Linked to Sunshine’s Macro Monday.
summer pastels
My Sunday colour collage for Värikollaasit. This was Aino’s colour suggestion:
Find more collages here.
Crank up the volume
For One Word Sunday: Volume. Other loud photos can be found here.
With terrible claws and terrible teeth
There is no such thing as a Gruffalo!
Oh yes, there is! And it lives in our woods. The illustrator Axel Scheffler was there for the Gruffalo’s birthday and the unveiling of the sculpture:
For Six Word Saturday. More six word musings can be found on Travel with Intent.
Polite request of a gardener at the end of summer
This witty poem about apples and pears and seasonal occupations of young rascals is by Theodor Storm, a well-known German writer. He wrote it about 150 years ago and it was published in a calendar to portray late summer woes (and pleasures).
I couldn’t find a translation so I tried my hand on it. Bear in mind that the German is by choice overly polite and very contrived. If somebody knows of a translation, I’d be very interested to read it:
August (personal ad)
The esteemed lads who are this season
planning to steal my apples and pears
are kindly requested if at all possible
to restrain themselves in these affairs
so as not to trample my carrots and peas
In the adjoining patches, please.
Here is the orignal:
August (Inserat)
Die verehrlichen Jungen, welche heuer
Meine Äpfel und Birnen zu stehlen gedenken,
Ersuche ich höflichst, bei diesem Vergnügen
Wo möglich insoweit sich zu beschränken,
Dass sie daneben auf den Beeten
Mir die Wurzeln und Erbsen nicht zertreten.
Linked to K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo prompt: The end of summer.
Books
Last week Alex Scheffler, the artist who together with the author Julia Donaldson created The Gruffalo, was in our town to celebrate the beloved monster’s birthday. He drew and read the book to several hundreds of children. He also introduced their new book about Zog, a dragon who works with flying doctors, and a princess who’d rather be a doctor than just a princess.
Linked to Simply Snaps: Simply books.
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