I immediately thought of him when I saw this car license plate from BAmberg (only one M in the original plate, though). And I thought of this license plate when I saw the prompt for today (yesterday, to be honest).
People and animals may sit on or next to straw, stand on straw, and even hop on straw. But sometimes straw clutches at them. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Clutch
I recently read an article about crows hiding nuts in autumn. If they think they have been observed by fellow crows, they do so anyway — and come back later on their own and put their stash to a different hiding place. They don’t trust each other and are clever enough to do something about it!
And since it is October and Halloween is almost upon us, here is my bonus photo about nuts. I also have a problem to hide these – from my husband and myself, that is.
It’s the poster outside a private teaching and creative studio called “Klecks” or “Spotch”!
Last weekend we were at the Opel-Zoo near Frankfurt and I snapped a photo of this beaded lizard. When I was making up this post I checked out its English name, and as I often do with the help of wikipedia rather than with a dictionary. And I was amazed that a photo of this particular lizard is on the German wikipedia site (not on the English one) to show a Skorpion-Krustenechse. The scorpion in the German name is due to the fact that it is poisonous.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Reptilian
2 – 4 – 6 – 8 Who do we appreciate? Those who drive slowly. Those who mind children. Those who don’t hog the road and let tractors past (particularly those belonging to winegrowers). I don’t know what he is appreciative about – having a … Continue reading The Little Brother of Being Grateful
On rye or white? In Germany, even the street vendors offer more choices: Chiabatta, wild garlic ciabatta, onion bread, olive bread, Turkish pide, dark spelt flour bread, flûte, baguette, sweet yeast bread made with spelt flour with or without raisins, – that’s in addition to the standard wholewheat or white bread, rye bread made with sourdough. So, how would you like your sandwich?
The snail (I think of her as “she”, likely due to German grammar, or possibly because I see her as kindred spirit) delights in healthy food, in this case a lettuce leaf. She is my role model.
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