Seasons – Lost In Landscapes

The Advice of the Wise

And here is my advice – go slow and take the pleasures and sceneries as you go. – John Muir So I did it.

Taunus Mountain Range in Summer

For weeks, Germany, as many other countries, is reeling under a heatwave and a severe drought. For weeks, the sky without clouds remembered me of the skies of the Mediterranean Sea. For weeks, I didn’t take the camera. Two days ago, the weather report announced a front with clouds and rain. I took the cameraContinue reading “Taunus Mountain Range in Summer”

Despite Everything, Spring is Here Again

As all we know, the March 21 is the astronomical beginning of the spring season in our Hemisphere. But, in fact, Spring began earlier in Germany this year. Nature goes on in its unstoppable course even with the serious problems and disasters related to our existence. Spring is finally arrived, and we are having hotContinue reading “Despite Everything, Spring is Here Again”

The Cranes Have Started Their Spring Migration Earlier

It is said that Germany is incredibly grey in the winter. For sure, this year 2022 the skies have been grey with a low hanging clouds for weeks, although temperatures have been mild. And, as the days are really short, which makes it seem worse, the entire territory was plunged under gray skies. After theContinue reading “The Cranes Have Started Their Spring Migration Earlier”

Last Days of November, First Winter Snowfalls

Yes, I know, strictly speaking, winter begins on 21st December, so, November ist not yet winter. Nevertheless, these last days of November, the landscape is covered with a thick layer of snow, and the temperatures are below 0º C, consequently, I may say, winter. As I said in my last post, November, a gray, coldContinue reading “Last Days of November, First Winter Snowfalls”

Spring is Here

The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I cannot measure:— But the least motion which they made It seemed a thrill of pleasure William Wordsworth. Lines Written in Early Spring I went for a walk two days after the astronomical spring, as I wanted to take a few pictures of flowers, provided thatContinue reading “Spring is Here”

In Search of Spring

I visited the Westerwald region, a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in Germany. It is a part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. I wanted to scout a gorge, in case I could take some interesting pictures. I camped near a stream, just at the beginning of a path whichContinue reading “In Search of Spring”

Winter Hikes

Hiking in winter between woods, marshes and cranes

Its Winter , Still and Silent…Really?

It was a cold morning and hard to get up and go out. It was snowing heavily, and I enjoy the snow like little children. So, I went out. I hiked in the forest and things were quiet there, except for the crunch of untouched snow beneath my boots. After two or three kilometers, theContinue reading “Its Winter , Still and Silent…Really?”

Autumn Leaves and Fresh Air

I’ve talked about the drought that the country have suffered during the summer, which was very hot. But, luckily, autumn have brought some rain and fresh air. Time for a getaway to some nice woodland in northern Germany and trying to forget for some days the bad news we receive every day about the worldContinue reading “Autumn Leaves and Fresh Air”