july: lush flora moments.

the garden of my parents is a real paradise to me, especially in spring and summer ( obviously ). i could photograph things in there forever, just sitting around and watching nature buzz and grow. there isn't much else left to say, but to enjoy the moment.

apple tree is heavy this year.

raspberries slowly turning deep pink.

it's always great to see butterflies in abundance in our garden. it means they feel very comfortable around there, which is a big compliment for a gardener.

and bumblebees buzzing around provides for the best summer sound.

red admirals are a sight you can see fluttering around very often.

blackcurrants.

the blood red dahlias are my most favourite flowers.

i was really surprised to see garlic hanging on the clothes line. we never grew garlic before, but obviously it's prosperous in our earth.

i call this one feather tree. i always forget the real name of it.

little succulent baby.

and cactus babies! they belong to me, even though my parents still didn't manage to bring them on their recent visits.

look at these tiny needles!

most beautiful carnation blossom.

when it's dark outside lampions and lights create a nice mood.

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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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