Bird on Ice

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

(David Herbert Lawrence)

(Lake Schwerin, Germany. 02/2013)

Flying off into the Sunset

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

(Rabindranath Tagore)

(Sassnitz, Germany. 12/2012)

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)

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)

Freiheit

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

(Tennessee Williams, Camino Real)

(Warnemünde, Germany. 04/2012)

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)

Sunset

When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator.

(Mahatma Gandhi)

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

Vantage Point

Seagulls: Mine. Mine. Mine. Mine.

Nigel: Oh would you just shut up? You're rats with wings.

(Finding Nemo)



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

Colorless Rainbow

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

(John Vance)

(Rettin, Baltic Sea, Germany. 05/2011)