2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 24th 2011
A few days ago I was sitting working on my laptop downstairs with half an eye on a film. I logged on to Skype because I needed to make arrangements with a friend about meeting for lunch this week.
Just after I logged on to Skype, I heard an unusual pshtt noise which sounded rather like a camera shutter. When I took a closer look a photograph of me had appeared on my computer screen!! The video camera on my laptop had taken a photo of me, without me even touching the keyboard!! On closer inspection I noticed that this bear’s paw was on the computer keypad… He was on the cushion next to where I was sitting, but I am not quite sure how his paw landed up there…
That was a surprise!!
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2011
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2011
A Tannenbaum is a fir tree (die Tanne) or Christmas tree (der Weihnachtsbaum). Although most Christmas trees today are Fichten (spruce) rather than Tannen, the qualities of the evergreen have inspired musicians to write several “Tannenbaum” songs in German over the years. The best known version (above) was penned in 1824 by a Leipzig organist named Ernst Anschütz. The melody is an old folk tune. The first known “Tannenbaum” song lyrics date back to 1550. A similar 1615 song by Melchior Franck (1573-1639) goes: “Ach Tannebaum, ach Tannebaum, du bist ein edler Zweig! Du grünest uns den Winter, die lieben Sommerzeit.” – The English version above is a literal translation by your Guide, not the traditional English lyrics for the song. There are at least a dozen English versions of this carol.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
wie treu sind deine Blätter!
Du grünst nicht nur
zur Sommerzeit,
Nein auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
wie treu sind deine Blätter!O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
Wie oft hat nicht zur Weihnachtszeit
Ein Baum von dir mich hoch erfreut!
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Dein Kleid will mich
was lehren:
Die Hoffnung und Beständigkeit
Gibt Trost und Kraft
zu jeder Zeit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum!
Das soll dein Kleid
mich lehren.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
How steadfast are your branches!
Your boughs are green in summer’s clime
And through the snows of wintertime.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
How steadfast are your branches!O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
What happiness befalls me when oft
at joyous Christmas-time
Your form inspires my song and rhyme.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
What happiness befalls meO Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your boughs can teach a lesson
That constant faith and hope sublime
Lend strength and comfort through all time.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your boughs can teach a lesson.
9 Comments CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2011
In amongst my Christmas posts I will be completing my ‘100 Reasons to be Glad’ series of posts (a year late), so that I can start my new ‘100 photos’ project in the New Year.
The post count will however go to 102 because I inadvertently duplicated two themes along the way…
Comments Off CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2011
My final post showing the journey of my weekend in York brings us nicely to the festive season.
The National Trust shop was stocked up with it’s Christmas goods. I made one small purchase… Keep Calm at Christmas 
People act really weird at Christmas time! What other time of year do you sit in front of a dead tree in the living room and eat nuts and sweets out of your socks?
Anon
20 Comments CherryPie on Dec 20th 2011
