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november: animals are a human's best friend.

my vacation time at my parents came to an end and i had to return to wiesbaden again. before i said goodbye we made a nice walk by the river unstrut. the weather was particularly stormy - a perfect november day.

willow tree in yellow glory.

unstrut river. we just rediscovered our local favourite river in recent years, i don't know why we never had that much focus on it before. here in wiesbaden we have the huge river rhein and whenever my parents visit me it's one of their first goals to drive there and have a walk along it... maybe through discovering the rhine they remembered the much smaller river unstrut in their area again - at least that's what i think. anyway, i grew to love it and personally think it's one of the best gems my home area has to offer.

the river flows next to an industrial area and some of the buildings there make for a nice background prop.



darkness surrounded us soon.

that was pretty much the point when we decided to walk back, as the weather started to grow really uncomfortable.

upon my return in wiesbaden i was greeted with blooming schlumbergeras! they are seriously my most beloved plants in my flat. they bloom quite often and i tend to think it's because they love me.


on another november day on which i had nothing to do i decided to drive to kronberg to visit the opelzoo, another favourite zoo of mine here in hessia.

dwarf mangooses huddling together. it's a real pleasure to watch them for a while. just like meerkats they are really social animals and companionship is most important for them.


i do think they're quite beautiful little animals.


coral world.

yellow citrusy fish. 

it's hypnotic to watch the corals sway in the water.

insects collection.

mistletoes having a ball in those trees.

the bird sanctuary.

there was a surprise in that pouch! a baby cangaroo was the stowaway ;)

i couldn't get enough of these two.


persian fallow deer. they were too far away for better photographs.

great white pelicans.

flamingo bath.


the warthogs had kids as well!

a brown hyena on the lookout. another animal i couldn't get enough of, they are simply so marvellous!

i love those ears!

what would a zoo visit be without them meerkats? my little friends :)

dancing under the sun.


i call this one 'peeing and looking that no one sees me peeing'.

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