These special tie dye technique is used in Zimbabwe. It’s a kind of batik process, mainly used for table cloths and the like. Sadza is the Zimbabwean version of a stiff porridge made with fine maize meal and water, a staple diet in most of … Continue reading Sadza Art
The rules have loosened but even today it’s not easy to have dual nationality as a German. When I acquired my second nationality, i.e. South African, it was almost unheard of.
You could also call me a “mock South African”. However, it did not lead to an identity crisis. I consider it a bonus.
Double dipping for
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Identity and FOWC with Fandango: Mock
Acquire as much gold as you need, and wisdom as much as you can.
FOWC with Fandango: Requirement
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On the outside of this gargoyle gecko’s habitat there was the explanation about his ghostly colour: it had been kept in the dark by an uncaring or uninformed human and as a result it lost all colour and also has deformed bones (similar to rickets in humans, as a result of vitamin D deficiency). The prognosis is mixed: it can live a pain free like this but it will never recuperate.
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Prognosis
With a tent like that in your front yard, full of music and revellers – how can you not have a sleepless night.
Might as well look at the stars and indulge in a bit of astrology: If the big pitcher tilts over the glass of the Dodging Dune your head will hurt in the morning.
Double-dipping for FOWC with Fandango: Tent and
Ragtag Daily Prompt, either Sleepless or Astrology, whatever.
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At the outset of our annual town festival the mayor and other dignitaries as well as the wine princesses of the region gather on the balcony of the old town hall. The mayor gives a speech and everybody waits for the cannon to fire from the nearby castle. Once the shot is heard the mayor asks the crowd below: “Wem is die Kerwe?” and the crowd bellows: “Unser!!!” – and four days of revelling can commence.
Translation: “Whose Festival Is It?” – “Ours!!!”
Double-gedippt (sic!) for FOWC with Fandango: Outset
and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Festival
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and we call chips pommes (with the -es clearly audible).
Either way, I prefer the beers (not necessarily that brand).
