Happy April to all my Friends and Readers
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch
"Fliegen"
"Flying"
Read more on their website here. *
Another great reminder of my childhood, like last month. I used to go on any kind of amusement rides. We used to have a huge fair in our district town (well, it still takes place once a year). It's one of the oldest and has about 500 stalls (maybe some fewer when I was little) and it has everything from a simple old fashioned carousel for children to a large roller coaster. I visited them all, of course.
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Let's talk about a well known German word this month:
Weltschmerz
It's a mental depression or apathy caused by the comparision of the actual state of the world with an ideal world.
I think it is a very apt word for the state of this world.
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My favourite books last month:
Swindells, Robert "Abomination" - 1998
and
Oates, Joyce Carol "Daddy Love" - 2013
Both are definitely not easy, light reads but I don't think I could have read something like that at the moment.
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A highlight for us this month was the visit to both our boys. We often take the chance of being in a larger city to go have breakfast somewhere nice. The choice for me here is rather small, so I am happy when I find places elsewhere that offer lactose-free or vegan choices as I cannot have anything with dairy. So, this was one of my breakfasts. Loved it.
* 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 April! 🍓
Happy April, Marianne! Spring is definitely here.... [grin] Now it just needs to warm up a bit.
ReplyDeleteWeltschmerz is a *great* word and SO apt! I came across it a little while ago & was, as always, impressed by the German languages ability to hit things *directly* on the head. I still remember coming across the word Zeitgeist for the first time as a child and thinking how wonderful a term it was.
Sehnsucht is another one..
DeleteThanks, Kitten and Stephen. Yes, German has some great words. But all languages have something specific, something unique that we can admire. I just try to make some words known to the world.
DeleteFrohe Ostern, Marianne and Charly, and the boys. The breakfast looks georgous, I could eat it right away. I usually don't celebrate Easter that much. Maybe some easter food which is similar to our christmas food, but we might add lamb to the menu. I will go to visit a friend who has a summer house on the west coast for a couple of days, just relaxing. I also have an Easter dinner invitation on the Monday. Unfortunately, the weather forcast is not that good, but hopefully I can take a walk on the beach or in the forest.
ReplyDeleteWish you all a very good Easter.
Thanks, Lisbeth. Glad påsk to the whole family.
DeleteI know, I absolutely love breakfasts like that and always enjoy it a lot when visiting the boys.
We don't celebrate Easter as much as Christmas, obviously. But we always have a brunch with someone. This year, we are invited by our "adopted" niece who lives in Switzerland and visits her mother who is a friend of ours and a sister-in-law of my brother. She does a big brunch and we'll contribute with different food. Should be great.
I wish you a good time, even if the weather forecast is correct. But we can always hope, can't we?