random may pictures & deutsche bundestagswahl.

an assortment of various garden plants. nothing much to add here.

except, it's election day here in germany and i'm about to go voting. i just hope that the people of this country do the right thing and don't vote for the rightwing parties. i'm so scared they will move into the bundestag and get into the act of shaping this country's politics...

wenn ihr wählen geht ( und ihr solltet, selbst wenn es euch egal ist, dann wählt wenigstens irgendeine nichtbedeutende partei ), bitte entscheidet euch nicht für die nationalsozialisten und 'besorgte bürger'-parteien. wollt ihr in einer welt leben, die friedvoll und offenherzig ist, die euch den zugang in andere kulturen der welt offen hält, die respekt und gegenseitiges verständnis entgegenbringt, oder wollt ihr in einer welt leben, die mit hass und niedertracht, mit vorurteilen und engstirnigkeit, mit krieg und leid und pein verbunden ist?

wir müssen aktiv an uns arbeiten, auch in unserer derzeitigen situation, wir müssen weiter dinge verändern und verbessern. aber mit der politischen rechte wird das nicht ins positive sondern ins negative umschlagen. einen dritten weltkrieg will doch wirklich keiner. oder seid ihr eures lebens nun plötzlich doch so müde, dass ihr eine rechtsnationale politik gutheißen würdet? am abgrund zu leben, mit der angst, dass man jederzeit von einer atombombe oder einem hagelfeuer an panzerschüssen, bomben, gewehrsalven getroffen werden könnte, wenn eure regierung immer mehr provoziert und nicht de-eskaliert?

wenn ihr wieder in die zeit hitler's zurückwollt, dann kann ich nur sagen: armes menschenvolk.

phloxes.

white peony. look at her being all frilly and gorgeous.

lots more frilly peonies.

a flower that might be related to geraniacae?

chives in full bloom. love my dad's raised garden beds!

my camera was a tiny bit dirty that day, so excuse the flowmarks. chamomile.

little ladybug crawling on peony blossoms.

i couldn't get enough of these white peonies this year. what a feast for the eye.

lit up a small bonfire. it's so hypnotizing to sit around one and stare into the flames, right?

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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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