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When I started to take photos a bit more seriously, not just snapping our boys (as adorable as they were, the boys and some of the photos) it was also a transition from analog to digital photography. One of the more startling discoveries for me … Continue reading The Tiny Things
We know “silence is golden”. In German it has the precursor: “talk is silver”. One Word Sunday: Gold and Silver
and we call chips pommes (with the -es clearly audible).
Either way, I prefer the beers (not necessarily that brand).
with a fun story.

When you come to our running group you have to be more or less on time. If you are late, the group has left. If that happens you have two possibilities: You run on your own, following the chalk marks, and hope to catch up. If you’re slow or lazy, you can phone the hare (the person who has laid the trail) and get a location where you can find the pack an run (or walk) straight to that location avoiding the meanderings of the trail and possible falsies.
Now there was this young, fit and energetic US American who was notoriously late. He’d phone the hare and 10 minutes later he would arrive in a taxi to join the pack for the rest of the trail. Needless to say, he was known as “Comes in Taxis”.

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As there were a few comments on my posts about counting in my photos, here is some help:
And another helpful fact: Seven is the only one digit number with two syllables.
Here are three shots where you can apply this “newfound” knowledge:
That was easy. Here is one a bit more difficult:
And now, the master class:
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A sequoia is exotic in Germany. But Weinheim has so many of them that they call their forest “Exotenwald”. The pebbles have accumulated on Holy Island (Lindisfarne). I thought the cairns had a cultural or historical significance but no! people just like to make little … Continue reading From Mammoth to Pebble