Johnny is the neighbour’s cat. He and our cat Henry are not on good terms, in four years they’ve learned to tolerate each other. But Johnny keeps sneaking in our house and eating Henry’s dry food. Because he is not supposed to (he is on a special diet) we shoo him away when we comes by. Hence Johnny is wary of us and usually leaves when he sees us. Not so at the moment. He lies under the shrubs in the garden and the most he does is open one eye when we come close to him.
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is probably more fun than sitting in the ashes like Cinderella.
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This is part of the Memorial for the victims of violence, war and persecution in Weinheim. It is considered one of only a few counter memorials in Germany opposing war monumenta. I find the war memorial on the opposite end of the street, which dates from the 1930s, very martial and in the style of the Nazi era with three soldiers in winter uniforms more like then modern day soldiers than ww I soldiers. The names of the fallen soldiers of the town from world war II were added in the 1950s.
The counter memorial was erected in 1999 and includes a statement explaining about the victims and a star of David. The group of people on the thin beam above the memorial seems without a foothold and permanently in danger of falling – illustrating the precariousness of life, particularly life in a totalitarian state.
FOWC with Fandango: Precarious
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Germans love to organise themselves in clubs, called “Verein”. This particular one is dedicated to uphold the traditions of Weinheim. The somewhat long and cumbersome name stems from the fact that it is an amalgamation of two clubs, none of which wanted to give up their traditional name.
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I’m with Oscar Wilde. Willpower = non existent.
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Just in case you’re wondering about the title: This tachina fera (I couldn’t find a common name) is called hedgehog fly in German (Igelfliege) – apparently because of the thick, dark bristles on the end of its body.
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