Upscale

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I’m not totally sure whether that fish can be considered upscale. But it has golden scales.

Another thing rather more upscale and yes, golden is this fishless carriage, often lovingly referred to as flatfish in Germany:

UPscale #30.

Treating myself and others

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It’s still dark outside but this early morning treat gets me going. For years I couldn’t drink coffee without the most severe heartburn, now that I can drink it again without problems, I consider it special.

Henry gets special treats occasionally and he likes it just as much as the next cat. He wears his feelings on the cheek, so to speak.

And is it too early to talk of Easter? [Yes, it is! even if the stores think otherwise.]

These are chocolate treats and not really special in Germany. Around Easter time they are rather commonplace. What makes them unusual are their looks: they represent cockchafer beetles, heralds of spring, and not, as horrified English visitors have remarked, cockroaches.

Finally, only yesterday Nancy had asked for tasty treats for her A Photo a Week Challenge (great minds think alike! – check out her site and the contributions) and I posted this photo:

Friendly Friday: Special Treats.

Never go upstairs empty handed

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is apparently a saying of English nannies working in the US according to the web. It is also advice that Meryl Streep credits her mother for (I can’t find a source but I remember this from an interview with her). Some stairs just seem to have been built to illustrate this.

I add a photo I’ve used before (as a square top) to drive the point home:

UPsquare #29.

Five from the Rhein Neckar Metropolitan Area

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The quintessential mother and baby swimming in the river Neckar.
A multifarious sports' mural is brightening up a residential area in Mannheim.
Itinerant workers are needed to bring in the harvest of strawberries and asparagus of the Rhine valley.
The shoreline is mirrorred in the water of the Weinheimer Waidsee.
Portuguese dancers are showing of their ethnic costume at the Weinheim spring festival.

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