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New Year, photography, photos, quotes, Rainer Maria Rilke, thoughts, Zingst
And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
Poet Rainer Maria Rilke
After nearly three weeks (unpaid) of being away from my desk today things go back (somewhat) to normality. My hectic schedule is taking hold again and my thoughts wander back a few days – weeks.
Christmas was lovely, relaxing and filled with fun and friends. An adorable little tree graced my living room and spending time with people I like and love was a daily occurrence, interspersed with time spend reading in front of the fire or watching way too much TV.
New Years was wonderful. I flew over to Germany on the 28th of December and spent time with my family up north. Daring to hire a car and embark in driving on the ‘other’ side of the road I sped down the motor way and negotiated curvy roads to Zingst (former east Germany), a beautiful seaside town on the Baltic Sea, about an hour up and across from Rostock. Spending the last evening of 2014 with friends was a perfect ending to the year and watching fireworks paint colourful stars into the midnight sky across the sea a stunning way ti greet 2015.
And while I have been back in Dublin for a week today I can’t help but feel I haven’t quite stepped into the new year just yet. Maybe my reluctance to flip the page on my calendar is the result of unfinished projects and goals still a little out of reach.
So with that in mind I will start this week with the resolve to not only organise my desk and classes, but to take the time to try and organise my thoughts too.
Here are some photos of my new years walk:
jensinewall 
Good to see you back. I was pleased to get an email from you and another blogger I follow who hasn’t posted in a while. Sounds like your holidays were good.
It was lovely … But feel as if I somehow need to catch up now …
I hope it’s not too much of a shock starting back into a routine… as I know after holidays I always found it hard…. especially when I worked.. Being retired it’s not quite the same… Diane
No but if you are anything like other active retirees I know youa re very busy
Sometimes it sure seems like it.. It comes in bursts and we do wonder how we would ever handle all the appointments etc. if we did work! Diane
Beautiful photos! I am glad to year you had a nice Christmas and New Year. Sometimes it just takes us awhile to shake off the year behind us and accept that we have indeed wandered into yet another year.
Yes and it is taking a long time … and this grey weather isn’t helping. Curling up into a cosy corner and reading is all I want to do
with the grey weather all I really want to do is curl up with a good book