(This photo hits hard. They were trying to rob Anna of her dignity, a crime in itself.)
Anna! ๐ข๐๐ฏ๏ธ
(This photo hits hard. They were trying to rob Anna of her dignity, a crime in itself.)
Anna! ๐ข๐๐ฏ๏ธ
Nice detail: We call the little white flowers โGรคnseblรผmchenโ = โlittle goose flowersโ in German - How fitting!
Two babes in the wood. ๐
How pretty! We live higher up in the Bavarian Forest and Iโm watching every day now for the first crocus. Canโt be much longerโฆ
They just looove the sunny weather. Theyโre chirping their little hearts out on these balmy early spring afternoons. The green finches are busy chirping too. (Not to forget the starlings and the nuthatches andโฆ)
Right now Iโm drinking a cafe crema at our bakery. Excellent as always.
Wow! Heโs showing his royal colors. What a โPrachtkerlโ (German for โsplendid fellowโ)
We call them Schneeglรถckchen (little snowbells) here in Germany.
The climate is a little harsher in the Bavarian Forest, where I live, but Iโm eagerly waiting for the first little flowers, usually crocus or celandine to bloom.
Ich muss mich ergรคnzen: โฆ oder soziale Fragen. Umwelt(!)minister Schneider fordert jetzt Mieterschutz.
Das kรถnnte ein erfolgreicher Hebel zur Verhinderung von neuen Gasheizungen mit Beimischung teurer โgrรผnerโ Verbrennungsstoffe sein.
Theyโre the โbig rock candy mountainsโ ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ (Cool folk song by Harry McClintock)
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Nice, true colors. I have seen and photographed such a โLichtstimmungโ (lighting mood?) too. Itโs amazing.
โArsch mit Ohrenโ, remarkably stupid person
โBackpfeifengesichtโ, a smug looking, or completely clueless looking, โslappableโ face
We have a pair of red kites hunting over the meadows of a brook within sight of our home. But I have never seen them like this! ๐
So impressionistic! Amazing blend of all natural pastels. Hats off!
Wirklich schรถn!
We have some breeding in the higher locust trees. Then you can also here their very soft and beautiful cooing.
*humor
Berliners are known for such kind of a humorist. Sometimes itโs even a little rough, bordering on insult. There is a word for it: โBerliner Schnauzeโ
Nice portrait! Apart from the familiar โHoo-Hooo Hooโ they have a strange, harsh call when they are about to land. Took me a long time to find out.
In Germany they are called Tรผrkentaube, โTurkish doveโ, because they came in the 1930s from the southeast region of Turkey to middle and western Europe
Und die SPD: Solange das nix mit Renten und Sozialabgaben zu tun hat ist uns das Wurscht. Soll sie doch machen.
Youโre so right! ๐
He looks like a mean, clean spear-fishing machine! ๐
Ich riech da immer verrottenden Seetangโฆ Aber, passt schoโ!
Now playing Pink Floyd โSet the Controls for the Heart of the Milky Wayโ ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ
In Germany We used to make fun about the unpunctuality in โsouthernโ countries like Italy or Spain. We called it โMaรฑanaโ. Same thing hereโฆ
It seems her plumage is whiter than usual.
Daphne developed a whole new strategy in dealing with domestic problems: The โbust oneโs head in the water strategyโ!
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Impressive!