Kingfisher shooting in Muelheim

I never get tired of Kingfisher posts. And why should I ? The European Kingfisher is one of the prettiest and most colourful birds in Germany! We recently discovered that there is a bridge nearby … Read more

Birding at the Kemnader See

I am not a (early) morning person and it is really nice to stay in bed 40 minutes longer in times of Corona and home office. On weekends it’s the same. When there is no … Read more

Slowing down in Corona time

Stay home, don’t go out. These are the sentences you hear mostly in the Corona news these days. But I can really good understand that this is really hard for many people. Even for us … Read more

Night photography: Thyssen Krupp

My main photography targets are usually animals or anything else in nature. But since we are living in one of the most urban areas in Germany this is a bit tricky. Yes, there are some … Read more

New Year, new blogpost: Walking along the Kemnader lake

I wish you all a happy new year! ๐Ÿ™‚ When looking back to 2019 I am happy that the year is over. For me personal it can only get better. But this is another story … Read more

December 2019

It feels like the only goal of December is to prepare for the holidays. And then it’s all over, so fast that your mind cannot even follow. When I listened a radio show I heard … Read more

Kingfisher challenge – check

It is kind of weird that I can finally complete my “self made Kingfisher challenge” in 2019. And it is not because of the year. It is because I took these photos from our balcony. … Read more

Short summer posting

Germany and the rest of Europe (maybe the rest of the world?) is suffering from the extreme temperatures and the dryness. We are lucky that it got better, at least were I live. But the … Read more

Urban gardening

I still have some photos from our USA trip in my pipeline, but today I have something out of the “real life” :-). We are living in a urban area with many cities around. But … Read more

The (easter) Fox

In my last posting I told you that it’s pretty difficult to get a photo of a fox during the daytime. What should I say? It was the other way around today: It was pretty … Read more