Oddball: noun a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming
adjective whimsically free-spirited; eccentric; atypical (Definition from Cee’s Oddball Challenge page)The Royal Mile in Edinburgh’s Old Town runs from Edinburgh Castle right down to Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament. It is lined with the most historic of buildings to admire but also by many shops selling merchandise known locally as “Tartan Tat”
When they told this tiger he would play a prominent role in tourism on this most Royal of streets he was really excited to have been chosen.
Things don’t always turn out the way you want them to though……….
…….and now he’s hoping none of his tiger mates visit Edinburgh.
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Dressed up for Keti Koti Festival.
Faces in the crowd at the Keti Koti Festival in Amsterdam, 2013. With the abolition of slavery in 1863, the Surinamese people were finally emancipated from slavery in the Netherlands Antilles (formerly Dutch West Indies) Read more…
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Cee Neuner · April 3, 2016 at 17:34
Such an adorable odd ball for this week. Love him. 😀
HMB · April 3, 2016 at 17:37
I think I’ve put it in for week ending today, not new week beginning Sunday. I’m in UK so blame it on that, or on the fact that I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’m in a different time zone……or planet! Can I put it in this week’s?