ghost of nature.

at the beginning of my vacations me and my parents made a trip up to großer feldberg , the highest mountain of the low mountain range taunus . while in the lowlands the snow was almost inexistent up here it was a whole different world. it was icy, it was cold, it was freezing, it was full of wonderful and beautiful landscapes. we fought the cold and made our way through forests until the sun finally peeked out and also some deer crossed our ways. in the late afternoon we were so frozen that we decided to go swimming in the spa of königstein . this was a perfect ending to the day with a view on the luminated castle and warm water giving you comfort after the freezing temperatures in the mountains.

i visited london recently and before i get to the pictures and recap of this whole event there are still a few pictures from january left. i wasn't in a good mood all january long, i retreated from my social life for a while. work was a pain as well. right now, i feel better, but i feel kind of disconnected now. disconnected from close friends especially, because i had felt the need of distancing myself from them. but sometimes i can't be bothered with other people's life because i feel so envious about them. that's when i retreat into my own snailshell, in the hope of not hurting them with bad thinking and vibes. the downside of this is of course the feel of disconnection after one is pulling oneself out of this dark, devouring state of depression. i guess i have to live with that. but maybe its destroying more of my relationships with people than i really would like to. either way... here are some dark and snowy pictures, and a few of the carnival season this yea...