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Posted on 09/07/202129/04/2022

A House with Blue-Framed Windows from Transylvania #Im4Ro

A House with Blue-Framed Windows from Transylvania belonging to the free country people, the jeleri of 19th century. A page of history.

A charming tiny farm house with blue-framed windows from the village Dumitra, Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, for Jude’s Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021 🙂

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Posted on 14/11/201917/10/2021

Looking at the Sea

fisherman's boat, umbrellas by the sea @PatFurstenberg

Where do our thoughts escape to?
The wondrous one that sneaks out while we languidly watch the sea change its colors? The pressing ones that run away as soon as our mind got caught in the seagull’s wing. The long forgotten ones that elope us before we even blink the sun away.
Where do they go?

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Posted on 27/10/201917/10/2021

Scarlet Autumn and Chestnuts, Shades of Fall

autumn with scarlet lips @PatFurstenberg

Welcome to Scarlet Autumn and Chestnuts, Shades of Fall.

Dressed today only in russet and sepia, underneath a cloak of raindrops, Autumn painted her lips scarlet to match her passion for life.
Whoever said Autumn if full of dead lives hasn’t seen her jumping through puddles.

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Posted on 19/10/201930/10/2021

Autumnal Sepia and a Letter from a Squid

Autumn Sepia @PatFurstenberg

Autumnal Sepia and a Letter from a Squid are my thoughts on subdues autumnal colors.

When I think of sepia, first to come to mind are treasured family mementos on small squares of glossy paper with laced edges, or the 1930’s “pearl” colored MGM movies.
Yet sepia is also one of Autumn’s gifts.

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Posted on 18/10/201917/10/2021

Feuille-Morte and A Nightingale in Autumn

So many facets to Feuille-Morte and A Nightingale in Autumn, as many as fall colors.

Autumn is splashing out its colors, giving away her best dead leaves, feuilles mortes. If I would describe Fall to you as the season with brownish-orange dry leaves, would I get your attention?

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Patricia Furstenberg, Author, photo Arrie Bezuidenhout

Patricia Furstenberg is a Romanian multigenre writer, poet and flâneuse living in South Africa. She is the author of 19 book, notably historical fiction When Secrets Bloom, Dreamland, Transylvania's History A to Z, Amazon bestseller Joyful Trouble, geopolitical literary fiction Silent Heroes.
Member Europeana
With Women Also Know History, Historical Novel Society, Intrepid Times, History Through Fiction 2026Judge
Creator of #Im4Ro ~ Sharing Positive Stories about Romania

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BOOKS BY PATRICIA FURSTENBERG

Historical Fiction Set in Romania:

The Book That Should Have Been Lost
The Book That Should Have Been Lost by Patricia Furstenberg - Some books tell stories. Others remember the truth. Historical fiction set in Transylvania and Moldavia
The Wife of Kronstadt by Patricia Furstenberg
The Wife of Kronstadt, Medieval Mystery of Transylvania by Patricia Furstenberg
Hermannstadt, 1241: The Mongol Invasion - A Short Story
Hermannstadt, 1241: The Mongol Invasion - A Short Story
When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg, historical fiction set in Transylvania
When Secrets Bloom by Patricia Furstenberg, historical fiction set in Transylvania
Amazon worldwide
Dreamland stories Transylvania Banat Maramures by Patricia Furstenberg on Amazon

Dreamland: Amazon US - Amazon UK

riveting historical fiction Transylvania's History A to Z by Patricia Furstenberg on Amazon

Transylvania's History: Amazon US - Amazon UK

War Fiction

Silent Heroes: When Love and Values Are Worth Fighting for Patricia Furstenberg

Silent Heroes: Amazon US - Amazon UK

Joyful Trouble by Patricia Furstenberg

Joyful Trouble: Amazon US - Amazon UK

Anthology Books:

Fifteen authors. Fifteen journeys through history. One enduring theme: courage.
Fifteen authors. Fifteen journeys through history. One enduring theme: courage.

Animal Stories for Kids

Click to buy from Amazon: The Cheetah and the Dog

The Cheetah and the Dog: Amazon US - Amazon UK

Click to buy from Amazon: The Elephant and the Sheep
Click to buy from Amazon: The Lion and theDog
Just Nuisance the Sea Dog children's book
The BLT, Bear, Lion, Tiger
The Chimp and the Dog

Understanding our Pets, Stories and Poems

Happy Friends, diversity stories
Click to buy from Amazon: As Good as Gold, a Dog's Life in Poems and Haiku
Click to buy from Amazon: Puppy, 12 Months of Rhymes and Smiles
Click to buy from Amazon: Belle Cat, Whiskers on my Mat
`Christmas Haiku - a winter coffee-table book
Click to buy from Amazon: Africa's Bravest Creatures, ebooks

Kinder Prentenboek

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