Creek...

Shared with Wednesday Waters

The dancer in the afternoon light

(Columbine seeds)

Shared with Floral Bliss #5, Wordless Wednesday
Floral Friday Fotos 

Quiet self

I used to love the quiet, he said, but then I met her & now

the quiet can’t wait for her to show up to tell her

how the day went.

- storypeople -

Shared with Tuesday's Treasures, WW@Create with Joy
Paint Party Friday 

Monastery Church

Formerly Benedictine monastery in Drübeck, Germany,

is today a protestant seminary and holiday house.

Shared with InSPIREd Sunday, image-in-ing

There was a trail in the snow

Da war a Spur im Schnee...

A "dramatic" song from Austria

There was a trail in the snow,

A terrible, giant trail in the snow.

In the city park, down by the lake,

There was the terrible, gigantic trail in the snow.

Quickly lock the windows, quickly lock the front door,

Daddy, you gotta help get from the attic the gun,

Then the children, both both, hide in the basement

And light the candle in the Lord's Corner.

Papa, please be careful!

Think of the children and take care of every step you take!

And he shouldered the gun and he stroked her hair,

And she gives him a kiss, the first for a year,

And he goes out into the cold, into the stupid night,

And the storm blows in his face - Our Father, who art thou!

Down at the lake, they have met,

In the left hand they hold the torches, in the right the guns.

Twenty strong men, the bravest of the town,

Sneak quietly through the city park, always after the track,

They are ready for anything, they are determined to do everything,

The beast must die, must be destroyed tonight!

Suddenly someone shouts as stupid,

Quickly everyone comes here, behind the lilac bushes what has moved!

Yes it is really true, there must be the beast behind,

They unlock the guns, circle the lilac bush,

It stinks, it is a terrible grunt to hear,

Now it is to keep the nerves, just do not faint!

Suddenly, the shrubbery divides, you do not believe it,

Who suddenly suddenly stands in the lilac bushes:

The Operettenoubrette,

The Operettenoubrette!

the musical star,

the musical star!

*

Da war a Spur im Schnee,

a fürchterliche, riesengrosse Spur im Schnee.

Im Stadtpark, drunt beim See,

da war die fürchterliche, riesengrosse Spur im Schnee.

Gschwind die Fenster verriegeln, schnell die Haustür versperrn,

Papa, du musst helfen, hol vom Dachboden das Gwehr,

dann die Kinder, alle beide, drunt im Keller verstecken

und das Kerzerl anzünden in der Herrgottsecken.

Papa, bitte gib acht!

Denk an die Kinder und pass auf bei jeden Schritt, den was d' machst!

Und er schultert das Gwehr und er streicht ihr übers Haar,

und sie gibt ihm a Bussl, das erste seit an Jahr,

und er geht ausse in die kalte, in die stockdunkle Nacht,

und der Sturm fahrt ihm in's Gsicht - Vater unser, der du bist!

Drunt beim See haben sie sich troffen,

in der linken Hand halten's die Fackeln, in der rechten die Krachen.

Zwanzig starke Männer, die mutigsten der Stadt,

schleichen leise durch den Stadtpark, der Spur immer nach,

sie sind zu allem bereit, sie sind zu allem entschlossen,

die Bestie muss sterben, muss heute nacht vernichtet werden!

Plötzlich schreit einer wie blöd,

gschwind kommts alle her, hinterm Fliederbuschen hat sich was bewegt!

Ja es ist wirklich wahr, dort hinten muss die Bestie sein,

sie entsichern die Gwehr, kreisen den Fliederbusches ein,

es stinkt, es is ein fürchterliches Grunzen zum hören,

jetzt heisst es die Nerven bewahren, nur nicht ohnmächtig werden!

Auf einmal teilt sich das Gebüsch, du glaubst es net,

wer da plötzlich mittendrin im Fliederbusches steht,

die Operettenoubrett',

die Operettenoubrett'!

Shared with All Seasons, Foto Tunes, Der Natur Donnerstag 

Under the rainbow

How many years are standing

the trees how many rainbows

they have seen there?

Shared with Scenic Weekends, Our Beautiful World
GemsWeeklyPhotochallenge 

Friday Five and a little orange

Good morning,

it's friday again and time for "Five on Friday" and "Willy Nilly Friday Five"

And I also share this post with "Orange You Glad it's Friday"

I

Today I want to share a few random pictures with orange things from my archive.

Orange is such a heartwarming color... exactly what we need in wintertime.

II

I've decided,that in spring I will learn to go on stilts.

I've never tried it. But: why not?

As a child I was fascinated of all, what they did in circus and I would learn that all.

Of course, my parents did not let me go with the circus.

Outside from circus nobody had stilts or did such artistics at this time.

Now I'm 57 years old, but I think, for learning go on stilts isn't to late.

Well, we'll see -

Cannot wait, the winter goes over. 

III

Yesterday was "Table day" and I got some foods for free.

Always a reason for gratitude and my biggest joy for this one is a very yummy bread.

You cannot choose, must take, what they give 

and bread is there is very different sorts and qualities.

IV

Finally we found the reason of my pc-problems of last time.

It was the very old extern card reader.

As I used it again, all the problems came back.

Maybe a driver problem, but we could not find an actually driver for it.

Now I took it away.

Must buy a new, to translate the photos from the camera to the pc.

V

At last a beautiful warm voice. The Russian singer Valentina Levko.

I heard her live in two wonderful concerts a long time before.

An old Russian folk song "Girl's sadness"

And a song from Sovjet era "Ways", live in concert

Have a warm and cozy weekend.

The world on its head....

Shared with Weekend Reflections, The Weekend in Black and White

Sunny winter day

Shared with Good Fences

A little spring

A little spring on my windowsill 

sweets my day

with it's smell

Ein kleiner Frühling auf der Fensterbank

versüszt mir den Tag

mit seinem Duft

Wenn die Katze das Haus verläszt

meistens durchs Fenster

treffen ihre Pfötchen auf Schnee

aber das stört sie wohl nicht

und wenn sie heimkehrt im Dunkel

hängt Kälte in ihrem Fell

und ein Rauch

den kann ich noch lange riechen 

und ich wünschte sie könne

erzählen was sie 

erlebt hat

(ich selbst bin lieber daheim geblieben)

Shared with Floral Bliss, Der Natur Donnerstag
Floral Friday Fotos