#lovetober: early christmas paradise.

in late october a friend took me to a gardening center here in wiesbaden and a really good one it was! my friend says that the center is the equivalent to ikea stores - just for plants. a multitude of plants and flowers can be bought here, as well as gardening tools. they also have a little pet section. another surprise they offer is the 'christmas wonderland' - a huge section that sells christmas decorations galore - divided into several moods & themes and presented in a very aesthetically pleasing way! i didn't buy a lot, only new plants for my bathroom and my living room. but to finally have a look at this gardening center was really cool and i hope to return whenever i need something plants and flowers related.

interesting pattern.

little baby leaf of pachira aquatica - a little money tree! i bought one and just in case you want to know - no it does not grow any money like in a sims game - but this little tree is supposed to be a lucky one!

the new year's section.

beware an overload of many christmas lightings. it was a little bit magical.

out of focus bokehs.

snowball lights.

glitter spaghetti.

turquoise sequin leaves.

arctic scenery.

in the pet section you could marvel at these golden piranhas!

another #lovetober challenge: advice for people.

day of the dead cushion! it's my most favourite cushion.

a ghost.

#lovetober challenge: take a jumping picture in your town. and there it was.

the diana fountain near my flat.

and to top the month of october: a selfie.

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november: kickelhahn, himmelblau & weimar cemetery.

i had a week off in november and visited my parents ( as i often do on my vacations ). on a sunday morning we headed to the thuringian forest to climb onto the peak of the kickelhahn mountain. the kickelhahn mountain is the landmark mountain of the city of ilmenau . johann wolfgang von goethe , the famous writer & philosopher, often visited ilmenau and also climbed the kickelhahn. oftentimes he stopped at a little hut in the woods to relax for a while and on one of these stops he wrote one of his most known poems. our little adventure didn't last the whole day, though, as we had a little date with the weimar cemetery to look after the grave of my grandparents and then to visit my cousin and his family. tiny peek onto the kickelhahn tower. thuringian woods - deep dark green. at the goethe hut. this plate shows the german version of the poem goethe wrote here. inside the hut. and here's the english translation. i love this poem so much, as ...

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 ...

ghost of nature.

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