#lovetober: birthday shenanigans.

october is my birth month and i always try to celebrate it by doing more things i enjoy. i don't like birthday parties at all, a day in nature or exploring a new place is much more to my liking when it comes to 'celebrate'. it's wonderful when family or friends accompany me, but i also like the solitude of experiencing something without any distractions. ( most of the time my friends aren't part of that, daily life occupations detain them from joining me & even a totally different life style ( waking up at 3 pm for example ) cross them off my company list - sadly. )

so when my parents are visiting i always know: exploring time galore! they are the best people for taking in what mother earth has to offer, for learning about historical facts at the places we are visiting and enjoying good food on our trips.

my birthday was in the middle of the week, and on the weekend my parents came to visit. we enjoyed a wonderful walk through the goldsteintal and ended our day eating mussels by the rhine.

a week later i met up with two friends of mine, celebrating my birthday month in the animal park fasanerie ( again :) ).

bug crawling over leaves.

young slug on a mushroom :)

the end of the tunnel.

enlightenment.

the skeleton of a very red leave.

the warm colours autumn has to offer are making me most happy.

bursting snowberries.

a last view onto the rhine.

morning routine.

this bucket list was part of the #lovetober challenge.

stork adebar.

pink bubbly sparkly wine!

uncommon peacock plumage.

sheering out of the line.

recently this mermaid graffiti popped up in the city and it's seriously pretty perfect!

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ghost of nature.

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