Why an American wood duck for the prompt “bride”? Well, in German the name is “bride duck” (Brautente). But also – I was waiting for a chance to show off this beautiful bird. FOWC with Fandango: Bride
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The place where beeches grow
Seide is “silk” in German. Buch is “book” in German. Yet, Seidenbuch isn’t “book of silk”. It is the name of a little village in the Odenwald. Where – according to family lore – an ancestor of mine was born and grew and left to … Continue reading The place where beeches grow
It’s complicated
When I take photos on my phone (incidentally, this one is called Gladys) I need to attach it with a cable to the pc to store it without loss of quality. I store all my photos on the computer and I edit only on the … Continue reading It’s complicated
Nostalgia
We spend the weekend at a little hotel in the middle of the woods and the rooms were light and modern but the staircase was peppered with old relics, like an old sewing machine, stuffed animals (a woodgrouse, a piglet, a stoart), modern art (quite … Continue reading Nostalgia
Check and check again
It’s not the worst idea to examine the bottle your are going to drink from. The friend in question (the one on the left in the picture) keeps bringing beer to our meets that “he found at the back of his fridge”. They are usually beyond the “sell-by-date” or “best-before-date”. Last Sunday he brought beers from 2019 (!).
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Have Benz, will tune.
I saw this on an already very expensive model of a Mercedes Benz yesterday. Two of the company labels are motortuning and chiptuning respectively for the car itself. Sourkrauts (love that name) is a clothing label geared for car enthusiasts. And Pegasus used to be a Spanish car manufacturer.
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