The Storm and the God of Thunder
Der stürmisch Donnerer
Sturm! –
Hörst du seinen Gesang? –
Wie er die Welt, die widerstrebende,
Schon erfasst,
Wie sie zitternd jetzt,
Jetzt in Wahnsinnstaumel
Einstimmt in sein brausendes Lied
Ferdinand E.A. Avenarius
Rødshue, Kirkøy, Ytre Hvaler National Park. Unfortunately we had a land wind in our backs calming the sea, not what we’re hoping for…
Gales were forecasted. Norway expected the most severe gales for many years. One warning after the other was sent by the media. The west coast would be hit most. Fortunately we live in the east of Norway and in the East of England as well, so we were safe. Our dear Dina was looking forward to this wind “ideal for taking dramatic fotos“. Normally we featherlight Bookfayries are not even allowed to think about leaving the house when a storm is rising, but this was special and Dina made an exception. Painstakingly the twice secured bookfayrie ropes were controlled and off we went.
High as low pressure systems have a name. This storm front was called Thor. Everybody was talking about Thor, hourly this name was mentioned in radio and in TV. But we Bookfayries are not allowed to write about Thor (our first idea) because it isn’t politically correct. Unbelievable! Thor or Donar (Þórr) was the most popular God of the Æsir and as God in charge of the weather he was feared by the north Germanic sailors. Thor’s day is the Thursday. But nowadays Thor has turned to a kind of mascot of the far right movement not only in Germany and the Scandinavian countries and therefore it is a no-topic for blogging for the Fab Four of Cley. We would get applauded by the wrong people. “But nevertheless“, we Bookfayries consider, “we don’t want our Germanic mythology taken over by Fascists.“
Sturm war angesagt, Norwegen erwartete den schlimmsten Orkan seit vielen Jahren; eine Sicherheitswarnung nach der anderen folgte. Die Westküste würde das Schlimmste abbekommen. Wir leben im Osten sowohl Norwegens als auch Englands und waren somit geschützt. Unsere liebe Dina freute sich auf das Wetter “ideal für dramatische Fotos“. Für uns federleichte Kreaturen, Buchfeen eben, wurden die doppelten Sicherheitsleinen parat gelegt. – Einen Sturm zu fotografieren ist ja schwierig, da man ihn nicht direkt sehen kann. Wir waren neugierig, wie unsere liebe Dina das wohl bewerkstelligen würde.
Wetterhoch und –Tiefs haben einen Namen. Dieses Sturmtief wurde Thor (norw. Tor) genannt. Thor war in aller Munde, auf jeder Titelseite, sein Name wurde stündlich im Radio und TV ausgesprochen. Aber wir Buchfeen dürfen nicht über Thor schreiben, es ist politisch nicht korrekt. Ist das zu fassen?! Thor oder Donar (altgerm. Þórr) war doch der angesehenste Gott der Asen und als Gewitter- und Wettergott speziell bei den nordgermanischen Seefahrern gefürchtet. Er gab dem Donnerstag seinen Namen. Allerdings ist Thor zu so etwas wie ein Maskottchen der Rechten nicht nur in Deutschland und Skandinavien verkommen und deswegen, das sehen wir ein, kein Blogthema für uns, da wir auf den Beifall von der falschen Seite gut verzichten können. “Allerdings“, geben wir Buchfeen zu bedenken, “sollen wir uns unsere germanische Mythologie von den Rechten enteignen lassen?“
It’s not what it appears to be; the wind is seriously strong and and we have to hide inside Dina’s raincoat with treble security ropes.
We Bookfayries helped our dear Master writing books and essays about symbolism for years. In our Bookfayrie School the library is housing our dear Master’s classic, the dictionary of symbolism, which was quite tattered from constant use. He should donate a new one – we hope he reads this! He writes that a storm symbolizes upheaval, it is an obstruction especially on sea. Meteorologists call storms “undestructible killing-machines“. Witches like to travel on storms concerning old popular believe and therefore especially thunder storms are feared. The origin of storms going back to the ugly giant Typhon. He is as horrible as fertile by fathering many monsters like the Chimaera. Whereas the Greek classic sees the storm as evil the Inuit don’t see it as enemy but as the breathing of the world. In the world of dreams a storm symbolizes disturbed feelings but also a new beginning and an act of liberation.
Wir Buchfeen haben jahrelang unseren Master tatkräftig beim Schreiben von Büchern und Aufsätzen über Symbolik unterstützt und in der Buchfeenschule stand sein klassisches Lexikon der Symbole in der Schülerbibliothek, das vom vielen Nachschlagen schon völlig zerfleddert war. Er könnte uns ruhig mal ein neues spenden (hoffentlich liest er das!). Also Sturm ist Aufruhr, er ist ein Hindernis, speziell auf See. Meteorologen bezeichnen Stürme als unzerstörbare Tötungsmaschinen. Dem Volksglauben nach reisen Hexen am liebsten im Sturm. Besonders Gewitterstürme waren deswegen gefürchtet. Der Ursprung der Sturmwinde lässt sich auf den unbeschreiblich hässlichen Riesen Typhon zurückführen, dem ungeheuerlichen Sturmwind der Urzeit. Typhon ist äußerst frucht- und furchtbar, indem er viele Ungeheuer wie die Schimäre zeugt. Während die griechische Klassik den Sturm als böse betrachtet, sehen ihn die Inuit nicht als Feind, sondern als den Atem der Welt. Im Traum steht der Sturm für einen Aufruhr der Gefühle oder für einen Aufbruch bzw. der Befreiung aus unaushaltbaren Verhältnissen.
The evil storm is well described in the novel “The Perfect Storm” by Sebastian Junger, which teaches the reader quite some meteorological knowledge. Unfortunately this is left out in the film.
Den bösen bzw. perfekten Sturm beschreibt der amerikanischen Autor Sebastian Junger in seinen Bestseller „Der Sturm“, der dem Leser einiges meteorologisches Wissen vermittelt, was leider in der Verfilmung zu kurz kommt.
The local TV also hoped to get some dramatic captures from the stormy sea and was just as disappointed to feel the wind in the back. The TV film-maker, Annicken F., was delighted to find us, the only Bookfayries outside on a stormy day like this, and she filmed us with Tone and Dina. And Dina was happy to use her camera.
Storm was and is much liked in literature, that we learned in the Bookfayrie School, as if there were no other ways to express wild feelings. In Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” Prospero’s and Miranda’s delicate and intellectual way is opposed by the vulgar and brute world. The storm at the beginning of this drama goes back to a historic event. A ship with settlers going to Virginia stranded in a storm in 1609 but was hooked by a reef so that everyone got saved. This sensational story inspired Shakespeare to write the drama. Also Jacob Ayrer the German author and translator of Shakespeare’s plays wrote the drama “The beautiful Sidea” five years before Shakespeare started to write “The Tempest“, which is very similar to Shakespeare’s play.
Who hasn’t at least heard of Emily Brontë`s “Wuthering Hights” – one doesn’t read such a Victorian novel any more, we suppose, a novel that even was rejected by the Victorians. The author uses in a highly conventional way the storm as a symbol for demonic passions. She says: “Wuthering being a significant, provincial adjective descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather.“
Der Sturm war und ist äußerst beliebt in der Literatur, das stellen wir auf der Buchfeenschule immer wieder fest, als gebe es keinen anderen Ausdruck, um stürmischen Gefühlen ein eindrückliches Szenario zu geben. In William Shakespeares „Der Sturm” wird die zarte und intellektuelle Art des Prospero und seiner Tochter Miranda der animalischen vulgären Welt entgegengesetzt. Der Sturm, mit dem dieses Schauspiel beginnt, geht auf eine reale Begebenheit zurück. 1609 strandete im Sturm ein Schiff mit Siedlern, das die englische Kolonie Virginia ansteuerte, und wurde dabei so verkeilt, dass sich alle retten konnten. Diese ungewöhnliche Geschichte erregte Aufsehen in England und regte Shakespeare zu diesem Stück an. Der deutsche Autor und Shakespeare-Übersetzer Jakob Ayrer schrieb fünf Jahre vor Shakespeare’s „Der Sturm“ ein Stück mit dem Titel „Die schöne Sidea“, das erstaunliche Parallelen zu Shakespeares aufweist.
