The lifesaver on our day cruise boat in Polis Chrysochous.
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Memories
I don’t have photos from the 1980s when we went on a walking safari in the Okavango. The dugouts dropped us on the largest island of the delta and the accompanying ranger looked for elephants. He soon found a small herd and we crept closer, keeping upwind. We were possibly 300 metres away from them when they noticed us. They started to move away and the ranger shouted: “Up and at them!”. We all started racing towards the fleeing elephants who picked up speed. While doing that the only thing I could think was: “What am I doing? What if they turn round and start chasing ME?!”
They never did, luckily. They were just faster than us and soon disappeared from those pesky, insignificant humans.
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The Voice of the Garden
The word hum is related to the Middle High German hummen and thus to the modern German Hummel – meaning bumble bee. Fun fact: While bees need at least 10 °C to be out and about bumble bee workers fly already at 6 °C because the vibration of their pectoral muscles vibrate to generate heat. Which in turn makes the fairly loud humming noise of bumble bees.
My Sweetheart Wants to Go Sailing with Me on Sunday
Am Sonntag will mein Süßer mit mir segeln geh’n … is (was?) a popular German song. It was written in 1929 and as seen many cover versions, one even from the Beatles, sung in German.
Definitely not Silent Sunday
Pull in Your Tummies!
This particular alley is from Neustadt an der Weinstraße – where the name says it all: look at the vines overhead. Cars and walkers have to share but consideration widens the path so that everybody gets through.
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Narrow
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We Downloaded
the cocktails.
And I am now downloading the photos.
Disclaimer: No alcohol was involved in any of these glasses. They were nevertheless delicious.
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An Unusual Colour
We saw a lot of bougainvilleas during our holiday in Cyprus. This one was a rather unusual colour, more an orange hue than the more common pink varieties.
For Floral Friday and Flower of the Day
From the Back
I realised I have never shown our local Diana from the back. So here she is in her beautiful two tier skirt and with her quiver at the ready.
That even Goes for Old Trees
“I want
Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
WoW – Words of Wisdom – Y23 #8
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