by Martina Egli | Feb 11, 2011 | Landscapes, Nature, Photo, Winter
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
by Martina Egli | Feb 10, 2011 | black and white, Landscapes, Nature, Photo, Winter
“By the lakes that thus outspread Their lone waters, lone and dead, – Their sad waters, sad and chilly With the snows of the lolling lily, – By the mountains – near the river Murmuring lowly, murmuring ever” Edgar Allan Poe, Dream-Land...
by Martina Egli | Feb 9, 2011 | Landscapes, Nature, Photo, Winter
“Where Claribel low-lieth The breezes pause and die, Letting the rose-leaves fall; But the solemn oak-tree sigheth, Thick-leaved, ambrosial, With an ancient melody Of an inward agony, Where Claribel low-leith” Lord Alfred Tennyson...
by Martina Egli | Jan 12, 2011 | Landscapes, Nature, Photo, Winter
“Young Love lies dreaming; But who shall tell the dream? A perfect sunlight On rustling forest tips; Or perfect moonlight Upon a rippling stream; Or perfect silence, Or song of cherished lips.” Dante. Dream-Love....
by Martina Egli | Jan 11, 2011 | Landscapes, Nature, Photo
“She’s thinking of one winter’s day, A few short months ago, Then Emma’s bier was borne away O’er wastes of frozen snow. She’s thinking how that drifted snow Dissolved in spring’s first gleam, And how her sister’s memory...