REMEMBERING THE SUMMER - PART IV

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.

- Linda Hogan

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more”
- George Gordon Byron

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
- E.B. White, Letters of E. B. White

REMEMBERING THE SUMMER - PART III

REMEMBERING THE SUMMER - PART II

REMEMBERING THE SUMMER - PART I

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
- Yoko Ono

Although I love autumn's ravishing beauty and serene atmosphere, I must admit that this year, and for the very first time in my life, I am missing the warm season. Having had a grim spring and a depressingly glum July as well as August, I just wasn't ready for fall's arrival. Much to my regret, it came surprisingly early...

You see, I am the kind of person who needs to fully enjoy summer in order to get sick of it and look forward to cooler and moodier weather - in fact, it is exactly the same as with food; one needs to eat a few savory dishes before the urge for dessert makes its appearance. Hence, I feel nostalgic for summer's suffocating exuberance and insolent nonchalance.

Having said this, I am nonetheless really thrilled that autumn's here and that winter's on our doorstep as I am particularly fond of this time of the year. So, bring on the cold weather, frosty sunlight and snowstorms!

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY - BOATS ON LAKE LÉMAN

Oh the brave Fisher's life, It is the best of any, 'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, And 'tis belov'd of many: Other joys Are but toys; Only this Lawful is, For our skill Breeds no ill, But content and pleasure.
- Izaak Walton

Looking out over the lake, I felt enveloped in the most peaceful, loving utopia.

- Laurie Kahn

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY - MY FAVORITE CYCLING SPOTS

Country things are the necessary root of our life - and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization. To live permanently away from the country is a form of slow death.
- Esther Meynell

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!
- Henri Rousseau

I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live.

- Vita Sackville-West, Country Notes

BLACK AND WHITE WEDNESDAY #133 - PARADISE AT MY DOORSTEP

- Colza Fields Forever -

This picture was submitted to "Black & White Wednesday", an event created by Susan at "The Well-Seasoned Cook". This week it is hosted by Lynne of "Cafe Lynnylu" (click here in order to see who is hosting the next roundup).

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY - A SATURDAY WALK AROUND THE SALÈVE

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY - FELSBERG, GRAUBÜNDEN (OCTOBER 2013) PART IV

FAREWELL 2013, HELLO 2014!

For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
- T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

May peace, health, love, harmony and happiness follow you through 2014.
Thank you for your interest in my blog and for your support.
Hoping to see you around next year!
Rosa xxx

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY - VINEYARDS, GREEN FIELDS AND ROLLING HILLS

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY - WISE CLOUDS

FAREWELL TO AN AUTUMN-LIKE SPRING