blogging out for a while....

....with a gentle May rain...

....and raindrops....

- falling on "our" heads...

wild poppies

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Philadelphus  'Mock orange'
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Akelei - Aquilegia
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Peony

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   Nobody knows this little Rose

Nobody knows this little Rose --
It might a pilgrim be
Did I not take it from the ways
And lift it up to thee.
Only a Bee will miss it --
Only a Butterfly,
Hastening from far journey --
On its breast to lie --
Only a Bird will wonder --
Only a Breeze will sigh --
Ah Little Rose -- how easy
For such as thee to die!

 by Emily Dickinson

...and raindrops keep falling on our heads...

'Back wall Rose'
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Poppy
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Peony
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Cotinus coggygria "Royal Purple"

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 Harlequin rose

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...young Limosin cattle...

...some of our "four-legged" neighbors

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"Rose is a rose...

...is a rose...

...is a rose"

 by  Gertrude Stein  as part of the 1913 poem Sacred Emily

 

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; 

I am thankful that thorns have roses.  

Alphonse Karr

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.

 Leo Buscaglia

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I have to go to Germany for a couple of weeks

and blogging out for a while.

 Does Oskar look concerned ???

 Perhaps a little....but he knows I'll be back....

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Before I'm going off,
I'd like to show you just a few genuine and original German grain sacks
which are for sale

from my collection.

1..2..3..4..
  Antique  German grain sacks for sale

And who wants to be  NUMBER ONE...?

here you can:

 
 Nro. 1
Antique flour sack from 1902, hemp with a herringbone weave,
very large size and in excellent condition
Price incl. shipping:  165 Euros
for further info:  contact

Sold - Thank you!

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No 1
Antique grain sack in hemp from Bayreuth, 1868
with two charming old patches and darns, herringbone weave
in relatively good condition
Price incl. shipping:  75 Euros
for further info:   contact

Sold - Thank you!

No 2

Antique grain sack in hemp from Richen, 1907
with an old patch and darns, herringbone weave
Price incl. shipping: 55 Euros
for further info:   contact
Sold - Thank you!

No 3
Vintage grain sack in hessian/burlap, from Hochdorf - 1920-30's
in perfect and unused condition
Price incl. shipping:  65 Euros
for further info:   contact
Sold - Thank you!

No 4
Antique grain sack in hemp from Klein-Aspach, 1880
with old repairs
Price incl. shipping:  68 Euros
for further info:  contact

Sold - Thank You!

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Hope to see you all back after my return in June.

Until then....

Au revoir!