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About Millers, and Hiking, and Singing

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“Wanderlust” is originally a German word and the meaning is slightly different in the German language: it includes the yearning to go and see foreign lands but has more to do with “itchy feet” – because “wandern” means “hiking” in the sense of “on shanks’ mare”. Germans used to go hiking into the big wide world and sang while doing it.

Probably the most well-known song of this genre is: “Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust” (hiking is the miller’s delight). Most Germans will think it is a folk song and describes a miller by profession hence it is mostly illustrated with windmills and watermills. In truth, it was written in 1820 by Wilhelm Müller (that would be William Miller), a German author.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Wanderlust

Hodge Colour Podge Collages

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I’ve been taking part in Aino’s colour collage challenge called Värikollaasit every Sunday religiously (no wonder since it on Sundays) since 2016. I mostly try to find a theme in my collages but sometimes the colour is the overriding aspect. If the individual photos are very diverse I call these mixed or hodgepodge collages “gallimaufries” (I love that word!). Here are two from 2017.

PS: Why not join Värikollaasit? It’s a lot of fun!

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hodgepodge

Modern Times

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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