Wer kennt nicht zumindest den Titel „Die Sturmhöhe“ – wir nehmen an, dass solch einen viktorianischen Roman heute keiner mehr liest, einen Roman, den übrigens schon Brontës Zeitgenossen ablehnten. Die Autorin symbolisiert in diesem Klassiker in konventioneller Weise mit dem Sturm dämonische Leidenschaften. Sie sagt selbst, dass “stürmisch” ein gewöhnlicher Begriff für einen atmosphärischen Aufruhr sei.
You might not see Dina and us on these pictures, but we are in there, only to be seen for the eyes of fairies, the lady in orange is our friend Tone.
The evil side of storms is seen in the language of wars, you find storm describing action in warfare in many words of all germanic languages. So it’s not astonishing at all that the German author Ernst Jünger calls his narration “Storm“, a story about his wartime experiences as a combatant in WW I. In contrary to his famous “Storm of Steel” the war is described more distanced here. Sturm (storm) is the name of the protagonist, who dies in an assault (Sturmangriff in German). But, oh dear, with Jünger we have reached the extreme conservative spirit again.
Die böse Seite des Sturms zeigt sich in der Sprache des Kriegs, die Wortzusammensetzung mit Sturm mit Kriegsaktionen verbindet. So verwundert es nicht, dass Ernst Jünger die Erzählung seiner Kriegserlebnisse als Frontkämpfer im ersten Weltkrieg “Sturm” betitelte. Im Gegensatz zu “In Stahlgewittern” abstrahiert Jünger den Krieg in diesem späteren Text. Sturm ist der bezeichnende Name des Protagonisten dieser Geschichte, der bei einem Sturmangriff am Schluss stirbt. – Huch, mit Jünger sind wir wieder bei der politisch Rechten gelandet, für die die deutsche Vergangenheit sensibilisiert.
Siri’s and Selma’s Bookfayrie wisdom for today: We have seen many storms in our lives. They are unpredictable and most of them have caught us by surprise. It’s vital to look ahead and be prepared, to have security ropes and friends to rely on. We are not capable of controlling the storms so we have to respect the fury of nature. Any situation is offering an alternative, if you are willing to look further and exercise the art of patience. Even Goethe said: “Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.”
You may ask: What is a storm? Besides the bemusing storm of love it is a movement of the air faster than about 48 knots or 55 m/h or a wind from Bf. 9 and higher.
Und was ist nun ein Sturm? mögen Sie fragen. Außer dem verwirrenden Sturm der Liebe ist er eine Windbewegung von über 48 Knoten oder etwa 90 km/h oder ab Windstärke 9 Bf. Alles klar?
With rough greeting from the even rougher sea
Mit stürmischen Grüßen vom rauen Meer,
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma, sturmerprobt und wetterfest
© text and illustrations by Hanne Siebers and Klausbernd Vollmar, Cley next the Sea 2016
Hallo Siri und Selma,
wie habt Ihr es nur gemacht, dass Ihr nicht auf die See hinausgeblasen worden seid?! Gut, dass die liebe Dina da auf Euch aufgepasst hat. 🙂 Bei den Bildern kann ich nur sagen [aus meiner alten Seglererfahrung]: wenn es bei ablandigem Wind dicht unter der Küste schon so aussieht, dann möchte ich nicht weiter draußen gewesen sein! Bestimmt nicht.
Liebe Grüße an Euch beide und die liebe Dina im fernen Norwegen aus einem weit weniger windigen, dafür aber etwas kalten Fredericksburg, und auch an den Master im kleinen Dorf am groszen Meer,
Pit
P.S. apropos “sturmerprobt”: Seid Ihre etwa Niedersachsen? 😉 So mit “sturmfest und erdverwachsen”? 😉
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Hallihallo, lieber Pit,
das lag daran, dass wir mit doppelten Leinen angebunden wurden. Das machen Dina und Masterchen immer, wenn’s so stürmt. Dann werden wir in eine Art Geschirr gesteckt und gut angebunden. So sind wir gaaaaaanz sicher.
Wir senden dir 1a Feenhauch vom kleinen Dorf am großen Meer nach Texas
Siri 🙂 und Selma 🙂 die nix mit Niedersachsen zu tun haben.
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Gut, dass die liebe Dina und der Master so gut auf Euch aufpassen. 🙂
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Hi, lieber Pit,
schön von dir zu lesen.
Nautische Erfahrung war auch für die Sicherung von unsere geliebten Buchfeen nötig, du verstehst, die Knoten, eben solche, die sich nicht zu fest ziehen und doch sicher sind.
Gaaanz liebe Grüße an dich und Mary vom windstill sonnigen Cley
Klausbernd 🙂 xx
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Gern geschehen, lieber Klausbernd. Ich muss irgendwie ja meinen Status als “Vielschwätzer” 😉 hier im Blog erhalten. Was die Knoten angeht: ich glaube, ich kann immer noch einige. Zur Sicherung habe ich mir aber nie einen Strick umgebunden, sondern ich habe ein Sicherungsgeschirr benutzt. Das habe ich übrigens immer noch, und hier ist es mir ganz hilfreich, wenn ich einmal in unseren Bäumen herumklettern muss.
Mach’s gut im kleinen und nicht mehr sturmumtosten Dorf am großen Meer,
Pit
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Guten Tag, lieber Pit,
so ein Sicherungsgeschirr wäre auch für Siri und Selma ideal. Allerdings ob die das auch so sehen, wer weiß?
Hab ein feines Wochenende
Klausbernd 🙂
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Hallo Klausbernd,
fuer die Beiden muessten wir so ein Sicherungsgeschirr aber wohl aus Soinnenseide machen lassen, damit es nicht zu schwer wird. Meins ist naemlich eher meinem dicken Bauch 😉 angepasst.
Habt ein feines Wochenende,
Pit
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Oh, Sonnenseide, welch schöne Vorstellung, lieber Pit. Da sind unsere beiden geliebten Kleinfeinfeen gaaaaanz begeistert.
Sie senden dir und Mary feinsten Feenhauch
Liebe Grüße von den Famosen Vier
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Hallo Klausbernd,
da habe ich per Tippfehler etwas produziert, was noch besser passt. Ich hatte “Spinnenseide” schreiben wollen. Aber wie Du schon sagst, “Sonnenseide” ist noch passender.
Habt’s fein,
Pit
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Love the photos and that Goethe quote!
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Thanks a lot 🙂
We love Goethe’s wisdom!
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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Dear Siri and Selma,
I love your Bookfayriewisdom, not only because you are acting very wisely, but also because you let the unwanted public sleep. You ignore them and then again you don’t. I agree totally with you on this one: “But nevertheless“, we Bookfayries consider, “we don’t want our Germanic mythology taken over by Fascists.“
Are you familiar with the clothing Thor Steinar? It is a German clothing brand and in Germany the brand is closely associated to neo-nazism by the Verfassungschutz of the state of Brandenburg. In German media, the brand is most often discussed in the light of this association and wearing Thor Steinar clothes is expressly forbidden in the Bundestag, in the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and of Saxony and in several football stadiums.
Now you take good care,
kram, love, hugs from Stockholm to Dina and Klausbernd as well,
Annalena
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Hi, our dear friend Annalena,
thanks for this information. With the Thor Steinar clothes … well, it half rings a bell. It’s more than a pity that Germanic mythology and Norway – it’s flag f.e. – is missused by the neo-Nazis. An interesting point: fashion shows a political background. Doesn’t every fashion do that to a certain extent?
