Palatine wood gnome: Home again; Thursday

Palatine Wood Gnome

There are many that spread over a much larger territory; that host a wider range of peculiar plants or give shelter to much more interesting wildlife species.
But the Palatine Forest is the largest coherent wood in Germany and, most of all: It's my home.
Why "Wood Gnome"?
Well, I have been named thus because I turn into Rumpelstiltskin kind of regularly when "visitors" come over from the other side of the Rhine Plains (where they have lots of forest as well...) with their huge cars, jamming the streets of my village, drive up to a forester's lodge, have lunch there, return home after a final cup of coffee and then claim "Oh, we have been to the WOODS this weekend"

That's why.

Monday 24 March 2008

Home again; Thursday

Last breakfast.
Last time packing the car.
Last walk along the Swan River.
Last pictures taken.
Last drive with our now beloved battle ship.
Last time taking up fuel.
Last taxi ride.
Last time paying with Australian dollars.
Last look on Australian ground from the plane's windows.
Last everything here Down Under.
What a sad day.
Will I come back? You can bet on that.

Palatine wood gnome