Traditionally, bears would hibernate in caves when the weather got chill, but modern bears prefer chilling in the comfort of a cosy living room. Here is an additional photo of Wagner (that’s the bear’s name) arriving at his new address: Ragtag Daily Prompt: Chill
Reading the prompt I immediately thought of the children’s book above. It is orginally a Swedish book, written by Grethe Fagerström and illustrated by Gunilla Hansson, published in 1979. It’s the story of Peter and Ida whose mother is expecting a baby which the children name “Minimum” because it is not yet born. It’s a very open, educational way to talk to children about – not the bird and the bees but the egg and the sperm and the body parts surrounding this topic. It’s been a perennial favourite in Germany and Sweden and possibly other countries.
I find it always amazing when birds fly in large flocks. They move like one large being with elegance and grace. Without the overriding electronic brain of a swarm of drones. They have an incredible consensus without a leader.
But it was. In the left photo I’m getting rescued – I was abseiled because there is no getting back because of the way the parcours is set up. — At least, I tried. FOWC with Fandango: Difficulty
In one of the enclosures in the bird park in Viernheim one comes across this rare exhibit of flightless and featherless specimen. We were astaunded. And wondering about the backstory. The rest of the inhabitants are all of the avian kind.
Jack be quick. Jack jump over the candlestick. A tortoise doesn’t really seem the right posterboy for nimbleness. However, our boys had a pet tortoise when we lived in Zimbabwe, called Jack. His fullname was Jack, the Ripper – due to the way he would … Continue reading Jack Be Nimble