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“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.” 

―Elbert Hubbard

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washed out

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a poem

about a smile

summer

washed out

by the last

waves



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first published by ai li. i hear (the cherita Book 65) (S.90). empty press 18.07.2022

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Southern Corners 42 - Viareggio, Tuscany - Italy

 

Viareggio

Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea

It is the foamy waves from the Tyrrhenian on one side and the stark white marble peaks of Massa Carrara on the other which give way for the nickname Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea. The access to the sea has always been one of the primary characteristics of Viareggio, causing most of its ups and downs throughout history. Today it reigns as the second largest city in the province of Lucca, and during the season of Carnival and the summer months, its population explodes with visitors far and wide who come to stay at one of the many hotels, tempted by the colors, the energy, the sandy beaches and the delectable menu of fish.

Initially built as the port to the city of Lucca, competing with that of Pisa, the town of Viareggio didn’t really grow into the definition of a full-fledged city until the 1800’s where it started to take on a more permanent and residential feel about it. There are a little over 10km of sandy beaches between the private and public areas in this town along the coast of the Versilia though most of the public beaches are within the beautiful Parco Naturale Regionale Migliarino-San Rossore-Massaciuccoli.

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In the 20th century the first nucleus of the 3 km long “La Passeggiata” began to take shape, a wide road running parallel to the beach decorated with gelato stores, caffès and park benches in the “liberty style.” This is still the place to stroll for good restaurants, sandy beaches and local shopping. These were the very caffè that Giacomo Puccini would sit at and it was also the very place where inventors of the Carnival - Tuscany style met and dreamed up the idea of 4 weeks of floats and customs!

 

 

 One of the most captivating and wonderful examples of the local liberty architecture is the Gran Caffè Margherita: you could stop here for breakfast, a cocktail, lunch or dinner - food and drinks are always simply delicious ... even if they are a bit expensive.  But then you are also paying for the refined, sophisticated ambiance which will remind you of a country club during the 1920-30’s, when people like the musician Giacomo Puccini or the physician Guglielmo Marconi used to "hang out" at Margherita.

 

 

    “I find other countries have this or this, but Italy is the only one that has it all for me. The culture, the cuisine, the people, the landscape, the history. Just everything to me comes together there.”

— Frances Mayes - American novelist, memoirist and professor

 

 

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My North- That's what Winter is!

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“That’s what winter is: an exercise in remembering
 how to still yourself then how to come
pliantly back to life again.”



— Ali Smith

Ich wünsche euch allen einen besinnlichen 3. Advent!


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Autumn stroll through Tønder, Denmark and William Butler Yeats

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The last hint of light at this gorgeous day at Tønder, Denmark. 

Best things about rainy Autumn days are that even lovely locations aren't crowded.

  

  There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.”

― Alfred Wainwright

Beautiful old houses with awesome windows and decoration. 

And it rains cats and dogs the whole day. 

Bikes, Bikes and more Bikes everywhere in Tønder.

We enjoy our walk so much! 

A lot of Danish flags to see. 

Aren't they cute? 

The shops in Tønder are so, so beautiful and even more on a rainy Autumn day. 

Nisse Heaven!! I couldn't resist and now we own a lovely boy Nisse. This shop was simply magnificent.  

Empty streets, cold and windy but there where some "hyggelige" coffee shops too . 
Hyygelig means nice, pleasant, cosy, comfortable. 

Great food, very kind service. It's always so wonderful to visit Denmark. 

She/He was waiting for some cuddles or simply enjoy these cosy plaids all around.

When You Are Old

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire, take down this book,

And slowly read, and dream of the soft look

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,

And loved your beauty with love false or true,

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

William Butler Yeats

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Mein Norden, Teiche im Frühling und Rilke

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Fortschritt

Und wieder rauscht mein tiefes Leben lauter,

als ob es jetzt in breitern Ufern ginge.

Immer verwandter werden mir die Dinge

und alle Bilder immer angeschauter.

Dem Namenlosen fühl ich mich vertrauter:

Mit meinen Sinnen, wie mit Vögeln, reiche

ich in die windigen Himmel aus der Eiche,

und in den abgebrochnen Tag der Teiche

sinkt, wie auf Fischen stehend, mein Gefühl.

Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875 - 1926

Tief fühle ich den Sinn dieses Rilke Gedichts mit, gerade und besonders in diesen Tagen. Aufgenommen sind diese Bilder wieder einmal mehr an den Meißendorfer Teichen, die zu jeder Jahreszeit ein wundervolles Wandergebiet sind. Natur und Tierwelt sind einzigartig schön und sehr entspannend. 

Mehr über diesen wundervolle Ort habe ich bereits hier berichtet: Meißendorfer Teiche

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Rilke, Mitwirken und erste Tulpen

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Da dich das geflügelte Entzücken

Über manchen frühen Abgrund trug,

Baue jetzt der unerhörten Brücken

Kühn berechenbaren Bug.

Wunder ist nicht nur im unerklärten

Überstehen der Gefahr;

Erst in einer klaren reingewährten

Leistung wird das Wunder wunderbar.

Mitzuwirken, ist nicht Überhebung

An dem unbeschreiblichen Bezug,

Immer inniger wird die Verwebung,

Nur Getragensein ist nicht genug.

Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875 - 1926

Willkommen im März! 

Zwischen die ersten Tulpen des Jahres stecke ich immer Spirea Zweige (Brautspieren) aus dem eigenen Garten. Nach einigen Tagen in der Wärme kommen die bezaubernden winzigen Blätter und Blüten zum Vorschein und die Zweige halten bis zu drei Wochen.  Hier bei uns in Norddeutschland ist der Winter zurückgekehrt, na gut, sagen wir das, was wir in den letzten 10 bis 20 Jahren Winter nennen. Es ist auch tagsüber stets unter Null und die vorwitzigen Frühlingsblüher im Garten haben einen harten Stand. Aber es wird schon werden mit dem Frühling. 

Wie sagt die liebe Kaya stets -  Life is good! 

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The Lesson

 

The lesson I have thoroughly learned and wish to pass on to others is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. 

– Gertrude Jekyll 

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