november '17: moody november colours.

on fire.

i spent a last day at my parent's place before i headed back to wiesbaden and i used this day to capture some more autumnal photos. there's nothing much to add this time, so... moving on!

my parents have a few diverse japanese maple trees inside their garden and it's always such a treat to look at them in autumn. they seriously have the best foliage.

pink & orange magnificience.

this absolutely soothes my mind.

rust & fire on our little japanese cherry tree.

the last hollyhocks.

november roses.

ivy & some thick-leaved ground cover with a nice coloration.

we made a little walk around the village and met some chickens.

the chickens lived in a really cool place near the school yard - some kids made a mural on their living room walls :)

into the direction of the old dairy farm ( now kindergarten ).

this alley is one of my favourite lanes in my home village.

and as faith had it, i stumbled upon the most beautiful kitten of the whole area. and she immediately loved me ;O;

proof of some real kitten love. we snuggled quite a bit before i tore myself away from her. it was way too hard to say goodbye ^^; ❤🐱

this little house was always rented out, but these days no one lives here anymore. which makes me saaaad. with a little bit of effort this could be a really cute abode.

some more late roses. november roses are my favourite roses - as they provide colourful dots in an otherwise rather bleak environment ( except for the autumn foliage of the trees ).

the soil of my village, almost black, very clay-like & dense. it's good earth.

some wild scene in a little wooden patch near my home.

and thus ends the recollection of november 2017.

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