Floral Friday and Flower of the Day
Duelling scholars
Guaio and Collauda were fighting the cutthroats’ school duel purely as an aptitude test. While hopping on a trampoline, the combatants would throw iguanas bent into croissant shape at each other, intending to cut the opponents throat, obviously. Collauda won.
Can You Tell a Story in … 40 words including duel, trampoline, iguana, and croissant.
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The sow with any other name will still be one
The Ragtag Prompt was SOW. The action or the animal? Or maybe the car license number? In this case, for Stuttgart. There is a saying amongst Hash House Harriers that if you like your hash name then something is wrong. You are not supposed to … Continue reading The sow with any other name will still be one
Flowering Dogwood
Wordless Wednesday
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Even when he was little
he liked to jump. Dawn from The Day After is this week’s prompt giver. “Spring” as a verb (and all it’s synonyms). If you like to come along you can link to Leanne’s site (Monochrome Madness) or to Dawn’s site directly: Monochrome Madness: Spring as … Continue reading Even when he was little
Aspirations
There was a boy who wanted to be a hero like Aragorn.
But his grandma kept saying: I must warn
You against such heroism. 'tis but a folly!
Rather be gay and fancy and jolly
And aim on becoming a unicorn!
Laughing Along with a Limerick: Warn
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Windows of Schaafheim
I spent a couple of hours in a village in the Odenwald, called Schaafheim (nothing to do with sheep, but with “scop”, i.e. barn or shed). This half-timbered house is typical for the area – with a solid stone base, usually of reddish sandstone. With … Continue reading Windows of Schaafheim
Jewels
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Symmetry
Proof
that selfies are not a modern invention.
This vain young man in the typical selfie pose has been standing in the garden of Schloss Stolzenfels for close to 200 years.
(Admittely I made a sword disappear but the pose is all his own.)
Monday Portrait
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Alio sine olio
I just learnt that the name allium comes from the Latin word for “garlic”.
Macro Monday
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