Best Friends

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

(Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About)

 

(Rostock, Germany. 07/2013)

Magpie on Cross

I have a magpie mind. I like anything that glitters.

(Lord Thomson Of Fleet)

(Berlin Cathedral, Germany. 01/2013)

Lonely Seagull

The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

(The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie)



(Rostock, Germany. 12/2012)

Seagull Fight

 There's got to be more to life than fighting for fish heads!

 (Johnathan in Seagull (1973) by Jonathan Linvingston)

(Rostock, Germany. 12/2012)

Owl

The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that every thing was white.

(William Blake)

(Sebnitz, Germany. 09/2012)

Falcon

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

(Aesop)

(Sebnitz, Germany. 09/2012)

Beware of the boar!

 The earth holds the fool and holds the wise, endures that good and bad dwell (upon her); she keeps company with the boar, gives herself up to the wild hog.

Atharvaveda

 

(Sebnitz, Germany. 09/2012)

Look into my eyes!

There's a Polar Bear
In our Frigidaire--
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.

(Shel Silverstein: A Light in the Attic)

(Rostock Zoo, Germany. 09/2012)

Monkey Business

/You never monkey with the truth. 

 (Ben Bradlee)

(Rostock Zoo, Germany. 09/2012)

Bees Like Flowers

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

(Kin Hubbard)

(EGA Park, Erfurt, Germany. 07/2011)

Seagull

I hate seagulls and I hate being sick. 

I hate burning my finger on the toaster and I hate nits

(Kate Nash: I Hate Seagulls)

(Stralsund, Germany. 08/2012)

Fish Perspective

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

(John Ruskin)

(Natur- und Umweltpark Güstrow, Germany. 08/2012)

Don't Budge, Budgie!

Our place was like Noah's Ark. We had 14 people, two dogs, two cats and about 60 budgies in our house.

(Steve Elkington)

(Natur- und Umweltpark Güstrow, Germany. 07/2012)

Sing Bird, Sing.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

(Lou Holtz)

(Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany. 06/2012)

Flaming-O

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a flamingo.

(Truman Capote)



(Rostock Zoo, Germany. 01/2012)

Giving Cat-Kisses

There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat.

(Tay Hohoff)

(Model: Susann. Erfurt, Germany. 06/2011)

Friendship

People can lose their worldly goods. They can lose their house. They can lose their car. They find their cat, their dog, their guinea pig or their rabbit and they feel like they have hope.

(Mark Goldstein)

(Model: Anke. Erfurt, Germany. 06/2011)

Butterflyness

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

(Rabindranath Tagore)


(Schmittenhöhe, Zell am See, Austria. 08/2010)