The Trio

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

(George William Curtis)

(Hanse Sail Rostock, Germany. 08/2013)

Frozen Fence

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

(Robert Frost)

(Świnoujście, Poland. 03/2013)

Frozen Tree

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

(Martin Luther)

(Świnoujście, Poland. 03/2013)

Floes

So there we were on that ice floe, just the two of us, adrift in the polar night. Viskovitz turned and said, 'I'd like you to get our conversation down in black and white'.

( Alessandro Boffa, You're an Animal, Viskovitz!)

(Świnoujście, Poland. 03/2013)

Icebound

It's a moment that I'm after, a fleeting moment, but not a frozen moment.

(Andrew Wyeth)

(Świnoujście, Poland. 03/2013)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Digging in the Dirt

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

(T. S. Eliot)

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

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)

Unset Sunset

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.

(Ann Landers)

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

Footprints

It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.

(Hugh Newell Jacobsen)



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

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)

Boat In Sight

We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.

(G. K. Chesterton)
 

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

When water moves up onto the beach we call it hight tide.

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

(T. S. Eliot)



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