Around the pond

Just a stone’s throw away from our home there are two small ponds which are good for a short evening walk. At least when the weather is good ๐Ÿ™‚ .   Have a good start … Read more

Photos of July

The month of July is almost over now and, apart from some sunny days, the summer was pretty awful until now. This is why I didn’t take that many photos as I usually do. I … Read more

Time for memories: Yellowstone

Visiting the Yellowstone Nationalpark in the USA (which spreads over three states: Montana, Idaho and Wyoming) was on my bucket list for ages. And on our roadtrip this dream came true. Take plenty of time … Read more

Geocaching!

In case you don’t know what geocaching is all about: it’s something like a modern scavenger hunt. We are pretty new to the “game” and found 47 caches until now. Some were more tricky than … Read more

Squirrel paradise: The Ohlsdorf cemetery

I hope you all had a great Christmas time! To be honest I am happy that it’s over now. To much food and Christmas stress ๐Ÿ™‚ Yesterday we spent the day in Hamburg. While Anna … Read more

The Kingfisher photo challenge

The truth Actually the title doesn’t describe it very well. A better title would have been: Sitting around at a small pond for five hours and waiting for a common Kingfisher to come around. But … Read more

Indian Summer for a day

When speaking of Indian Summer, I’m always thinking back to our time in Canada. This weekend Germany has its own kind of Indian summer. The coloured leaves are falling from the trees, and so do … Read more

Mushroom time!

For a change we had some sunny days this week(end). Good for the flee market in front of our doorstep and also for the mushrooms in the Heide. Unfortunately my camera suddenly switched off in … Read more

Macro Sunday

Even when it’s still around 25 degrees these days, you can feel that fall is coming. The days getting shorter and it’s getting cooler in the evening. Right now you can find many insects in … Read more

Evening impressions

Grab the camera, get the bike out of the shed and enjoy the fresh evening air. That’s what we did (besides geocaching) on the weekend. [doptg id=”48″] Have a good start into week 30 of … Read more