abandoned places - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

March 25, 2023 Transport

The bridge that will never arrive a road again

“I wish I could walk for a day and a night,
And find me at dawn in a desolate place,
With never the rut of a road in sight,
Or the roof of a house, or the eyes of a face.”

(E. St. Vincent Millay in Departure)
Plombières_Hombourg (B)

March 13, 2023 What has been left

When the plants have left the flower pots

“…And if the tender plants are stripp’d
Of their joy in the springing day,
By sorrow and care’s dismay,

How shall the summer arise in joy,…”

(W. Blake in The schoolboy)
Ohey (B)

February 18, 2023 Still Life

Some shadows of the mining industry

“I see silhouettes in the window
I watch them ’til they’re gone and they leave me hanging on
To a shadow”

(Bob Dylan in Love Sick)
Blégny (B)

February 16, 2023 Street scenes - buildings

Waiting for the night where the lamps are low

“Light the lamps up, lamplighter,
The people are in the street
Without a light
They have no sight,
And where will they plant their feet?
Some will tread in the gutter
And some in the mud, oh dear!
Light the lamps up, lamplighter,
Because the night is here.”

(E. Farjeon, no title)
Verviers (B)

January 13, 2023 What has been left

Where have the horse heads gone?

“All the tired horses in the sun
How’m I supposed to get any ridin’ done? Hmm.”

(Bob Dylan in All the tired horses)
Ohey (B)

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The bridge that will never arrive a road again

When the plants have left the flower pots

Some shadows of the mining industry

Waiting for the night where the lamps are low

Where have the horse heads gone?