Monochrome Monday

Lilac sunset

Lounging

I love idleness so much and so dearly,
that I have hardly the heart
to say a word against it ...
[Charles James Fox]

Friday is Skyday

Monochrome Monday

Trialogue

... ach ...

... ach ... ha ha ha ...

Friday is Skyday

Morning, looking East.

Evening, looking West.

Well, not today's evening.

The 19th it was;
the 100th anniversary of my mother's birth. :)

But a moment

Taking this photo yesterday evening
minutes after having finished a bread-earning project
and thus having still a nice portion of
adrenaline, dopamine and endorphines keeping me awake,
and sort of euphoric,
and at the same time, still,
my head already full with todays
interview to come,
I was, speaking with John Daido Loori,
preoccupied with the past and the future,
and thus with what does not exist.
Really?
Anyway:
about 24 hours later.
Once again having a nice portion of
adrenaline, dopamine and endorphines keeping me awake,
and being sort of euphoric,
I think it was still worth
to capture this very moment –
and thus conserve
a moment
of
the past
for
the future.
The peace of the night.

Living the moment

The following video is posted for visitors who would not know what Susan meant when the other day graciously calling some photos of mine "nice examples of Zen photography".

For those not being regular readers: I am no follower of any 'ism'. 

Still, I'd like you to take the time. There are quite a few good thoughts to be heard within the next 8:19 minutes.

More about John Daido Loori here and here.

Monochrome Monday

Sometimes Saturday

Morning, looking East.

Evening, looking West.

Spring ... for any reasons?

While for several reasons I am once again extraordinary busy with not blogging;
while for several reasons the world – although possible –
is not going to become a better place;
while ... well, you could go on and on, yourself, couldn't you? ...
spring is flowering out.
For severals reasons, probably.

And, for several reasons,
my heart does rise with joy like a falcon up to the sky,
whenever I am so lucky that my eyes do notice
what in the following I am going to share.

Blausterne (does anyone know the English name?)
growing between wall and sidewalk;

a daffodil,

violas,

crocus,

Blausterne again
(does, meanwhile, anyone know their English name?)

jasmine,

violas,

daffodils, again, near a trunk
that might (fingers crossed!) get chosen to become summer residence
of a Queen of bumble bees;

and another Blaustern.
(Does anyone meanwhile know ... ?)