Wednesday 9 July 2008

Midsummer Afternoon













Meanwhile the mind, from pleasure less,
Withdraws into its happiness --
The mind, that ocean where each kind
Does straight its own resemblance find;
Yet it creates, transcending these,
Far other worlds, and other seas;
Annihilating all that's made
To a green thought in a green shade.


(Andrew Marvel, "The Garden")


Farmer's Garden
Hausruck Region
Upper Austria
Photographed July 2008



20 comments:

  1. Beautiful atmosphere!

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  2. I feel like I'm having a lovely stroll amongst such beauties. Thanks for these virtual postcards.

    Merisi, thank you also for the nomination at David's.

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  3. Window boxes full of brightly colored flowers.....pure joy!
    ~Allie

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  4. A wonderful mosaic of colour.

    I am trying to work out the fiddle head; it looks as if it might be an unfolding fern, but on the other hand it could be an ornate corner of a bedstead?

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  5. Every year, I swear I'm going to garden so I can live among flowers like that :)

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  6. I love gazing balls. This is the moment to be in a flower garden.

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  7. HEAVENS!!!
    Just perfection Merisi..

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  8. Lovely...

    Perfect photos of perfect country scenes. And of summer time...

    Mari-Nanci
    Photos-City-Mine blog

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  9. Anonymous09 July, 2008

    This could be Norway :-)

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  10. I like the bottom picture best with all the lovely geraniums.

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  11. what a beautiful post...as usual...when I read that you had 3rd degree burns on your arms from the pressure cooker, I was so upset...that is what always scares me, and infact will not let anyone stay in the house with me while I use it, lol...hugs to you for such a delightful post and lovely images for me to carry in my mind
    Sandi

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  12. Nice shots of the summer garden. I especially like the knobs in the first picture.

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  13. I adore that last photo - those window boxes overflowing with geraniums! Yum!

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  14. Anonymous10 July, 2008

    Great stuff! Thanks for stopping by my place. Good morning from Mississippi, USA. I hope you have a wonderful morning!

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  15. MARIA:
    Thank you!
    I love that beautiful region. :-)

    INDICASPECIES:
    You are welcome! :-)
    (As regards your nomination, I simply had to share your beautiful blog with more people. Yes, dear readers, if you would like to get to know India, visit I.'s blog. It is a joy to behold!)

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  16. ALLIE:
    Those flowers are out of this world, aren't they? ;-)

    MAALIE:
    This is a beautifully turned fence post, holding up a simple chain link fence (I have a weakness for fiddlehead forms, I find them endlessly fascinating).

    RADIOGIRL:
    Come visit the Austrian countryside, and you can walk among flowers almost everywhere, from meadows to farmhouse gardens to window boxes. ;-)

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  17. TUT-TUT:
    Of course, gazing balls, thank you for helping me out here! I knew my translation was not quite correct, but my memory would not cooperate! :-)

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  18. PARIS BREAKFASTS:
    Anytime I get to the countryside, I am unstoppable, so many glorious images to shoot. ;-)

    SMILNSIGH:
    Thank you.
    This is summer for me, definitely. :-)

    BRITT-ARNHILD:
    Oh yes, I have seen your summer impressions, wonderful!

    LORENZOTHELLAMA:
    Geraniums by the millions,
    around the countryside here.

    SANDI MCBRIDE:
    Thank you!
    (No pressure cooker in my house, no, definitely not! *g*)

    PHOTOWANNABE:
    Those knobs, yes,
    beautiful things to behold,
    in that sea of flowers.

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  19. TLC ILLUSTRATIONS:
    Geraniums in abundance everywhere,
    you should come and see for yourself!

    FOR THE PEOPLE:
    Thank you,
    and good morning to Mississippi! :-)

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  20. There's something so touching about the first photo.
    The quiet, unassuming lichen growing on the garden gate (that is what I am looking at, isn't it?)

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