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From the second year of retirement:

Decolored / Discolored
Entfärbt / Verfärbt

A study in language and imagery:
Hoky haikus in English and German;
with phony photographs
in black&white and color;
not proper but punny!

a.k.a.
Lerning German for Adults
Englisch lernen für Erwachsene

by

Walter A. Aue

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IN PARENTHESES:

Just for the record: These pictorials are gleaned from (analog) color photographs. My very own photographs. In fact, you may have seen one or the other before. ("Oh I'm always true to them, Darling, in my fashion...")

The verbials are mine, too. Not Basho haikus, for sure. But let them take you for a haiku. And I won't mind if you call them threeliners (Dreizeiler)...

And the translations? The translations - from English to German, or from German to English - are likewise not of the letter but of the spirits. (Mostly Isley single malts, if you must know.)

Decolored - but often toned - images accompany the verbials. Original color photos are rare. For discolored versions of the same image, you'll have to click on the links in the lower left corner. And, most of the time, letting the arrow rest a second on an image will reveal additional impertinencies. (I learned that from Billy...)



INSIDE NOVA SCOTIA

1   -   Once upon a time...
Es war einmal...


2   -   Peggy's Cove

3   -   Sails
Segel


4   -   Exterior
Außen


5   -   Pressed Orchard
Verdrückter Garten


6   -   Making hay
Heu ernten


7   -   Peace
Friede



DARTH MADER

8   -   Shadow time
Schattenzeit


9   -   Built on sand
Auf Sand gebaut


10   -   Outer walk
Ausgang


11   -   Light
Licht



TORN ROOTS

12   -   Dragon feeler
Drachenfühler


13   -   Creeping crawler
Hirschkäfer


14   -   Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalyse


15   -   Going nowhere faster
Schneller auf der Stelle


16   -   Root fears
Wurzelängste


17   -   Lying in wait
Auf der Lauer


18   -   Shiva's dance
Schiwas Tanz


19   -   Reincarnation
Seelenwanderung



SUCCESSFUL WINTER

20   -   Black-white magic
Schwarz-weiße Magie


21   -   At rest
Ruhig


22   -   Lonely on top
Oben ist's einsam


23   -   Cool calculation
Kühl kalkuliert


24   -   Herman

25   -   Cloud games
Wolkenspiele


26   -   Snowjob
Frau Holle


27   -   Virgin snow
Unberührter Schnee


28   -   Sleep
Schlaf


29   -   Reflection
Reflexion


30   -   Vertical/Horizontal
Senkrecht/Waagrecht



HUMAN ICE

31   -   Church lace
Kirchenspitzen


32   -   Ice storm
Eissturm


33   -   Feathers
Federn


34   -   Petticoat
Im Negligé


35   -   Deconstruction

36   -   Nowhere ending road
Nirgendwo endende Straße



FOR THE FALL

37   -   Last leaves
Letzte Blätter


38   -   Clean shaven
Glatt rasiert


39   -   Equilibrium
Gleichgewicht


40   -   Physical guide
Physikalischer Führer


41   -   Wild apples
Wilde Äpfel


42   -   For the fall
Für den Fall


43   -   Falling leaves
Fallende Blätter


44   -   Floating leaves
Treibende Blätter


45   -   Don't duck the issue
Winter ist keine Ente


46   -   Reeds
Schilf


47   -   Violin sonata
Geigensonate


48   -   Stiletto Idyll
Stilett Idyll


49   -   Winter?


THE INCOMPLETE GARDEN

50   -   Family photo
Familienphoto


51   -   Poppy souls
Mohnseelen


52   -   Proud rider
Stolzer Reiter


53   -   Iris
Schwertlilie


54   -   Leaves and blossoms
Blätter und Blüten



DIGITAL LEFT-OVERS

55   -   Fences
Zäune


56   -   Green revolution
Der Aufstand der Grünen


57   -   Furrows of the brow
Stirnfalten


58   -   Wave
Welle


59   -   Piles
Hämorrhoiden


60   -   Pro creation
Zeugung


61   -   Rocks and sand
Steine und Sand


62   -   Time and season
Zeit und Jahreszeit


63   -   Rock church
Felsenkirche


64   -   Minaret
Minarett


65   -   Religion, medieval
Religion, mittelalterlich


66   -   Pentecost
Pfingsten


67   -   Look at life
Blick auf's Leben



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Other 'Haiku' Series:
(English only)

Winter Walks

and

go te ka hai ku

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IMPORTANT:

Most black-and-white pictures offer links to colored versions of the same image - occasionally even of the original photograph, just for fun.

Images are very sensitive to the brightness/contrast settings of your monitor - and everybody sets theirs differently. If the colors on yours should appear dull, please adjust your screen. Garish my pictures may be, dull they are not.

In case you should ask:
Camera: Pentax ME super SLR with Tokina AT-X 28-135 mmm zoom lens
Scanner: Umax Astra 2000P
Image processing: Ulead PhotoImpact 6
Text: EditPad
(i.e. all as inexpensive as they come, but highly reliable and efficient nevertheless! Thanks!)

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First posted: October 2002
Last updated: February 2005

All pictures and text copyright Walter A. Aue, 2002

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