Walking in the woods there are places where you come across a clearing and you hesitate. Where to go from here? Which corner to turn? Can’t turn that way! Let’s try the other corner. That’s a better bet. And then — Surpise! – As I … Continue reading Out of the green
Lens-Artists Challenge #377: Holiday Fun
had a song about building a nest: Build yo’ nest – Build yo’ nest – Build yo’ nestBuild yo’ nest on tendernessThe nest is yo’ home and launchin’ pad I went through my archive and was considering bees’ and dragon flies’s wings, wings of elves, … Continue reading Wings: Earth, Wind and Fire
Once upon a time there was this ridge of mountains from Basel to Frankfurt and then about 50 million years ago the middle part sank down and the ridge became a rift: the Upper Rhine Valley. On either side are mountain ranges, the higher altitude … Continue reading This part of Germany
Lens-Artists Challenge #372: Ephemeral
Lens-Artists Challenge: Street Details
Every pebble on a beach is potentially ancient, every sand kernel was potentially once a large rock. My favourite earrings and the matching pendant are certifiably ancient, they are ammonites, actual fossils. In Nierstein, a wine growing village next to the river Rhein, they have … Continue reading Lasting Materials
Internationaler Kunstwaldpfad – International Forest Art, Darmstadt, Germany I don’t have any winter dreams on file but I can offer spring and summer dreams: An finally, some people dream at night. Lens-Artists Challenge: Dreamy
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
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