i have to admit, it kind of feels strange to write this entry in the middle of spring. but i want to keep a chronological order on this blog ( my hope is, that i will eventually catch up to the present, and maybe by then get some ideas what else i can offer on this blog of mine - i know, it's a little pretentious, i guess, as i'm hoping for something silly ).
december is oftentimes the month of the year when i'm not shooting much. i don't know, but it's not necessarily my favourite time of the year, i guess it has something to do with my job, as it's getting really hectic around that time and people freak out and i freak out and another year's ending, and i always realize i still haven't found what i want to do with my life.
while i don't actually hate christmas season itself, i still have a hard time, always. maybe it's the dark winter season, maybe it's something else, but it seems to affect my moods so much, that i rarely feel like photographing a lot.
so this is the whole of december, beginning with pictures from the christmas market in frankfurt.
i met up with a frankfurt friend of mine, and we decided to ride the nostalgic merry-go-round on the römerberg.
the twinkling christmas tree in front of the römer city hall.
another merry-go-round near saint paul's church.
i found this really perfect dragon oil lamp! i wish i'd bought it, it's such a great object!
another time in frankfurt i met up with my friend again to go to the symphonic rilke project: dir zur feier. it was an event to commemorate rainer maria rilke's 140th birthday and it took place in the frankfurt opera, a beautiful building inside and out.
it was seriously a mind-bending experience with acts like ben becker, robert stadtlober, nina hoger, hannelore elsner, max mutzke, peter maffay performing the beautiful poetry of rainer maria rilke in the setting of space and outer space and within a wonderful musical frame. it made me dive into the poetry of rilke soon after. at the moment he's my most favourite poet.
in front of the opera.
inside the opera. we were pretty early, hence the few people sitting around.
some random photos out of my window when the sky looked absolutely crazy one morning.
for christmas i visited my parents.
in the basement of my parent's house.
on boxing day we visited the animal and recreation park possen near sondershausen.
we met the most beautiful pink mini pigs!
and looked into the amber-coloured eyes of emus.
the possen tower was built in tudor style and is said to be one of the oldest observation towers in europe.
lovely deer.
look at this aristocratic side profile!
i love this silly photo ;)
a striped plushy something?
yes, baby boars! i loved watching them playing with each other. they are the cutest!
i don't know what game this was, either pushcart or something a tiny bit g-rated?
it seemed fun, nonetheless xD
pigs and goats in one compound.
we marvelled at these amazing ankole longhorns.
their eyes were so soft-spoken. while their horns could certainly spike you up!
and my personal favourite of the whole park were the cheetahs! still, i wish i could see them in their natural habitat, even the biggest compound is still too small for these gracious animals.
on the last day of my visit we headed to weimar. the christmas market was still on display.
inside the weimar atrium, a shopping mall.
christmas arch stall.
huge christmas pyramid.
christmas season is tea season.
and now off to january 2016!
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