Dies sind die rosa Blüten eines Mandelbaumes.
24. Mai 2010
14. Mai 2010
Lila Blumen
Diese Blumen wachsen am Wegesrand. Ich fotografiere Blumen, die ich schön finde, auch wenn sie - wahrscheinlich - eher zur vom Menschen so definierten Gattung Unkraut gehören...
12. Mai 2010
Blüten in meiner Umgebung
Diese farbintensiven Blüten fotografierte ich in meiner unmittelbaren Umgebung - dem Vorgarten einer Pizzeria.
Ich nehme an, dass es sich um eine Geranien-Art handelt, aber so genau weiß ich das nicht - ich fotografiere Blumen und Blüten, weil ich sie schön finde, und oft weiß ich nicht so genau, was ich da fotografiere...
9. Mai 2010
26. April 2010
Birke im Frühling
Birke im Frühling. Photo: Ulla Hennig
Das ist das erste zarte Grün. Man kann zuschauen, wie die Bäume immer mehr Blätter bekommen. Die jungen Bäume sind die ersten, die alten lassen sich noch ein wenig Zeit.
23. April 2010
Britzer Baumblütenfest
Baumblüte in Britz, Berlin. Photo: Ulla Hennig
Das Baumblütenfest in Britz wird immer im April gefeiert. Im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes ist es ein Sinnbild für den Frühling in voller Blüte.
Das Baumblütenfest in Britz wird immer im April gefeiert. Im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes ist es ein Sinnbild für den Frühling in voller Blüte.
20. April 2010
Berlin im Frühjahr
Berlin im Frühjahr. Photo: Ulla Hennig
Es grünt und blüht jetzt überall. Bald haben die Forsythien ausgeblüht, und die japanischen Kirchbäume werden uns mit ihrer Blütenpracht erfreuen.
17. April 2010
16. April 2010
Forsythien
Forsythien. Photo: Ulla Hennig
Die Forsythien blühen überall in Berlin. Ihr Gelb und das helle, frische Grün der Sträucher und auch der ersten Bäume ergeben eine wunderbare Farbkombination.
Die Forsythien blühen überall in Berlin. Ihr Gelb und das helle, frische Grün der Sträucher und auch der ersten Bäume ergeben eine wunderbare Farbkombination.
13. April 2010
7. Juli 2008
Off-Topic - What I learned from Transportation
It is 3.45 pm and I'm standing at the bus stop. The bus is going to come in five minutes. I've got a meeting with my masseuse at 5 pm and with the bus coming in 5 minutes everything will run smoothly.
It is 3.50 pm and no bus in sight. Well, these five minutes won't make a big difference, so I am still calm.
3.55 pm and no bus coming. I could walk to the tube station. It would take me 8 minutes, and I know the trains are passing every five minutes. But I've already been waiting for 10 minutes now, and walking now would mean having been waiting for nothing. So I keep on waiting.
It's 4 pm now, and still no bus coming. Okay, I will walk. I turn round, but can't resist to look back once more. The bus is coming!
I return to the bus stop. The bus is approaching the bus stop. It is full up to the last seat, and there are a lot of people standing in the middle. Well, I'll have to push myself in. The bus is coming nearer - and drives on, leaving me and at least seven other people behind. It is too full to let any more people in.
In the meantime, it is 4.10 pm. I'll have to run now in order to be on time at my masseuse's place. I finally get there five minutes late, and I have learnt something:
I could have avoided coming late if - from the beginning - I had walked. It would have been not so comfortable, but in the end, things would have run smoothly.
Looking for comfortable ways of doing something often makes the whole thing uncomfortable in the end.
Somebody tells you he's got a wonderful picture for your next blog post, and that he is going to mail it to you. You've told him about your blogging schedule, and he promises to mail you in time. So you stop thinking about the picture and concentrate on the words. You can guess what's happening. In the end you've got to look for it on your own - which puts additional stress on you. Mind you, I don't speak against relying on other people or certains things in general. But sometimes it is better to rely on yourself.
This is a contribution to the What-I-Learned-from-Transportation Group Writing Project on www.middlezonemusings.com.
It is 3.50 pm and no bus in sight. Well, these five minutes won't make a big difference, so I am still calm.
