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Scent of Mud

The ice cold wind bites. The mud is deep and soft as I walk uphill. Did I hear that familiar ...
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/ geese, hill, march, mud, Photography, Spiritual

A Forgotten Place

On this ice cold February day, I found myself alone on a remote hill near Berlichingen (a small Southern German ...
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/ berlichingen, jewish cemetary, Photography, Places

Happy Duck Day at Kilometer 691

Lots of rain, the Rhine has grown and some of the meadows on Cologne's northern end are flooded. The ducks ...
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/ Cologne, duck, high water, january, Nature, Photography, rhein, rhine, water

Locus Amoenus II

Sunday, 6th of November: an expedition to one of my secret favorite places near where I live 🙂 I spent ...
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/ kürten, locus amoenus, november, Photography, warm

Ladybug Chapel

Her birthday, a day off together, the sun was shining and it was very warm for an end-October day. We ...
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/ Cologne, Photography, Places, zülpich, zumthor

Full of Love

Another week with 100+ people in this place that I've written about several times before. We had a full schedule ...
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/ brilliancy, kloster, Photography, ridhwan, schöntal, september, Spiritual

Jumping Ice

While New York, just shaken by an unusual earthquake, prepares for a severe tropical storm, we're having much more harmless ...
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/ hail, Nature, Photography, rain

Nuraghe Island 5: Paper Strip Beach

The coasts of Sardinia are quite beautiful. We found a couple of spots that looked like the Caribbean. And I ...
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/ Places, sardinia

Nuraghe Island 4: Close To The Edge

Bonifacio, sitting at Corsica's southern end (in a way, the most southerly point of France) and one ferry hour away ...
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/ bonifacio, corsica, Places, sardinia

Nuraghe Island 3: Towers of the Sky

Eastward across very windy plains full of large rocks surrounded by colorful flowers ... ... towards a small place called ...
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/ coghinas, nuraghe, Places, sardinia, tempio, torre

Nuraghe Island 2: Fish Out Of Water

The name of the place was Bosa, the river was called Temo. I have never seen a river that was ...
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/ bosa, Photography, Places, sardinia, temo

Nuraghe Island 1: Excited Shouting

Every evening there was a flight show in the Alghero old town, starring hundreds of excited swifts flying high speed ...
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/ alghero, capo caccia, Places, sardinia

Humming Tree

This year seems unusual, weather-wise, too much sun for April-May, too little rain, and the plants grow and are flowering ...
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/ biesfeld, bumblebee, golden, Nature, Photography, rain, spring

Walk The Dog

We took a long walk near Lindlar with my old friend Thomas and Chikai, his friendly Akita Inu dog, past ...
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/ akita inu, lindlar, Nature, Photography, Places, walk

When The Wind Quiets Down

when the wind quiets down there is a vast stillness all around. some very distant sounds of a crow or ...
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/ bergisches land, Photography, Places, Spiritual, spring, wind

Solid Like Hematite

back at Kloster Schöntal with many old friends ... each one a different color deep in the west, a very ...
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/ 2011, diamond dome, existence, Photography, ridhwan, schöntal, Spiritual

The White Spikes

This happens when it is very cold and foggy. No fun to take walks because the cold creeps into your ...
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/ crystals, fog, ice, Nature, Photography

Endless Blue Silence

Sunday after the birthday party, taking care of a slight hangover, cleaning up the house. I was lazy but Sabine ...
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/ bergisches land, linde, Nature, Photography, walk

Fresh Snow Walk

Just when we thought that the mild mid-January would directly turn into spring, new snow - not much yet but ...
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/ biesfeld, january, Nature, Photography, walk, winter

Abandoned Kieswerk

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/ abandoned, kieswerk, linde, Photography, Places