The cinnamon coloured carpels contrast beautifully with the yellow petals of the tickseed.
A white hen juxtaposed with the tawny hen.
Beautiful chocolate wool contrasted by momma’s beige wool.
Nutty duck: Walnut and almond coloured feathers offest by emerald and indigo.
And this young drake is still changing his colours to produce the striking contrast of the mature bird.
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: July colour brown
“The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. G.K. Chesterton And occasionally the scenery looks back.
For more photos inspired by G.K. Chesterton‘s quote, go to Travel with Intent.
We went on a visit to the town of Bad König in the Odenwald and I found quite a few trios.
but two of a kind. And kind of not what you thought when you read the title.
Square 5 for the KindaSquare Challenge in October.
No question for a cat. Fences are at most obstacles to be traversed.
A bit different with dogs.
And – believe it or not – we humans were the ones behind the fence. And the shepherd at the back of this herd kept shouting: “Close the gate, close the gate! They’ll overrun you!”
“The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.”
– J. R. R. Tolkien
Linked to Travel with Intent. More photos inspired by the Tolkien quote, can be found here.
A man in wolf’s clothing form the palace gardens in Schwetzingen.
A wolf doing unwolfish things on a mosaic from Aldborough Roman town in Yorkshire.
A whole castle of wolves (albeit en miniature) in the Obrunn gorge near Höchst im Odenwald.
And all that to respond to a quote about sheep:
“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
William Ralph Inge, “Patriotism”, in Outspoken Essay (1919)
Other posts inspired by this quote can be found on Debbie’s Travel with Intent quotation challenge.
Linked to Lines&Squares: #21 in October.
Apologies to Eric Carlé and his Brown Bear for the title.
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Farm Animals. More animals on the farm can be found here.
For A Photo a Week: livestock. More animal photos can be found here.
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