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The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow

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My first thought on reading the prompt “inevitable” was to do an image-compare post with the bloom on an apple tree and a ripe apple. Then I thought of the frost we had in recent nights and and I thought that development from bloom to fruit wasn’t so inevitable after all. I thought of a budding flower and a fading flower, and I found the thought far too depressing. I went through a few other possibilties and ended up with the depressing (or possibly freeing?) thought that nothing but death is inevitable (and taxes but let’s not speak of the horrors of the night). The truth is that everything is fleeting, in the final resolve even our planetary system, our galaxy, the universe is not meant forever. But at least within our human existence it holds true that the next sunrise is inevitable.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Inevitable

I’m Tired of This

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When I saw the prompt encephalopathy I started to look for brains in my archive hoping for a mushroom that looked like one or maybe a poster or mural. Then I read the rest of the description and saw the added myalgic.

Myalgic encephalopathy – aka: chronic fatigue. I don’t know anyone with that affliction, I thought — and then: Stop! Of course, I do know somebody who suffers from that. I actually live with somebody who sleeps most of the day, anytime, anywhere. Meet Henry – who is lucky enough that for him it is considered normal what in others is considered an illness.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Encephalopathy

And then it began

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The fountain at the Geschwister-Scholl-Platz in Munich

is situated right in front of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität where I registered many years ago to study dramatic art and German language and literature. I remember diving into this fountain one summer night as part of a stunt to get our group elected to the ASTA (the student council). It worked, btw.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Registration

Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No, it’s a hawk moth!

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The first time I saw this incredible insect I thought it was a hummingbird. Yet – there are no hummingbirds in Europe! I was dumbfounded.

Luckily, I had a knowledgeable friend with me who explained about the hawk moth to me, a hummingbird hawk moth in this case so I wasn’t too far off and not alone in my mistake. It’s not a very common moth but not that rare either and I was delighted that I managed a few shots of the insect while it was feeding.

The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Insect