Happy New Year

We visited the wind-beaten "Wetterbuchen" close to the summit of the Schauinsland summit once more (this time it was sunny and the visibility was better than last time - see http://friederikebauer.blogspot.de/2012/02/wetterbuchen.html for a comparison)

abstract

moss looking like a map

similarities

somehow the colors of this plant are very similar to the colors of the graffito from Bucharest from my last post...

Groapa Vacaresti

We visited this place in one of the few rain breaks. It is located quite close to the city center and was meant to become a lake once (but that didn't happen). Right now a small wilderness has developed there that reminds of the Danube Delta (with plants, rare animals etc.). Maybe one day it will be a nature reserve.

walk in the park

Schloßgarten, Karlsruhe

Wetterbuchen

I have posted pictures of these wind-shaped trees on the Schauinsland mountain before. They were taken in the summer - now you can see one of the trees in the winter, covered in snow.

blossom III

crocuses

signs of spring

gheata

(ice)

autumn leaves

Wetterbuchen VI

Fliegenpilz

Moos (moss)

Herbstlaub (autumn foliage)

Sanguisorba officinalis

Wetterbuchen V

Wetterbuchen IV

Tree

Dobrich oblast, Bulgaria.
I don't know what happened to the tree. Maybe pesticides?

grün/green/verde