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| Ceci n'est pas un aquarium |
This wonderful letter was sent from Keith to 30 (I guess) orange lovers. Actually, in the middle of the Autumn. But, as it said... Every day is a good day to celebrate orange! It took a bit to post here, but I replied the letter ages ago. I love every bit of the letter: the postcard, the French, the typewritten address... But, of course, the artistamps are a super gift!
This is great! I love Keith's work.
ReplyDeleteThis is original, isn't it? The stamps look so professional... I'm jealous!
DeleteHi Eva, Very cool! So many smiles here and my favorite is "Hecho en California" :-)
ReplyDeleteYou looked at it closely! :D
DeleteI so much love this aquarium / no aquarium picture!
ReplyDeleteIn Dutch we have a saying: to keep a carrot before someone. Which means: to try to make someone do a certain act/thing, by seducing him/her with something he/she likes (a figurative carrot), but which the person probably won't get.
And from this a kind of new (not yet widespread) saying arose: 'the carrot or the stick', wich means, you can make someone do a certain thing by either seducing/the kind way, or by force/the hard way.
If this saying also exists in English (does it?), I am curious to know what the person who kept the carrot before the fish, wanted the fish to do :-)
DeleteWe have those expressions too.
DeleteBut, anyway, if this is not an aquarium... Shy do you thing these are a carrot and a fish? ;)
:-D
DeleteThe carrot or the stick is a well-known expression in English. I believe that in German, the carrot is replaced by a sausage :)
DeleteNot among vegetarian German people, of course ;)
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