the entry to kellerskopf water tunnel.
i don't think i need to be more detailed when describing my love for autumn, i guess you got the gist from reading my previous entries. the season gets more and more colourful as it progresses. this fact alone makes me want to go outside and explore - every time autumn comes around... and of course take photos of all that splendor.
on this particular walk i chose the area around the kellerskopf water tunnel for my afternoon walk. it was a weekday, so it was rather deserted and i had most of the landscapes all to myself. which, as you all know, makes me happy as can be. i often feel a bit restricted when there are a lot of people having the same idea: taking strolls on beautiful days. i prefer to take photos of deserted landscapes and i also prefer to not get disturbed while doing so. i feel observed & monitored, like: what's this strange woman doing here, all by herself, with no one at her side, taking photos? doesn't she have friends? is she a creep?
the same thoughts come to my mind when i take photos of architecture and it probably is even more uncomfortable to me to imagine what their musings about me might look like. because... maybe i'm disturbing the owner of a house standing too long in front of their homes trying to capture details. or the security cameras notice the unusual long dwelling time and maybe this will set off a guard to come to me and tell me to move on or asking me intimidating questions. ( i have to admit i feel very strange photographing official buildings - but they are often the most interesting ones ).
either way, i'm most comfortable when not many people are around to question my obsession for photography. it's probably not even a big deal to most people, but i don't know. these days a lot of people are very suspicious and get protective as soon as they think you hurt their personal space, and while i get & understand that to some extent, i am absolutely not doing any harm to them. i just do it for my own personal diary. i don't profit at all from it. i am not a reporter or working on any story of importance that i intend to publish for money or attention. i don't do research for an alien project or undercover mission. i just try to capture the moments in life that i deem beautiful or that might induce inspiration. i'm learning for myself when i do research about places i visit. sometime it sparks an interest in a new field. sometimes i just want to keep telling myself that, yes, the world is beautiful and it's wonderful that i get to experience nature like this, even though i ain't the happiest person on earth. as a reminder, sort of. that if i didn't have those little adventures, what would there be for me in this world? nature is my healer. architecture is my healer. landscapes & art & music are, too. and therefore this little blog serves at least on purpose: to memorize the good moments and to draw my energy out of those memories, to continue living, despite the hardships of life, mental & physical.
this got a little heavy, but anyway. thoughts are thoughts and they sometimes spill out.
on to the pictures!
the water tunnel was erected between 1899 and 1906 and is about 4 1/2 kilometers long. i really like the entry of the tunnel, it looks like a luxurious portal to a castle belowground.
the iron work of the door and the lattice of the window remind me heavily of art nouveau.
the scenery around the water tunnel was brimming with colour 😍 basically, the rest of this entry can be described with the heart eye emoji.
when gold turns to auburn.
the afternoon sun created wonderful shadows on the forest paths.
always look up in autumn.
the dark dots in this picture are falling leaves. always so magical when the wind starts blowing them off their summer homes.
the last greens lingering.
wood chaos.
i tried to spot a four-leaved clover, but was not so lucky. have you ever found one?
mushroom fairy ring.
oh, the light, it is to die for.
this birch tree was so bedazzling with its golden crown ❤
couldn't get it out of my mind and my eyes were inescapably fixed on it.
gold emerging from under the shadows.
moved forwards and passed by mountain meadows.
sheeps grazing.
golden apple & auburn chestnut trees.
the little boxes on the left were homes for beehives. they were out and about and their hum was the most soothing sound on that lovely meadow ground.
bright blue skies accentuating the autumn foliage.
horse sighting.
dead wood in a sea of green & yellow. lovelovelove this contrast.
i'm guessing that these are the berries of the fly honeysuckle, but i'm not completely sure. they're not edible, even birds can die after devouring a certain amount of them.
the countryside has so many wonderful landscapes.
wouldn't it be nice to live in the middle of the woods, with sheep & horse paddocks around you? so idyllic and full of solitude. i might be a bit romantic about this, but it's just something i really would like to do someday, move out of the city and to a place somewhere totally insular.
ah, this scene screams for me, it's begging me to be part of it.
the distinct red leaves of the staghorn sumac.
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