Showing posts with label Rooster-claw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rooster-claw. Show all posts

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Cock-A-Doodle Don’t

Finally, It’s Dawned On Someone

A rooster crowing at the break of dawn has earned his owner a $260 fine in an Italian court after neighbours complained it was waking them up too early. The rooster's owner in Bolzano province said he would appeal against the sentence, supported by the local Farmers' Association, on the grounds that he needs at least one rooster to breed chickens.

FOOTNOTE: Crowing pains.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Hang Solo

Weeping Willowy Is The Essence Of Grace

Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON


The foliage on this weeping tree caught my attention yesterday afternoon. Not just because of the striking colours, but also because they formed such a graceful pattern. The horizontal frame is a handy close-up, but the vertical frame below makes use of the pattern on the adjacent building. The slender branches were an amazing blend of burgundy and maroon, and the rooster-claw protuberances are actually the news season's growth.