We Are What We Eat...

These fun flags were made from foods associated with the eighteen different countries
represented at an International Food Festival at Australia's Sydney some time ago.
There's Italy with basil, pasta and tomatoes. Brazil with banana leaf, limes, pineapple
and passionfruit.
India with curries, rice and pappadum wafer. Japan, so simple with it's tuna and rice. Greece and its Kalamata olives and Feta cheese. Lebanon with Lavash, Fattoush and herbs.Vietnam and Rabutan, lychee and startfruit. Australia and its meat pie, pastry
and tomato sauce.
South Korea and its Kumbap and sauces. The United Kingdom and its scone, cream and jam.
France with blue cheese, brie and grapes. China with Pittaya/dragon fruit and Starfruit.
The US. Hot Dogs of course with ketchup,
cheese and mustard.
Indonesia with spicy curry and rice. Turkey and its Turkish Delight. Spain and Chorizo and rice. Thailand with sweet chilli sauce, Blue Swimmer Crab and shredded coconut. And there's Switzerland with Charcoteries and Emmental.
We may very well be what we eat...

You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs Before You Find A Prince But You'll Have To Hurry. They're becoming extinct...

You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince, so the saying goes,
but you'll have to hurry.
The wonderful little creatures seen here are unfortunately on their way to extinction.
In real life, according to Paul Coelho, in his famous book, By The River Piedra I Sat And Wept, a princess may well kiss a prince before the prince invariably turns into a frog...

Leunig. The Abysmal Man...

So You Thought Goats Couldn't Climb Trees...

If you thought goats couldn't climb trees,
think again and have a look here at the tree climbing goats of Morocco.
You may well be excused for thinking that these goats grow on trees and in one way they do.
They're not there for the view but the food. They just love the fruit of the Argan tree whose fruit ripens in June each year. These Argan trees live up to two hundred years and they've given many generations of these Moroccan goats many years to adopt their sure footed climbing abilities.
And you thought goats couldn't climb trees...

Japanese Schools Get Top Marks For Teaching Their Students Life Lessons...

Most Japanese schools don't employ cleaners
or janitors so as you'll see here, the idea has caught on as students, not only in Japan, keep their schools clean and tidy themselves.
The Japanese education system believes that requiring students to clean their school themselves teaches respect, responsibility
and encourages equality.
Good life lessons...

Have You Heard The One About The Ninety Year Old Legless Tortoise...

Mrs T, so the story goes according to Jude Ryder, the ninety year old pet tortoise's owner, became legless one night. Not because she was binging on the gin but because she was having her annual winter sleepy hibernation out in the garden shed. She was attacked by an unknown rat who chewed off her front legs.
A nasty business and a costly one at the vet for Jude and the now stationary Mrs T.
Fortunately Jude's son and mechanical engineer Dale came up with the bright idea of fitting a set of model aircraft wheels to Mrs T's shell and now as you can see hare, we have the world's first turbo-charged tortoise. Whatever next...