About the month of June, Garden joy, good food and fluffy clouds

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June (from Calendar of Sonnets)

O Month whose promise and fulfillment blend,

And burst in one! it seems the earth can store

In all her roomy house no treasure more;

Of all her wealth no farthing have to spend

On fruit, when once this stintless flowering end.

And yet no tiniest flower shall fall before

It hath made ready at its hidden core

Its tithe of seed, which we may count and tend

Till harvest. Joy of blossomed love, for thee

Seems it no fairer thing can yet have birth?

No room is left for deeper ecstasy?

Watch well if seeds grow strong, to scatter free

Germs for thy future summers on the earth.

A joy which is but joy soon comes to dearth.

Helen Hunt, 1830 - 1885

 

 

The best way to end a wonderful day in the garden is with a delicious meal. We eat very little meat, and when we do, it's only from organic farming. The quality and taste are top-notch. Here, we had lamb chops with vegetable couscous and yogurt sauce. For dessert, there were little shortcrust pastry tarts with fresh strawberries on a light cream. That's how I like the month of June!

I love those fluffy June clouds drifting wide into the horizon. 

Wishing you all a wonderful 

June 

and a remarkable 

Summer/Winter

Cordially yours, 

isabella 

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Mein Norden - Verführung

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Der Anblick des Genusses verführt zum Genießen.

Louis-Sébastien Mercier, 1740 - 1814

Der Mai verführt immer alle Sinne, der Garten schäumt über vor Blüten und Grüntönen und die Temperaturen sind in diesem Jahr auch schon sehr frühsommerlich. 

Herrliche Motive, wo man auch hinschaut...

... verführen dazu, den Garten in ein Freiluftatelier zu verwandeln. Es muss ja nicht jedes Bild ein Meisterwerk für die Wand werden. Die Freude am kreativen Prozess ist der Genuss. 

Und dann unsere norddeutschen weiten Himmel, wie ich sie liebe! 

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Mein Norden am Pfingstwochenende

 

Flüchtig und doch so köstlich die Freude zu dieser Zeit, herrlicher Spargel, zarteste Blüten, köstliche Erdbeeren. Der Garten zeigt sich vom seiner allerschönsten Seite und es duftet und blüht an allen Ecken und Enden. So lässt es sich die wunderbaren Pfingsttage genießen. 

Von der Freude

"Sage", sprach ich, "holde Freude,

Sage doch, was fliehst du so?

Hat man dich, so fliehst du wieder!

Niemals wird man deiner froh."

"Danke", sprach sie, "dem Verhängnis!

Alle Götter lieben mich;

Wenn ich ohne Flügel wäre,

Sie behielten mich für sich."

Johann Nikolaus Götz 1721 - 1781

Ich wünsche Euch ein herrliches Pfingstwochenende, liebe Freunde, Leser und Besucher mit Köstlichkeiten, viel Freude, Sonnenschein und weiten Himmeln zum Genießen.

isabella

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Mein Norden - Genießen

Wahrer Reichtum besteht nicht im Besitz, sondern im Genießen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 - 1882

Abendhimmel, dass man nur staunend vor ihrer Schönheit stehen kann. Schönheit und geschäftiges Leben im Cottage-Garten im Überfluss. 

Blitzschnell gemachte Erdbeertörtchen, bestehend aus einem Blätterteigboden, darauf eine Creme aus geschlagener Sahne mit Sauerrahm und obenauf die Früchte der Saison nach Gusto. Voilá!! 

So schmeckt der Juni! 


Liebe Genießergrüße von

isabella 

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Study the Past - 2020

 

This year I wasn't sure if I have enough nice moments from 2020 to share them with you, but I love traditions and so I give it a try. All is said about last year's complications...


- January 2020

My North - a spectacular winter walk at the river Aller with awesome nature moments. 

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

- Confucius

- February 2020

Clematis seeds - I love taking macros at our cottage garden in the wintertime if one must look very closely at nature's artwork. 

- March 2020

Early signs of Spring this year! 

- April 2020


Happy Easter wishes from our sweet neighbor's girls during Corona lock-down

- Mai 2020

Painting Holidays in my own garden. I enjoy the beauty of nature and the calm atmosphere. Not so bad at least. 

- June 2020

June is the rose- and strawberries month and I couldn't say what I love more.

- Juli 2020

Living in the countryside and we live really at end of our small village is so lovely because you're always connected with the rhythm of nature. 

- August 2020

A highlight of the year was our trip to the Harz Mountains. We visit the city of Goslar and the Okertalsperre. 

- September 2020

Autumn's colors come to the garden and so we enjoy the last warm days outside.

- October 2020

Breathtaking autumn moments right on your own doorstep. 

- November 2020

One of my best decision this year was to join for 12 months Jean Haines Online Artschool www.watercolorinspiration.com. For years I haven't painted as much as in 2020 and it was so very beautiful forgetting the world outside and only enjoying the creative process. 

- December 20

We'd a calm and very family-friendly ending to the year 2020 and my 92 yearold father was such a wonderful guest to have during the Christmas days. 

I'm so grateful for this marvelous year full of unforgettable moments and I hope that you enjoy this review as much as I do. 

All my best wishes to 2021 dear friends. 

Hugs and Kisses

your isabella 

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June - the Strawberry Month

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My Strawberry

O marvel, fruit of fruits, I pause

To reckon thee. I ask what cause

Set free so much of red from heats

At core of earth, and mixed such sweets

With sour and spice: what was that strength

Which out of darkness, length by length,

Spun all thy shining thread of vine,

Netting the fields in bond as thine.

I see thy tendrils drink by sips

From grass and clover's smiling lips;

I hear thy roots dig down for wells,

Tapping the meadow's hidden cells.

Whole generations of green things,

Descended from long lines of springs,

I see make room for thee to bide

A quiet comrade by their side;

I see the creeping peoples go

Mysterious journeys to and fro,

Treading to right and left of thee,

Doing thee homage wonderingly.

I see the wild bees as they fare,

Thy cups of honey drink, but spare.

I mark thee bathe and bathe again

In sweet unclaendared spring rain.

I watch how all May has of sun

Makes haste to have thy ripeness done,

While all her nights let dews escape

To set and cool thy perfect shape.

Ah, fruit of fruits, no more I pause

To dream and seek thy hidden laws!

I stretch my hand and dare to taste,

In instant of delicious waste

On single feast, all things that went

To make the empire thou hast spent

Helen Hunt

Each day eating fresh-picked strawberries is like living in heaven! I love June so very much, the garden is in full bloom, all roses are open. The scent is overwhelming and then the strawberries! We have a lot of strawberries farmers around us and so one MUST buy these delicious fruits.

There are so many receipts I had to try. This year I have done a strawberry tiramisu for the first time, with mascarpone, yogurt, biscuits marinated with Kirschwasser and strawberry sauce and pieces - unbelievable yummy!! And of course strawberry milkshake, and a cold yogurt-soup and homemade strawberry ice cream and and ...



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