but a hare! Aino asked us to make a colour collage with “The colour of the first flower of springtime”. When I find a first pale violet in the woods I know that that’s the first sign of spring. So the shades of an early … Continue reading No Tulips, No Easter Bunny
This fountain by Karl-Henning Seemann in Aachen is called “The circle of money”. I guess the guy on the left is the billionaire in this. I also wonder if he passes on the money he receives and keeps the cycle up. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Billionaire
I was born, I guess, with a disability. It’s a common one, I was born with a unilateral clubfoot. A run of the mill disability or illness is the best to have if one has to have one because there are more tested and tried treatments. I was four or five in the photo above, and the conservative treatment had obviously worked. I still had to wear a brace at night until I was a bout ten and I’ve been wearing orthopedic insoles all my life; my right leg is ever so slightly shorter and thinner but I have to point it out for people to notice (I normally don’t).
I remember that my primary school sports teacher kept asking me before every gymnastic exercise whether I would be able to do that. I was always puzzled why she asked me and not anyone else. I never felt disabled and thought I was just special – I looked forward to my half yearly visits to the orthopedic surgeon, Dr Wess was such a kind and jocular man.
FOWC with Fandango: Disability
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I left my home when I was 19 and I didn’t just move to the next town but to the other side of the world, to South Africa. I spent the next 25 years in Africa and the Middle East, another 10 years back in … Continue reading Where the Heart Is
and it will turn into an obsession. Weekly Prompt Weekend Challenge: Obsession
I had taken a series of photos of a little dog called Merlin. I had to sift through all his pics (many, many more) to find one to gift to Merlin’s human. FOWC with Fandango: Sift
and let’s add water for good measure. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Abstract
Six Word Saturday
I wanted to use “bembel” as a local vernacular expression and then I realised I’ve explained what a bembel is before, actually in a Ragtag post a little bit over a year ago. So I had to look again and I came across a very … Continue reading What Do You Call Them?
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