ghost of nature.

modern villa at the outskirts of wiesbaden-sonnenberg. by march 2020 it was clear that the virus that swept over the world from china, would be of pandemic character and the world suddenly stood still, but at the same time absolutely went crazy. suddenly people isolated themselves, office workplaces were orphaned and home office became the new rage. people applauded health professionals and retail workers for their outstanding braveness and tireless work to keep people alive and fed ( but soon forgot about it again - and nobody got any raises or better work conditions ). toilet paper became gold for a little while, highly sought after, as were things like tinned food, noodles, oil, flour and everything basically. people prepared for a complete shut-in, masked up without much fanfare and began to learn how to spend their time without constant socialization. i remember the streets being utterly empty, cars were not around much for the first few weeks, too, and my brain was like, this is ...

house in the woods on eiserne hand. though the first signs of spring had already showed before, winter wasn't ready to completely let go. february is of course a winter month and winter is technically still going strong until the middle of march, so it shouldn't be super surprising that a snow flurry will descend on the lands of the taunus mountains. what should've been wondrous is the fact that spring came so early that year, though i always have to intersect and explain that the mild climate right next to the rhine river is very conducive for early springtime. when nature in the rhine valley or the valleys surrounding the taunus mountains is about to burst open and thrive, up in the mountains things can look a tad bit different. is it raining in wiesbaden around 3 degrees celsius, you can be sure it's snowing at 0 degree celsius up in the mountains. with that knowledge in mind you should definitely head up to the mountains a day after such weather conditions for snow ...