You know what? Coffee around here is just gazillion times better than in America. But I had a big laugh outbreak today when my godfather was asking for an "espresso lungo" in a coffee bar. Huh? He said that was an espresso with more water in it. The waitress told him that he can only get an espresso or a coffee crème. Well, then an espresso he said. The espresso arrived. He had a big question mark and exclamation mark on his face (?!). "That's a triple super lungo, that's not an espresso at all!". (^_^) I had to laugh so hard... So it's not only me who is confused about different coffee cultures. Maybe you just have to accept what is common in the country you're recently in... hehe...
I'm also getting acquainted with the daily schedule of our animal park in the garden. On our terrace there's a daily coming and going of personalities. There's an eating bowl outside with a bowl of water beside it. Especially for the cat who visits daily. A very meager and shy cat. There's also the fat cat which just comes to check if there's food around and to fill itself upon. There are also the sparrows which desperately try to eat the cat food, but not achieve it because it's even too heavy for them to fly away with it. So they scatter it over the whole terrace in an attempt to get away but they have to drop it because it's too heavy. So there's always chirping on the terrace and you can see them flying a bit, then dropping to the ground because of the weight and then trying again.. so funny! There are also snails which eat cat food?! And in the garden there is the swan couple with their 5 signets which solemnly sit around and pick grass. Who needs a lawn mover if you have 7 swans? And the signets still makes this typical swan-baby sound... so cute! And at night we have a badger which visits our garden in search of vegetables and fruits. He's not always very genteel to the trees, in the attempts to climb the little fruit trees he has broken quite some branches already... With so much going on the garden there's always something to discover! Animals just make me smile. They have a way of being so occupied with what they're doing that just makes me like them for their eagerness and their honesty.
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It's funny that you've used "he" for the badger! It's also the same in Farsi: Almost all malicious animals (of course by "malicious" I mean what the general idea says about some of those, because I don't think any creature is malicious itself...) or negative things are characterized by "men" instead of "women". Note that Farsi is totally gender neutral, so all creatures have their actual gender; but just in fiction, cartoons and children stories, the villain characters are dragons, snakes, wolfs, foxes, eagles, and other wild or scary animals like crocodile, vulture, octopus, etc; and they're all supposed to be male, NOT female: Mr. wolf, Mr. fox, Mr. dragon, Mr. crocodile...
On the other hand, all positive and pleasant things are characterized as a woman, e.g. angels, and also the sun is "always" a woman in personifications: khorshid khanum! (i.e. Ms. Sun!) All flower names (except the dragon flower which is called monkey flower!) are also female names in Farsi!
So... the bottom line is that the literature (at least Persian literature!) is totally feminist, and I guess it's not so bad... Actually it's very good! (^_^)
Sometimes I forget to comment on the post itself, and I totally start another subject, so let me say something about your post!
As I see in the photos, I guess even with 17 swans, you'll need a lawn mover for sure! (^_-)
But remember that only in the US (and of course in Iran, as we always do it ourselves!) you can mow your garden yourself, as you'd also mentioned in your previous posts! (^_^)
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