[MR] Interesting castle picture

[Sandra Rangel]

Reminds me of the Heidelberg Castle I visited a few months back in Germany.
The castle is kind of two parts.... the older being somewhat covered by
scaffolding for repairs. Makes me wonder if they will eventually fix the
other towers that were blown up post SCAdian period. It was an awesome
castle and my second castle visit (first was Frankstein Schloss ruins). It
was breathtaking to say the least. It is great to see that there are plans
to rebuild and repair historical monuments abroad. I got pix on
Facebook...not on Flickr yet, running out of room!

~Rohesia

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:39 PM, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:

> While the mortar may originally have been colored with clay from the same
> quarry as the brick, or with brick dust, modern practice would be to use a
> colorant mixed with the cement. There is a brownish red color that was, at
> one
> time, popular for sidewalks and porches. Used in a lower concentration that
> might give the pink shade.
>
> --
>
> YIS
>
> Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
> Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
> Storvik (rapier)
> Roxbury Mill (other things)
>
>