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A blog where Florian tries to post one photo per day.
More snow today – and this time we could actually build stuff with it. Some random backyard impressions above.
I sometimes wish my knowledge of what's happening in the world was limited to what my kids know. (At least for a day or a couple of hours.) Today, their only mission was to get outside and start playing in the snow. I am so envious.
We had some snow today – which turned to slush in the blink of an eye.
It is exciting to see so many people starting their daily photo projects. (If you are committed, let me know, I'll update the 356 project list soon.) Also, for anyone interested in (more) stats, I published my 2025 (photographic) retrospective.
First attempts with henna. It's quite tricky to draw fine lines with the tubes.
Cold afternoon walk.
Crafting keyring pendants. So far she's made a carrot, a piece of melon, an ice cream cone, and a cat.
Last A41 for the year (I guess). Went to the office today to do some planing for the next year. Lots of changes are coming, starting with moving to a new flat in March.
After overindulging on food during Christmas, my daughter and I took a long walk around Essen today. The images are a bit all over the place but probably a nice representation of what caught my eye.
Walked around Leimen a bit the other day. It is quite remarkable to see how it has changed over the years. When I was a kid I went to the primary school seen on the right. The empty space in the middle was actually the location of our gymnasium. It was torn down many years ago as it had fallen into a state of disrepair. Lots of delays over the years (from archeological excavations, fatal accidents, law suits) are the reason the area is still in this state seen above. Construction to build something new is scheduled to start in spring 2026.
In the process of building a robot. She really loves assembling stuff – Legos, furniture, you name it. This is the first time electronics are involved. Update: It is completed.
Mom cooking our traditional Christmas dinner. Happy Holidays, everyone!
Christmas tree ornament selfie.
👀 Had a look at the state of the new flat today. Still lots of work to be done.
Finally, some dedicated photography time again! 🙌 Went to Kettwig with Daniel. We walked through the old town and along the Ruhr river. It was a nice battery refill after a couple of packed days spent mostly indoors.
Update: Sorry about the missing context, it was late yesterday, when I posted this image and I just wanted to get it out. I need more light. Not in terms of photography, but in general. It will only get better after today! I guess the context to the image is still missing. 🤷♂️
She's 6 years old today. Every year the feeling is the same: Where did the time go? How did she grow up so fast? Which is why I can't recommend this strongly enough: create photo books from your images. I am so glad I started this right from the beginning – I have one book per year for each of my two daughters – and I will continue to make books until they no longer want to be photographed. These books are already incredibly important artifacts and we pull them out regularly, but especially on birthdays to look at the years past.
Went downtown today with a mission: The little one had her mind set on getting her ears pierced, since it's her sixth birthday tomorrow. But when the time arrived and she saw the piercing apparatus, she wasn't motivated any longer. So instead, we walked along the Christmas market, bought some Trdelník and then went back home. Her time will come, once she's ready.
The bike needs new brake pads, so we took the car this morning. This is not great in terms of photography. I can't just stop when I see something interesting. Hence, trying to find something visually interesting just now. Observing light and shadow, it is.
You know the rules. Whenever there's a mirror, take a selfie – especially when it is discarded and oddly placed.
Health-wise, nothing has changed really. Still hanging in there… tea to the rescue. 🤞
Photo from a couple of days ago, because I didn't go out much today. Only getting the kids from/to school/kindergarten. Drank lots of tea today, trying to prevent an oncoming sickness. Let's hope it is working. 🤞
Observing light and shadow.
The girls played hairdresser and Ulya got all the hair clips.
Pedalo. Kinda feel the color today.
Early morning Christmas tree.
The Flock. Image from yesterday. I kinda regretted not posting it when I saw Jasper's image, because it would have fit so nicely!
Mirror triangle selfie with the little one.
Getting this daily posting thing off my plate early today, with these two photos of the same bird, taken yesterday at Gruga.
Love the rendering and compactness of the 23mm 2.8. I expect this to be my always-on, everyday carry for a long time.
Spending the day at a friend's house. She's basically living on a horse farm. Obviously the kids wanted to take a tour and get to know the animals, which included miniature horses and a donkey – which greeted us with his signature call – which the kids found to be quite disturbing. 😂 It was very loud! (I should've recorded it!)
TV tower during blue hour.
