weekly glee # 21 2009.

i don't really feel like christmas lately, work really is stressful these days. some colleagues got sick and it's a lot of work for those, who remain. i don't really have a clue what to buy as presents, i wanted to visit the sternschnuppenmarkt here in wiesbaden, but then end up at home again, since i'm so groggy. so to cheer me up ( and maybe some of you ), here's my weekly list of loved goodies found on the net.

1. desertions.

# neutief-luftwaffe air-base in the kaliningrad region by tbsf - beautiful pictures of european history.
# druid ridge cemetary & the death of transfiguration by the hoodwatch - the cemetary is so breathtaking! i love how the hoodwatch manages to make those sculptures look like they'd start walking and moving in the next few minutes. also, the church is still so magnificient, even though it's in such a state of demolition. it's kind of sad and unfair to see something so wonderful vanish from the world's surface.
# victory building by tune - amazing detail photos of abandoned things.
# the treehouse on luxist.com - heath ledger has lived in here and i must say, he had one very good taste in houses. all the trees and plants are absolutely producing a feel of living in a tree house. it must be great, to relax here after a hard day of work. there are more pictures here.
# collection of abandoned houses via 100abandonedhouses.com - absolutely stunning! if i had the money, i would renovate most of these gorgeous houses, so people can live in there again. these pictures make me want to start my own abandoned houses project!

2. photogenius.

# 'jeunesse dorée' by markus pritzi for tush - this set is absolutely poetic. i almost have no words for it. everything is just beyond perfect and so full of emotions. one of my very favourite sets as of now.
# kim min hee & lee hyuk soo by zo sun hi for vogue korea december 2009 - another amazing tutorial inspired of tim burton's ingeniousity. this time: the corpse bride!
# jessica stam by benjamin alexander huseby for harper's bazaar september 2009 - the decade of the 50ies revisited! i love the glowy mood these pictures suggest! and never did someone look so good with a salad leaf on her head, haha :D
# valentina zeliaeva by richard bush for elle us september 2009 - this is also one of my most fathomed photosets of all time. all breezy and windy and the shooooes! i'd like all of them, haha :D

3. diversity.

let me introduce you to the photodiarist, a photographer from new york who captures this city in the most wonderful way - black and white photography. also, sometimes in colour. recently he/she (?) visited marakech and the pictures are just breathtaking.

another introduction: eva tanguay, the first rock star. this woman was just fascinating. a vaudeville rebel. love!

4. video time.

haha, this kitty is just hilarious!

dogs are decorating the christmas tree! wonderfully trained!

the beatles . help
an absolute classic! and how handsome john lennon was. makes me sad.

the white stripes . as ugly as i seem
well, i'm a huge white stripes fan for years now, and this is one of my most favourite songs of the band.

so, hopefully your christmas time is brightened up for another week!

may '20: seeking modernism.

super pink rhododendron buds emerging! i start off this post with some flower images to appreciate and praise the time of spring, especially the month of may, which is the most abundant spring month to me personally. all the blossoms, all the fresh greens amass during may, and my heart and mind are hardly ever able to not frolick & gush about it all! for this post i am returning to one walk i did with the sole purpose to find a special mid-century villa in königstein ( which would ultimately prove to be a failure - i did find it, but i couldn't approach it properly to have a good look at it and only ever saw a tiny bit of the garden/forest side ). the whole walk was not a letdown, though, as i did find some other mid-century & brutalism gems and thoroughly enjoyed walking through the old spa town in the taunus mountains. rhododendron shrubs yield all kinds of different blossoms in myriad colours, they are easy to breed, therefore a wide variety can be found all over the wor...

autumn impressions.

a selected assortment of autumn related things. ( or things that don't fit into a 'bigger picture' ) i will get around to posting my autumn vacation photos as well. my parents and me visited france a second time and i think it was almost as wonderful as the first time. but i'll get to that soon. moth in front of a vinyl shop window. i bet you know who's smile it is that strikes at you from the record. elvis! i went mushroom hunting again, this time with jasmin, the best mushroom finder i have :) but we didn't have a lot of time together this past autumn, i am very sad to admit this. she's one of our apprentices in the serving area in our market, but recently she's on exchange in a different outlet until january. but soon we'll have her back and our sporadic meetings will stop being sporadic. i think times like these make me realize that there's something worth living for. mostly my life is very grey and i'm so thankful to s...

of dragons & critters and yin & yang kittens.

my cat shadow is a very prolific cat and gives birth to baby sweethearts annually. we always let them grow up until they're old enough to be given away. growing up in a huge garden where they can roam around freely - isn't that the best way to grow up? it's always a joy to visit my parents and my cat in that time of the year. i have also included some pictures of a little rhine trip i made in the middle of may. and the occasional random ones that didn't fit somewhere. rhine wood dragon. sitting on the rhine beach enjoying the beautiful day. my stone collection of the day. ( i seriously have a lot of stones in my home. i love to collect them! ) the river rhine near eltville. random skull assortment ( shot this at the naxoshalle in frankfurt - i was there for a japanese movie festival ) rosey roses. they also smelled heavenly. raindrops on my window. chameleon tail. i adore spirals. baby kittens drinking momma m...

ghost of nature.

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