as you know, one of my favourite sentences is: "I could not resist!".
As dear Oscar (Wilde) said: "The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it", or was it: "I can resist everything but temptation" - or was it both? Anyhow: I am in good company and think: Then why should I?
So you get my first letter already in September. And, innocence pure: I could not resist this little find on the Flohmarkt Tiergarten: such a nice perpetual calendar!
It is from the Thirties, and functions (and is so much easier to handle than my new Samsung Galaxy S III - but that is another story).
Now I look at it and know: "AH! Today is Sunday, September 2nd." (Till now I wasn't always sure).
And you know what? As I can memorize all shades of colours, not only fifty shades of grey, to the exact nuance, I always find things that match the ones I already posses. Look:
Your happy friend
Britta
Hi Britta, love the little calendar...it does match perfectly. Love the Flohmarkts -- sometimes great finds.
ReplyDeleteDear Janet,
Deletethank you! It was love at first sight and only needed a little polishing to sparkle.
Good morning, Britta -- I so love letters. Let us see where this new adventure takes us, shall we?
ReplyDeleteDear Suze,
Deleteyes, I am curious too! Glad the postman found you :-)
Dear Britta:
ReplyDeleteWe, of course, love writing and receiving letters. However, the Hungarian postal service does not always manage to deliver them on time........or ever!!!
What a treasure your perpetual calendar is. It must have known that it had a colour matched companion ready and waiting!
Dear Jane and Lance,
ReplyDeleteyes: the postman is no longer what he was :-) Here in Germany they don't come on Monday any more - though Once Upon A Time they even came twice a day.
The rose coloured enamel of the calendar has a hue of very faint brown - so it is not kitschig, but 'edel', as we say - in Britain one says 'posh', I think. Normally the things of the the Thirties are gone very quick - but in time of cell-phones, who needs a calendar? Except me. I do.
And sometimes it is very difficult to distinguish between objects from the Thirties and the Fifties - but here the font of the Day seems to be an indicator. (As I am not a collector it is all the same to me).
Dear Britta
ReplyDeleteBoth the calendar and lamp are lovely and I would love something that so clearly told me what date it was.
I hope your weekend was enjoyable, we had beautiful sunny weather for a change in Melbourne, perfect timing for the start of Spring and the garden is bursting with happiness!
Penny x
Dear Penny,
DeleteI love the design too - I mixed it with other things, that is always nice. Our weekend was very interesting - I'll write a short letter about it.
To imagine that in Melbourne Spring starts: wonderful! We are on the threshhold to Autumn - which shows that one has to look at things from many angles... and I'm glad to know that a person in Australia whom I appreciate very much is entering Spring now too.
Penny, I don't find your blog-address (I want to add it to this blog-roll - as I do with all followers.)
DeleteSo please tell me!
Ah, you have beat me to the punch in reinvention, but this is no surprise, I must say! We must, must, get to Berlin--I hope you will stay long enough there to show us around! Meantime, I am amazed at your ability to remember color in this way. I, myself, remember nothing at all with such clarity!
ReplyDeleteDear Sue,
ReplyDeletein blogland I really needed some change - but in Berlin we will stay, (I hope, at least until grandchildren will come - then it might be Munich). So you both have a long time to visit us - and we would be very, very glad!! (See: I met an unknown facebook-friend in London, and a lot of Facebookfrieds from all-over Germany here).
To remember things (almost) like a photograph is good, but sometimes not: I cannot get rid of pictures I don't like - so I am very anxious to choose what I look at (no Horror-films, no really ugly scenes - though I do look at crime-series on TV)
Sue,
Deleteshall I wait till you have the new outfit for Pufrock before I set you on my blog-roll? Will it be the same title?
I am honored! My plan is to put up the first post tomorrow, so might as well wait. Moving to Wordpress, so no doubt this will cause complications. But as I think we both say, change is good!
DeleteOh they really match perfectly! I've always thought that you are very observant and have a gift of describing lovely things in a casual way. Have fun in this new journey!
ReplyDeleteDear Sapphire,
Deletethe postman threw your letter - as well as Minerva's - into the letterbox of my neighbour - sorry for that! I am glad that you are following me now on this journey!
I LOVE this calendar and your new blog. (And that Hermes scarf peeking out in your photo). I have never been to Berlin, how remiss of me! Must visit one day and in the meantime will enjoy your tales of adventures in that wonderful city.
ReplyDeleteMinerva x
Dear Minerva,
Deletethank you! The scarf should give that old letter-paper a fresh (pink) pep - it is my third attempt at the layout.
I love Berlin very much - it is so wide and open (in many aspects), and it is definitely worth a travel.