Re: You know the winter has been long and cold when...

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AAAAAWwwwww, that is so sweet. Unfortunately, here in the UA, in most parts anyway, someone would have taken the blanket for their own warmth.

Speaking of which, the other day Rob and I were talking about Japan, and I mentioned that there has actually not been one single instance of looting there. He looked aghast, and I said "yeah, that is positively

Un-American"

I thought he was going to fall over laughing...

  ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

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-- You know the winter has been long and cold when...

Here in Lund there is a statue of Carl von Linné (Carl Linnaeus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus ) because this is the university where he had his first/early education, and for quite some time (decades at least, don't really know when it originated) there has been a tradition (sort of a student prank) of putting fresh flowers in the statue's left hand. It's to be done during the night, because part of the prank/tradition is that the person or persons putting the flowers there should not be seen or noticed, when the sun rises the flowers should just be there. And actually, most days, there are flowers (or at least branches, or leaves, or anything in that category) in his left hand, relatively fresh ones, even during winter.

But the last time I passed the statue, and turned my head to see if there were any flowers in his hand, I couldn't tell...because both his hands were hidden by the thick and warm blanket someone had lovingly wrapped around his shoulders...

I guess that's how you know the winter has been a long and cold one...

When I went to the wikipedia site to find the link for the wikipedia page on Linnaeus, I found that a photo of "our" statue illustrates the page. And yes, of course, there are flowers in his left hand on this photo... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Carl_von_Linné_i_Lund.jpg

We had spring for a short while, but winter is back. Today there is even snow on the ground...

love

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LOL ;-) A work aquaintance sent me this photo yesterday: http://instagr.am/p/CU2GE/ Apparently someone has taken mercy on the statue of Karin Boye (writer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Boye ) in Gothenburg too. The sweater doesn't look overly warm (although better than nothing, I suppose), but the mittens must be nice to have if you are a poor, frozen statue in a winter that has stayed too long...This is what the statue looks like normally: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Karin_Boye-statyn_vid_Stadsbiblioket_i_Göteborg..JPGlove/Reb--- In MSersLife , "Akiba" wrote:>> AAAAAWwwwww, that is so sweet. Unfortunately, here in the UA, in most parts> anyway, someone would have taken the blanket for their own warmth. > Speaking of which, the other day Rob and I were talking about Japan, and I> mentioned that there has actually not been one single instance of looting> there. He looked aghast, and I said "yeah, that is positively > Un-American"

> I thought he was going to fall over laughing...

> > > > >   > ~*~Hugs~*~

> ~*~Akiba~*~

> Pragmatic Visionary

> http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php

> -- You know the winter has been long and cold when...

> > > > > Here in Lund there is a statue of Carl von Linné (Carl Linnaeus: http://en> wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus ) because this is the university where he> had his first/early education, and for quite some time (decades at least,> don't really know when it originated) there has been a tradition (sort of a> student prank) of putting fresh flowers in the statue's left hand. It's to> be done during the night, because part of the prank/tradition is that the> person or persons putting the flowers there should not be seen or noticed,> when the sun rises the flowers should just be there. And actually, most days> there are flowers (or at least branches, or leaves, or anything in that> category) in his left hand, relatively fresh ones, even during winter. > > > But the last time I passed the statue, and turned my head to see if there> were any flowers in his hand, I couldn't tell...because both his hands were> hidden by the thick and warm blanket someone had lovingly wrapped around his> shoulders... > > > I guess that's how you know the winter has been a long and cold one...

> > > When I went to the wikipedia site to find the link for the wikipedia page on> Linnaeus, I found that a photo of "our" statue illustrates the page. And yes> of course, there are flowers in his left hand on this photo...> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Carl_von_Linné_i_Lund.jpg

> > > We had spring for a short while, but winter is back. Today there is even> snow on the ground...

> > > love

> /Reb>

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The mittens are cute!

  ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

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-- You know the winter has been long and cold when... > > > > > Here in Lund there is a statue of Carl von Linné (Carl Linnaeus: http://en> wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus ) because this is the university where he> had his first/early education, and for quite some time (decades at least,> don't really know when it originated) there has been a tradition (sort of a> student prank) of putting fresh flowers in the statue's left hand. It's to> be done during the night, because part of the prank/tradition is that the> person or persons putting the flowers there should not be seen or noticed,> when the sun rises the flowers should just be there. And actually, most days> there are flowers (or at least branches, or leaves, or anything in that> category) in his left hand, relatively fresh ones, even during winter. > > > But the last time I passed the statue, and turned my head to see if there> were any flowers in his hand, I couldn't tell...because both his hands were> hidden by the thick and warm blanket someone had lovingly wrapped around his> shoulders... > > > I guess that's how you know the winter has been a long and cold one... > > > When I went to the wikipedia site to find the link for the wikipedia page on> Linnaeus, I found that a photo of "our" statue illustrates the page. And yes> of course, there are flowers in his left hand on this photo...> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Carl_von_Linné_i_Lund.jpg > > > We had spring for a short while, but winter is back. Today there is even> snow on the ground... > > > love > /Reb>

[Guest guest]

The mittens are cute!

  ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php

-- You know the winter has been long and cold when... > > > > > Here in Lund there is a statue of Carl von Linné (Carl Linnaeus: http://en> wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus ) because this is the university where he> had his first/early education, and for quite some time (decades at least,> don't really know when it originated) there has been a tradition (sort of a> student prank) of putting fresh flowers in the statue's left hand. It's to> be done during the night, because part of the prank/tradition is that the> person or persons putting the flowers there should not be seen or noticed,> when the sun rises the flowers should just be there. And actually, most days> there are flowers (or at least branches, or leaves, or anything in that> category) in his left hand, relatively fresh ones, even during winter. > > > But the last time I passed the statue, and turned my head to see if there> were any flowers in his hand, I couldn't tell...because both his hands were> hidden by the thick and warm blanket someone had lovingly wrapped around his> shoulders... > > > I guess that's how you know the winter has been a long and cold one... > > > When I went to the wikipedia site to find the link for the wikipedia page on> Linnaeus, I found that a photo of "our" statue illustrates the page. And yes> of course, there are flowers in his left hand on this photo...> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Carl_von_Linné_i_Lund.jpg > > > We had spring for a short while, but winter is back. Today there is even> snow on the ground... > > > love > /Reb>