I see faces … in this case: I see a skull. This is the flower of an aristolochia macrophylla or a Dutchman’s pipe. Weird enough when they are in full bloom and even worse when they are deadheads (sic!) this one really looked at me. … Continue reading Alien Alert
but he couldn’t stay.
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I took this picture of a sparrow at the local bird park. He was only visiting and compared to the mostly larger, mostly more colourful and/or exotic he looked almost ordinary. But I find his long, thin claws fascinating and I adore the yellow base of his beak. In his way, he’s unique. And, of course, he’s free.
I learned to appreciate even the common sparrows from a friend, who is the current world record holder of having the most birds species logged (10,000 species this year). He’s seen the most exotic world all over the world, sometimes arranging a whole holiday around seeing one particular bird. I’ve been on walks with him and seen him getting satisfaction out of watching sparrows and wood doves and crows.
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The German nickname for a stork is Adebar, which comes from Old High German “luck” and “to bring”.
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There once was a tabby in Cyprus
who was a lot of things - yet not sightless.
She stalked with the best,
then pounced with claws manifest
until the mice were completely lifeless.
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This echinacea, possibly a pale coneflower or prairie cornflower or a Tennessee cornflower, looks like a hippie girl form the seventies, doesn’t it?
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It was very hard to ride on the cycling path yesterday without squishing one of these. Macro Portrait
after flying some loop-de-loop.
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His statue stands facing the Apostle Andreas Orthodox Church in Polis Chrysochous. I think he is considered a hero in the struggle between the Turkish and Greek parts of Cyprus but I couldn’t read the plaque.
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