The simple joy of spring surprises me every year

Kayak tour



On the canal

View from inside of the tent

On the river Lippe

Our World Tuesday

Norderney

My Sky Watch Friday from this German Island.
In the last couple of days I had lots of sand, water and big, not always blue (but always great for sure) SKY with thick fog sometimes.

Signs in the forest

Where do you want to go?

On the Rothaarsteig, a famous trail in Nort-Rhine-Westphalia

Straight out of the window from a little hut

These stone piles remind me of Canada! Oh, I love them, because I love to remember our hiking there.

Signs, signs

I love to be in the forest

Our World Tuesday

Sky Watch with dead trees

Yellowstone Nationalpark, Wyoming, USA, 2009

Linked to Sky Watch Friday

ABC Wednesday - O is for ...

... on my way to ...

... places in Namibia called Omaruru, Omatjene, Okombahe.

When I was looking for the letter O, I came across this villages I have visited in 2010.
There are more places with great sound on my way around the world: Orinacu (Romania), Osoyoos (Canada).

My contribution for ABC Wednesday

Straight from the forest

Straight from the phone. If you have a new toy, you play with it.
So this is my play. On a beautiful warm and sunny autumn day.

Great Salt Lake

At Antelope Island, Utah, USA, 2009

Linked to Straight out of the Camera Sunday and to Scenic Sunday

Typical Wild West

Cactus in Montana, USA

Linked to Straight Out Of the Camera Sunday

National Botanical Garden

National Botanical Garden Kirstenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa

Blown away

Dandelion or here Löwenzahn, May 2012

Linked to Macro Monday

Such a quite place

In Brandenburg, Germany, April 2012

From our hiking tour. We pitched our tent here.

Linked to Sky Watch Friday
Linked to Scenic Sunday

Deep out of the forest

Pine, Germany, April 2012

I'm back from one week hiking in the wonderful forests in the federal-state Brandenburg.
You may know, I love to be outdoors.

Brandenburg is known for its well-preserved natural environment.

Linked to Our World Tuesday

In the forest

In "our" forest, 100 meters away from home, March 2012

Linked to Our World Tuesday

Nature reserve

The River Lippe, Lünen, Germany, March 2012

At our weekend hike, five kilometers from home. Looks lovely, but is not fare away from an industrial area. It is a protected area.

Linked to Weekend Reflections and to Scenic Sunday

Imagination is more important than knowledge

For my ABC Wednesday you need some imagination.

The quote is from Albert Einstein.

In the hinterland

 Yellowstone National Park, USA, August 2009

we did need a lot of stuff for 12 days hiking in the wilderness with two kids

My ABC Wednesday for H is hiking in the backcountry (which I would translate into German as Hinterland). That was so beautiful, so exhausting, so far away from everything, deep in the nature, just an awesome adventure. And we loved it.
More from my hiking stories.

Fairy-tale forest

On our hike in British Columbia, Canada, June 2009

Linked to ABC Wednesday

I call it grass, but it isn't

Linked to Our World Tuesday