Friday, August 16, 2024

Friday is Skyday

Developing "wings" ...

... mighty cloudsbird

Thursday, August 15, 2024

Dahlia delight

Their bulbs
overwinter in cellar
to delight our eyes
in summer
in many shapes
and colours
until they start fading away
and their bulbs ...


Wednesday, August 14, 2024

"My" Rowan

A birthday present twenty years ago ...

"my" dear Rowan grew and grew ...
and its berries taste good to me and our feathered friends.

Monday, August 12, 2024

The old cherry tree

The old cherry tree
He provides us with cherries
and welcome shadow

 

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Coffeetime with young García Márquez

The "Giraffe aus Barranquilla"
comprises 82 journalistic works by García Márquez
written between 1948 and 1952.
"La Girafa" was the title of a column
that the then 22-year-old regularly wrote
for the Colombian daily newspaper "El Heraldo".
Many of the short glosses and literary sketches,
in which he processed everyday experiences,
paved the way for his later work.

Gabriel García Márquez (6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014)

Thursday, August 08, 2024

Laughing Lhursday*

The artist's commission:
Paint within 3 minutes
Don Quijote on Rocinante and Sancho Panza on his donkey
approaching a windmill.
And voilà!
As an encore, the artist even added a scorching sun over La Mancha,
or is it a dust-wreathed herd of mutton? ...

* [For first time visitors]:

Typo in the title?
Nah. It's just that I would not
let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Wednesday, August 07, 2024

Two things are certain

Two things are certain:
Humanity will vanish.
Nature will prevail.

 

Beers & Books (390) – Das Geheimnis der Pineta

"Enigma in luogo di mare"
A fine read, the more while enjoying holiday in Italy. ;-)

Carlo Fruttero (19 September 1926 – 15 January 2012)

Franco Luccentini (24 December 1920 – 5 August 2002)

Fruttero & Luccentini