When Summer was a Promise

When Summer was a Promise

Summer was a chilly humid disappointment this year… which seemed to be only fair after a warm and dry spring. Still that was not what we expected back in June, when I took this photo in the night of the moon eclipse. As if it wanted to close the circle, nature...
Faces of the Wall

Faces of the Wall

Last week we spent some days in Berlin at the Hello Etsy Conference – you can read all about that on Van’s blog. We added one extra day to spend some time sightseeing in the capital. One of the places we saw was the Topography of Terror exhibition on the...
Photo of the Day: Morning Flight

Photo of the Day: Morning Flight

Seems like we have some nice late summer days ahead – the mornings might be like the one on this photo. A calm early-morning walk around a lake, just one fisher and one jogger around. The sun peeking through the clouds, some birds already on their way. The...
Photo of the Day: Elephant

Photo of the Day: Elephant

This last weeks’ weather was barely encouraging me to get out and take photos… this might well be the worst summer I can imagine. Living close to the coast (two coasts, actually…) we were able to jump into the sea exactly one time. And it was pretty...
Photo of the Day: The ancient Hill

Photo of the Day: The ancient Hill

Yesterday we were on a little history trip. After a family meetup in a little café we all jumped into the cars to visit the old home town of my grandparents. Gulde is the place where my grandfather had his first employment as a teacher… more than 60 years ago!...