Ain't that cute?
(I am proud of my photo).
First I wanted to show you how Berlin looks today: empty, void, spooky.
But then I thought: No - I want to show you something beautiful.
Beauty still exists, and everyone could see it if they would raise their eyes from their smartphone or a foaming-mouthed hysterical newspaper.
And step outside. Into the fresh air.
I took that photograph above last year - but the blossoms of that very tree have begun to open up now - that is a very early start, I think. This far it was two days ago:
I love the second photograph in particular. I can see a Japanese pen and ink drawing.
ReplyDeleteYes, Rachel, I see it, thank you.
DeleteThe funny thing is that years ago a Japanese woman whom I met on the street (it just happened that we talked together, I think about a flowerpot I had in my arm) told me to go to this street (it is three streets away from "mine", but I seldom walk into that direction) - "Be quick" she said, "it is quickly over". That is what Japanes people love - "Nothing is forever".
Lovely photographs!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Susie! (I just looked up your profile: I love the "Thin Man"-films too!
DeleteWhat is your little bird? A sparrow? I like it.
ReplyDeleteYes, Joanne - it is a sparrow - the typical bird for Berlin: they live in huge colonies here in trees and bushes, sometimes about hundred at a time! And they are talkative and very urban, and very cheeky: if you sit in a restaurant they jump on your table and try to steal some of your cake!
DeleteIn other cities sometimes there are only a few - I read they were on a red danger-list warning that they might perish - and it was said that they always fly away so you cannot photograph them. Well - that is a myth, at least in Berlin - as you see.
Oh, the sparrows at every restaurant with outdoor dining. Cheeky covers it.
DeleteDespite the hysteria surrounding each of us daily, we need to counteract that, as you have done, and go out and enjoy the emerging spring on our doorsteps. One of my sons sent us an email telling us to stay at home and avoid travel. However, we are both suffering from 'cabin fever' and need to recharge our batteries so have decided to take a break but don't tell him!
ReplyDeleteDear Rosemary, I understand you both! It is charming that your son cares - but also very understandable that you want to see the world! Nobody knows how long this new plague will last - and I will not sit here and look at empty streets. I fly to Amsterdam in a few days. And you: have a wonderful time - and I say with Dame Noragon: "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all kind of things shall be well." So: enjoy.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos, Britta! We don't have many blossom trees as street trees here in Sydney, which is such a pity. Sparrows have become quite rare here now (they seemed to be the commonest bird when I was a child), so much so that when you see one it's something to comment on.
ReplyDeleteDear Pipistrello, thank you! When I was a child, the sparrow was - beside the doves - the most common bird too.
ReplyDeleteI do not know why they are so many, many in Berlin - we say that the sparrow is a brazen sassy bird - THAT you can say of a lot of people who live in Berlin too!
Maybe it were the old houses - now that they make everything "new and pretty" I am not sure how the sparrow will cope. But he is versatile: I've seen him munching French fries in front of MacDonalds!