3.55 pm and no bus coming. I could walk to the tube station. It would take me 8 minutes, and I know the trains are passing every five minutes. But I've already been waiting for 10 minutes now, and walking now would mean having been waiting for nothing. So I keep on waiting.
It's 4 pm now, and still no bus coming. Okay, I will walk. I turn round, but can't resist to look back once more. The bus is coming!
I return to the bus stop. The bus is approaching the bus stop. It is full up to the last seat, and there are a lot of people standing in the middle. Well, I'll have to push myself in. The bus is coming nearer - and drives on, leaving me and at least seven other people behind. It is too full to let any more people in.
In the meantime, it is 4.10 pm. I'll have to run now in order to be on time at my masseuse's place. I finally get there five minutes late, and I have learnt something:
I could have avoided coming late if - from the beginning - I had walked. It would have been not so comfortable, but in the end, things would have run smoothly.
Looking for comfortable ways of doing something often makes the whole thing uncomfortable in the end.
Somebody tells you he's got a wonderful picture for your next blog post, and that he is going to mail it to you. You've told him about your blogging schedule, and he promises to mail you in time. So you stop thinking about the picture and concentrate on the words. You can guess what's happening. In the end you've got to look for it on your own - which puts additional stress on you. Mind you, I don't speak against relying on other people or certains things in general. But sometimes it is better to rely on yourself.
This is a contribution to the What-I-Learned-from-Transportation Group Writing Project on www.middlezonemusings.com.
5. Juli 2008
Off the Road / Neben der Straße
Some days ago I went for a walk just around the place where I am living. I took my camera, because this forces me to see the things I otherwise would not. For example these blossoms. And these ones:
It hadn't been raining for a few days, so the grass is getting yellow. But still the blossoms look somewhat special. It's the beauty in the simple things which I like so much.
Die Bilder sind das Ergebnis eines Spaziergangs rund um das Viertel, in dem ich wohne. Ich nahm zu diesem Spaziergang die Kamera mit, und siehe da, ich nahm plötzlich Dinge wahr, an denen ich vorher achtlos vorbeigegangen wäre. Diese Blüten fand ich am Wegesrand, und obwohl die Dürre der letzten Tage das Gras ziemlich mitgenommen hat, sehen sie irgendwie besonders aus.
30. Juni 2008
Bavaria Series #8 Bavarian Inns
A traditional inn

There are lots and lots of traditional inns in Bavaria. Every village has got its one or two inns - often big, impressive buildings like this one. They serve traditional bavarian food, like "Schweinsbraten mit Knödel" - roasted pork with dumplings. And of course nice, cool beer. Sometimes they offer traditional folk music, not so much for tourists, but of the locals' entertainment. And they are important meeting places for the people who live there: for the local clubs like the soccer club of the village, or the fire brigade.
In Bayern gibt es immer noch - glücklicherweise - sehr viele traditionelle Gasthäuser. Jedes Dorf hat sein eigenes Gasthaus, oft sogar mehr als eins. Oft sind es große, beeindruckende Gebäude wie dieses hier. Es wird traditionelle bayerische Küche serviert, z.B. Schweinsbraten mit Knödel, und natürlich schönes kühles Bier. Manchmal gibt es auch traditionelle bayerische Volksmusik - nicht für Touristen, sondern für die Einheimischen. Und diese Gasthäuser sind wichtige Treffpunkte für die Menschen, die hier leben: für die örtlichen Vereine wie den Fußballverein des Dorfes oder die Feuerwehr.
There are lots and lots of traditional inns in Bavaria. Every village has got its one or two inns - often big, impressive buildings like this one. They serve traditional bavarian food, like "Schweinsbraten mit Knödel" - roasted pork with dumplings. And of course nice, cool beer. Sometimes they offer traditional folk music, not so much for tourists, but of the locals' entertainment. And they are important meeting places for the people who live there: for the local clubs like the soccer club of the village, or the fire brigade.
In Bayern gibt es immer noch - glücklicherweise - sehr viele traditionelle Gasthäuser. Jedes Dorf hat sein eigenes Gasthaus, oft sogar mehr als eins. Oft sind es große, beeindruckende Gebäude wie dieses hier. Es wird traditionelle bayerische Küche serviert, z.B. Schweinsbraten mit Knödel, und natürlich schönes kühles Bier. Manchmal gibt es auch traditionelle bayerische Volksmusik - nicht für Touristen, sondern für die Einheimischen. Und diese Gasthäuser sind wichtige Treffpunkte für die Menschen, die hier leben: für die örtlichen Vereine wie den Fußballverein des Dorfes oder die Feuerwehr.
