LL-L "Seasons" 2005.10.30 (07) [E]

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   L O W L A N D S - L * 30 October 2005 * Volume 07
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From: heather rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L "Ornithology"

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
>No wren in the bunch,<

I am thrilled to be able to announce the sight of a wren in our garden
after some years without them ( thanks to a large family of magpies who
consistently robbed their nests.)
 I was sitting reading when I heard a bird hit the window, then I heard it
again. It was a wren trying to pick off flies from the cobwebs that lace my
windows!! Wonderful!

Heather

PS re the cobwebs - We have had our second most spider-ridden
Michaelmas/Autumn since we came here 13 years ago.   At one point in early
October you could not walk across the Green outside my house without
kicking up clouds of craneflies  ( Daddy-Long-legs).

The spiders too were everywhere; in the morning you could feel yourself
breaking gossamer strands even inside the house as you entered the
kitchen!!

thin strands of cobweb = gossamer < = Goose Summer =>  Michaelmas   when
the goose was traditionally eaten. So obviously this flush of spiders is a
well known and recognised feature of this time of year.

Are there any other words derived from this phenomenon?

Heather

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Seasons

Hey, Heather!

I had no idea "gossamer" came from "goose summer"!  That's an interesting 
one!

On a different but likewise seasonally celebratory note, here's a little 
literary offering: three Low Saxon autumn haiku of mine:

   Fröh in de Harvsttied
      Daudruppen up 'n Spinnwebb ...
         Wat för'n rare Gaav'!

AS spelling:

   Vroy in de harvsttyd
      Daudruppen up 'n spinweb ...
         Wat voer 'n rare gaav'!

Japanese (Tokoroten Sasa笹心太):

   蜘蛛の巣に
      しずく列なる
         ありがたさ
   Kumo no su ni
      sizuku turanaru
         arigatasa

English (R. F. Hahn):

   Early in the fall
      Dewdrops on a spider's web …
         What a lovely gift!

***
   Siepeln Ruten an
      el Día de los Muertos --
         De Suurstoffmask sirst

AS spelling:

   Sypeln ruten an
      el Día de los Muertos --
         De suurstofmask sirst

English (R. F. Hahn):

   Weeping glass panes on
      el Día de los Muertos --
         Oxygen mask hissing

Spanish (R. F. Hahn):

   Cristal llorando …
      Día de los muertos hoy --
         sss … oxígeno ...

***
   Harfstsünn in'n Spegel
      un us Vadder sien Ogen
         -- "Raseer di maal, Jung!"

AS Spelling:

   Harvstsün in'n speygel
      un us vadder syn ogen
         -- "Raseer dy maal, jung!"

English (R. F. Hahn):

   fall sun in the mirror
      and then our dad's eyes as well
         -- "How 'bout a shave, boy?!"
***

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron 

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