Brushed up page & new old images
During the last few days, I brushed up the navigation of the pages. It is way more professional now. I also updated the CV-section and added texts where new title pages had to be created, e.g. for the photography category. I’m not done with everything yet. Some of the texts sound a bit clumsy. I was desperately trying to fill empty space…
I furthermore added a number of new old pictures. It’s weird how I could forget about those. For two or three summers, I was trying to take pictures of as many butterflies as possible. The butterflies are from left to right: Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood, Map Butterfly, and a Painted Lady. In the animals gallery, you can also find a Peacock Butterfly and a Brimstone Butterfly. We’ll see if I can find some more this summer…
New ‘writings’ section with a little German sort-of-linguistic gem
Long time no update. Today, however, I decided to add a ‘writings’ section to my site: I always thought that there wasn’t a single piece left. I took a creative writing class once but I was sure I didn’t keep the texts. Well, today I found out that there’s one left, namely this one. When I read it again after four years, I thought that I actually did a pretty decent job, didn’t I? I wonder why I didn’t write more often… I hope that it’s a worthy addition to my portfolio anyway.
I’m not sure, by the way, if ‘writings’ is the correct title for this new section. It seems that this term refers to ancient texts? How else could you call it? Any suggestions?
Have fun reading anyway!
Happy New Year!
It’s been quite a while since the last posting. I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Before the holidays, I created this little greeting card which I sent to a few people. Another outcome of my creative thinking… I hope that you like it and that all your dreams come true! Click to enlarge!
The bright side of the current drought: the Sperrmauermodel at the Edersee is being revealed
It didn’t rain a lot during the last few weeks. Well, actually it didn’t rain at all. Farmers, gardeners, and boatmen are complaining already. Nature is allegedly drying out – plants and trees need to be watered. The Rhine is as low as never before in a November. Only very few boats can still go up the river. Alarm!? Isn’t there anything good about this situation? Well, there is!
All the Barrier lakes have lost a lot of water this fall. Many of them are used to regulate the level of the bigger German rivers in order to maintain navigability. That’s nothing special. This year, however, was quite dry overall. Therefore, the level of the lakes was pretty low in August already. They’re still getting emptier. Barrier lake logically means that an artificial lake was built where there wasn’t a natural one before, at least not a bigger one. This again means that a certain area was flooded i.e. is now covered by water. Houses, bridges, and streets were destroyed. During this drought, those treasures are being revealed again. This is what’s happening at the Edersee in North Hessen right now.
The Edersee was built at the beginning of the last century. It’s about 27km long. Several old villages were flooded. Continue reading →
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