We are sending fairy dust from Cley to lovely Stockholm
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma
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Dear Annalena,
Siri and Selma made an interesting point: every fashion expresses an ideology. But we think not many people are aware of it, well, that means consciously. Fashion always documents which group we belong to or we want to belong to.
The brown colour became fashionable during the German fascism, as in the Weimar Republic wearing uniforms or special clothes with political connotations were forbidden. So the early Fascist started to wear brown suits to recognize each other. Brown suits were thought to be beyond any political statement – except being petit bourgeois.
Thanks for providing all this infos about this fashion label.
With lots of love from sunny Cley
Dina 🙂 and Klausbernd 🙂
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Lovely Bookfayries,
You have taught me once again. I’ve often known Nature’s force, but have rarely been able to explain the sensation. You’ve created a wonderful post about Nature’s storm – the word will mean more to me in the future.
GP Cox
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Hi, dear GP Cox
thank you very, very much 🙂 🙂
We were astonished how many levels we find in meaning of word `storm´.
We wish you a very happy weekend and say “thank you very much for liking our writing”
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma, Bookfayries
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Siri,
May you and the rest of the Fan Four do the same!
GP Cox
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Dear GP Cox
we wish you a happy weekend as well
all the best
Klausbernd 🙂 and Dina 🙂
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Da schliessen wir uns Pit an, draussen auf dem See hätten wir nicht sein wollen! Gut, dass ihr dreifach gesichert waren, Siri und Selma.
Liebe Grüße aus Frankfurt, warm und fast windstill,
U + H
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Liebe Ursel, lieber Herbert
hier in Cley ist es auch sonnig und warm, und wir werden gleich in den Garten gehen, um Böskraut zu zupfen.
Auch gaaaanz liebe Grüße von uns
The Fab Four of Cley
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Great, being on-line has a new meaning after this lovely post!
What a shame to misuse such a great historical name!
Please be careful out there, Siri and Selma. 🙂
Sarah Xx
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Dear Sarah
we will and our beloved Dina and the dear Master take care that we are not blown about. We feel secure :-):-)
With lots of fairy dust
Siri 🙂 and Selma :-), the chirpy Bookfayries
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Dear Sarah,
the misuse of all Germanic by fascists is a shame indeed. This we owe to the esoteric background of Fascism like the Order of Thule.
We wish you a nice weekend
Klausbernd 🙂 and 🙂 Dina
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Post Scriptum
You can read more about the esoteric Germanic background of fascism here
https://kbvollmarblog.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/the-hollow-earth/
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Thank you very much for this very informative link, Klausbernd! I had absolutely no idea how deeply rooted it is.
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Dear Sarah,
but in Germany, Holland and Scandinavian countries only.
Enjoy the weekend
Klausbernd and the rest of the Fab Four
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Storms are the earth breathing – I love that piece of Inuit wisdom. I also agree with GP Cox, this post is full of stormy sensation. As I read, and looked at those windswept photos I was being blown from my computer with all the unleashed energy. Storms are dangerous indeed – and especially for fragile Book Fayries – but they are filled with an effervescent charge that is SO-OOO exciting. Keep safe Fab 4 on whichever shore you find yourselves.
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Dear Tish,
yes, we keep an eye on our beloved Bookfayries and secure during every storm.
We are happy you like our stormy mail, we loved writing it as well. Here at the North Norfolk coast we are used to gails and find it quite cozy sitting inside in front of a roaring fire while we hear the howling of the winds.
We wish you a happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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I have quite a few storms behind me and enjoyed your beautiful post, Siri and Selma. 🙂 So now you are famous TV-stars! Serves you right, for being so brave. Nice to meet you new friends Annicken and Tone, but what a shame we don’t see Dina behind the camera. 😉
Whenever I read “The Tempet” or Prospero, I have to think abot your Master and his role as Prospero in “The Rain On My Face”. I wonder whatever happened to Martin after he released his novel. I should come to Cley and freshen up some memories and get updated on the latest news.
As far as the clothing company mentioned by Buchdame Annalena is concerned: various designs by Thor Steinar have had Norwegian flags and Norwegian names, such as Trondheim, Nordfjord, Nordstrand or Bergen. The official stores selling the clothes are also named after the oldest Norwegian city, Tønsberg. The government filed a complaint against the use of the Norwegian flag.
Ha en god helg!
Per Magnus
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Dear Per Magnus,
Quentin Quatermain alias Martin Evans made our dear Master the protagonist of his semi-autobiographical novel “The Rain On My Face”. We don’t know what to think about it. We find it rather strange that our beloved Master talks in blank verse there – he never does with us. On the other hand life in Cley is described quite well. After he has published this novel Martin sold his house in Cley and wanted to move to his place in the south of France. But shortly after he died very qickly without much suffering. He is buried on Cley Garden of Rest.
The Thor Steinar label is a shame, as we already wrote above.
By the way we didn’t know Tønsberg being the oldest Norwegian city. Thanks!
Lots of love from
The Fab Four of Cley
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I am sorry to hear that news about Martin, I hadn’t realised. I am still reading that book, but then, I am a slow reader, with bad eyes!
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Dear Pete
Martin died nearly ten years ago. With him one of the last old fashioned eccetrics has gone.
Love from Cley
Klausbernd
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Wind,cold and thunder are not my favorites but the photo’s are very beautiful.
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Thank you!
We wish you a sunny weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thank you very much!
Actually we are no fans of strong winds neither as we are tied on a special rope then. Well, we loose our freedom, but we are secured by our Master and Dina.
Fairy dust from
Siri 🙂 and Selma 🙂
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Exactly as I felt it – coming from Australia in a plane that (twice) tried to land sideways at out local airport. We made it down at last.
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Dear Rune
Thanks for commenting.
We wish a calm and sunny weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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These occasional tempests do remind us to respect the power of Nature! Sad about Thor – not something I’ve heard of here in the States. Thor is still a comic book hero for kids!
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Dear Cathy
that fitsThor as a comic book hero because he was one of the most popular Germanic Gods, much liked by the “normal” folks.
We wish you a great weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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This is a truly interesting post. Thanks so much!
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Dear Robin,
you are very welcome.
Warm greetings from the cold sea
The Fab Four of Cley
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Great post! Yes, the wind is the Earth’s breath and I believe she has indigestion just now! Just think, this turbulence might have started in the Pacific; where will it end up?
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Dear Ashley
we are quite lucky not having such big areas of water around like the Pacific. In Norway, England , Denmark and even Iceland the wind is quite often thwarted by land.
As many meteorologist predict, we will get more heavy winds as a result of climatic changes.
All the best and happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Sorry, I had to return 😉 after I saw a sketch of Snoopy eagerly writing
“It was a dark and stormy night” … 🙂
then I remebered your post abot the bautitful private village of Heydon and Bullwer-Lytton;
so begins Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1830 novel “Paul Clifford,” which goes on to invoke torrential rain, gusting wind, guttering lamplight, and rattling rooftops: weather as plot, setting, star, and supporting cast of what is, by broad consensus the worst sentence in the history of English literature. 🙂
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Dear Per Magnus,
well, well, actually Snoopy is quite clever but he isn’t a writer, although he tries that hard. Poor Snoopy!
By the way we see all Bulwer-Lytton’s novels as either trash, boring or both.
