Lonely Seagull

The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

(The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie)



(Rostock, Germany. 12/2012)

Seagull Fight

 There's got to be more to life than fighting for fish heads!

 (Johnathan in Seagull (1973) by Jonathan Linvingston)

(Rostock, Germany. 12/2012)

Lookout

I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you.

 

 (Bill Withers)

(Spandau Citadel, Germany. 10/2012)

East Side Gallery

 Every wall is a door.

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

(East Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany. 10/2012)

Spandau Citadel

It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel.

(John Keats)

(Spandau, Berlin, Germany. 10/2012)

Mill Wheel

Fortune sometimes turns round like a mill wheel and he who was yesterday at the top lies today at the bottom.

(Miguel Cervantes Saavedra)

(Berlin, Germany. 10/2012)

Owl

The crow wished everything was black, the owl, that every thing was white.

(William Blake)

(Sebnitz, Germany. 09/2012)

Ferris Wheel

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

(E. B. White)

(train station Sebnitz, Germany. 09/2012)

Falcon

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

(Aesop)

(Sebnitz, Germany. 09/2012)

Beware of the boar!

 The earth holds the fool and holds the wise, endures that good and bad dwell (upon her); she keeps company with the boar, gives herself up to the wild hog.

Atharvaveda

 

(Sebnitz, Germany. 09/2012)

Look into my eyes!

There's a Polar Bear
In our Frigidaire--
He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.

(Shel Silverstein: A Light in the Attic)

(Rostock Zoo, Germany. 09/2012)

Monkey Business

/You never monkey with the truth. 

 (Ben Bradlee)

(Rostock Zoo, Germany. 09/2012)

Bees Like Flowers

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

(Kin Hubbard)

(EGA Park, Erfurt, Germany. 07/2011)

Seagull

I hate seagulls and I hate being sick. 

I hate burning my finger on the toaster and I hate nits

(Kate Nash: I Hate Seagulls)

(Stralsund, Germany. 08/2012)

On Fire

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

(Victor Hugo)

(Graal-Müritz, Germany. 08/2012)

At the Edge of the Swamp

Swamp, yes yes. Come master. We will take you on safe paths, through the mist. Come Hobbits come! We move quickly.

 (Gollum, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)

(Natur- und Umweltpark, Güstrow, Germany. 08/2012)

Sunset Shoveling

The first thing you ought to do when you find yourself in a hole is quit digging. . . . Instead they are looking for a bigger shovel.

(Bill Clinton)

(Graal-Müritz, Germany. 08/2012)

Fish Perspective

No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish.

(John Ruskin)

(Natur- und Umweltpark Güstrow, Germany. 08/2012)

Ladybug Exploring the World

Little red bug, oh so cute, here's a black spot for your suit...

(Susan M. Paprocki)

(Natur- & Umweltpark Güstrow, Germany. 07/2012)

My Heart Lies in Your Hand

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

(Mother Teresa)

(Stralsund, Germany. 08/2012)

Don't Budge, Budgie!

Our place was like Noah's Ark. We had 14 people, two dogs, two cats and about 60 budgies in our house.

(Steve Elkington)

(Natur- und Umweltpark Güstrow, Germany. 07/2012)

Surrounded

 My ideal is to wake up in the morning and run around the meadow naked.

(Daryl Hannah)

(Natur- & Umweltpark Güstrow, Germany. 07/2012)

Captive

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

(Frank Herbert)

(Rostock, Germany. 07/2012)

The Falling Leaves

But I miss you most of all my darling,
When autumn leaves start to fall.

(Autumn Leaves by Ella Fitzgerald)

(Freedom Park Omaha, Nebraska. 10/2010)

Merlin

"In a land of myth, and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. His name... Merlin"

(Merlin, 2008)

(Kranichfeld, Germany. 07/2011)

Sing Bird, Sing.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

(Lou Holtz)

(Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany. 06/2012)

Electrocution

I wouldn't mind if I could find a little electrocution.

(Nada Surf - Electrocution)

(Rostock, Germany. 06/2012)

Water lilies from below

Wealth, the beauty of youth and flowers are guests for only a few days. Like the leaves of the water-lily, they wither and fade and finally die.

(Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

(Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg, Germany. 06/2012)

Poisoned Beauty

Fool! Don't you see now that I could have poisoned you a hundred times had I been able to live without you.

(Cleopatra) 

(Rostock, Germany. 06/2012)

Save yourself if you can!

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.

(Maya Angelou)

(Erfurt Stadtpark, Germany. 07/2011)

Kiss The Elephant

For me personally, everything is on a kiss.

(Anna Friel)

(Rostock, Germany. 05/2012)

Freiheit

Caged birds accept each other but flight is what they long for.

(Tennessee Williams, Camino Real)

(Warnemünde, Germany. 04/2012)

I Love My Purse

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

(Victor Hugo)

(Rostock, Germany. 05/2012)

Rostock From Above

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

(Aristotle)

(Rostock, Germany. 05/2012)

Crazy Paint

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

(Pablo Picasso)

(Rostock, Germany. 04/2012)

Left Behind

Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.

(Mark Overby)

(Warnemünde, Baltic Sea, Germany. April/2012)

Paint Gaze

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

(Henry Ward Beecher)

 

 

(Rostock, Germany. 04/2012)

Where Did All The Grasshoppers Go?

Different fields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

 

(Indonesian Proverb)

 

(IGA Park Rostock, Germany. 03/2012)

South African Lolita

I always play women I would date. 

(Angelina Jolie)

(Rostock, Germany. 04/2012)

I tried to steal a falcon's eggs, but the mother saw me and chased me down the mountain.

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.

(Sun Tzu)



(Kranichfeld, Germany. 07/2011)

Sorry, it's hard to keep up 'cause I'm fading...

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze most softly lulling to my soul.

(John Keats)



(Model: Caroline. Erfurt, Germany. 06/2011)

Behind The Veil

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

(Victor Hugo)



(Model: Anne. Jena, Germany. 06/2011)

The Three Wise Seagulls

Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating.

("Jonathan Livingston Seagull", by Richard Bach)



(Rostock, Germany. 02/2012)

Digging in the Dirt

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

(T. S. Eliot)

(Graal-Müritz, Baltic Sea, Germany. 10/2011)

Flaming-O

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a flamingo.

(Truman Capote)



(Rostock Zoo, Germany. 01/2012)

Can't Be Without My Shoes

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

(Dr. Suess)

(Rostock, Germany. 11/2011)

They Look So Real

You're supposed to be dead. Aw fuck, he's after my frikkin' key!

(White Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland)



(Rostock, Germany, 01/2012)

Shipyard Warnemünde

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever

(St. Thomas Aquinas)

(Warnemünde, Germany. 12/2011)

Gliding In The Water

I had to gain weight until I looked like a seal so I could compete with the real whores who played the other roles. I was fat as a barrel.

(Victoria Abril)

(Zoo Rostock, Germany. 01/2012)

Give Me A Smile

In the eyes of a child there is joy, there is laughter

There is hope, there is trust, a chance to shape the future
For the lessons of life there is no better teacher
Than the look in the eyes of a child

(Air Supply)



(Sebnitz, Germany. 08/2011)