I didn’t know until just now that fuchsias are native to the Americas and are actually tropical and subtropical plants. They have taken to European gardens with gusto. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Fuchsia
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No Hands Without It
It’s become normal to see people walking, talking, strolling, alone and together, and looking on their mobile phones. Give them the benefit of the doubt – they might be looking at a map or taking photos – but I suspect they are usually texting or … Continue reading No Hands Without It
Story Time
More than 150 cut-outs decorate the street lamps of Heppenheim. Each picture represents a story from local folklore. At the bottom of the lamppost there are short versions of the stories.
This lamp tells the story of the two giants who stood on opposite mountains and threw rocks at each other creating the large “sea of stones” in Reichenbach and a smaller scattering of rocks on the facing mountain side (the Reichenbach giant was the weaker or smaller one, quite obviously).
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Street Lamp
Believe the Collar
No matter how pleadingly Leo looks at you – believe what it says on the collar. He has anxiety due to his past and only tolerates pets from his closest family.
Meshed Depth of Field
Ragtag Daily Prompt: Mesh
Scree Is Nothing More than Rubble
Remember Barney Rubble, the neighbour and friend of Fred Flintstone? Then you might also remember his adopted son, Bamm-Bamm.
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).
Clutching at Straws
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
Where to Hide them?
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.
Little Steps to Success
It’s the poster outside a private teaching and creative studio called “Klecks” or “Spotch”!
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