April 18, 2026 Landscapes Post a Comment

Container Idyll

A few sheds and children's toys in a rural setting


“Auf dem Berge steht die Hütte,
Wo der alte Bergmann wohnt;
Dorten rauscht die grüne Tanne,
Und erglänzt der goldne Mond.

In der Hütte steht ein Lehnstuhl,
Ausgeschnitzelt wunderlich,
Der darauf sitzt, der ist glücklich,
Und der Glückliche bin ich!”

(Heinrich Heine in Bergidylle no.1)
Wuppertal (D)

April 9, 2026 What has been left Post a Comment

Halving (air) pollution

A halved car wreck in a meadow


“Oh fair enough are sky and plain,
But I know fairer far:
Those are as beautiful again
That in the water are;

The pools and rivers wash so clean
The trees and clouds and air,
The like on earth was never seen,
And oh that I were there.”

( A.E. Housman no title in A Shropshire lad)
Wuppertal (D)

April 4, 2026 What has been left Post a Comment

The little old table

A little old table in an abandoned building


“Creak, little wood thing, creak,
When I touch you with elbow or knee;
That is the way you speak
Of one who gave you to me!

You, little table, she brought –
Brought me with her own hand,
As she looked at me with a thought
That I did not understand.

– Whoever owns it anon,
And hears it, will never know
What a history hangs upon
This creak from long ago.”

(Thomas Hardy The little old table)
Liège (B)

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