Thursday, 18 October 2007

Afternoon of a Faun




















Gorgeous autumn afternoon
in the Stadtpark.

Debussy's "L'après-midi d'un faune"
should come to mind, upon such scenery.
Instead of Debussy,
I had to listen to
Lisa Stansfield singing
that catchy tune,
"I Want to Break Free!",
dressed in Hilda Ogden style,
in pinafore and hair set in curlers,
pushing a vauucum cleaner along the walkways!
Earworms
are a terrible
nuisance.

Poetry is lost on them,
turning the most romantic
scenes vapid and prosaic.


14 comments:

  1. Your photography is very nice and touches on the spiritual. I especially like the couple in the grass, probably looking for an apartment to rent.

    Also, thank you for the very nice comments you made on my birds blog.

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  2. Beautiful photos! You take such wonderful shots Merisi! I hope you have a great day!

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  3. OLDMANLINCOLN:
    Thank you for your kind comment!
    You know, I think you are right, that couple very probably was doing just that (unlike others, which I did not photograph *g*).

    Dear Readers:
    If you love birds and nature, Mr. Lincoln has (among others) the most beautiful bird blog. Click here, to let them fly into your room! :-)

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  4. Melissa:
    Thank you!
    I enjoy catching those moments of beauty and sharing them. These are from a long walk I took in the late afternoon yesterday, with the weather still sunny and mild. Today it's raining and temperatures are going to fall over the weekend.

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  5. Beautiful. Thank u for bringing Vienna to my home.

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  6. This is one of the things I love about your photography, it suggests a story behind each frame - we are free to imagine as we roam with you along your travels - it's such fun!

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  7. Thank you for the beautiful walk in the park, I really smell the air!!
    ...and now I 'm going to see the birds'blog; so, double thanks!

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  8. The lovely shots slackened my busy day at work, relaxed me and brightened me up. Thank you for sharing. :)

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  9. Impressive. Love the pics and the words

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  10. Perfection. Your photos today have an amazing dreamy quality about them. I can't stop looking at them. They will be my private escape many times today for sure.

    Pray your day is as blessed as the blessing you are to so many!

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  11. Oh wow!!! I have to go there on a nice afternoon :))
    to aswer your question, yes, the punch torte is passed with a torch, and about the grape strudel, I have tried it today actually and I'm not a fan, I have to be honest..But other strudels are divine! Too bad I couldn't try the cherry one...I like the mohn strudel, except I would take out the raisins, hehe.
    X x x

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  12. Enchanted beauty.....

    I have been playing Schubert day and night thanks to you, and now you are leading me over to Debussy. I used to play him on the piano when I was a teen-ager, I wonder if he remembers me.....

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  13. Un très bel après-midi, if I may say so...

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  14. I swear you are getting nuttier by the minute!
    What a fantastic character trait!
    I'm not alone in this assertion.
    If you could read what Max said about you on my blog - you'd know, he was starting to wonder about you too!

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