Queen Breaca's photos with the keyword: Meer

Of course this is not the view from my window AT HOME (wish it was!), but from my holiday flat at DEN GAMLE STRANDFOGED GÅRD ("Alte Strandvogtei", roughly translated as Coastguard cottage) on the east coast of Bornholm. The islands in the background belong to the easternmost Danish archipelago, Ertholmene (sometimes called "Pea Islands"). Two of them, Christiansø and Frederiksø, are inhabited (103 people live there permanently), another one (Græsholm) is a bird reserve. You can take day trips to Christiansø from Gudhjem during the season, it takes one hour each way to get there and you can stay for three hours.

Seals and birds are resting on a sandbank between Dagebüll and the island of Föhr. On board the ferry: 30 teenagers and two teachers from Hamburg, looking forward to a sunny week on the isle. Photo AwardsCounter Click here to see the awards count for this photo. (?)

Die Möwen sehen alle aus, als ob sie Emma hießen. Sie tragen einen weißen Flaus und sind mit Schrot zu schießen. Ich schieße keine Möwe tot, ich laß sie lieber leben - und füttre sie mit Roggenbrot und rötlichen Zibeben. O Mensch, du wirst nie nebenbei der Möwe Flug erreichen. Wofern du Emma heißest, sei zufrieden, ihr zu gleichen. Christian Morgenstern (am Südstrand von Wyk auf Föhr) The gist of this poem in English: All gulls look as if their name was Emma. It is said they ought to be killed with a shotgun. But I don't kill them, I feed them instead. You and I will never be able to fly like a gull, but if your name is Emma be content to resemble her (the German word for 'seagull' is a female noun) at least. Copyright © Baerbel A Rautenberg (BARefoot images). All rights reserved. This photograph or any part of this photograph may NOT be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means (on websites, blogs) without prior permission. Use without permission is illegal.