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Milan mourns the loss of the historic Hoepli bookstore after 156 years Milan mourns the loss of a venerable cultural institution with the news that Hoepli, the historic bookstore and publishing house, has entered liquidation.

Terrible loss.

A allegory of Providentia stops a fountain at a square in the center of Vienna. In the background, a multi-storey building in light yellow, the sky is stark blue.

VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS
Allegory of Providentia
Fountain by Georg Raphael Donner
Neuer Markt, First District
Image © Merisi Vienna
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#PhotographersOfBlueSky #Baroque
#Fountains #ColorADay #BlueTue #Verdigris

A certain friend has unfriended a number of people, but I remember their comments blaming "Joe" for the price of eggs and their friends commenting in turn they couldn't wait for the 20th of January rolling around (happened on ye olde shall-not-be-named book).

Thank you for your kind comment!

Remnants of ripped off posters form a timeless catalogue of missed opportuities.

VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS
Catalogue of Missed Opportunities
19 Aug 2008 © Merisi Vienna
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A large bouquet of tulips in various colors sitting in a vase at a windowsill

VIENNESE IMPESSIONS
A Riot of Tulips on the Windowsill
Ready to Jump?
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#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#Bloomscrolling

Pink and white radicchio, found at the farmers market

VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS
Radicchio Rosa
Farmers Market
Yppenplatz, 16th District (Ottakring)
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#ColorADay #PinkMon

THANK YOU! 🎀

Wondrous!

Amusement park, the loops of a ride in red and yellow, reflected in a puddle of water in the forground. Blue sky.

VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS
Wurstelprater Amusement Park
Said to be the world's oldest
Leopoldstadt, 2nd District
Image © Merisi Vienna
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#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#BlueSkyMonday

We've got three more weeks! 🇪🇺

Antonín Dvořák - Bagatelles, Op. 47 YouTube video by Balys' Sheet Music Videos

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🌙 Safe and Peaceful Night, Good People Everywhere! 🌙

Lucky you, a badger out at daytime!
I once took the wrong path in the Vienna Woods and had many extra miles to walk to get back to the Höhenstraße.

My mother sang for us before bedtime. She knew ballads I wished I had written down. We kids would always beg her for one more "story".

I have only ever encountered friendly waitstaff there!
Meeting with colleagues we always get a table with a socket in case any of use needs to power up. And we all can only drink so many coffees in an hour or two. ;-)

'When my dear mother first taught me these songs,
So often, so strangely, her eyes filled with tears.
And now these brown cheeks of my own are wet,
As I sing them to my Roma Children.'

No one sings the songs of Dvořák like Pavol Breslik; this is my translation.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj0c...

Will look for the CD at the State Opera music store!

I grew up listening to Dvořák, always loved him, but I am not familiar with the songs you linked to - thank you again!

Thank you for the post and link!

Just outside the walls of the Lainzer Tiergarten - Lainz Game Reserve - a year ago tomorrow. Another gorgeous nature hike in the city of Vienna, start at one end and finish at the other gate, both - and a few in between - can be easily reached by public transport.

May you have a great one!

I had lunch guests (that always includes coffee and dessert here in Vienna and lasts til at least 4 o'clock). While clearing the dishes I realized my coffee cup was still full. Misery, now it's too late to sip it.

Very sad, all that talent.

VIENNA IN SPRINGTIME
Waiting for the Underground
U6 Station Josefstädter Straße
8th District (Josefstadt)
Image © Merisi Vienna
18 March 2025

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IN A VIENNESE KAFFEEHAUS
The Grumpy Waiter is but a Tall Tale!
Almost 20 years of drinking coffee in Vienna,
and I have yet to encounter a grumpy Viennese waiter.
Signed: Merisi, 5 March 2025
Image from way back, 2009, © Merisi Vienna

"Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter... I'm one of the best painters"
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
US artist
#InternationalWomensDay

A small pink cup and a larger green cup of espresso coffe, grey saucers and an almond macaroon, on a wooden table.

COFFEE, ANYONE?
Single or double espresso macchiato?
image © Merisi Vienna
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#coffee

In the Vienna Woods, old dried leaves, a plant with green leaves, a light purple liverwort blossom. "Hepatica (hepatica,[2] liverleaf,[3] or liverwort)[4] is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America. Some botanists include Hepatica within a wider interpretation of Anemone." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatica

VIENNA HEADING TOWARDS SPRING
A Walk in the Vienna Woods
My first Leberblümchen
Liverwort flower (Hepatica nobilis)
Döbling, 19th District
7 March 2026 © Merisi Vienna
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#BloomScrolling #Wildflowers #Spring

Yes, it is a wondrous place.
I walked past there less than an hour ago.

I once hiked the whole of the "Tote Gebirge", from Wurzeralm to Loser and then down to Altaussee. Took about a week, rustic cabin overnighting.