Postcard from North Norfolk

“There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo.” – Paul Scott Mowrer This week you can see my photos from North Norfolk on Pixartix, thanks  dear Sofasophia and Irgendlink!

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin

“…It’s surely clear that to describe Dublin as a City of Literature would be like saying rain sometimes falls in Ireland”. – Joseph O’Connor – author of Star of the Sea “He’d … settled into a life of Guinness, sarcasm and late, late nights, the kind of life that American academics think real Dubliners lead”. …

Postcard from Marsh’s Library, Dublin

“It’s history. It’s love of words… It’s a city of literature, of course it’s. It’s Dublin.”   –  John Boyne, author of “The boy in the Striped Pyjama” “The Library: Home of the world’s wisdom and the sustenance of the soul.”   –  M.E. DeBakey You can see more of my photos from this beautiful library on …

Literary Winter in Norway

Winter is on its way! No need to get upset about that. 🙂 A winterday up Far North can be a magic encounter with nature as here in Fredrikstad, my native city. In Norway, the main indor activity ist reading. According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Norwegians read more than any other nation in the world. …

Postcard from Ireland

from © perfectlightphotography in Dublin. Next week we’re off to Dublin, the Unesco City of Literature! Reason good enough to present this black & white impressions from Ireland, foremost Achill Island. On Keel beach Perfectlight is a Dublin based photographer with a passion for sport photography and seascapes. Achill Sound – with a view over Bleannahooey …

Fish in love, Der verliebte Dorsch von Bernd Geisler

Fisch – so heißt das Tier mit Flossen dran, wir nennen ihn mal Dorsch, meistens kommt er schnell voran, durchs Wasser, flink und forsch. Manchmal ist er von der Liebe blind, dann fehlt es ihm an Grips im Haupt, er folgt der Dorsch-Frau sehr geschwind, jetzt dümmer, als der Schwarm erlaubt. So sieht er dann …

Gone Fishing, er på fisketur

…will be right back. A quiet spot in Norway, going North to the Lofoten. The water is surprisingly greenish, and then as blue as blue can be. © Photo: Tone Ramberg and she explains: Ahhh, brings back lots of memories. First picture from the lake below Svartisen. Svartisen is a collective term for two glaciers located …