Tag: dummies

All Purpose Fences

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Fences make for good neighbours. Chatting over a fence is a time honoured pastime. It has the advantage that it keeps the opponents separate.

Fences can also have an important purpose. It can keep toads from being squashed by cars when they have the unsquashable urge to get to the pond were they were spawned. It makes them wait until they are collected and carried over the road.

The fence may be rusty but it is collecting new dummies from toddlers who want to give up an outgrown habit.

Fences can be overcome, sometimes only partially. It depends on the temptation on the other side.

Of course, there are always masters of the art.

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #258: Fences

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I’m a fan of dummies

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or pacifiers if you prefer American English.

I came across this fence:

and wondered. So I went closer:

A dummy gallery – toddlers bring their dummies here when they are ready to give them up.

I’ve come across a similar installation before:

I’m not sure that she is ready yet:

Linked to I’m a fan of … #81. For more fanatical photos, click here.

It doesn’t have to be a Christmas tree

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Bleibt gesund

It’s an old custom that has been revived during the last years: decorating trees in the garden with Easter eggs.

This works for a larger tree as well as for shrubs and planters.

This tree is adorned throughout the year. Whether by design or because it’s too much of a hassle to take the decoration down after Easter, I don’t know.

Schnullerbaum

And now for a completely differently tree: this dummy tree is in a park and toddlers hang their dummies there when they (or their parents) think they have outgrown them.

Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Pick a topic from this photo.