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Built for floating and swimming
but not for walking.
How can one do anything but waddle with feet like this?
Dispelling a myth
People think that Hashers (Hash House Harriers, look it up) only drink beer. — Here you see a bubbly stop. Let me explain: Each year, all the German HHH kennels meet for three days of running and debauchery. The organising kennel sometimes makes a bit … Continue reading Dispelling a myth
Aubergine
I didn’t know that the aubergine coloured fruit known as auberine or eggplant had a pretty delicate light violett coloured flower. I learned this from the little vegetable patch of the hotel we were staying in, on Crete.
for Cee’s Flower of the Day and Bren’s Floral Friday
Males gossiping
“Did you see Maja doing yoga in her pollen breeches?” The drones were sniggering, spread-eagled on passionflowers that looked like spaceships. Unable to feed themselves without the help of worker bees but engaging in tittle-tattle about them nevertheless. Can You Tell a Story in … … Continue reading Males gossiping
The house of advocates
In Bad Tölz is a house, called “House of Advocates”. In German, an Advokat is a synonym for lawyer or barrister, one who pleads the cause of another. I couldn’t confirm where the name comes from and if it originally had anything to do with lawyers.
Today it is split into an event venue and living apartments. But the various landlords of the house have been advocating performance arts of various kinds since the 1930s.
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It’s this time of the year again
School is starting for many year 1 students in Germany. Some time in the late 18th century people thought the children needed something to sweeten this step towards the seriousness of life. So they gave the children a cone filled with sweets. The custom is … Continue reading It’s this time of the year again
Take a rest, take a break, be refreshed
For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.” ― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet “My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.” ― Martin Luther Wednesday … Continue reading Take a rest, take a break, be refreshed
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