Autumn Evening
Dark hills against a hollow crocus sky
Scarfed with its crimson pennons, and below
The dome of sunset long, hushed valleys lie
Cradling the twilight, where the lone winds blow
And wake among the harps of leafless trees
Fantastic runes and mournful melodies.
The chilly purple air is threaded through
With silver from the rising moon afar,
And from a gulf of clear, unfathomed blue
In the southwest glimmers a great gold star
Above the darkening druid glens of fir
Where beckoning boughs and elfin voices stir.
And so I wander through the shadows still,
And look and listen with a rapt delight,
Pausing again and yet again at will
To drink the elusive beauty of the night,
Until my soul is filled, as some deep cup,
That with divine enchantment is brimmed up.
Tidiness
Even the sky seems to be cheerful :). I wish you all a happy whitsun and such a fine weather as we have these days.
Murmuring Stones
I like the slurping, murmuring sound that stones are making in the surge, with every wave a tiny step more on their way to grains of sand.
One day before Christmas
This photo shows the lighthouse “Fluegge” on the isle of Fehmarn in the morning hours of Dec.23, 2008.
Kitchen Deco
Since it was raining all day (and my wife wants such a picture for our new kitchen since…eeerm…weeks ;), I did some still-life today. Hope it will work printed and framed on canvas in 100cm width.
Nothing else matters!
Sheri postet a comment about “sometimes less is more” on this picture (thanks for that!), so I decided to post a photo where less is more, in my definition. Though I did some more PS work on this piece, I hope it transports some of the nice athmosphere to you too. During the postprocessing, I’ve listened to some (for me) unusual music, but I must admit, I like it: Metallica :)
Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters
Wish you a nice weekend!
Arcane
Sorry for the very, very late updates in the last weeks, I even had no time to visit your blogs an comment the photos, checking on Facebook or for other online activities. Other so called “real life things” are totally eating up my spare time. Nevertheless, I wish everyone all the best for 2012! Hope to participate more frequently in the upcoming year.
I wish you Health..
So you may enjoy each day in comfort.
I wish you the Love of friends and family…
And Peace within your heart.
I wish you the Beauty of nature…
That you may enjoy the work of God.
I wish you Wisdom to choose priorities…
For those things that really matter in life.
I wish you Generousity so you may share…
All good things that come to you.
I wish you Happiness and Joy…
And Blessings for the New Year.
I wish you the best of everything…
That you so well deserve.
HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIEND!
~ Author Unknown to me ~
Stages in life
Lilly and Clematis in different stages of their life.
In the season of white wild roses
We two went hand in hand
But now in the ruddy autumn
Together already we stand.
O pale pearl-necklace that wandered
O’er the white-thorn’s tangled head!
The white-thorn is turned to russet
The pearls to purple and red!
On the topmost orchard branches
It then was crimson and snow
Where now the gold-red apples
Burn on the turf below.
And between the trees the children
In and out run hand in hand
And, with smiles that answer their smiling
We two together stand.
A Song of Spring and Autumn – Francis Turner Palgrave
Coastal Impressions
Some impressions from the baltic coast, Fehmarn island.
What crawls back to the sea?
“This is not our war.” – Treebeard in Lord of the Rings
Found this old piece of driftwood on the beach of Fehmarn this week. For me, it actually looks a bit like a monster which is about to crawl back to the sea, maybe wounded. But that’s only my imagination. Will post some different positions tomorow.
