by Martina Egli | Jul 18, 2011 | Nature, Photo, Summer
“It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make Man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night – It was the plant and flower...
by Martina Egli | Jul 11, 2011 | Landscapes, Photo
“Here are the Alpine landscapes which create A fund for contemplation; -to admire Is a brief feeling of a trivial date; But something worthier do such scenes inspire. Here to be lonely is not desolate, For much I view which I could most desire, And, above all, a...
by Martina Egli | Jul 8, 2011 | Landscapes, Photo
“Whilst through my half-clos’d eye-lids I behold The sunbeams dance, like diamonds, on the main. And tranquil muse upon tranquillity;” Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Eolian Harp
by Martina Egli | Jul 6, 2011 | Landscapes, People, Photo
“Who will observe the observers? ” Arthur Eddington Little did I know I was being watched… đŸ˜‰ p.s I know that’s two Arthur Eddington quotes in a row. It wasn’t intentional or planned – they just fit the images so well!...
by Martina Egli | Jul 4, 2011 | Landscapes, Photo, Still life
“We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! It is our own.”...
