Late Beginning of Autumn
October 23, 2005 - A-life & Germany & Visuelles - (1) COMMENT
Herbst (Autumn)
Seufzend in geheimer Klage
Streift der Wind das letzte Grün
Und die süßen Sommertage
Ach, sie sind dahin, dahin!
Nebel hat den Wald verschlungen,
Der dein stillstes Glück gesehn;
Ganz in Duft und Dämmerungen
Will die schöne Welt vergehn.
Nur noch einmal bricht die Sonne
Unaufhaltsam durch den Duft,
Und ein Strahl der alten Wonne
Rieselt über Tal und Kluft.
Und es leuchten Wald und Heide,
Daß man sicher glauben mag,
Hinter allem Winterleide
Lieg‘ ein ferner Frühlingstag.
(part of “Herbst” by Theodor Storm)
Yes we’ll have autumn quite late this year. The summer was coming back in September, so it was still warm and sunny till the beginning of October. But now summer’s over. The gorgeous autumnal colors indicate that. Every day I can enjoy the beautiful changing colors of the African oak that is in front of my study room. My grandfather plant this oak in 1970 (or 1971, my dad was not sure) in this small front garden and now, after 35 years of wind and weather it is pretty tall and sooo beautiful! If you look closer (or click on the pic) you’ll see me on the picture 
In the background is the house where I live in at the moment:
This is the view from my driveway, just to see the nice colors of the leaves from this side
Well, must go on with my work now…
Yesterday I went to bed pretty late….again. I will try to change my night working rhythm the next days/nights. But it is like it always was – I am a night worker. I like the pleasant silence of the night though…no cars are going, everybody’s sleeping, nobody is calling & nobody wants something from you. Only bad, because the days seem much shorter when I sleep into the day…
Ok, I will make a cappuccino (bought some new espresso at “Famila” 
last Wednesday) and must go on with my thesis work.
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