This little trickle becomes the river Nahe which flows into Rhine and from there into the North Sea. FOWC with Fandango: Flow
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Fur Coats Are for Winter only
When the magnolia emerges for the first time it is still cold so it wears a warm coat of fur. But then the bloom grows and bursts the seams of its furry coat and in the end the whole coat is nothing more than a … Continue reading Fur Coats Are for Winter only
Backe, backe Kuchen!
Fan’s prompt for the day is: No better place than my hometown to learn how to. The best bakers are trained here. Here is one of the future apprentices at the academy: Various techniques are taught at the school but most important is, of course, … Continue reading Backe, backe Kuchen!
Irony
This private letterbox pays hommage to a time when correspondence was different: delivered by postal riders, announcing their arrival by horn. Ironically, this form of correspondence is about to go the way of the old postal service, just as the horses became obsolete. No more post horn, no more fancy letterboxes.
FOWC with Fandango: Correspondence
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A First
On 6 June 1991 South African laws changed and allowed adoption across the “colour bar” as it was called. Exactly a week later we had a long meeting with our social worker at her home and after several hours we proceeded to the Princess Alice Adoption Home where we were told six baby boys waited for parents. Would we like to pick one? (Explanation: this was NOT standard practice by Johannesburg Child Welfare but several mishaps along the way had led to that unique situation.)
This is my husband and one of the social workers with two of the babies.
Two days later, we were parents! And 15 months later, we adopted a second boy.
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Gravel with Appendix
When I showed the little slow worm for Wordless Wednesday I didn’t think I would post other photos of our encounter in a hurry. Along comes Fan’s FOWC prompt and here it is again, gravel and all. Title explanation: A common slow worm is known … Continue reading Gravel with Appendix
Hiking in South Africa
Forty years ago we did a lot of hiking in South Africa. Here we are at the outset, distributing the food amongst our backpacks. We didn’t need to carry tents because we slept in rock shelters where others have slept before us. FOWC with Fandango: … Continue reading Hiking in South Africa
No Coffee and Cake on this Visit
Normally I would have edited the sign out of the photo. But this 500-year-old silver and vitriol mine calls itself proudly: a visitors’ mine.
FOWC with Fandango: Visit
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A Free-for-all at the Market Enclosure
When Yakov brought an egg and wasn’t prepared to share, Vassily and Maiya jumped him. And when Alexandr joined in, it quickly turned into a melee. Oh, that should be meerkat, of course. FOWC with Fandango: Melee
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