I think this poor bird was really feeling down when I saw him sitting in the shop window.
The things you see as I was tsking a walk around our estate. Perhaps it was a photographer’s eye looking for something completely different. But someone had decided that this was defnitely not a pumpkin fit to be turned into a coach for Cinderella. At least the slug was happy to find it.
A book case on the side of the river bank in Solothurn. It was not even locked but open for everyone. You need a book to read? Help yourself. You have a book you no longer need, then put it in the book case. It is there for everyone in town.
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
I love those “public book-shelves” – we have quite some here in Hannover, too!
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I had heard about them, and was surprised to see that we had one in Solothurn as well. They are a good idea.
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Indeed they are – for people who love “real” books – as they can get rid of their read ones which they do not want to keep – and for the people who do not have enough money to buy books and are too intimidated by a library as they can get reading stuff this way.
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I really like the open bookshelf idea
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I don’t think it is unique to Switzerland, but we have a few towns that do it here.
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That bird really IS pathetic. It looks like it was shot, then put away wet.
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I suppose no-one wants an oddball bird.
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Oh, poor bird and at least the pumpkin is feeding the slug. Great idea a free book library.
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Thanks. I am still wondering who threw the pumpkin away. It is still there outside feeding the insect population.
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We have some neighbor libraries where the books are in outdoor cases for anyone to take and leave. 😀
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Here the bookcases are often to be found in the main stations of large cities. Ours is parked on the river bank, and not such a large book case.
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