Am 20.08.12 um 21:38 schrieb MichaelJF:
> And here is the stone in his natural environment. As soon as I saw the stone I
> recognized him as the egg of the long forgotten diamond cuckoo. In a case of
> need his mother dropped her egg in the nest of a magpie. The magpie - unaware of
> the betrayal - tried to nurse her beloved son and soon recognized that he was
> very fond of precious stones, golds and other juwelry. So she tried to find thst
> kind of food for him and tries it even until today...
> 
> (In fact I've only once noticed that magpies were fond of shiny things. It was a
> cherry cake my wife has forgotten in our small garden wrapped in aluminiun
> foliage...).
> 
> Best regrads,
> 
> Michael and enyoy my lost entry to the TC-RTC April 2012.

After all these years, I tidied up the nest a bit and have now converted 
it to portrait orientation as a wallpaper for my cell phone.

@Yadgar: Every now and then, it's okay to indulge in a little thread 
necromancy.

Best regards
Michael

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