Winter wonderland on my way to work

Winter wonderland 21.12.2010

Jan Vermeer van Delft

Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring

Seen yesterday on ARTE

http://www.arte.tv/de/film/kino-auf-ARTE/104518.html

Autumn leaves

The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold....
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands, I used to hold
Since you went away, the days grow long
And soon I'll hear ol' winter's song.
But I miss you most of all my darling,
When autumn leaves start to fall.

Since you went away, the days grow long
And soon I'll hear ol' winter's song.
But I miss you most of all my darling,
When autumn leaves start to fall.The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold....
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands, I used to hold
Since you went away, the days grow long
And soon I'll hear ol' winter's song.
But I miss you most of all my darling,
When autumn leaves start to fall.

Since you went away, the days grow long
And soon I'll hear ol' winter's song.
But I miss you most of all my darling,
When autumn leaves start to fall.

Things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs that cling.
And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light.
And thus your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.

The fisherman and the businessman

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”

The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman.
“I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”

The fisherman continues, “And after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after that?”
The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”

classic Brazilian story, probably also present in other cultures. Someone found the English version, but I could not identify the translator

I'm sad ...

My little friend Lilly died on sunday morning.
Without her, my home has lost a part of it's soul.

Where i live

 

Blue & white on August summer evening

 

Tangerine ...

Tangerine : A film a like very much ...
Sabrina Ouazanis is brilliant !

Change ...

how much i like this !

Soccer world cup 2010

How much i loved to see Netherland and Germany playing the final game !
Looking to the number of goals they were much better as spain !
Germany 16, Netherland 12, Spain "only" 8 !

I feel really sorry for Netherland and the people who missed the "big" party.
3 times they were part of the final match ... 3 times the were beaten.



I congratulate spain, cause they were best team, even they did not play nice soccer.

Life ...

Lilly, Isn't she lovely ?

 

Aghet - Genocide

Aghet - is the armenian word for catastrophe

and the word for an inapprehensible crime, a genocide.

It's an important fact of human history and

inapprehensibly there are still people to ignore it.

But nobody should ever forget and ignore.

NOBODY, EVER !

How can people ignore when there is no doubt to the facts ?

Did watch this docmentary on friday and if

you can understand the german language, please listen and see.

Everybody should know the facts.

Spring in Freckenfeld

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow and to come back home.

Armenia 12 Points

12 Points !!

Why doesn't she sing in the language of her homeland ?

Fortunatelly there is a duduk part of the song ...

so there is no doubt, where the song is coming from.

This song is a possible winner 2010,

absolutely no doubt !

Lyrics :

Many, many years ago,
When I was a little child,
Mama told me you should know,
Our world is cruel and wild,
But to make your way through cold and heat
Love is all that you need

I believed her every word,
More than anything I heard
But I was too scared to lose my fun
I began to cry a lot
And she gave me apricots
Kisses of the earth, fruits of the sun

Apricot stone,
Hidden in my hand
Given back to me
From the motherland
Apricot stone,
I will drop it down
In the frozen ground
I’ll just let it make its round

Apricot stone,
Hidden in my hand
Given back to me
From the motherland
Apricot stone

Now I see the northern stars
Shining brightly in the storm
And I’ve got an avatar
Of my love to keep me warm
Now I’m not afraid of violent winds
They may blow
They can’t win

May the winter stay away
From my harvest night and day
May God bless and keep my cherished fruit
Grow my tree up to the sky,
Once I waved my home goodbye
I just wanna go back to my roots

Apricot stone,
Hidden in my hand
Given back to me
From the motherland
Apricot stone,
I will drop it down
In the frozen ground
I’ll just let it make its round

Apricot stone,
Hidden in my hand (Hidden in my hand)
Given back to me (Given, given back to me )
From the motherland
Apricot stone
Hidden in my hand
Given back to me
From the motherland

Apricot stone

Return of spring ...

... after tooooo long winter

"Real Germans" having a beer :-)

 

Peter, Gregor (having wedding) , and me ...

Cherry Blossoms ( german : Kirschblüten )

Did watch this wonderful film
yesterday.

It's one of the most exquisitely, beautiful
and wise film I have ever experienced.
It's about life, love, missed chances, and death.

The films lives by it's profound simplicity.
Far away from hollywood blockbuster but
a journey to ourself,
in a remarkable film.

It's soooo cold right now ...

Sand & Waves

Winter time ...

 

Winter in the vinyards

 

Billig, billiger, am billigsten ...

Es gibt kaum etwas auf dieser Welt, das nicht irgend jemand ein wenig schlechter machen und etwas billiger verkaufen könnte, und die Menschen, die sich nur am Preis orientieren, werden die gerechte Beute solcher Machenschaften.

Es ist unklug, zuviel zu bezahlen, aber es ist noch schlechter, zu wenig zu bezahlen. Wenn Sie zu viel bezahlen, verlieren Sie etwas Geld. Das ist alles. Wenn Sie dagegen zu wenig bezahlen, verlieren Sie manchmal alles, da der gekaufte Gegenstand die ihm zugedachte Aufgabe nicht erfüllen kann.

Das Gesetz der Wirtschaft verbietet es, für wenig Geld viel Wert zu erhalten.

Nehmen Sie das niedrigste Angebot an, müssen Sie für das Risiko, das Sie eingehen etwas hinzurechnen. Und wenn Sie das tun, dann haben Sie auch genug Geld, um für etwas Besseres zu bezahlen.

John Ruskin
englischer Sozialreformer 1819-1900