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Winter has us in its frosty grip.
So it is very tempting to sit at home, drink a café au lait and read a book - preferably written by myself - this is a diary from 1989 - a time that seems so far away as summer...
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Well, before I wax sentimental, I fetch my warmest coat and out we go!
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The water of the Spree, which you see above, moves only sluggishly, and the lake of Schloss Charlottenburg is frozen and covered with snow.
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Time to hurry back for a bit of culture: an exhibition about the painter Walter Leistikow - called "The World demands Grunewald of me".
Nice, though only a few pictures are really showing the Grunewald.
But that's OK - today he could hand the Grunewald to me on a silver platter - I'd prefer a cappuccino in my favourite café...
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I like Abend an der Nordsee, but then I am always drawn to seascapes.
ReplyDeleteOn a day such as you've shown us, a cup of cappuccino sounds like a very good idea.
Dear Pondside,
ReplyDeleteI love some of his paintings - I was only a bit frustrated how they designed the exhibition. Happily the Schloss, the Museum and the Café are very near together.
I like the winterscapes. Sometimes I wish we had a little bit of winter, to enjoy the snow, read by the fire, slow down...but cold one day and warm the next.
ReplyDeleteDear Janet,
Delete'real' winter for a few days - that would be ideal, hopefully around Christmas :-) But you have problems with too much water now - melting snow would intensify the problem?
Love the photo of the ice on the Spree. Bitter cold here, and has been for days. Getting a lot of reading done by the fire. Very pleasant.
ReplyDeleteDear Sue,
Deleteour media informed us about the cold in New York (if it is that cold I put my nightcream on before going out - too biting air otherwise). Or stay inside: as you say, reading is alluring.
Hello Britta:
ReplyDeleteHow we love these kinds of wintry landscapes. So picturesque, particularly when observed from within a favourite café!
More overnight snow here in Budapest but far less than in the Hungarian countryside. And now we must look to see what ice floes there are on the Danube. Can we rival the Spree??
Dear Jane and Lance,
Deleteseeing from "within" is a good alternative when the air had minus 13° C. The Danube will be frozen too, or? Here the (little) ships lie at the banks and wait.
The winter landscape looks beautiful. We never see scenes quite like these in Australia, so it's lovely to see them through blogs x
ReplyDeleteDear Penny,
Deleteyou can indulge in summer, that is more convenient (think of all the heavy garments here).
I baked your shortbread (without Tasmania - to be honest: without the Australia cutter - that I don't have), I just cut it in sticks - delicious, thank you!
I'm glad you liked the cookies. I thought they were quite zingy with the lemon zest but maybe needed more rosemary, because I couldn't really taste it.
DeleteI'm not a great cook so it's always a bit if trial and error!
I think it was enough rosmary - otherwise it might start to taste 'healthy' :-)
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are so beautiful! I was in Germany in winter a few years ago and it didn't snow :( I wish it did!
ReplyDeleteDear Annabel,
ReplyDeletethank you! Yes, it depends on the winter - and on the part in Germany where you have been - Berlin and Munich are always rather cold in winter.