I Just Uploaded A Cozy (yet Spooky!) Haunted Manor Ambience, My Friends! Hope You Enjoy, And Happy Halloween! 

Some songs are new, some are old; most are iconic, a few are lesser known, but all tunes are perfect for a spooky night with a crisp breeze and a full moon!

Danse Macabre – Camille Saint-Saëns

Masquerade: Waltz – Aram Khachaturian

Sleepy Hallow: Introduction – Danny Elfman

Night on Bald Mountain – Mussorgsky

The Brides – Wojciech Kilar

Lacrimosa – Mozart

Colqhoun’s Story – Michael Nyman & Damon Albarn

Marche Slave – Tchaikovsky

Psycho Suite – Bernard Herrmann

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor – Bach

Devil’s Trill Sonata - Giuseppe Tartini

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg

Life and Death – Balanescu Quartet

All in one youtube playlist.

Painting: Arnold Böcklin’s self-portrait

A view of Monet’s house and own inspirational garden: Giverny, France.

Fragments of a Beethovenfest deko I found at a thrift store in Vienna - 2020

"Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us."

-William Golding; Lord of the Flies

famous french sayings ✨

On n'apprend pas aux vieux singes à faire des grimaces. (You cannot teach old monkeys to make faces.) Means: “You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.”

Chacun voit midi à sa porte. (Everyone sees noon at his own door.) Means: “To each his own.”

Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point. (There’s no sense in running; you just have to leave on time.) Means: “Slow and steady wins the race.”

On ne change pas une équipe qui gagne. (One does not change a winning team.) Means: “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.”

Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu. (There isn’t smoke without fire.) Means: ” Where there’s smoke there’s fire.“

Vaut mieux prévenir que guérir. (It is better to prevent than to heal.) Means: ”An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.“

Autres temps, autres mœurs. (Other times, other values.) Means: ”Times change.“

Un malheur ne vient jamais seul. (Misfortune never arrives alone). Means: ”When it rains, it pours.“

Vouloir, c'est pouvoir. (To want is to be able.) Means: ”Where there’s a will, there’s a way.“

Il faut réfléchir avant d'agir. (One must reflect before acting.) Means: ”Look before you leap.“

Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait. (If youth only knew; if old age only could.) Means: ”Youth is wasted on the young.“

october 🍁🍂

Let's be honest, reading books and buying books are two completely different hobbies.

The Austrian National Library, Vienna (by Andreas Huber)

First frost on a little cottage