Midweek Monochrome
High and Narrow
Wordless Wednesday
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Cat Call, Wolf Whistle, Parrot Screetch
I went for a walk and I heard a wolf whistle. Now I’m past the age that I am at the receiving end of wolf whistles (I’ve never been on the giving end, to be sure) but I looked around. I couldn’t see anybody and kept walking. Again I heard a whistle … It took me a while to locate the whistler. I looked up and there it was:
It was a macaw who was taking the mickey out of me!
I know that smaller parrots have made themselves comfortable in our area, mainly the rose-ringed parakeet. But mawcaws?
I documented my sighting (rather, it sighting me) on a local facebook group and immediately got the feedback that this bird is a pet who likes to take long flights but always returns to its human.
They Are Meant to Make You Stumble – and Think
Thousands of Stolpersteine, literally stumbling stones, are found in central Europe. They are a reminder of missing or killed people during the Nazi era. These particular five in Ladenburg are of the family Kaufmann who were deported to Gurs in France, where Mathilde Kaufmann died. The other four family members, Meta, Luise, Julie, and Sally were murdered in Auschwitz.
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Palindrome On the Run
Our running group shouts “on on” to communicate.
But sometimes it just too long, too steep, too hot – too much! We go on strike!
Nymphs, Roses, Lilies
Water lilies are called “lake roses” in German. The Greek name is the most romantic: According to Pliny Nymphaeia comes from a story about a nymph died because of jealousy over Herakles and became a water lily.
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