may: inner compass.

whenever i venture out into the woods i intentionally leave all route finding devices in the car or at home. my mobile phone is not internet compatible, i sometimes take it with me, but often i also forget it. i'm aware that this is a bit careless of me, just in case of an emergency it would be extremely handy, but you know what? i never get lost. i have some kind of compass within my brain that always shows me the way back to the starting point. oftentimes when my companions were in total despair about never finding the way back i would literally insist on my inner guts and even scream at my peeps to trust me, because i 'had the feeling' ( very trusting, i know ) that this way might be the right way. i then proceed to walk on and leave everyone behind, until they panic so much that they run after me and start trusting me because there is no other option.

and the best thing about this always is that i guide them back safely to where we came from. even in places i've never been to before. i must say that i love this little superpower of mine. i don't love it, though, if the people with me are not trusting me. because my brain knows that i'm on the right way, but how can you explain them that your knowing is just something you sense? it is interesting, though, how technology disturbed people's senses when it comes to things like that. many people need a navigation system even for the tiniest things, whereas i just open my eyes, read signs and notice markings, remembering them, searching for them and then just easily finding my way whereever i want to be. plus, there's always this inner compass feeling, the 'it must be here, because it feels like the right direction' feeling.

to be honest, i would like to have this sense in everyday life as well, especially when it comes to work-related things. wouldn't it be fantastic if i knew what kind of decision to make, and sensing an on and off-feeling before you have to decide? because when it's about work or relationships my inner compass is totally mute and silent, therefore i panic a lot about whether i've took the right path or just followed the wrong one all along. well, you can't have everything, right?

new shiny shoes!

plant shadows on wood.

i received a new filter at the beginning of the month and until now i'm quite pleased with it. there a lushness in the colours now that i missed before i had a filter. i made a little walk through the inner city of wiesbaden to try it out. the city hall.

the marktkirche.

on one of my famous 'without navigation' walks through the woods somewhere near hofgut georgenthal.

wood stool gathering.

i love places like this so much. meadows and orchard-like clearings.

someone neatly stacked cut wood.

it's like a wooden wall.

little cyprus spurge blossoms.

bird's eye speedwell ( veronica chamaedrys ).

a fly enjoying a sunbath on a common broom.

returning to the car. it is a pleasure for me to walk without any direction in mind, but to still return back to where i came from. i always feel so capable whenever i am out and about, even though i am so inapt in other ( more important ) things in my life. walking gives me a good feeling, and it blows away the bad & uncomely problems of my life - even if it is just for a short time.

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...

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 ...

the america chronicles '22: austin I - city of the violet crown.

sighted on the way to austin: the texas colorado river . but beware, this is not the iconic colorado river ( 2.334 km long ) that has its source in the rocky mountains and confluences in the gulf of california, flowing through the grand canyon and other magnificent landscapes along the way, but this is texas' very own colorado river with a length of 1.387 km starting in the llano estacado plains in northwestern texas, and eventually ending up in the gulf of mexico at matagorda bay . why there are two colorado rivers in the US, i really don't know 😅 my guess is, that they were named by two people in different times, not knowing of the other's colorado river discovery. we'll meet the texas colorado river again in austin, so i will probably bestow more information on you eventually ;D a random road squirrel, also found on the way to austin. austin is about 187 miles ( 300 km ) away from baytown and is situated west from there in central texas. it sits at the foot of th...

ghost of nature.

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