26. Juni 2008
Bavaria Series #7 High up in the Mountains / Hoch in den bayerischen Bergen
This is high in the Bavarian Alps. In the summer, cows are grazing all over. The grass is very spicy, and so is the milk and the cheese then. The air is pure, so this is also the place for people with allergies.
Hoch oben in den Bayerischen Bergen. Im Sommer grasen hier überall Kühe. Das Gras ist sehr würzig, und so ist auch die Milch und der Käse. Die Luft ist rein - die ideale Gegend für Allergiker!
21. Juni 2008
Bavaria Series #6 Landscapes - Spitzingsee
Spitzingsee is a small village (well mostly hotels, I must say) in the Bavarian Alps. It is also the name of the lake. It's a quite touristic place, but here I was lucky to take a picture without any people on it. Looking at these mountains man can feel really small...
Spitzingsee ist ein kleines Dorf (eigentlich besteht es nur aus Hotels) in den Bayerischen Alpen. Der See dort heißt ebenfalls Spitzingsee. Eigentlich ein Ort für Touristen, aber das sieht man hier nicht. Vor diesen Bergen kommt man sich als Mensch sehr klein vor...
18. Juni 2008
Bavaria # 5 Landscapes - The Mountains
How many times did we pass that lake, my husband and me, when we spent our holidays in Bavaria! It's called the Sylvenstein Lake, and it's on the border to Austria. It is not a genuine lake, but a water supply dam, responsible for the region down north till Munich.
Wieviele Male sind mein Mann und ich an diesem Stausee vorbeigefahren, als wir unsere Ferien in Bayern verbrachten. Dies ist der Sylvenstein See, der für die Wasserversorgung bis hinunter nach München verantwortlich ist.
15. Juni 2008
Bavaria # 4 Landscapes
peissenberg, originally uploaded by Ulla2004.
I took this picture on the "Hohe Peißenberg", which is in Upper Bavaria.
Normally you can hundreds of miles or kilometres from here, but on that day it was a bit misty. But I liked the small graveyard and the different shades of green. Could be anywhere in Italy, too, I think - don't you feel the southern atmosphere, too?
Diese Aufnahme wurde auf dem "Hohen Peißenberg" gemacht, einem Berg im Voralpenland in Bayern.
Normalerweise kann man von hier aus weit ins Land hineinsehen. An diesem Tag war es sehr dunstig; trotzdem reizten mich der kleine Friedhof und das viele Grün dazu, hier ein Foto zu machen. Die Landschaft könnte auch in Italien sein - spüren Sie nicht auch die südliche Atmsophäre?
13. Juni 2008
Bavara Series # 3 / Monastery from Inside
Isn't there a time when you want some peaceful time, away from the urban traffic and all the noise? A place where you could listen to the sound of nature, the birds singing and the rustling of the leaves?
My last blog entry belonging to the series about Bavaria showed you a monastery from the outside - well mainly the church tower of the monastery.
What a feeling did you have when you saw it? The feeling of peace? Or the feeling of power enacted by the church?
Well, look at the picture above now. When I visited this monastery and the yard with the big tree in the the green meadow, I thought:
What a peaceful place! What a place to slowly walk around, even meditate.
What is your feeling? Tell me!
Geht es Ihnen nicht auch so, dass Sie den Lärm und Verkehr der Stadt manchmal satt haben? Dass Sie sich nach einem Platz sehen, an dem Sie nur den Klang der Natur hören, das Zwitschern der Vögel und das Rauschen der Blätter?
Mein letzter Blogeintrag aus der Bayern-Serie zeigte Ihnen ein Kloster von außen, d.h. eigentlich die Klosterkirche. Was empfanden Sie, als Sie dieses Bild sahen? Frieden? Oder strahlte dieses Bild die Macht der Kirche aus?
Schauen Sie sich nun das Bild oberhalb dieses Textes an.
Als ich den Innenhof des Klosters mit dem großen Baum in der Mitte der grünen Wiese und den Kreuzgang sah, dachte ich: was für ein friedlicher Ort, ein Ort zum Meditieren.
