Nachtschalter = night cashier

Lieferservice = delivery service

Eine-Welt-Laden = Fair-Trade-Shop

Mütterzentrum = Meeting point for mothers with small children

Freizeitkarte = map for leisure activities

Volksbegehren = petition for a referendum

Bayern München = for local boys, THE one and only soccer team

Wintermärchen = a winter fairy tale

Limonenfrisch = with the freshness of lime

The 13/13 project

On December 12, 2012, many bloggers decided to post a series of twelve twelves to commemorate the date -- the last time in our century (and thus in most of our lifetimes) we would see a date like 01/01/01 or 11/11/11.

Uta and I have been exchanging photos for several years and decided we needed to extend the 12/12 project into 2013.  Our plan: thirteen times in 2013 we will each post thirteen thirteens.  Most of the thirteens must be in a single photo, but once per round we'll be allowed to do the thirteen in thirteen photos instead of in one photo.  As we noted when discussing the rules, "if we wanted to show thirteen men working in trees it would be hard to get them all into the same photo (or the same tree)."

We'll post every four weeks, every fourth Tuesday, ending up on New Year's Eve.