Lots of love to Longyearbyen
The Fab Four of Cley
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Von dem Foto “wind01” bin ich ganz begeistert. Die bewegungsunscharfe helle Flattermähne im Kontrast zum Schwarz und dem griffig kantigem der Kamera. — Und ein symphatisches Lächeln hat die hübsche Kamerafrau auch noch. Fein eingefangen! Vielen Dank natürlich auch für den interessanten Text. Jetzt habe ich direkt Lust auf einen Lauf gegen den Wind bekommen, obwohl ich genau das kürzlich so verflucht habe. Nämlich als der Wind mir den Rotz direkt aus den Nasenlöchern gerissen und um die Ohren ge … Okay, das muss man ja nicht in aller Ausführlichkeit beschreiben. 😉 Liebe Grüße an euch! Samtmut
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Hallihallo, liebe Samtmut,
da freuen wir uns, dass dir als “Altbloggerin” unsere Post gefällt.
Es ist ja ein Problem, dass man Sturm nicht direkt fotografieren kann, sondern nur anhand seiner Auswirkungen auf ein Objekt. Und da hatte die liebe Dina wirklich ein schöne Objekt zur Hand. Die Buchfeen und Dina sollten interviewt werden und – schwuppdiwupp – schon wird die Interviewerin, die schöne Annicken zum Motiv. So geht’s …
Gaaaanz liebe Grüße vom windstillen Meer
The Fab Four of Cley
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Liebe Samtmut,
fiel dir schon auf, dass wir Buchfeen dem Sturm verwandt sind – JA! Wir sind nämlich wie er unsichtbar, nur durch unsere Wirkungen machen wir uns bemerkbar. Allerdings unsere geliebte Dina und das Masterchen haben Feenaugen, die können uns sehen – auch weil sie uns sooo lieb haben.
1a Feenhauch dir
Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma
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Ihr lieben Buchfeen, ja, es stimmt, was ihr sagt!
Pssssst, ich verrate euch was … es muss aber unser Geheimnis bleiben! Manchmal … wenn ich schon ganz müde bin, mir die Augen fast zufallen, dann … dann bilde ich mir manchmal ein, ich könnte euch sehen. So ein klitzekleines bisschen. Ein bisschen blass und unscharf noch. Aber das mit den Feenaugen ist ja auch gar nicht so einfach! 😉
Gute Nacht wünscht euch Samtmut
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Also, liebe Samtmut, so einfach ist das mit der Unsichtbarkeit von Siri und Selma gar nicht. Vor ein paar Tagen konnte man sie in der Wettervorhersage im norwegischen TV sehen. Annicken, die schöne Frau, interviewte sie als sturmerprobte Buchfeen. Und überhaupt manche Leute können sie auch so sehen, das sind die Bewohner mehrerer Welten. Denen erscheinen Buchfeen durch das magische Ritual, sich in unseren Blog einzuloggen. Ja, so einfach. Du scheinst also auch eine Bewohnerin mehrerer Welten zu sein und als solche grüßen dich Siri und Selma mit viel Feenhauch 🙂 🙂
Liebe Grüße, feines Wochenende
Klausbernd und der Rest der Famosen Vier
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Tag liebe Buchfeen 🙂
Ich finde es so schön dass die Inuit den Sturm als den Atem der Welt sehen… Ich habe Stürme immer geliebt und als eine Befreiung erfahren… wie jede Befreiung vielleicht mit auch etwas von Angstgefühlen, aber doch ein Erlebnis um die Spinnennetze in meinem Kopf mal auspusten zu lassen… eben, durch den Atem der Welt… 😉
Viele liebe Grüsse!
Nil
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Danke, liebe Nil, für deinen Kommentar. Ja, genau das finden wir auch, ein Sturm weht die Spinnweben im Kopf weg. Auch wenn wir keine Ideen bekommen, hilft uns der Sturm, und dazu macht er, finden wir, meistens gute Laune. Und ein bisschen Angst bringt den rechten Thrill 😉
Es ist schön, wieder von dir zu lesen.
Liebe Grüße und wir wünschen dir ein wunderschönes Wochenende
The Fab Four of Cley
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Ein fab Wochenende auch für die FabFour 😉
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Die blonde Schönheit auf den Fotos kann sicher auch einen waren Sturm entfachen!
Sehr schöne Fotos!
Ich habe gerade heute in unserem neuen England Reiseführer viel über Norfolk gelesen. Ich freue mich schon auf unseren Urlaub, liebe Grüße von Susanne
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Liebe Susanne,
ja, das finden wir auch, Annicken ist eine sehr schöne Frau, eine klassische nordische Schönheit, die Dina wunderschön mit ihren Fotos ehrte.
Na, dann weißt du ja bald alles über Norfolk. Hier ist es übrigens seit Tagen windstill, sonnig und warm bis zu 16 Grad.
Wir feuen uns schon jetzt auf euch!
Alles, alles Liebe und ein tolles Wochenende
The Fab Four of Cley
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I now have to warm up for after reading your description and dramatic photos i am feeling rather chilled! Thank you for taking us out in the storm with you. Growing up on the Canadian prairies I loved the massive thunderstorms of summer. So much power and of course amazing displays of electric light. As long as one does it safely storm watching can be mesmerizing.
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Dear Sue
we love storms as well, and actually we feel related to the storm because you cannot see us directly, you just notice our effects. Well, that’s not 100% right. Our belove Dina and Master they are able to see us, well, because they love us sooo much.
We like thunderstorms as well, watching lightning is great.
The only disadvantage we have to get tied with a rope during a storm otherwise we get blown away.
We wish you a GREAT weekend
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma and the rest of The Fab Four of Cley
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Storms are dramatic…thank you for sharing 🙂
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You are very welcome!
Have a happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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I really like that first photo.
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THANK YOU! 🙂
All the best
The Fab Four
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Beautiful post and so many lovely ladies in stormy weather! I suppose the North teaches you how enjoy weather like this. Definetely not dull and boring! 🙂
Have a great weekend,
Pete
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Dear Pete
you are right, we not only like “real weather” we even need it. Storm, snow and ice, thunder and torrential rain makes life interesting, doesn’t it?!
We wish you a relaxing weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Our dear Dina gave us a hint to read “Weatherland” by Alexandra Harris, a forthcoming history of weather in English literature, we can recomment.
Like John Ruskin Mark Twain decided not to mention the weather and especially storm in his novel “The American Claimant” because it usually gets in the way of the story. Ruskin and Twain were not the only authors mistrusting the weather in fiction, because it is not only regarded as a banal topic but it stands for melodrama too. “It was a dark and stormy night,” begins Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1830 novel “Paul Clifford,” which is thought of as the worst beginning of a novel in the history of English literature.
Shakespeare, Defoe, Dickens and many others they all used the symbolism of the storm and of weather in general. But weather faded in importance in the twentieth century. Nowadays weather can suddenly be found in novels again. We owe that revival to the same thing that first led to the decline of weather in literature: developments in the field of meteorology. Today the atmosphere really does reflect human activity. The climate crisis becomes a topic of our literature. Kim Stanley Robinson, Margaret Atwood, and many others used science fiction to create worlds in which the climate is in crisis. Climate becomes a major topic in Ian McEwan’s “Solar,” Barbara Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior,” Nathaniel Rich’s “Odds Against Tomorrow,” Karen Walker’s “The Age of Miracles,” Jesmyn Ward’s “Salvage the Bones,” and Dave Eggers’s “Zeitoun.”
Just to supplement our blog about the storm.
With lots of love
Klausbernd 🙂 and his clever Bookfayries 🙂 🙂
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Huch, voll blöd! Eigentlich wollten wir das doch veröffentlichen mit gaaaaaanz viel mehr Beispielen, z.B. vom Defoe, der über einen englischen Sturm schrieb, der Tausenden das Leben gekostet hat und damit die Katastrophenliteratur begründete. Der Titel ist kurz und knapp “Storm”. Oder Dickens, beim dem meistens schlechtes Wetter herrscht, ganz zu schweigen vom Londoner Nebel im Krimi. Naja, man kann ja nicht alles erwähnen.
