Consolida regalis

I photographed the buds of this tender wildflower 
in the herbal garden of Michaelstein-Abbey in June 4.

It's a historical medical plant, poison.

Shared with Flower Wednesday, Seasons  , Floral Friday Fotos

No voyage

No Voyage

I wake earlier, now that the birds have come

And sing in the unfailing trees.

On a cot by an open window

I lie like land used up, while spring unfolds.

Now of all voyagers I remember, who among them

Did not board ship with grief among their maps?—

Till it seemed men never go somewhere, they only leave

Wherever they are, when the dying begins.

For myself, I find my wanting life

Implores no novelty and no disguise of distance;

Where, in what country, might I put down these thoughts,

Who still am citizen of this fallen city?

On a cot by an open window, I lie and remember

While the birds in the trees sing of the circle of time.

Let the dying go on, and let me, if I can,

Inherit from disaster before I move.

O, I go to see the great ships ride from harbor,

And my wounds leap with impatience; yet I turn back

To sort the weeping ruins of my house:

Here or nowhere I will make peace with the fact.

- Mary Oliver -

Shared with Tuesday's Treasures, Our World Tuesday, Wednesday around the World

Light blue...

Shared with Blue Monday, Macro Monday2, Foto Tunes , image-in-ing
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Three...

All good things come in threes

That already knew the ancestors

Many fairytales tell us about it

Spit three times over the shoulder

of the artist

before his tightrope performance

If you are a kind person

you make three good deeds

to seemingly insignificant creatures

then comes the fairy and

you have three wishes

There are three chairs

on which you will sit

and write down what you are wishing?

Think about them well

it could be true!

Aller guten Dinge sind drei

Das wuszten schon die Altvorderen

Viele Märchen erzählen davon

Dreimal über die Schulter gespuckt

hilft dem Artisten

vor seinem Drahtseilakt

Wenn du ein gutherziger Mensch bist

vollbringe drei gute Taten

an scheinbar unbedeutenden Wesen

dann kommt eine Fee und du hast

drei Wünsche frei

Da sind drei Stühle auf welchen

wirst du dich setzen

aufzuschreiben was du dir wünschst?

Bedenke es gut denn es

könnte geschehen!

Inspired by Our Beautiful World
Congrats to the 3rd anniversary :-)

Shared with Through My Lens #48, Monday WRites

Friday's Hunt

Starts with "Z" - this is Zazie, my little rabbit-friend

Weeks favorite is silence and quietness.

I had a lot of trouble and pain and a noise-overload yesterday...

 I'm so longhing for silence and quietness, like here in the old Abbey.

It's a wonderful place,  the Michaelstein-Abbey by Blankenburg, I wish, I could more often be there (it's a Museum and a wonderful herb garden, open for all)

Today it was very hot and sunny and it's good to have a big sun parasol.

Joining with Teresa's Friday's Hunt
Shared with Shadow Shot Sunday2

Friday Five, Solstice and other things...

Good morning,

the time is flying and it's friday again.

I'm joining with Amys Five on Friday.

I

We have a long rainy time, but at summer solstice came the sun and we made a nice walk through the historic landscape park in Blankenburg, a little town nearby Wernigerode, where we are living.

They have well restored this area and it's a big joy to stroll around.

II

I had a very big pain in this week and I hope, that was the last act of psychological violence
 from my mother against me. I hope it ends soon, what a life lasted long on.

The previous years, without contact with her, I have lived much better.

She staged all time her own misfortune and can not stand when people around her 
are living better and happier.

I forgive her and she's me just only sorry, but sometimes it's is such a monstrosity 
that very hurts me. Nothing, what I can do.

III

The both old big bookshelves from my father, which I just got, are fitting well in my room,

 left and right from the door.

I have not yet completed sort the books, but I take my time with it.

There will be a new order, last was 15 years ago and it got messed up a lot during the time.

Because new books found no more places in the thematic areas.

IV

In my backyard the Deutzia begins to bloom.

The loveliest time in the year is now.

It's only sad for the roses - they are to fast down from all the rain...

V

A baroque castle (in Blankenburg) and a baroque music for today

Henry Purcell - "The Gordian knowd untied. 

Plays Finnish Baroque Orchestra

Enjoy your weekend.