It is Monday, and we might as wellSummer's still lingering in our mind,and so is chocolate cake

Afternoon of a Swan
When on a late Nachsommer afternoon
the light changes and turns limpid,
and the evening's gold grows vaguely perceptible,
the faithful swan waits for her beloved by the shore

As the sun slips beyond
the mountain peaks,
the swan hears a call,
and sets out on her journey home

The joruney goes on,
first into the blue hour,
then beyond the lake
through the mountains,
on to the valley of the River Traun

where, on the right bank of the river,
we indulge in chocolate cake and coffee,
before we say adieu to late summer evening's light

Photographed in the late afternoon
of 10 September 2012
at the shores of Lake Traunsee
and at Zauner's Esplanade-Café
Bad Ischl
Salzkammergut
Upper Austria

Images and Text © by Merisi
Links:
-> Luminous September at Zauner
-> Strawberry Napoleon at Zauner
-> Zauner Kipferl