Longing with Pablo Neruda

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“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.” – Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair ♦ © Photo: Julie Skotte,  Nature photographer of the year 2012 in Denmark. Blog: fotofabler.dk  Website: julieskotte.com Featured here on Postcard from Greenland

Gamuppels Sternenreise von Ulrike Gau

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Heute möchte ich euch „Gamuppels Sternenreise“ vorstellen, geschrieben von Ulrike Gau, die einige von euch als Frau Blau kennen. Today I want to present „Gamuppels Sternenreise“, a book, which was written by Ulrike Gau, some of you know her as Frau Blau. Gamuppel ist eine Art Entwicklungsroman für Kinder, der, wie in den meisten Entwicklungsromanen seit …

Holy Hedges – Norfolk, eine Heckenlandschaft

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“Love your neighbour; yet don’t pull down your hedge.” – Benjamin Franklin “There is no fence nor hedge round time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it if you can remember“ – Philip Dunne Die Hecke ist eine Abgrenzung und ein  Hindernis, andererseits auch ein natürlicher Lebensraum. Sie ist …

Windows of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk

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A library doesn’t need windows. A library is a window.  – Stewart Brand Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren’t even there before.  – Mignon McLaughlin Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain. – Douglas Horton Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To …

Toffifee für Dina-Toffeefee

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 “A party without cake is a meeting!”- Siri and Selma, sweet Bookfayries I can’t believe it! Siri and Selma just surprised me with these lovely Fairytoffeefeemuffins, so delicious, please help yourself! 🙂 My momma always said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” – Forrest Gump “Das Leben …

Postcard from Cley next the Sea, Norfolk

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Gerrit A. walking in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, UK, 2012   “One step at a time is good walking” – Chinese proverb Masterwalk bei Ebbe in North-Norfolk  – Low Tide is good for salty walks.   “For creativity and new ideas we close the PC and go for a walk ” – Dina, Master, …

The World according to Susanne Haun – a passionate life

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Susanne ist Zeichnerin. Die Zeichnung ist für Susanne wie ein zusätzliches Sinnesorgan. Wenn sie liest, entstehen Bilder in ihrem Kopf, die sie in Tuschezeichnungen umsetze. Diese Tuschezeichnungen bündelt sie zu Künstlerunikat Bücher. Ich habe die Bücher und viel mehr  durchblättert und lasse die Bilder sprechen. Vorweg; noch nie ist mir eine Auswahl so schwer gefallen! …

Ignorance – is bliss?

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“Irony is wasted on the stupid.” – Oscar Wilde “The ugly and stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should live– undisturbed, …

On the Backs, Cambridge

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“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” “Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.” “Love is a better teacher than duty.” “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” “We …