Macht’s gut
Bis dann
Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma
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Storms can affect in so many ways – my main view is that they provide maximum return on my “wind mills” – enjoyed this input and nothing is more uplifting than a long-haired girl in stormy control…. 🙂
Yeah the Fab Four rules… 😀
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Dear Andrikken
you are sooo right “nothing is more uplifting than a long-haired girl in stormy control”. Indeed!
And of course even the windmills are getting ecstatic.
Cheers and take care
The Fab Four of Cley
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Hallo Siri und Selma,
also ich meinerseits würde sehr gerne etwas von Euch über Thor lesen. Wie Ihr schon sagt, “lasst uns unsere germanische Mythologie nicht von den Rechten enteignen.” Und lasst Euch Eure Themen auch nicht von irgendwelchen Dumpfbacken, welcher Couleur auch immer, vorschreiben bzw.ausreden. Bitte nicht! Selbst wenn es hier dann Kommentare geben sollte, die uns Allen unliebsam sind.
Liebe Grüße,
Pit
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Lieber Pit,
das überlassen lieber unserem lieben Masterchen, der ist da Spezialist. Er wird nachher etwas schreiben, er hat es versprochen.
Übrigens gab’s am Anfang eine Zeit, als wir als nordischer Blog den Beifall von der falschen Seite bekamen. Aber das ist, zum Glück, zwei oder gar drei Jahre her.
Liebe Feengrüße
Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma
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Lieber Pit,
ja der Thor, der gemeingermanisch Donar genannt wurde (das Th ist ein Thorn – ein aspiriertes D) er war der volkstümlichste Gott der Germanen. Die Nummer 2 nach Wotan, dessen Sohn er war. Er galt als verfressen und versoffen, rotbärtig und als Schützer der Menschen vor den Riesen und Dämonen. Er schützte die Ernte und brachte aber auch den Sturm. Das spezielle Attribut ist sein Hammer Mjölnir, so etwas wie ein Bummerang. Er warf ihn, um Feinde zu vernichten, und schwuppdiwupp kehrte der Hammer wieder in seine Hand zurück. Diese Zauberwaffe war vernichtend. Hier knüpfen übrigens die Neo-Faschisten an: Sie wollen letztendlich mit Thors Hammer die Feinde eines arischen Europas vernichten. Sie sehen sich als Thors Hammer. Thor wurde ja auch als Gott der Sicherung der Grenzen gefeiert. Er war antichristlich, weswegen dieser blöde Bonifatius Thors geweihte Eiche fällen ließ.
Thor kann alle seine Feinde besiegen bis auf die Midgardschlange, die er erst beim Ragnarök niedermachen kann, was ihn aber auch den Tod bringt (durch den giftigen Atem der Schlange).
Die Römer setzten Thor Herkules und Jupiter gleich.
Genügt das? 😉
Gaaanz liebe Grüße von der germanisch-winkingischen Welt
Klausbernd 🙂
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Clearly a storm can also be very inspirational!
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Dear Louis
WE AGREE!
Have a great weekend
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Wonderful photos, but I got goosebumps looking at them.
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Dear Anneli
sorry, we should have started with a warning
Please wear a warm sweater reading this post!
Thanks and we wish you a happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Did you or Tone at least make it onto the TV weather news in Norway, I wonder?
I have a fondness for a good storm (and for the novel Wuthering heights too). Perhaps that is why I write so many posts about the weather! I enjoyed your discussion, and the lovely photos as well, but was sorry to hear that Thor has been hijacked by the Far Right.
Love from Beetley, Pete and Ollie. X
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Dear Pete
YES, you could have seen them in the TV weather report!
And you know our dear as clever Bookfayries know a legerdemain making them visible on the TV – well, “quite vain” is my comment.
The Germanic mythology as a whole is hijacked by the Far Right. When I studied old Norse I had to explain all the time that I am not a Fascist.
We wish you a cozy weekend.
Lots of love from the sea
Klausbernd and The Fab Four of Cley
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P.S.
Siri and Selma just told me that I have forgotten to write why that is.
That has to to do with the ideology of the Nazis. The most influential person in early fascism was Alfred Rosenberg and his book “The Myth of the Twenties Century” (1930) and Rudolf von Sebottendorf. Both were members of the highly influential Order of Thule, in which the old Norse mythology was seen as the basis of fascism and the basis for race theory.
The irony of history: Hitler distanced himself later from those ideas as too radical.
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🙂 Beeindruckende Schilderung und tolle Fotos. Da fröstelt mich gleich. Kann mir vorstellen, wie man vom Wind fast umgeblasen wird.
Ich finde Stürme wunderbar, wenn man im Warmen sitzt!
Schönes Wochenende und liebe Grüße 🙂
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Hi,
da sind wir im Grunde wie du, am tollsten sind Stürme im warmen Zimmer genossen, wenn alles pfeift und klappert.
Wir danken dir und wünschen auch ein wunderbares Wochenende
The Fab Four of Cley
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Hier stürmte es auch tagelang, erst nur trocken, dann mit Regen, dann gab es einen Tag Ruhe und dann kam der Schneesturm, es war so heftig, dass ich das Haus nicht verliess, aber nun taut es und ist wieder ruhig geworden und ich fröne dieser willkommenen Stille und lebe lieber die stürmischen Seite, als dass sie auf mich treffen.
Und nein, wir sollten uns nichts, aber auch rein gar nichts von den Rechten nehmen lassen! Die Mythologien waren zuerst. Aber ja, ich verstehe euch ja, hatte vor kurzem auch unliebsamen Besuch und Kommentar, sodass ich einiges an meinen Einstellungen auf dem Blog ändern musste, brauche ich nicht wirklich und ihr wohl auch nicht!
Ja, stürmische Zeiten, nicht nur an den Küsten!
Danke für den, wie immer, feinen Bericht und herzliche Grüsse an euch lieben fab four
Ulli
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Liebe Ulli,
nee, nee, du hast ja Recht, wir lassen uns das Altgermanische nicht von den Ultra-Rechten enteignen, aber hallo, sonst schleudern wir mal Mjölnir, Thors Hammer, auf sie!
Wir haben hier an der Küste selten mehrere Tag Sturm, hier ändert sich das Wetter in den Übergangszeiten häufiger. Wir finden Sturm gemütlich. Da sitzen wir vorm Kamin und erzählen uns Gruselgeschichten “It was a dark and stormy night …” 😉
Ganz liebe Grüße von der Küste zum Berg
The Fab Four of Cley
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A couple of nights ago, the wind and rain came with fresh enthusiasm. A neighbour’s wind chimes responded with equal gusto. Why is it that when we are in the middle of the storm there is a possibility of calmness, even tranquility – as if we are standing steadfast against all odd. The wind-chimes became more animated and joyful with every rush and flurry. Another great post, my dear friends!!! Hugs coming across the way.
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Hi, dear Clanmother,
the eye of the storm is calm because it’s a vortex, something that is formed by this basic difference between High and Low. And so it’s an ideal symbol of life, isn’t it!
We wish our dear friend of the other side of the globe a great weekend, hugs and love xxx
The Fab Four of Cley
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It is indeed a wonderful symbol of life!!! Thank you – a lovely message to begin my day!💛✨💛
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I can feel the power of the storm through you fantastic photos. Love how you capture her beautiful hair. 🙂
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Thank you very much, dear Amy! 🙂
Wishing you a happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Lovely stormy scenes and I am VERY glad the Bookfayries were tightly tethered. Have a good weekend Fab 4 wherever you may be 🙂
Jude xx
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Good morning, dear Jude,
yes, we tether our beloved Bookfayries every time strong winds are coming. They don’t like it, but it has to be done because they are featherlight.
We wish you a cozy weekend 🙂
Love xx
The Fab Four of Cley
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Hang on to them this weekend KB!
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Here is no wind at all. A boring weather: grey and warm, no wind, sometime a fine drizzle.
