of the Odenwald The places in the Odenwald I love most are populated by beech trees. I love the fresh green in the spring, the luscious dark canopy in the summer, and then the leaves turning to gold in the autumn, even when they turn … Continue reading A Few Walks in the Woods
Festival of Leaves: Autumn Grape Leaves
There are many deep and sad, even some morbid poems about autumn in German. They are often considered amongst the most beautiful of German poems, which says something about Germans, I suppose. The title of this post is actually the start of one of the … Continue reading The Time Has Come
Festival of Leaves: Fade to Yellow
For Cee’s Flower of the Day and Floral Friday
I went to the Hermannshof (a botanical garden) on Saturday (the only day of the week not envelopped by grey) and I took a photo of the little pond there which looks rather unkempt in its autumn colours and disarray. Then I looked through older … Continue reading The Local Pond
Christian Morgenstern wrote a poem called Herbst (Autumn) around the turn of the of the 19th into the 20th century. The first verse reads: This is not from the current year but it is still my favourite autumn photo: The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Autumn’s Golden … Continue reading As Good as Gold
Each morning on my way to work I pass a home for the handicapped. Between the buildings and the road is a stretch of green grass with a little stable and goats. I know it’s spring when I see baby goats scamper about, and this … Continue reading Another Sign of Autumn
Days are shorter now. Dusk comes early and feels even earlier when mists creep in and blot out the setting sun.
The original photo. The pastel drawing filter (photoscape) applied to the periphery. Focused on the yellow leaf. Water colours filter (photoscape) applied to the whole photo. I lightended the whole photo and added contrast. One-to-three Photo Challenge in November
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