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December 16, 2025 Landscapes Post a Comment

The swing gate without a path

A fallen swing gate without a walking path

“Bahnlos und pfadlos, Felsen hinan
stürmet der Mensch, ein Wandersmann.
Stürzende Bäche, wogender Fluß,
brausender Wald, nichts hemmet den Fuß!”

(J. Chr. Freiherr von Zedlitz in
(Bahnlos und pfadlos, Felsen hinan)
Eupen (B)

December 10, 2025 Still Life Post a Comment

The framed deer

“The wild deer, wand’ring here and there,
Keeps the human soul from care.
The lamb misus’d breeds public strife,
And yet forgives the butcher’s knife.”

(William Blake, no title in Auguries of Innocence, no. 7)
Eupen (B)

November 27, 2025 Street scenes - buildings Post a Comment

The gate is open during renovation works

Eupen (B)

January 22, 2025 Street scenes - garages and parking places Post a Comment

Narrow escape

“Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through”

(Bob Dylan in When he returns)
IJmuiden (NL)

September 30, 2024 What has been left

Fallen from the table

“Am Tische war noch ein Plätzchen,
Mein Liebchen, da hast du gefehlt.
Du hättest so hübsch, mein Schätzchen,
Von deiner Liebe erzählt.”

(H. Heine in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 50)
Liège (B)

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The swing gate without a path

The framed deer

The gate is open during renovation works

Narrow escape

Fallen from the table