Fluidr / yooperann's "Seen while walking the dog" set

Deer

N 0 B 384 C 0 E May 21, 2008 F Jun 1, 2008

There were six of them. When they finally saw Eliot and started to run, I suddenly understood the meaning of the phrase "hightailed it out of there."

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Horse chestnut

N 0 B 107 C 0 E May 21, 2008 F Jun 1, 2008

Unfortunately taken--I realized later--with my camera in "portrait" mode.

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Goldfinch

N 0 B 81 C 1 E May 21, 2008 F Jun 1, 2008

Among thistles--appropriately.

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Altenheim

N 1 B 469 C 3 E Jun 2, 2008 F Jun 8, 2008

Schirm es Gott Mit Starker Hand--it sounds almost like it could be from a hymn. But what does it say?

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Altenheim

N 0 B 433 C 0 E Jun 2, 2008 F Jun 8, 2008

"Deutsches Haus im Neuen Land." I don't know any German, but surely this says "German home in a new land." Surely?

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