Your friend wanders alone in the garden of spring,
Gently bathed in lovely magical light,
Which shimmers through the swaying branches of flowers:
Adelaide!
In the reflection of the river, in the snows of the Alps,
In the golden clouds of sinking day,
In the fields of stars thy face beams forth,
Adelaide!
Evening breezes whisper through the tender leaves
The silver bells at Maytime rustle in the grass,
Waves roar and nightingales sing,
Adelaide!
Some day, o miracle! a flower will blossom,
Upon my grave from the ashes of my heart;
And clearly on every violet petal will shine:
Adelaide!
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The Old Girl went to Adelaide yesterday. She'll be there for work over the next month which means that I'll be 'baching' again. Christmas and New Year was great as she spent a long holiday period here and only just went back to work in Auckland last week. I've gotten used to her cooking most evenings and the house has certainly been a lot tidier. I've had to do a couple of hours of housework today! *
I thought about going to Adelaide to visit with her for a week or a few days but it's still hot over there:
SA, Australia
Monday 3:00 pm
Mostly Cloudy
Before Christmas it was in the mid 40s - horrendous. I remember years ago being in wine country in Western Australia in 44 degree heat. The sun felt 'heavy' on your head and just walking about was an effort.
The thought was that we'd go visit some wineries but the idea of doing this in nearly 40 degree heat was daunting and anyway, we've done this before and she will be busy on the work project so I'm staying at home. I get tired in the afternoons so I'm better off here.
There was a time when I loved Australian wines. The big robust chardonnays tended to leave New Zealand's average offerings for dead and the massive, rich and chewy Cabernets, Shiraz and Grenaches were unequalled. Now, with warmer temperatures and a less vibrant industry, to me, Australian wines are not offering as much interest as New Zealand (and Californian) wines do. Now I don't drink as much wine as I did with generally just one or two glasses of chardonnay sufficing. When I rarely drink red wine now it is only Pinot Noir and then just a glass. The thought then of traipsing around South Australian wineries drinking massive alcohol blockbuster wines in baking heat just doesn't appeal.
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* Just kidding.
1 comment:
The words looked really good in German!
Still a lovely tune!
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