Things That Are

Treehouse, Lüneburg, Germany.

March 2012.

She was the fairest

And her eyes shone of blue

I first fell in the autumn term

There was nothing I could do

School lovers swarmed

Around the courtyard wall

Then walked up

The rapture road aglow

I saw her again last summer

Where the hard rains fall

The grass grew long around her feet

Where the years took their toll

She once meant the world to me

But we by-passed destiny

On the road not taken

The road unknown

(Runrig - Things That Are)

I've just finished packing my clothes and gear for my trip to Berlin. Earlier today, I went over to my mum's place in Lüneburg, an hour's drive from Hamburg, where I enjoyed good food and walked our dog. He's almost twelve years old now, and he won't be around for many more months to come. That's why I brought my camera to take a few pictures of him. When I passed by that treehouse, it brought back memories from my childhood. Memories of friends I haven't seen in years, memories of songs that meant a lot to me back then (I used to listen to the Beatles, and my dog's name is Ringo), and a lot of other things. 

Have a nice weekend, and talk to you soon.

- Dom

The Mighty Atlantic

Rügen, Germany.

September 2010.

The roll of the wind

As we sail across the water

The roll of the sea

As we're taken through the night

The dimming lamp of day

Leaves the crimson foam and spray

Across the face of the mighty Atlantic

For the roll it is gentle

As the waves, they guide you over

Full new moon across the stern flag

Our different worlds in constant motion

(Runrig - The Mighty Atlantic)

I've been working a lot last week. This week however, I've got four days off - I'll be spending three days in Berlin to go shopping, take new pictures and visit old friends. At the moment, I don't have any new pictures to share with you, so I thought I'd upload this photograph from the archives. Rügen is one of those places where Germany is at its most beautiful.

I'll be off to work in an hour and before I go, I'd like to share some websites that I like... Erin McCown's and Esben Bøg Jensen's photostreams on Flickr... a website called Atlas Obscura... a Christian burial from Anglo-Saxon England... an awesome custom Triumph Scrambler... last but not least, I've spent the last two weeks watching Justified, which is (as far as I'm concerned) the only TV series worth watching at the moment - great scripts, great characters, great camera work, never boring.

Have a nice week!

- Dom

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Ernst Thälmann memorial, Berlin, Germany.

May 2010.

You must leave now

Take what you need, you think will last

But whatever you wish to keep

You better grab it fast

Yonder stands the orphan with his gun

Crying like a fire in the sun

Look out, all the saints are coming through

And it's all over now, baby blue

Leave your stepping stones behind

Now, something that calls for you

Forget the dead you've left

They will not follow you

The vagabond who's rapping at your door

Is standing in the clothes that you once wore

Strike another match, go start anew

And it's all over now, baby blue

(Van Morrison - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue)

Ain't No Love

Richmond Park, Richmond, UK.

2006.

Expired medium format film.

On winter trees the fruit of rain

Is hanging trembling in the branches

Like a thousand diamond buds

And waiting there in every pause

That old familiar fear that claws you

Tells you nothing ain't no good

Then pulling back you see it all

Down here so laughable and small

Hardly a quiver in the dirt

This ain't no love that's guiding me

This ain't no love that's guiding me

No it ain't no love guiding me

No it ain't no love guiding me

(David Gray - Ain't No Love)

These pictures mean more to me than they did back then. By the time I got that film developed, it had already been expired for a few years. Like the landscapes in the photographs, memories become blurry. Some events might not have happened as we think they did. We forget facts, so our brain or imagination makes up false facts to fill in the blanks.

Lately

Speicherstadt, Hamburg, Germany.

March 2012.

Click here for a previous picture.

That the sky would lift

That I'd find my place

That I'd see your face in the door

And the sun would glint

And a time well spent

And a time that ain't no more

Someone tell me where did it go

Darling I'm damned if I know

I seen that look in your eye

No-one ever gave it a chance

I could have said in advance

You saw it all at a glance

And goodbye

Honey lately I've been way down

Honey lately I've been way down

(David Gray - Lately)