Red TulipFound in Maissau
"The Amethyst Town"
Espresso MacchiatoServed in a rose cup
Seitenstetten
Arrested MovementTulips in the wind
Maissau
The Hills Are Alivewith deer!
Near Retz
Layers of HistoryFirst mentioned in 1367,
the building was rebuilt during Renaissance,
1569 through 1617, and then again
in the 1740s, in the Baroque style.
Town Hall
Retz
Photographed by Merisi
this past Sunday and Monday
in Lower Austria
Seriously...your images are so gorgeous today that I can't decide which I like more. *ponder* The brilliant tulip? The lovely hills? Or that layers of chipping paint?
ReplyDeleteThe roses are magnificent! And the companion photo of the teacup is brilliant...Love this post!
ReplyDeleteLovely images, Merisi, as always!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, xv.
ReplyDeleteJUJU and SNIFFLES AND SMILES, thank you both! :-)
ReplyDeleteI am really pleased that you like today's post! I composed it out of images that were not supposed to "work". The moving tulips were hard to capture because the wind was blowing so hard I had trouble holding my camera steady. The rose cup was shot in a restaurant, with plates and glasses standing around and I had to shoot it against the sunlight streaming in through the window.
The deer in the field was a lucky hit too, from the car (I was not driving, though!).
The layers of paint were a side-effect of me wanting to hold on to the information posted on the sign.
This all goes to prove that
"there is a song in all the things that keep on dreaming,
and the world will be asinging
if you find the magic word"
(my very rudimentary translation of the German poet Joseph von Eichendorff's poem "Die Wünschelrute" - The Witching Rod -
"Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen,
die da träumen fort und fort,
und die Welt hebt an zu singen,
triffst du nur das Zauberwort.")
SARA and VICKY ARCHER,
ReplyDeletethank you! :-)
I love your caption under the hill with the deer on it. Cute.
ReplyDeleteThat would be a sweet cup to drink from.
ReplyDeleteThere is just something special about a "cup and saucer" for a warm cup of coffee. Makes you want to relax, take a moment from the hussle of life to sit and think, read a book or an article, just relax with the aroma of coffee.
ReplyDeleteNicep pictures and effects...:)
Rich reds, lush tulips, feminine cups and saucers....I think this is my favorite post this week Merisi. LOVE these reds!!
ReplyDelete~Allie
Well, they all merge in a delicious post! I love the red tulip--so rich and lush. The cup's so refined and elegant, and the wall is so weathered and beautifully aged.
ReplyDeleteThis is my favourite place to visit whenever I have a cup of coffee (even before retiring for the night...I can go right to sleep afterwards). Your photos are a breath of fresh air, Merisi.
ReplyDeleteGreat images!!!!
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