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And yet, they did. In the middle of a meadow. It’s just a wall. About 10 metres long, 2.5 metres high. No other structure around. So I guess it’s fair game for sprayers. And the taggers who just spray without artistic intention at least appreciated the panda and his dream of bamboo and let it be.
“Gulch” must have been one of the first words I learned in English (I probably pronounced it “goolsh” and had no idea what it meant). It came up quite often as a place name in one of my favourite cartoons.
The Daltons – the arch enemies of Lucky Luke – tried their luck in Killer Gulch, in Paradise Gulch, in Bottleneck Gulch, in Tortilla Gulch, and others.
If I remember correctly, Lucky Luke has grown up in Nothing Gulch.
For a long time the only pheasants I came across were painted ones like these on the gable of a local hotel.
Then I saw this fine fellow:
I was pretty pleased that I spotted him from my bike while I was pedalling through the fields.
And a few days later I encountered another male pheasant.
Only once I started looking I realised that he wasn’t alone.
Rather dowdy in comparison, isn’t she?
And then he spotted me and waved me off.