Siri and Selma just got our sauna going.
We don`t need any ropes today.
Love xxxx
from the Fab Four
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The sea is a great place to live near to experience the strength of nature. Thanks for the photos
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Good morning, dear John,
you are very welcome.
We cannot imagine not leaving near the sea.
Enjoy the weekend!
The Fab Four of Cley
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Look real windy and that could be very rough.
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Well, it was quite rough, indeed!
All the best and thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
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The rough beauty of the storm well captured, both in text and pictures!
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Dear Tiny
THANK YOU! 🙂
All the best to you
The Fab Four of Cley
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Shame the sea wasn’t as stormy as you hoped – but I enjoyed the photos anyway!
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Dear Lady Fi
on one hand it’s a pity, on the other hand it’s quite hard to take a picture of a really rough sea. It’s not only the spray but also it never looks as rough as it actually was on a picture. So the beautiful hair was a better indicator of the wind.
Love and thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
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Sympathische Kamerafrau! Verbreitet Hoffnung- ihr schönes lächelndes Gesicht! Eine Naturschönheit!
Leider kann ich Shakespeares “Sturm” nicht lesen, da dreht sich alles….
Wir leben in stürmischen Zeiten, Pluto im Steinbock, behaupten die einen, die andern machen den Klimawandel oder die Wettermanipulationen verantwortlich.
Dass ihr auf den Zusammenhang mit aufbrausenden Gefühlen hingewiesen habt, finde ich bemerkenswert.
Manchmal ertappe ich mich dabei, dass wenn zu viele überhebliche Menschen auf einmal um mich herum sind, dass ich denke: Wie klein sind wir, angesichts der “Naturgewalten”…so ein kleiner Vulkanausbruch oder Wirbelsturm und all die “schönen” Kriegsflugzeuge müssen Zuhause bleiben…
In Opas altem Zimmer saß ich mit Malte, meinem Neffen (5) auf dem Teppich, wir spielten. Malte sang: Freude schöner Götterfunke, Tochter aus Elysium…den ganze Song, immer wieder….weißt du Tante Pia: Die Tochter aus Elysium ist glaube ich der Juwel im Lotus…
Tante Pia fielen fast die Ohren ab und die Augen aus…(Malte, du hast komisch Verwandte…)
Wir hatten 3 Schiffe von P(l)aymobil, das Spiel hatte Malte erfunden: Wir retten Weihnachten und haben dazu eine Woche Zeit.
Schiff 1, ein Piratenschiff, das sind die Guten, Schiff 2, die Arche (der Deckel ist oben offen, den hat er abmontiert, damit man besser hineinschauen kann), dort ist Noah von Kapitän Silber gefangen, ok, die machen noch mit…Schiff 3, sah eher aus wie ein Raumschiff, das Schiff von Thor, ich habe 3mal nachgefragt, Malte: Thor, der mit dem Hammer?
Jaja, Tante Pia, der hat die Blitzwaffe und ist sehr mächtig
Pia (schluck..) OK, Malte, Thor ist aber der Sohn von Odin aus dem Odenwald (es reichte mir mit dem kleinen Klugscheißer…) als Odenwaldreisender solltest du das wissen…
Malte blieb vollkommen entspannet, minutenlanges Schweigen: Ok, es ist das Schiff von Odin, Thor kann ihn anrufen ….
Naja, meine Ohren und Augen waren eh schon geschädigt….
Gerade las ich, dass es Sturmwarnung für den Rosenmontag gibt, die Leute sollten zu Hause bleiben, in Bonn gibt es sogar einen eigenen Speziel-Sturm-Meteorologen…
Übrigens ist es prima, wenn man merkt, dass Goethe immer schon da war, egal für welches Thema man sich interessiert, finde ich…
Paris, London, Rom 3Wetter Taft!!
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Hi, liebe Pia,
klar doch, der Odenwald als Odins Wald, daran hatten wir gar nicht gedacht.
Habe herzlichen Dank für deinen langen Kommentar. Ja, was die Kinder heute alles wissen und wie sie spielerisch mit diesem Wissen umgehen. Bewunderungswürdig!
Wir finden Shakespeares “The Tempest” ein eigenartiges, ja magisches Stück, bei dem wir bis jetzt noch nicht wissen, worauf der Autor hinauswollte – oder sollten wir es als reine Unterhaltung ansehen?
Mit lieben Grüßen vom Meer
The Fab Four of Cley
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Auch von uns LIEBE Grüße
Siri 🙂 und 🙂 Selma
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After looking through your photographs I feel like packing my camera away, or taking lessons in composition. Yours are brilliant, and thank you for showing a side of Norway I don’t know. I’ve only visited Bergen and Oslo for holidays and cruised the fjords to see the magnificent coastline. I still remember the seafood and the very excellent venison dishes I had there.
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WOW, thank you very much for your praise 🙂 You made our beloved Dina very happy.
The fjords are really great, aren’t they. Such a dramatic coast line.
We wish you a happy weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Tusen takk!! 😀 What a great comment, Mari!
Best regards from the North,
Dina x
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Hallo Klausbernd,
danke fuer die Informationen bezueglich Thor. 🙂
Hab’s fein,
Pit
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Nevertheless, Thor is a good name for a storm !
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Hi,
we fully agree! 🙂
The Fab Four of Cley
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I love love storms so really enjoyed this informative and interesting post. Terrific photos as well.
Never been to Norway but you have now made me curious.
Thanks
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Dear Peta
we are kind of storm-fans as well – and fans of Norway too 🙂
Thanks for commenting-
Warm greetings from the cold sea
The Fab Four of Cley
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The Bard reveals a detailed, accurate knowledge of naval matters and was clearly well-informed about storms, shipwrecks, pirates, voyages of exploration and navigation. In The Tempest, when the ship is wrecked in a storm Shakespeare uses the professional language of seamanship. This is grist for the mill for those of us who believe that the Shakespearian canon was written by the experienced mariner and well-traveled Earl of Oxford, rather than the landlubber man from Stratford.
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Dear Malcolm,
thanks a lot for your information. But, sorry, we are no specialists to take part in this discussion who was Shakespeare. And actually we don’t mind if he was Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon. We are more interested in the structure of texts than in authorship.
Thank you for making us aware of this professional nautical language in “The Tempest”.
Have a happy week
The Fab Four of Cley
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A perfect storm. Godt presentert!
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Takk
Thank you
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Deine Fotos gefallen mir außerordentlich gut.
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Oh wie schön, Alex, ich freue mich megadoll über diesen Kommentar!! 😀
Herzlichen Dank für den Besuch,
ja, besuch uns bitte bald wieder 🙂
Dina & co
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Bei solchen schönen Fotos muss man wiederkommen … Irgendwie mag ich Norwegen, auch wenn ich noch nie dort war …
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DANKE
Thank you
Takk
Wir wünschen dir eine rundum schöne kommende Woche
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Danke, gleichfalls!
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Very brave of the two of you to stand out while the storm was brewing in the air. I’ve seen the movie you mentioned, The Perfect Storm. I haven’t read the book; didn’t know some background information about climate was left out. Storms can be both beautiful and not-so-beautiful. On one hand, they depict the strength of nature and on the other, they can be destructive.
Lovely photos you got there. Brilliantly captured all round 🙂
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Dear Mabel,
you are right, nearly every storm has both side, showing the great powers and beauty of nature and its destructive side. We suppose it’s this tension which makes the phenomena of nature fascinating.
Thank you for liking Dina’s pictures 🙂
With lots of love from the little village next the big sea
The Fab Four of Cley
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May I ask how long you have been blogging.?
