Black Susan
With the shadows growing longer,
this little flower hangs
on to the last moments
of sun on her petals.
Private garden
Saturday
September 29, 2007
5.45 pm
*
Meanwhile,
in a faraway land,
the girl who kissed the frog
is celebrating the
The First Official
Day of Autumn
To visit,
click here!
Egon Schiele lived next door
This is the image that greeted me,
as soon as I turned the corner
to walk to the streetcar stop
at lunchtime.
The morning had started out rainy
and dark, as if we already were in deepest November.
The Haas House
Standing diagonally across from St. Stephan's Cathedral,
its modern glass front mirrors the ancient cathedral
in a myriad different ways.
The underground station "Stephansplatz"
is located under the building.
Emerging from that station,
you exit right in front of St. Stephan's main gate,
a truly impressive sight.
Vienna seems to have a fable for stunning views
from their underground stations:
One of the Karlsplatz exits, for example,
carries you, from the deep bowels of the station,
right up to the beautiful opera building.
Sexton's Lodge at St. Stephan's Cathedral
I love that little lodge house,
next to the southeastern entrance to the cathedral.
Access to the stairs that leed up to the steeple,
is through the small door to the left.
Yesterday, the sun was illuminating the red geraniums,
it looked as if they glowing from the inside.
Looking Up
The tiled roof got heavily damaged
during the last days of World War II.
Can you believe that it took
almost a quarter of a million glazed tiles
to cover the roof?
Courtyard of the Haas & Haas Teahouse
Stephansplatz 4
Did you notice
the blue flower vases?
Coffee for Three at Demel's
At the coffee bar:
Espresso macchiato, a Melange
and a Hauskaffee
All's well,
that ends well. :-)
Square next to the
Opera House
And back home with the underground!
Pink Comfort at Demel's
You see no pink?
Left hand corner! :-)
More pink in the wings! :-)
(Dearly needed this morning here:
Pitch black and pouring
at 6.30 in the morning.)
See you later. :-)
You all have a great day!
Entrance Hall
Augarten Porcelain Manufactory
Augarten Palace
Obere Augartenstrasse 1
Second District
"Melon"
Art Déco Mocha Service
White/Gold
Josef Hoffmann,
founder of the legendary
“Wiener Werkstätte”,
designed this world renowned mocha service in 1929. *
Hoffmann was one of the greatest designers
of the 20th century and,
along with Gustav Klimt, Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner,
he was a member of the
Wiener Sezession.
The melons service is available in pink, light blue, red, yellow, turquoise, orange, black, violet, green and black-gold.
Due to the large number of rounded features, it continues to place very high demands on the porcelain painters at Augarten when using the airbrush." *
"Melon"
Mocha cup in black and gold
*) Source:
Augarten Wien
More information about the history
of Augarten porcelain
and their products,
at their website:
click here!.
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at Merisi's, click here, please.