Ocean Road · matt.hintsa (found via flickr.com)

I miss this. I miss the ocean. This is the Austrian speaking.

San Francisco viewed from Port View Park, Oakland, Summer 2002 · //ichael Patric|{ (found via flickr.com)

I wouldn’t mind going on a sailing trip in the San Francisco Bay. Especially on a sunny day like that. That’s when reality hits me, reminding me of the fact that I’m trapped in Vienna with lousy weather. Come on it’s June. We need sun rays to retain sanity.

“We’ve got to make sure that people understand the choices that are at stake.” (Barack Obama)

Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign · photo by Barack Obama on flickr.com

With this clever quote I wish you an exciting last couple of days before an election that will make history, no matter how it turns out… So do you understand what’s at stake for you, lieber Reader?

“The wall is there for you to show how bad you want it.” (Randy Pausch in The Last Lecture)

Overhead · photo by konaboy on flickr.com

Put Your Carry-On Sorrows In The Overhead Wave.And sometimes, it’s a wall whose energy you can ride. That’ll explain the picture attached in this post.

Literal Liberal translation of the quote below: Who hears butterflies laugh, knows what clouds taste like. Everyone who can hear a butterfly’s giggle, hands up? Anyone? Anyone?

I ran across this quote on the huge blackboard hovering over the food/drink distributing spots (okay, whatwould you call it? Bar where you can watch them cook?) at the Vapiano. A resteraunt I’ve “frequented” a lot lately! Best pasta (Linguini Pesto) and best pizza (Pesto con spinaci). But that is meant as a sidenote, I hope it still qualifies as A Picture A Quote entry, or should I – considering myunexhaustive talkiveness – rename it to A Picutre A Quote and A Buttload of Phil’s Senf (Senf is German for mustard; a proverb for someone’s – slightly cheap – opinion – “As in wanna hear my 2 cents on that story?” English equivalent of to give/add my 2 cents.) Boom wacko (what a neat term for, woo, suprise, surprise), it just turned into a mini retro Lingo-Bingo. What would a psychotherapist say about this chain of associations? Massive and severe blogging deprivation. I guess.

Wer Schmetterlinge lachen hört,
der weiß, wie Wolken schmecken. (by Carlo Karges, 1951-2002)

Flying Yellow Butterfly · photo by M-Louis on flickr.com

I was just looking for the cheesiest vacation picture I could ever post on my blog and that’s pretty much what I’ve found. I am on vacation. But not on one that takes me to a place like depicted below, but rather a trip that will show me the country I’ve lived in since my birth. Austria… How come I didn’t get to travel here before.

road to vacation · photo by m o d e on flickr.com

There you go, this is as biblical as it might (who knows…) ever get on this blog… It’s a pleasure to open a new category, called A Picture A Quote. With this masterpiece of photography.

Absent in body, but present in spirit. (Bible, 1 Corinthians v. 3.)

Foggy Night, Sutro Baths Ruins, San Francisco 1985 · photo by Sharper24 on flickr.com

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves · by Edmund Hillary.

The quote is as surreal as the picture, but true · photo by Ben on flickr