Cologne, Germany, Nippes. Nature elements meets human made elements. Both are so strong.I think nature wins.

Erle am Wasser

you and i we are many and we are few

we come together at times like these

we look up and down and all around

and what do we see

cross roads

we see north south east and west

we are all just trying to do our best

and yet which way will we go

no one knows.

i suggest we stand in the middle

i suggest we look at these cross roads

we are all in the middle of the cross

some will go north, some south, others east and the rest west

but know that whichever way you go your cross is right now

carry it well carry it with bravery carry it fearlessly

why some may say

who are you

i am you, i am us, i am they.

they must know that the cross has been given us as a gift

we opened it at Easter

we looked into it's core and we saw who bore it.

those who carried their cross are giving us a chance

they are examples of our fate

it's not too late.

carry it well and know that the one's who went before us

are cheering us on from the bleachers.

In need of tender loving care.

Nikon F301 : Vivitar 35-70mm f/2.8-3.5 : Kentmere 100 : PMK Pyro

Cruise Ship Viking Sun in Loch Broom at Ullapool

Reiche Frucht

Sedge Warbler at Balmore, Glasgow, Scotland

Christuskirche. Einfach vorstellen, dass das Mauerwerk senkrecht steht :-))

it takes a discerning eye to capture the truth

it takes a discerning heart to be captured by truth

it takes a love of earth to know both.

close your eyes and you close your heart.

close your heart and lose the part

the part of you that wants to be held, loved and accepted into the part of you that knows the truth.

so don't run and hide in a world so bold

that gives you a truth that is so cold

come back to the moment of baby smell delight

and know that your innocence is oh so right.

so balance your life in between the lines

stay the course you were meant to find

in between life and death is a world so fine

all you need do is be willing to be kind.

amen and amen

Hamoa Beach, Hana, Maui

Curlew from the sea wall Musselburgh

Farbig und fruchtig

Eye cannot see what I do not want.

I cannot see what eye will not see.

Lord let me see what my eye has seen and I promise to be what I see from Thee.

Antibes ist eine der ältesten Städte an der Côte d’Azur. Sie ist aus der griechischen Stadt Antipolis (Αντίπολις) entstanden. Die Stadt wurde um 340 v. Chr. von den Griechen gegründet. Antipolis bedeutet „Stadt gegenüber Nikaïa Polis“ (Nizza). Im 4. Jahrhundert vor Christus richteten die Griechen hier eine kleine Handelsstation ein, bestehend aus Warenlagern, von wo aus man außerhalb der Stadtmauer Handel mit den Küstenbewohnern betrieb. Später wurde Antibes von den Römern zu einer bedeutenden Stadt ausgebaut und in der Spätantike auch Bischofssitz. Aus der Römerzeit stammt eine hier aufgefundene Weiheinschrift für den Gott Ollioules.

Im Jahre 1386 fiel Antibes in den Besitz der Grimaldi, die es im 16. Jahrhundert an Frankreich verkauften. Der französische König ließ Antibes zu einer Festung ausbauen, nachdem Nizza im 14. Jahrhundert an Savoyen gefallen war.

(wikipedia)

Roter Mohn

Abendrot - Afterglow

Left High and Dry in Maryport Harbour

Speicherbecken Hauke Haien-Koog

Eagle’s nest flyby. Springfield Lake. Springfield, Mo.

19/04/20...Hertfordshire...England

Blick vom Festland auf die Halligen

Male Yellowhammer at Balmore, Glasgow, Scotland

This iris is from the yard of my great-great grandparents, James Thomas Keeble and Prudence Keeble. Sevier County along with most of East Tennessee was pro-Union during the Civil War, and James Keeble was a private in the Third Tennessee Calvary ( Union ). The iris bulb was given to me about 20 years ago by a cousin, and this is the third time it has bloomed in that length of time. The bloom is a little more than half the size of a modern variety.