I grew up behind the wall (outside of the castle gardens) and they still had peacocks and a couple of crowned cranes running free then. The piercing cries of peacocks sound strangely familiar and cozy to me.
FOWC with Fandango: Picturesque
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They are rushing towards each other (note the Italian name “Subito”, “Immediately” on the ship to the left).
Maybe next time they’ll go for a more traditional
FOWC with Fandango: Rendezvous
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and if the room is a square, that’s okay, too. He might be spouting drivel but he is holding a glass of Pfälzer wine while he is pontificating on … well, drivel. And his friend approves.
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Yellow-bellied sliders, not quite turtles, not quite tortoises.
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I wanted to illustrate not quite a ruckus by showing a rugby ruck. Now my husband (who is the rugby expert in our family) tells me that this is not even a ruck.
Therefore I present: Half a ruckus. A ruc.
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