Golden Fig LeafFranziskanerplatz
Fig TreeMorning Delivery
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Shop SignHegenbart Antiques
Ballgasse 8
Kleines CaféFranziskanerplatz
The Traveler would have
found a city held captive
by a dense layer of high fog,
denying the dull grey morning
any reflection of light.
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Photographs and Text22 October 2009
© by Merisi
Title inspired
by Italo Calvino's 1979 novel
"Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore"
(If On A Winter's Night A Traveler")
The Golden Leaf is beautifully captured!
ReplyDelete@ Wandring Star:
ReplyDeleteIt took me awhile tp find a way to photograph it without the white sign in the door.
Love, love love the leaf!! BEAUTIFUL!!
ReplyDelete"Being held captive by the fog"...I love the image and feel this puts in my head.
ReplyDeleteLovely solitary fig leaf picture. It goes well with the fog shrouded mind pictures.
Love the final pic :)
ReplyDelete@ Cheffie-Mom,
ReplyDeleteit was the bright sight of my morning. ;-)
@ photowannabe,
bound and gagged too, I'm tellung you! ;-)
@ Juju at Tales of Whimsy.,
*smile*
self portrait is very cleverly done Merisi...
ReplyDeletelove that leaf! It's dancing across the page. Great sp, too! ;))
ReplyDeleteI didn't know figs could grow that far north!
ReplyDeleteThe weather is very similar in Montreal today. Makes one melancholy in a sort of happy way.
I could eat a fig about now.
ReplyDelete@ oiasantorini,
ReplyDeleteI realized only at home that I had a selfportrait.
I had tried to photograph the very unusual entrance to a defunct jewelry store on Graben.
@ sue,
thank you! :-)
@ Rashed,
they survive winters in protected southerly exposures. I am curious what will happen to this tree.
The weather is very similar in Montreal today. Makes one melancholy in a sort of happy way.
@ Charles Gramlich,
ReplyDeleteme too, with some good prosciutto! ;-)
The first self portrait? Surely not!?
ReplyDelete@ Andre Veloux,
ReplyDeletethere's another one, somewhere on the blog.
I usually don't aim to take my own picture. ;-)
Beautiful photos, Merisi! And I like the self portrait too...
ReplyDeleteMy little fig tree hasn't turned golden yet; it still has all its leaves. But I don't think it will be much longer before autumn really finds us here in So Cal.
The golden curves of the leaf against the blue geometry of the door make for a wonderful picture! And I loved the second one, showing the whole scene -- and nice to see a picture of Merisi herself.
ReplyDeleteIf that was you in the last photo, how on earth did you manage to take the picture? Split personality? lol :)
ReplyDeleteWell Merisi, this post has beauty and wit in its photos and captions. And, arriving a bit late, must say that I've also really enjoyed reading the earlier comments and your replies.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely community you summon.
xo
autumn is here indeed - bringing along all these beautiful images.
ReplyDeletesweet is the leaf as the fruit it bears...
ReplyDeleteOh, my God! These photos are amazing. I love them. Many thanks, you've made my day.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
Not many leaves left on the tree but still beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLoved the self portrait.
Wonderful and clever, as always, Merisi! :o)
ReplyDeleteLove the blues Merisi. Through your eyes, I see Vienna as just about the cleanest spot on earth.
ReplyDeleteOh to be in Franziskanerplatz, now that Autumn's there... wonderful photos.
ReplyDeleteHi there...I`m back in blogland and catching up on all the 100`s of fabulous posts I missed out on.....and here you are still takingthe most beautiful photographs.....missed you --Gypsy Purple -Chamara
ReplyDelete@ Sara,
ReplyDeletethank you!
Ah, to be in Southern California!
;-)
@ Vicki Lane,
I like the van there: Without it, the scene would have been to busy to notice the leaves (I have tried to capture them before, albei without van, and did not like the result).
@ jinksy,
it's a reflection, there's a thick plate glass door! ;-)
@ Frances,
ReplyDeleteI feel so lucky, you and all other visitors are a true joy and honour, I appreciate all of you immensely!
@ Lara,
one appreciates colour even more when the days are grey and the temperatures are sinking.
@ Shadow,
fresh ripe figs or a fig tart,
I would love to have right now! :-)
@A Cuban In London,
ReplyDeleteyou are welcome! :-)
@ Arkansas Patti,
yes, those last leaves are hanging on for dear life! ;-)
@ Tracy,
thank you! :-)
@ Carolyn Parker,
ReplyDeleteVienna must be one of the cleanest places around,
no question about it (and the city authorities are working hard to teach dog owners proper manners - they are a bit recalcitrant!).
@ Gavin Plumley,
I am already looking forward to Christmastime! ;-)
@ Gypsy Purple,
welcome back, a wonderful surprise! :-)
I can't believe the fig tree is almost leaf-less. It seems like just the other day that you were basking in warmth and roses.
ReplyDelete(LOVE the picture of you.)
Love the blues here, and the self-portrait (so nice to know there's a person behind the camera ;) )
ReplyDeleteAnd I adored Calvino's poetic novel, though not in Italian. Perfect post, Merisi. Thank you.
@ Bee,
ReplyDeletewe have been hit by a polar front that simply stole our beautiful autumn! One day we had summer-like weather, then, sudenly, temperatures fell so fast, it snowed one morning. I am still in mourning of the sun and light lost and pray for a miracle.
@ ds,
there's indeed a person behind the camera, and passionately so! *smile*
Reading Calvino is enrichment and balsam for the soul! "Phyllis is a space in which routes are drawn between points suspended in the void ..." - "Invisible Cities"
A fig tree in the street, wow.
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