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Dina and I started blogging 4.5 years ago but with two different blogs. Siri, Selma and me moved into Dina’s blog in December 2013. My old blog still exists http://www.kbvollmarblog.wordpress.com
Have an easy week
Klausbernd and the rest of The Fab Four of Cley
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That’s awesome, I look froward to finding more of your work. I hope you find encouragement in my work, both of you 😊
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Most about my work as an author and scientist you find on
http://www.kbvollmar.de
https://kbvollmar.wordpress.com
Curious? Just have a look!
I am sure your work is helping a lot people who desperately need it.
All the best
Klausbernd
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In Scotland the story goes that the storms are the work of the nine witches of the winter. The cold touch of the wind is the hammer of the ruler of the storms – yet it isn’t a god, but a goddess who wields it. She’s the Cailleach, the leader of the witches; the ‘Hag’, the Winter Queen. Thankfully, this is a myth that has never yet been appropriated by the Far Right; it’s perhaps a little difficult to imagine neo-Nazis getting worked up over the idea of Granny Winter…
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Hi, dear William,
thank you very, very for contributing your info about Granny Winter.
That the ruler of the storms is female, we like here very much, and, as you say, it helps for being hijacked by the neo-Nazis.
We wish you a great week
The Fab Four of Cley
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We Bookfayries want to say THANK YOU as well. We have to admit we didn’t know about this Scottish mythology -what a pity, but now we know.
Love from
the chirpy Bookfayries Siri and Selma
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@Siri und Selma: Latha Math! Manran I love Music!
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@ Pia
gerade fanden wir heraus, dass Latha Math so viel wie guten Tag heißt.
Also denn Latha Math 🙂
Wir fanden auch die Musikgruppe mit diesem schottisch-gälischen Namen.
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I love and fear storms. I like to see nature on the move. It is simply fascinating. Still, unleashed nature is frightening and makes me feel minuscule!
Heard of Wuthering Heights? I’m in love with that novel. You cannot call yourself a reader if you have not read it!
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Dear Francesca,
so you are a lover of this romantic novel which appeals more to women than to men. Siri and Selma love it too.
These both sides of the storms make them as fascinating as frightening. But, maybe, it’s fascinating because it’s frightening – no fascination without the thrill of fear …
We wish you and your family a happy week
The Fab Four of Cley
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hello world according to dina its dennis the vizsla dog hay we had a pritty gud wind storm heer last week not as strong as this wun i think but stil their wuz sum dammadj!!! it wuz eeven windy enuf to mayk my sister saya the mighty a littel nervus at first!!! ok bye
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Hi, Dennis
thanks for your commentary and you have the honour of being the first dog commenting here. Cangratulations!
We were quite lucky, all the strong winds this winter came from the west or south and from those two directions we are sheltered. Winds from the North are the vicious ones here.
Have a great time, find a big bone and enjoy life
The Fab Four of Cley
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Dear Siri and Selma, What a rich post about a stormy theme. I can imagine the cost weather along the waterline in Norway and East of England. Some like it rough. 😉 I’ve read “Wuthering heights, when I was a young girl, the story about the beautiful Catherine Earnshaw, very dramatically pushing and glittering my romantic heart. The god of thunder, Thor, is a part of very old mythology. I am convinced, that this knockledge of mankind will outlast and survive all ideologies made by greed an political manipulation and I am glad, that you wrote about this fascinating godness of Thunder. I send you many greetings from stormy Teutoburger Wald to the seaside. Yours, Karfunkel fairy, Stefanie
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Hi, dear fairy sister,
well, well, in the Teutoburger Wald you are on the ground of the Germanic culture. That was Thor’s home the vast woods of the North starting in northern Germany.
We send you golden fairy dust from the sunny Viking coast
Siri 🙂 and 🙂 Selma, the chirpy Bookfayries
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Good morning, dear Stefanie Karfunkel Fairy,
I wanted to say hello as well and wish you a great week to come.
Wasn’t your hero Arminius Thor’s hammer Mjölnir smashing Varus’ soldiers?
I agree such an old and basic mythology cannot be hijacked by politics, at least not for long.
I wish you all the best and thanks for commenting
Klausbernd
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Toll. Welch ein sturmgepeitschter und wieder mal sehr lehrreicher Beitrag. Die Fotos dokumentieren das Thema ganz wunderbar. Liebe Grüße von der Ostsee, wo es heute zwar nicht stürmisch, aber windig ist. 🙂 Aber das ist ja normal hier.
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Ja hier ist es genauso: sonnig und ziemlich windig, aber nicht so stürmisch, dass wir Siri und Selma anbinden müssen. So etwas Wind und auch ‘mal eine steife Brise sind auch hier normal.
Schön, dass dir unser Artikel gefallen hat. Es hat uns viel Freude bereitet, ihn zu schreiben.
Hab eine wunderschöne Woche.
Mit lieben Grüßen
Die famosen Vier aus Cley
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Ein bisschen was von Sturmgefühl erreichte uns in der Nacht, nun aber gibt er sich grade sehr zahm.
Eine schöne Sicht der Inuit, den Sturm ihn nicht als Feind sondern als den Atem der Welt zu sehen.
Liebe Grüße aus NRW,
wo aktuell die Karnevalsumzüge unter dem Sturmgebraus zu leiden haben.
Szintilla
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Hi, Szintilla.
schön wieder von dir zu lesen.
Hier ist inzwischen auch eine ziemlich steife Brise vom Süden aufgekommen.
Oh, die armen Närrinnen und Narren. Wir waren als Kinder stets sooo aufgeregt, beim Karnevalszug mitzulaufen. Wäre der abgesagt worden, wäre das eine Katastrophe für uns gewesen.
Ganz liebe Rosenmontagsgrüße in die Hochburg des Karnevals zwischen Aachen und Mainz
Allaaf
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I just ran to go get a blanket to wrap around me after seeing these photos! Spectacular!
The way you captured her hair… OUTSTANDING!
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Dear Nancy
thank you so much for your kind words 🙂
The problem with the wind in fotografie: You can only show it in its effects, indirectly. Annicken’s beautiful hair was ideal.
We are happy that you like our blog and wish you a great week
The Fab Four of Cley
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Fabulous photos as always Dina!
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THANK YOU
TAKK
DANKE
Have a happy day
The Fab Four
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“Remember to get the weather in your god damned book – weather is very important.” – Ernest Hemingway in a letter to John Dos Passos. I guess it’s pretty clear how Papa felt. Weather is prominent in much of my writing. It is a great equalizer, it rinses the importance from the self-important and brings us all closer to what it really means to be human.
I love a good storm near a rocky shore.
I am very unhappy to learn about this perverted use of Thor by the neo-nazis, just as the nazis stole the swastika from Buddhism. One way to recover hijacked symbolism is to throw the inconsistencies of said symbolism in the hijacker’s face. Buddhism teaches that desire creates unhappiness. This makes the swastika an absurd symbol for a group wishing to rule the world. Thor has long, blonde hair and pretty much takes on all adversaries, alone if necessary. He is strength. Neo-Nazis cut their hair short or shave it off entirely, and rely on a group to protect them and their horrendous philosophies. They are weak, again making Thor an absurd symbol of their in-human depravity.
I hope my “blogging world” name is not a burden to your blog. I do adore the Fab Four so much. The wit, the wisdom, the amazing photography, all sprinkled with fairy dust. 🙂
[And yes, I purposely wrote ‘nazis’ in lower case as my own statement. Take that, symbolism pirates!]
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Dear Thorsaurus,
thank you very, very much for your interesting commentary! 🙂
Hemingway – in a way he was quite modern and on the other hand quite old fashioned in his style. But I agree weather “rinses the importance from the self-important”, it creates a wider perspective. I am just writing a novel taking place in the Arctic regions, there the weather is extremely important and very much connected with the inner worlds of the people there.
No, not at all does your blogging-world name turns us off. We like the Germanic mythology as it is – contrary to Christian ideology – so near to nature. And what we especially like is the ragnarök – that the highest beings, the Gods, come to an end as all other beings. Eternal god or gods are always authoritarian beings. And especially Thor is very human by having a drink problem and he eats too much as well.
