




But old green is good, too.


And I just have to add these from yesterday’s outing. New green in the woods, particularly beech is just glorious:




The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Pick a Colour
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But old green is good, too.


And I just have to add these from yesterday’s outing. New green in the woods, particularly beech is just glorious:




The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Pick a Colour
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Here is what I did with it: Any guesses what I found? Asparagus fields, still being coddled against the cold. The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Here’s Some Cool Stuff I found
You cannot come up. You’ll destroy the symmetry! The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Symmetry
At first, there was one, then two, then three … and then the whole tree exploded. The white magnolias are the first and now the pink tinted one start appearing. And it seems as I’m not the only one enjoying the blooms. In any case … Continue reading More Magnolias
A portal through to a nice, large courtyard. But what if … The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Portal
The sky was dove grey, the water of the lake iron grey, the bare trees ash grey, the hills behind steel grey — my eyes were yearning for colours. The little bay with tropical umbrellas looked particularly forlorn in the desolation of winter – made … Continue reading How Many Shades of Grey?
I went to Mannheim on Saturday. Did you know that Mannheim has one of the largest baroque palaces in Europe? This isn’t it, though. But it was built as part of the court in the late 18th century, being the armoury. Today it is a … Continue reading Around the Toulonplatz in Mannheim
The weather was grey and dull and cycled to the shops (i.e. I had little choice about the scenic views). So grunge it was and grunge it is.


Under the bridge and next to the railway lines. I was tempted to take a photo of the tracks but it would have meant standing on them and I don’t have a death wish.


A couple walking on this stretch of road, separated from the cars by a winter greenish strip. And a look to the right to the fields isn’t much cheering either.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: From the bottom
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I went for a drive / walk on Saturday. I’ll start with the most boring of the pictures. This cycle path is next to the Bergstraße, the ancient trade route already named by the Romans, strata montana, mountain road. It leads from South to North … Continue reading Between Odenwald and the Rhine Valley