ghost of nature.

white covers of snow. snow is very rare in the region i live in, even though we have a low mountain range just around the corner ( which usually is enough to get at least a little bit of snow flurries in other parts of germany ). i don't know if it's because we're also close to the rhine river, which apparently seems to be one of the causes to why we rarely get snow, as it is said to bring a warmer climate with it. it could also be the climate change that feeds into this. this winter for example, we only had 1 snow day, which was in early december. i am still pining for at least 1 more day until the official winter ends, which gives us at least 2 months. fingers crossed. i actually really love snow, and if the winter around these parts wouldn't be so grey and dark most of the time, i would definitely show more appreciation for it. whenever there's snow or frost, everything feels so still and quiet, as if a soft layer of silk was put over earth. even people se...

chimneys in the industrial park kalle-albert in mainz-amöneburg. wiesbaden, being an aesthetically very pleasing city with historic wilhelminian structures, also has a different side to offer: a rustic industrial part in the south of the city, close to the rhine river. the  industrial park kalle-albert  is situated in  mainz-amöneburg , which is ACTUALLY a district of wiesbaden, not mainz - that's because it is a district that once belonged to mainz, but got ascribed to wiesbaden after the second world war, since it is situated on the right side of the river and therefore was better manageable when it came to administrative problems. the industrial park is a conglomeration of about 80 chemical plants. the first plants on the 1 square kilometer area were founded in 1858 and 1863 ( chemical factories albert & kalle ). in 1989 these two factories merged into one. over time more and more companies took up residence inside the big area, until infraserv wiesbaden, a ...