by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 7, 2010 | Photo of the day
These marguerites on our balcony really got me this year… even after a pretty decent rain shower they still looked gorgeous. Now in autumn the plant got even bigger and had some flowers starting to grow. I fear they won’t open anymore, though… Photo...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 6, 2010 | Photo of the day
This photo is another one from the workshop in Flensburg I attended some weeks ago. I was looking for nice reflections of the sailing boats when this little feather came drifting by. The next photo contest of NDR just started. I hope to find time (and light) to get...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 5, 2010 | Photo of the day
The last aurochs died in 1627 in a forest near Warczwa, Poland. The species was the father of almost all modern domestic cattle and lived in the most parts of Eurasia and northern Africa. German biologists, the Heck brothers, tried to create a race that at least looks...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 4, 2010 | Photo of the day
Yesterday was family celebration time. It is 60 years since my grandparents got married. We had a meeting of my father’s and my aunt’s side of the family at my grannie’s home. As usual there was a vast amount of delicious cakes (too much!) and lots...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 3, 2010 | Photo of the day
The main organ in the Frankfurt Cathedral is huge. Not so much when you see it in relation to the cathedral itself, though. I can never stop marveling about the sheer largeness of those gothic churches. While the cathedral in Frankfurt doesn’t belong to the...
by Matthias Kirsch | Oct 2, 2010 | Photo of the day
The area where I was raised is traditional horses area. It is the home of the Holsteiner horse race, an excellent race for jumping. In fact, the town bordering to my home town in the southeast is where it all started. The monastery of Uetersen is said to be the place...
