Ah! Valliant! That is a word that deserves a story. To understand this little anecdote out of the depth of my youth one has to know that valiant is a word that came into English via the Normans, and the corresponding French word is vaillant. … Continue reading A Hare, a Horse and a Story
The Heidelberg Castle houses a huge wine vat. Over the years there were actually four huge vats: the first one, built in 1591, held 127,000 litres. It was used to store the wine given as tributes and taxes to the Elector Palatine. The fourth and … Continue reading His Optimism Gave Him His Name
This is a showy crabapple or a plum-leaved crabapple (no, I’m not talking about Bart Simpson’s long-suffering teacher). Come harvest time there will be an abundance of tiny apples. What will they do with all of them? FOWC with Fandango: Surplus
or Tick, Trick und Track in German, or Riri, Fifi et Loulou in French, or Tupu, Hupu ja Lupu in Finnish, or Qui, Quo e Qua in Italian, or Kwik, Kwek en Kwak in Dutch, or … Hang on, the title is wrong, there are … Continue reading Huey, Dewey and Louie
For the life of me I don’t know why this little, sweet flower has this name. There must be something to it because the translated German name is storksbill. For Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day
Since Cee is taking time off to tend to her seasonal health I decided to dig deep into my archive. It was approximately 20 years ago, I had a click-click camera but it was digital. I drove with my then teenage sons to the South … Continue reading Twenty Years Back
FOWC with Fandango: Ruthless
But if you do – remember: Grandma’s got a washing machine. And Grandpa knows where it is and how to work it! Ragtag Daily Prompt: Puddle
This butchery claims that its meat and sausages are always freshly butchered, and that they are hearty, delicious, and tempting. Which might be true and therefore honest self-praise. Is it honest, though, to put a smiling, content pig in a tempting, even enticing pose lying … Continue reading Honest Claims
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Doodle
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