Happy October to all my Friends and Readers
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Frank Koebsch
"Ganz in Familie auf der Kranichwiese"
"All in the family on the crane meadow"
Frank says to this picture:
"Es ist immer wieder spannend, die Kraniche auf den Wiesen und Feldern zu beobachten. Gerade wenn im Herbst für die Vögel des Glücks der Tisch reichlich gedeckt ist."
"It's always exciting again to watch the cranes in the meadows and fields, especially when the table is richly laid in autumn for these birds of joy."
Another beautiful picture. I love when the cranes fly in autumn and you can see their formations in the sky. A couple of years ago I was lucky to have the opportunity to take a picture of one.
Isn't that just beautiful?
Read more on their website here. *
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September, my favourite month, was more a month of concerts but next month, there will be some plays in the theatre again. Otherwise, it was pretty quiet, some meetings with friends, some visits to the restaurant and an outing on a boat with my sick brother and his wife.
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Our Jane Austen read (see #Reading Austen project) this month was "Northanger Abbey" which has always been my least favourite novel by Jane Austen. However, I have quite enjoyed it this month. I can hardly believe that the year is almost over.
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Not really a saying or a proverb this month but a word that is very important to Germans at this time of year:
Übergangsjacke
If you have learned German in school (or have a little feeling for languages), you probably know that Jacke means jacket. Übergang can usually mean passage, segue or crossing but in this case, it means transition. This is a jacket that you wear when it might be too cold for your summer jacket or too hot for your winter one. So, you wear your "Übergangsjacke" for a while until it gets colder.
Do you have a word for jackets like that in your language?
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* You can also have a look under my labels Artist: Frank Koebsch and Artist: Hanka Koebsch where you can find all my posts about the two artists.
🍁 I wish you all a very Happy October! 🍁
As a fan of all things jacket related... I LIKE the word Übergangsjacke! [grin] German seems to have a word for EVERYTHING [lol]
ReplyDeleteYes, we do. And if there is none, we just create a new one by adding one word to the next. I love my mother tongue.
DeleteI did a crash course in German eons ago when my college persuaded me to apply to Oxford University. It didn't 'take'. I had real issues with the gender of words and really struggled to wrap my head around the idea. I was looking for a logical structure - and quickly realized (plus being repeatedly told) that there wasn't one! [grin]
DeleteYou certainly have some LONG words in your language! [lol] Great ones though! I'm particularly fond of 'Zeitgeist'.... Such a great concept/idea.
Sandhill cranes are one of my favrite birds. I'm fortunate to have our house right under their migration path, as they go, and come.
ReplyDeleteThere are always a few days where you hear and see flocks upon flocks all day long!
Mesmerizing. I have also taken pictures and videos.
Happy October! I hope you feel better
Thanks, Emma. It's an up and down. I just try to enjoy the good days.
DeleteAnd when I saw Frank's picture for the month, I just had to share this one that I took years ago. We also see many birds migrating from North to South or vice versa. Love it.
German has the best words for things! Happy October. :D
ReplyDeleteThat's true, Lark. And, as I said to CyberKitten above ^^, we can always make one if there isn't one available. ;)
DeleteHappy October, Marianne and thank you for the re-cap. Northanger Abbey is my favourite Austen after Pride and Prejudice. I have recently finished Lady Susan, which I really liked as well. Have you read it? If so, what do you think?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisbeth, I hope this nice autumn weather will hold up for you in the North, as well.
DeleteNorthanger is definitely growing on my, but I doubt it will ever reach #2, my favourite is Persuasion, our next read.
And yes, I have read Lady Susan and really liked it. I'm sure it would have become one of her very famous ones, had she been able to finish it. You can find my review here:
https://momobookblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/austen-jane-lady-susan.html
I love how there is a word for pretty much everything in german. I am excited for October, sort of. It used to be the start of hoodie weather, but we are still in the 80s, so no hoodies yet, even in the evenings. It's still so hot.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sarah. If we don't have a word, we make one. ;)
DeleteIt's gotten cooler here, and I am very grateful for that. We even had rain for two days. The farmers are very happy about that.
Ah, ja, die Übergangsjacke! Very important!
ReplyDeleteOh, definitely, Eva. Every Germany needs and has one.
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