truth be told the berries are not from my garden, those peas are!
inspired by Neil Young song
Husband and I spent a couple of days in Heidelburg, all because I wanted to see the Agnes Richter cardigan in the Prinzhorn Sammlung however by the time we came along it was no longer on display! Sensing my disappointment, the ticket lady went out of her way to explain how sought after the cardigan was - museums worldwide send requests - but as it is so very fragile, the vest will no longer travel. Only museum staff members are allowed access these days. It might be on display in four or five years time at The Prinzhorn, she told us. Perhaps I'ld be interested in this catalogue, belonging to a 2009 exhibition 'Schwarzseiden' Agnes Richter - Lisa Niederreiter. I said 'jawohl, gerne bitte' and have learnt quite a deal more about this particular garment and Agnes Richter's life full of strife. We'll see whether we will ever return. Heidelberg, a university town is a very pleasant, easy going town and we enjoyed our stay there.
From Germany we drove to Luxemburg-City, via Trier (Roman Porta Nigra!) and stayed there for a couple of nights. Built in part on a plateau there are huge height differences, so we got to ride the public elevator and funicular, then walked over the Red Bridge which connects Kirchberg to Limpertsberg. All public transport is free and we soon got the hang of hopping on and off the buses, in between all our walks;-)
On the drive back home we visited The Family of Man exhibition in Clervaux, wow! I cannot recall an exhibition where I burst out in tears, but this is what happened upon seeing the first couple of photographs: couples in love and new-born babies.....
wikipedia:
The Family of Man was an ambitious[1][2] exhibition of 503 photographs from 68 countries curated by Edward Steichen, the director of the New York City Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) department of photography. According to Steichen, the exhibition represented the "culmination of his career".[3] The title was taken from a line in a Carl Sandburg poem.
The Family of Man was exhibited in 1955 from January 24 to May 8 at the New York MoMA, then toured the world for eight years to record-breaking audience numbers. Commenting on its appeal, Steichen said, "The people in the audience looked at the pictures, and the people in the pictures looked back at them. They recognized each other."[4] The physical collection is archived and displayed[5] at Clervaux Castle in Edward Steichen's home country of Luxembourg, where he was born in 1879 in Bivange. It was first exhibited there in 1994 after restoration of the prints.[6]
In 2003, the Family of Man photographic collection was added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.[7]
back home life continues according to Summer's vibe:
gardening
swimming
painting
wining, dining
yoga
evenings at home with husband
friends visiting or vice versa
MOONGAZING, a series
I say 'proper gardening' as I have come to realise if I want flowers and fruit on our plot it means I have to also make radical decisions and act upon them: till the earth, pull weeds, sow seeds, observe what grows where, what doesn't, et cetera et cetera.....
Thanks to the arrival of our new neighbours I have discovered the joy of swimming. She's a veritable water-rat, as we say in Dutch, I have become one. Together we go for an hour's early-morning swim in the river nearby. We are surrounded by rustling reeds, Black Terns skim the water's surface, Grebes suddenly resurface with fish in their beaks, Goose families scoot away as soon as they see us. A flash of Kingfisher blue&gold sweeps past us. I once saw a Grey Harrier elegantly scoop up a marsh marigold leaf(apparently they use this for nest-building) I cannot tell you how happy this makes me.
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