in late july the hay harvest begins and that's the time when i always sense the first glimpse of autumn. it's a bittersweet time, still too hot to thoroughly enjoy it, still too far away from fall to take a gasp of relief but you just know when the golden light shines on the fields full of hay bales that autumn is not that far away anymore. there's a nostalgic filter on those swelling days, which gives the impression that summer isn't actually all that bad. how could it be all terrible when there's thunderstorms waiting for you, one of the best things summer has to offer? so you endure those days patiently, swearing secretly and calling summer a bitch, but you reach your hands out to her at the same time, offering an apology, saying sorry, because of course, things have to be this way in order to appreciate the things you don't get in all the other seasons.
on the day we made this little walk ( that started in erbach, lead to eberbach abbey and back again to the starting point ) the weather wasn't typically summery. it was a mix of warm and sunny, cloudy and chilly, actually perfect for strolling around outside. in retrospect, even though my parents and i argued quite a lot throughout our walk, i still think back fondly of this day, as it presented to us a few rather wonderful moments amidst all the annoying stuff.
a pretty statue with gold details.
a rather opulent blooming cactus!
pretty doggy on a lawn.
grains still standing.
little storm's a-coming.
camouflaged horse. a so-called zebrorse or horsra. haha.
sign to eberbach abbey.
through young little forests.
little chapel near the abbey. it was rather forlorn.
i've visited eberbach abbey quite a lot of times already, and i feel like there's not much left to photograph ( maybe there still is, somehow i didn't always take pictures when i visited, as i had to learn after searching for former blog entries ) so i kept it pretty brief this time. we spent most of our time there in a little restaurant anyway, for dinner purposes.
on our way back alongside harvested hay fields.
this scenery feels like it is set in the old times when cars were rare and technology not as contrived as in modern times.
old abandoned house. if i had money i would totally renovate it and move inside.
stork grooming.
a dreamy landscape.
i think power poles are quite extraordinarily beautiful against the sky. i don't know why, though. something about the lines and patterns?
beautiful champagne-coloured rose next to a vineyard.
the parents making peace again. we made a stop here for 15 minutes, sang funny oldies and enjoyed the warm evening sun about to go down.
erbach is well known for its strawberry cultivation, so it needed to erect a little strawberry monument.
a strawberry blossom weevil enjoying the blossoms.
i don't know why they are so proud of the weevil, it's actually harmful to strawberry plants.
beautiful timber-framed house in erbach.
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