Friday 10 July 2009

Midsummer Afternoon
Viennese Countryside Escapes

Taking Refuge
from the white glare
of a midsummer afternoon's heat

Under the Cherry Tree
Anya Ranevskaya?
Picking only the ripest, juiciest, sweetest cherries,
all the while remaining in the shadows
.

Watching Vegetables
intermingling with flowers,
straining to follow
their whispered conversations
.

A Thief at the Gates?
Winged Sandals?
You don't care,
the scorching heat
has dulled you into a languid state of mind.


Gazing
into the trees,
you dream of the world beyond
the visible horizon
.

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Photographs and Text
by Merisi
Hausruck Region
Upper Austria
July 2008


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22 comments:

  1. Shhhhh ... this is a repost,
    I hope you do not mind.

    These are images of the kind of summer we do not have this year, but I am dreaming of!

    Greetings from the Danube swamps
    (are we still in Vienna or already drifting down the Amazon?),
    Merisi

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  2. The pictures seem so amazingly out of focus - who knows why, not me!
    I cannot look up the originals anymore because the hard-drive they were stored on will not let me access them anymore. Yes, drats, but I am healthy and alive, ready to take new pictures (one of these days, not right now, work's looking - drats again!).

    A wonderful weekend to all of you!
    And, please, do save your pictures at least twice!!! :-)

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  3. P.S.:
    Work's not looking at me (or is it?), but looming! Not that I would know which is worse. ;-)

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  4. Ahhhh, take me there! Sure looks idyllic. My bags are packed.

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  5. Hey, that cockeral looks good'n'fat'n'ready for the table! Maybe that is the work that is looking/looming at you?

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  6. Wonderful weekend to you too. These are gorgeous images. I will have to let my mind wander here for a while.

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  7. What beautiful photographs, especially the rooster.

    I love the architecture, it reminds me of past holidays in the Alps.

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  8. What a marvelous house. I plan to own something like this one day.

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  9. repost or not...beautiful captures none the less. thank you for stopping by my beach blues post. i love the southern california coastline and spent many wonderful days there growing up. and, i miss it very much.

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  10. I just love the countryside.

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  11. Wonderful .. old or not they are wonderful

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  12. Fine looking rooster! And what charming gardens. The last shot -- the horizon through the trees is enchanting!

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  13. Rooster is so beautiful !! Great location full of greenery !!Unseen Rajasthan

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  14. Love your pictures, even a rerun. Your words are like a musical score. They sing and play across the page and into my mind.
    I am in the process of burning my pictures to CDs and also transferring them to an external harddrive. Its a tedious process but I don't want to loos my memories.

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  15. Repost or not. This is beautiful!

    It is raining cats and dogs here today. No garden photographs.

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  16. Ciaoo! grazie per avermi fatto visita...e complimenti per il tuo blog è veramente bello, foto stupende!!! tornerò a trovarti ciao Pippi

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  17. No, I do not mind a repost with pictures such as these.;)

    Hope the summer that you wish is with you soon. The second picture of The Cherry Orchard in a field of milk parsley (I think that is what it is) is my fav! Happy weekend.

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  18. Beautiful pictures! I have all my images only on the hard disk (library) of the computer, but of course it's much better to save them on a Cd or Dvd. I hope after the save they keep their original definition!! :-)
    Have a great weekend!

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  19. Wonderful, so SUMMER! You cavil at your photos, the reason they seem unfamiliar is that your skill has outgrown them.

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  20. As I hadn't seen it the first time, I thoroughly enjoyed it - however it did solidify my plans to come visit you!
    Gorgeous!
    xo

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  21. Here I thought you had escaped to the country for some time away. Well you did, even if it was some time ago.

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