It wasn’t new to hijack symbolism. Long before the nazis the Christians hijacked all their symbolism.
Thanks again for commenting on our blog 🙂 we feel honoured and learn a lot. That’s exactly our idea what’s blogging all about.
Warm greetings from the cold sea
The Fab Four of Cley
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Even the land-lover Wordsworth said: “Our souls have sight of that immortal sea/which brought us hither”. Okay, he wasn’t actually writing about a storm but he certainly recognised our connection to the sea, our birthplace.
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Thank you. I am very interested in your novel. All in good time, I imagine. 🙂
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Thanks for your interest 🙂
I just started a month ago to work on an unfinished version of this novel from many years ago. It will take a while until it is finished. And I write in German. As you surely noticed my English is not good enough for writing novels in this language. I am not like Nabokov being to able to write in English after a short while learning this language. Sorry!
All the best
Klausbernd
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I’ll have to brush up on my German. 🙂
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We have just had two back to back Nor-easters which are winter hurricane’s. Both buried us with snow and there were very strong wind gusts with sustained winds between 50-65 mph. It was a little scary. Several people were killed by falling tree limbs. Between the wind and the weight of the snow it just brought them down.
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Dear Elizabeth,
here we had a SW-wind of about 60 mph, but without any snow, actually it was quite warm and the sun was shining while the wind was howling. We are used to such a wind here and nearly nothing falls down any more because all the dead limbs of the tree were already blown off. And don’t have much trees here next to the sea where we live.
We hope you survived these Nor-easters very well.
Thanks and all the best from the North Norfolk coast and from Norway
The Fab Four of Cley
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Wonderful shots as aways in your posts. The first one, with the sea, bitter cold and furious, is just gorgeous.
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Thank you very much 🙂
We like “Multilayered European” 🙂
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thank you very much, it’s a pleasure.
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Another great post, full of interesting thoughts. It made me think about the lack of storms here, something I noticed right away when I moved here from NYC, which has plenty. And people here in the Seattle area are much less demonstrative, less outwardly emotional than other places I’ve lived, where storms are a regular occurrence…any connection???
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Dear Bluebrightly
maybe there is …
We never thought about these differences of people’s character in stormy and not so stormy areas.But you gave us an idea. Thank you 🙂
Los of love
The Fab Four of Cley
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People here often say it’s because of the strong Scandinavian heritage. Reserve, efficiency, etc. But it’s an intriguing thought that the sheltering mountains that keep our weather from making tempests may also keep the people from going to extremes.
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Dear Bluebrightly
we think it’s mosty the Scandinavian influence.
But also in a sheltered situation people are not dependant on neighbours and friends that much.
Happy Valentine
The Fab Four of Cley
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The electricity in the air of a coming storm is one of the best feelings I have, and I also so fully understand Dina’s thought of Thor being “ideal for taking dramatic fotos“ The danger is always a bit real, and I do feel for those who are worried and fearful of storms as they bring such destruction around the world…but the pounding they bring also gets the blood pumping and brings the body to life, and that is why I am so attracted to them ~ and seeing your photos and reading your words, I can see they have had a similar effect on you all. Wishing you smooth seas in this coming year 🙂
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We agree and we especially like it in the Alps, before and during the foehn storms we have a high feeling as if we would have drunk some Champagne.
For years we visited friends in Liechtenstein quite often and it seems to us that they have a lot of these foehn storms there. During these winds we always have been quite busy and very inspired. Our dear Master was writing and writing then.
Thank you for your good wishes 🙂 We wish you lots of inspirations this year
The Fab Four of Cley
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This is something so different and so beautiful! the Pictures speak volumes of the love you have for what you are doing. I am absolutely in awe! I am glad I found your blog! Much love 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words 🙂
We send lots of love back to you and wish you HAPPY VALENTINE
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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A fascinating post and a great read as always. I missed the gales in Cornwall being away in Iceland where it was also extremely windy and snowy of course. All the best to you all! Super pictures Dina! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
Oh, we envy you a little, to go to Iceland in winter is our dream.
All the best to you as well
The Fab Four of Cley
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Happy Valentines Day Dina
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THANK YOU
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Extraordinary work. Extraordinary clarity in writing and expression. Life-changing photographs.
Thank you for reading from my blog.
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You are very welcome! 🙂
Wishing you a GREAT week to come
The Fab Four of Cley
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Ganz tolle Fotos und ich fühle mich richtig durchgepustet. 🙂
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Na prima 🙂
It’s meant to be!
Liebe Grüße vom heute sonnigen Meer
The Fab Four of Cley
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Wild ocean, and wild hair – I like it. That first landscape is stunning, Dina. Hats off!
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Thank you very much, dear Paula 🙂
that’s a really northern landscape, archetypal …
Love from sunny Norfolk
The Fab Four of Cley
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I love the end, where you mention to be prepared for the storms in life…friends sure a mighty way to aide in this event when it hits our lives.
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Thank you so much!
We wish you lots of sunshine in your life 🙂
With warm greetings from the sunny coast of North Norfolk
The Fab Four of Cley
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“we don’t want our Germanic mythology taken over by Fascists.“
Far too many misguided people commit horrible acts in the name of Jesus as well.
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Dear Carl
we absolutely agree!
And wasn’t it the Catholic church which blessed the arms of the fascist and helped Hitler where they could. Amazing all the murder which was commited in the name of Jesus from the middle ages onwards – crusades, burning the witches, betrayal of the uproar of the peasants and so on.
Thanks for commenting.
Warm greetings from the cold coast of North Norfolk
The Fab Four of Cley
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Wunderbarer Ausdruck der Welt durch die Fotografie Danke Dina für meinen Blog zu besuchen. J.Michael
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Ganz herzlichen Dank! Thank you very much 🙂
All the best to you
The Fab Four of Cley
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Welcome.
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Such a cool post, my dearest friends! xxxx
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Hi, our dearest friend Sophie,
GREAT reading from you again 🙂 We are happy that you like our post, very much!
Lots of love and have a happy day
The Fab Four of Cley xxxx
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The breathing of the earth! I like that, and your whole post. The wind whips away layer after layer of meaning of “storm.” You’ve found your muse.
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Dear Martha,
thanks for your commentary.
Isn’t it amazing how many layers (or significats) such a symbol (or significant) like “storm” has? Actually the meaning of this word is the combination of all those layers. This makes such a symbol interesting.
Lots of love and have a happy day
The Fab Four of Cley
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WOW ! Look at the camera. The best I have is the disposable $14 disposable 35 mm.
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Dear Carl,
well, she is a TV presenter.
Our dear Dina doesn’t take her pics with a disposable camera.
Thanks and cheers
The Fab Four of Cley
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The last photo is special… I just love the way you captured the moment! 😉
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Thank you very much 🙂
All the best to you
The Fab Four of Cley
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Gorgeous post
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Bewegende Fotos. Stimmungsvolle Worte. Bereichernde Hintergrundinformationen. Der gesamte Blog eine Augen-Weide.
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Lieber Ulf,
ganz herzlichen Dank für dein Lob, das uns sehr gut tut 🙂
Einen schönen Tag wünschen dir
die Famosen Vier
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looking at these photos makes me feel chilly sitting here in Los Angeles’ 60 degree Fahrenheit weather – many thanks to you & fairies for venturing out for sake of our viewing as well as thinking & imagining pleasure. so sad to hear about Thor’s terrible & undeserved repurposing.
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Hi, dear Daal,
our little heroes Siri and Selma are so happy that they got their red tent back 🙂 🙂
Now we hope for snow, but unfortunately it’s still quite warm. But we keep our fingers crossed for snow and ice we love.
All the best from the North Norfolk coast
The Fab Four of Cley
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