Wie geht es Ihnen dabei? Schreiben Sie es auf!
My last blog entry belonging to the series about Bavaria showed you a monastery from the outside - well mainly the church tower of the monastery.
What a feeling did you have when you saw it? The feeling of peace? Or the feeling of power enacted by the church?
Well, look at the picture above now. When I visited this monastery and the yard with the big tree in the the green meadow, I thought:
What a peaceful place! What a place to slowly walk around, even meditate.
What is your feeling? Tell me!
Geht es Ihnen nicht auch so, dass Sie den Lärm und Verkehr der Stadt manchmal satt haben? Dass Sie sich nach einem Platz sehen, an dem Sie nur den Klang der Natur hören, das Zwitschern der Vögel und das Rauschen der Blätter?
Mein letzter Blogeintrag aus der Bayern-Serie zeigte Ihnen ein Kloster von außen, d.h. eigentlich die Klosterkirche. Was empfanden Sie, als Sie dieses Bild sahen? Frieden? Oder strahlte dieses Bild die Macht der Kirche aus?
Schauen Sie sich nun das Bild oberhalb dieses Textes an.
Als ich den Innenhof des Klosters mit dem großen Baum in der Mitte der grünen Wiese und den Kreuzgang sah, dachte ich: was für ein friedlicher Ort, ein Ort zum Meditieren.
Wie geht es Ihnen dabei? Schreiben Sie es auf!
10. Juni 2008
Off-Topic - What I learned from Ants
This is just a little break from the Series "Pictures of Bavaria". It will be continued with the next post, so I ask you for a bit of patience.
This post here is a contribution to the Writing Project "What I learned from Animals".
Some days ago I had to water the plants on my husband's grave. I've got to do this every two or three days, because here in Berlin we didn't have rain for over one week. So I fetched the watering can, went to the water, filled it and very slowly watered the thirsty plants. Suddenly I felt a tickling on my left hand; just like some insect would run over it.
I am not very keen on insects; everything with more than four feet gives me the creeps. So I very slowly looked at my hand, hoping it was an insect I was able to cope with. Okay, three ants were running over my hand. My first reaction was to hit them with the other hand (they are so small I would have got all three of them at once); but then I decided not to. I brought my hand to the earth and very cautiously helped them to get to the ground. I decided to watch and follow them, and some times later they had found their fellow ants, which were trying to carry off a thick green leaf. It was almost impossible, but they never gave up, and in the end, carried away the leaf in silent triumph (at least that whas the impression they gave).
Well, what did I learn?
1. Sometimes it takes a kind person to get you back to the right way when you're lost. Traffic is low, comments are near zero, and you feel down and out. Somebody comes and takes you by the hand instead of hitting you on the head with a harsh critic.
2. Keep going on! Even if the way is steep and the load is heavy, you can do it!
Information about the writing project on
http://middlezonemusings.com/what-i-learned-from-animals
and
http://highcallingblogs.com/writing-project-animals/
This post here is a contribution to the Writing Project "What I learned from Animals".
Some days ago I had to water the plants on my husband's grave. I've got to do this every two or three days, because here in Berlin we didn't have rain for over one week. So I fetched the watering can, went to the water, filled it and very slowly watered the thirsty plants. Suddenly I felt a tickling on my left hand; just like some insect would run over it.
I am not very keen on insects; everything with more than four feet gives me the creeps. So I very slowly looked at my hand, hoping it was an insect I was able to cope with. Okay, three ants were running over my hand. My first reaction was to hit them with the other hand (they are so small I would have got all three of them at once); but then I decided not to. I brought my hand to the earth and very cautiously helped them to get to the ground. I decided to watch and follow them, and some times later they had found their fellow ants, which were trying to carry off a thick green leaf. It was almost impossible, but they never gave up, and in the end, carried away the leaf in silent triumph (at least that whas the impression they gave).
Well, what did I learn?
1. Sometimes it takes a kind person to get you back to the right way when you're lost. Traffic is low, comments are near zero, and you feel down and out. Somebody comes and takes you by the hand instead of hitting you on the head with a harsh critic.
2. Keep going on! Even if the way is steep and the load is heavy, you can do it!
Information about the writing project on
http://middlezonemusings.com/what-i-learned-from-animals
and
http://highcallingblogs.com/writing-project-animals/
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