Here is my monthly reminder of what was happening this time last year in 20 pictures.
In my Calendar 2018 in the making (only January so far), February can boast some photos from Rome but the majority were taken by the Orbetello lagoon where I spent a long and eventful day spying on the flamingos and generally enjoying the nature.
And before the month was done, I was gifted the first morning of snow since I moved here almost six years ago. It was quite something to see the familiar cacti, orange trees and the beach covered with snow. Geese were protesting especially loudly. Alas, by 1 pm it mostly melted. We will see if there is some this year.
An update on the sports situation. Not only Luka Dončić and his Dallas Mavericks won the only NBA game that I have watched in full this season for one point after he went crazy in the last quarter, Slovenia also landed two medals at the Ski World Championship: after Ilka Štuhec won the downhill title for women yesterday, today Štefan Hadalin added his silver medal in the combined.
For the nation of about 2 million, Slovenians surely get around.
And the Sanremo festival, you ask? My favourite came 6th and the winner is Mahmood with the song called Soldi (“Money”). I don’t care either way but so many people are crazy about it and threaten he will win the Eurovision Song Contest next. Mhhh.
For now, this is how February looks around here.
Love your photos, Manja. All those nice places you went… now I wish I were your shadow. Ha!
Have a great day.
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Thank you, Helen. This lagoon is 15 minutes from me. You get so spoiled this way.
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Lovely, esp.flamingos. i’m crazy about them. Not pink? Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough crabs.
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Thanks, Bojana. Do you see in the photo of the pair flying how one is more pink than the other?
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Yes. What does that mean?
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Well, I suppose one is female (the more pink one?), the other is male. Or vice versa?
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Yeah? Cool. Usually the more colorful ones in the animal world are males to attract the girls. They need to show off more.
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Yes, I know this, but in this photo I don’t see the one behind to be the male following the female… Probably he is though.
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He must be. Playing hard to get.
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Great photos Manja, I enjoyed that!
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Thanks so much, Gavin, for detailed viewing and comments under individual pictures. It makes me happy to know that I didn’t choose the photos carefully in vain.
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That’s ok. I enjoy going through yor galleries. Your blog theme makes it really easy.
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Lovely. I should start organizing to spend a few months in Italy. 🙂
The colour of flamingos depends on their diet: the more shrimp, the pinker the flamingo.
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Thanks, Equinoxio. Italy is waiting, it does that as long as required for you to get here. Yes, I heard about the shrimps. If that were true for humans too, I’d be pretty pinkish. And thanks for the follow!
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You’re welcome. (I thought I already did, actually…)
Aren’t shrimps delicious? 😉
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You did. I started this new blog with the new year. And yes, all sea food, any time. Something to do with the hormones of happiness. (And selenium?)
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You seem to live close to the sea. That sea breeze is a good ingredient. 🙂
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Less than 2 km. It can be a bit more than just a breeze, a bit table-turning.
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Haha! But the sea is the sea. So it’s all right.
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I remember some of these, Manja – not least your Dream House!
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I’m glad, Leya! 🙂 I go through all my folders and try to find some unposted ones for my monthly calendar posts, but some just need to be reposted as well.
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Flamingos vs nutrias! They never co-exist?
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Ohhh, SMSW, I was just playing. 😀 Nutrias are always here while flamingos are migratory. Sometimes I need to be taken between the lines. 😀 😀
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Oh I really didn’t know 🤣 not familiar with nutrias (except I know they have orange teeth! From your posts…)
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Hihih, just wait when they find Helsinki.
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