Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less,
Withdraws into its happiness --
The mind, that ocean where each kind
Does straight its own resemblance find;
Yet it creates, transcending these,
Far other worlds, and other seas;
Annihilating all that's made
To a green thought in a green shade.
(Andrew Marvel, "The Garden")
Farmer's Garden
Hausruck Region
Upper Austria
Photographed July 2008
Beautiful atmosphere!
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm having a lovely stroll amongst such beauties. Thanks for these virtual postcards.
ReplyDeleteMerisi, thank you also for the nomination at David's.
Window boxes full of brightly colored flowers.....pure joy!
ReplyDelete~Allie
A wonderful mosaic of colour.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to work out the fiddle head; it looks as if it might be an unfolding fern, but on the other hand it could be an ornate corner of a bedstead?
Every year, I swear I'm going to garden so I can live among flowers like that :)
ReplyDeleteI love gazing balls. This is the moment to be in a flower garden.
ReplyDeleteHEAVENS!!!
ReplyDeleteJust perfection Merisi..
Lovely...
ReplyDeletePerfect photos of perfect country scenes. And of summer time...
Mari-Nanci
Photos-City-Mine blog
This could be Norway :-)
ReplyDeleteI like the bottom picture best with all the lovely geraniums.
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful post...as usual...when I read that you had 3rd degree burns on your arms from the pressure cooker, I was so upset...that is what always scares me, and infact will not let anyone stay in the house with me while I use it, lol...hugs to you for such a delightful post and lovely images for me to carry in my mind
ReplyDeleteSandi
Nice shots of the summer garden. I especially like the knobs in the first picture.
ReplyDeleteI adore that last photo - those window boxes overflowing with geraniums! Yum!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff! Thanks for stopping by my place. Good morning from Mississippi, USA. I hope you have a wonderful morning!
ReplyDeleteMARIA:
ReplyDeleteThank you!
I love that beautiful region. :-)
INDICASPECIES:
You are welcome! :-)
(As regards your nomination, I simply had to share your beautiful blog with more people. Yes, dear readers, if you would like to get to know India, visit I.'s blog. It is a joy to behold!)
ALLIE:
ReplyDeleteThose flowers are out of this world, aren't they? ;-)
MAALIE:
This is a beautifully turned fence post, holding up a simple chain link fence (I have a weakness for fiddlehead forms, I find them endlessly fascinating).
RADIOGIRL:
Come visit the Austrian countryside, and you can walk among flowers almost everywhere, from meadows to farmhouse gardens to window boxes. ;-)
TUT-TUT:
ReplyDeleteOf course, gazing balls, thank you for helping me out here! I knew my translation was not quite correct, but my memory would not cooperate! :-)
PARIS BREAKFASTS:
ReplyDeleteAnytime I get to the countryside, I am unstoppable, so many glorious images to shoot. ;-)
SMILNSIGH:
Thank you.
This is summer for me, definitely. :-)
BRITT-ARNHILD:
Oh yes, I have seen your summer impressions, wonderful!
LORENZOTHELLAMA:
Geraniums by the millions,
around the countryside here.
SANDI MCBRIDE:
Thank you!
(No pressure cooker in my house, no, definitely not! *g*)
PHOTOWANNABE:
Those knobs, yes,
beautiful things to behold,
in that sea of flowers.
TLC ILLUSTRATIONS:
ReplyDeleteGeraniums in abundance everywhere,
you should come and see for yourself!
FOR THE PEOPLE:
Thank you,
and good morning to Mississippi! :-)
There's something so touching about the first photo.
ReplyDeleteThe quiet, unassuming lichen growing on the garden gate (that is what I am looking at, isn't it?)