animals - the fleeting world; bubbles in a stream

October 12, 2021 Landscapes

Watch out for the teeth of this pony

“I had a little pony,
His name was Dapple Grey:
I lent him to a lady
To ride a mile away,
She whipped him, she lashed him,
She rode him through the mire;
I’ll never lend my nag again
For any lady’s hire.”

(Anonymous in Nurse Lovechild’s Legacy)
Liège (B)

October 3, 2021 Landscapes

A 3-course meal served for birds

“All islands to which birds wing their way, I wing my way myself.
Toward all,
I raise high the perpendicular hand—I make the signal,
To remain after me in sight forever,
For all the haunts and homes of men.”

(W. Whitman in Salut au Monde!)
Liège (B)

May 6, 2021 What has been left

Dropped into the quarry after all the adventures

"Erzähle mir doch etwas von den fremden Ländern, 
die du alle gesehen hast," sagte der Fuchs 
zu dem weit gereisten Storche.
Hierauf fing der Storch an, ihm jede Lache 
und jede feuchte Wiese zu nennen, 
wo er die schmackhaftesten Würmer 
und die fettesten Frösche geschmaust.
"Sie sind lange in Paris gewesen, mein Herr. 
Wo speiset man da am besten? 
Was für Weine haben Sie da am meisten 
nach Ihrem Geschmacke gefunden?"

(G.E. Lessing in Der Fuchs und der Storch)
Amay-Ampsin (B)

March 9, 2021 Still Life

Some black birds in a desolate garden

“Oh, says the rook and eke the crow,
The reason why in black we go
Because our love has us forsook,
So pity us poor crow and rook!”

(J. Clare in Birds’ lament)
Liège (B)

June 4, 2020 Street scenes - buildings

Up there we can look out on an empty square

“O had I wings like to a dove,
then should I from these troubles fly,
to wilderness would I remove,
to spend my life, and there to die.”

(W. Leighton in O had I wings …)
Liège (B)

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Watch out for the teeth of this pony

A 3-course meal served for birds

Dropped into the quarry after all the adventures

Some black birds in a desolate garden

Up there we can look out on an empty square