ghost of nature.

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...

raindrops on flowers, plants and blossoms are perhaps one of the best things to photograph, don't you agree with me? everything seems so much fresher after a decent rain fall. the colours of plants seem to pop. happy snail! in small villages as the one i grew up in, such views are very common! a very old house near my childhood home. i always wanted to live in there, but it's in great disrepair... you'd have to take a lot of money into your hands to repair and restore everything. a few years ago, there was still someone living in it. my wish is that in the future someone will buy this little ancient house and will bring it to life again. it would be a shame to let it go to waste. the following pictures were made back in wiesbaden, on a sunny sunday in early may. i followed the rabbit hiking trail, but i haven't discovered any. but these cliffs in the middle of the forest will always be a favourite place of mi...