Beers & Books LI – Umberto Eco

Well, rather Wine &Words
 

"You die,
but most of what you have accumulated
will not be lost;
you are leaving a message in a bottle."

 "Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016)

Beers & Books L – Herbert Rosendorfer

Skaumo,
The Architect of Ruins

Herbert Rosendorfer (19 February 1934 – 20 September 2012)

Laughing Lhursday*

Snowy primate.

* [For first time visitors]: Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Update
to prove Andrew (see comments) is right.

Baboon, still there
but disguising himself as a bush.

Moments of solitude

Like a great poet,
Nature knows to produce greatest effects
with most limited means.

– Heinrich Heine (13 December 1796 – 17 February 1856) –

At sparrow's fart

No idea what let
29 members of the sparrow gang
from the cherry laurel vis-à-vis
suddenly invade this part of Seanhenge.

 

On the Road

07:25

10:22

10:23

 

Sunday in Seanhenge

There's enough for all,
but why should blackbirds be wiser,

a goldfinch contemplates.

 

Saturday Night Music

Miguel Poveda *13 February 1973

On the Road

. . .

 

Laughing Lhursday*

A wing mirror's wake
on a white winter morning
rhapsody in blue

* [For first time visitors]: Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Beers & Books XLiX

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Peter Høeg *17 May 1957

More snow

More snow ...

... to shovel.

Well, after breakfast.

 

Monochrome Monday

. . .

Lovely coincidence: Not only Mark celebrated a Monochrome Monday, too, but yesterday posted part One of last year's 52 Monochrome Mondays.

Head over then, enjoy A bleak and beautiful world of Monochrome and don't forget to let him know.

Update 2: And here – just posted – A bleak and beautiful world of Monochrome, Part two