january: ice cold glory.

i had a week off in late january and didn't do much in it except heading to thuringia for the weekend to visit my parents. it happened to be a drive to winter wonderland. it was ice cold during this stay, we had around 15 degree minus and it made for really beautiful landscapes to photograph. i'd like to say that this weekend was magic. here are the pictures to let them speak for themselves.

my parents' garden in full ice glory. on my drive to thuringia i couldn't stop marveling at the landscapes around me, i was literally screaming inside my head how breathtaking everything was.

how the sun shone through the trees and cast a magical light onto the iced twigs and branches... i'm still swooning over those moments.

crystals.

everything seems so pure, so new in white.

sun setting.

the moon was a perfect addition to that ice cold evening.

my mother and me decided to do a little walk.

the landscapes outside my hometown were definitely different than usual, it made me look at them in a new way.

and the moon guided us home again. ( we had to, as my feet slowly started to freeze and i feared for my little toes xD )

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in the forests.

it's that time of the year again.

july '20: lake petersdorf discoveries and a plea against genocide.

the green wild meadows of malchow's sandfeld. in the west of malchow there is a big chunk of forest that spans towards plauer see, a widely 'uncultivated' area these days, but it hasn't always been this way. in my last post i mentioned the nazi munition factory that had been built in these woods, away from prying eyes of their enemies and where they also built an external subcamp for the concentration camp ravensbrück. exactly these woods we explored on a pretty sunny day, betraying the darkness that happened around these parts. isn't it weird that there are places in this world that were built or used by dark forces and horrible regimes and you vist them 80 years later and they are the most peaceful places you can imagine? sometimes my brain can't cope with the contrast of knowing what was in the past and what the present looks and feels like. it definitely leaves me with a strange impression often, kind of like a little sting in my heart and brain that is not ...

july '20: a boat ride across the lakes.

starting point in malchow harbour. when you're in the mecklenburg lakelands you need to do some of the many boat rides they offer up all around the various lakes! that's really sort of the best way to get a little overview over the many lake destinations and being on the water and feeling the wind on your face ( or the rain 😂 ) and seeing the life in the water and the landscapes around you, it's just special, i think! they often also tell you historic bits and pieces of the lakes, informing you on possible sights you should seek out, too! when you book a tour, you can choose between big day trips crossing several lakes, depending from where you start, or you can choose short rides that last a couple of hours and perhaps even have a theme like a sunset tour or a romance tour ( possibly with romantic dinner for two options 😉 ). from malchow you can choose between two tour providers: reederei pickran & the blau-weiße-flotte . there are tours that include up to 7 lakes, ...

ghost of nature.

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