even though I was covertly checking out his shoes to find out who he really was.

NB: The book he is holding has a black cover.
Just before the New Year and an orientation towards the new, here are a some seasonally decorated shop windows. Monday Window
Some photos I took over the past year which I like. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Best of the Rest
Värikollaasit means colour collages and Aino decided that her challenge should go out with a blast: Värikollaasit #479
Sometimes I check up on a prompt with either a synonym dictionary or a German-English dictionary simply because my photos are tagged in German and I want a few options when I’m looking for a fitting photo. Funnily, this time “incipient” had four adjective translations on dict.leo.org and the first noun given was “incipient jowls”. I immediately knew what I was going to post.


I mean, look at the guy. That kind of mutton chops must be worn to conceal incipient jowls! Why else!
PS: In case you’re wondering it’s the German emperor Wilhelm I, how he is usually depicted on war memorials in remembrance of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, the last one “we” “won”.

For once, German is shorter than English. We call that period of time: between the years (at least, we call it that here in the Southwest of Germany).
I don’t know if I missed Debbie announcing a break of Six Word Saturday and I can justify more than six words by double dipping with Hammad’s Weekend Sky.

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