
Amazing weather today. Spent half the day at the swimming pool. Had some great Vietnamese food for diner.
A blog where Florian tries to post one photo per day.

Amazing weather today. Spent half the day at the swimming pool. Had some great Vietnamese food for diner.

Playing Animal Crossing during our train ride to the grandparents. She didn't mind Deutsche Bahn being late.

Observing color.

The playground was all ours today.

Walked past the flea market today. With kids this is dangerous territory, because they always find some toy they really like, and how can you say no to something that's just a Euro? But then again, that's one more toy lying around in the house. I am looking forward to the day, they themselves are ready to sell off their old stuff and I can go back to a more minimalistic life style. (I am well aware that this might never happen as long as we live under the same roof…) In the meantime I cherish the memory of living out of a backpack.

Went to the fair today. Brought 20 Euro to spend, and it went fast: One serving of french fries, ride on the chairoplane for the whole family and bumper cars for the girls.

Feeling kind of uninspired in the last few days. I'd probably have skipped today (and yesterday), if it wasn't for the 366 project. I'll be off work for two weeks, and have all these ideas, what to do during this time, but I guess I need to unwind for a bit first. We'll be visiting my parents next week, which I am very looking forward to. Plus having a change of scenery is always good for inspiration.

Construction going on across from A41.

Observing light and shadow.

Met this tiny little frog during a walk through the woods earlier today.

It seems I have never looked up, when leaving the office. Otherwise I would have spotted this interesting looking lamp a long time ago.

Really start to feel like old times when going out on my inline skates. Did a short excursion today with the girls on their bikes. Went to the fairgrounds near Gruga, where they are already setting up for the summer fair.

Spend some time in the backyard today.

Took a longer lens especially for walking past A41 today. It is getting hard to find interesting angles with my regular 35 or 50mm.

Update on the wayside plant.

Rainy day. Photo during a grocery run.

Didn't get to shoot much today, in fact I only got this one shot when leaving the office.

Observing color.

Very slow day today. (Which was good!) Suvi and I headed to the backyard for a while, where she practiced some tricks on the trampoline.
Almost forgot: This already marks the halfway point for the 366 project, which I started on January 1st. Feels like yesterday!

The owners changed the name of the dog to „Tiny“, which I do not find as original as the… well… original name of „Anne-Gret“. But hey. The kids really enjoy their time with her, no matter what her name is.
In other news, Daniel is currently having a great run with his monthly photo journal entries. We met in person for the first time last year at beyond tellerrand in Düsseldorf, so there is two photos of me in his most recent post. Thanks, Daniel!

Half of our urban district is shut down because of the Nazi party’s federal party convent, which is happening in Essen over the weekend. So, this sticker right across from the venue is 💯.

Jacobaea vulgaris, growing by the wayside. I pass this particular plant every day on my way to the office, and by now it is almost as tall as I am. My wife just told me that it is poisonous and with its bright yellow petals sometimes mistaken for Hypericum, which is considered a medical plant. There you go!

A couple of weeks ago, I found a (tiny) wasp nest under the roof in the attic (where we usually hang our laundry to dry). After asking a friend who is a bee keeper (and knowledgable about this stuff), we made sure the nest was abandoned, then took it down this morning. We carefully cut it open to let the kids take a look inside. It has a beautiful structure and is amazingly light weight.

Had this beautiful little camera in a drawer for a couple of months now, and loaded it up for the first time today. Just felt like using it and took a couple of images of my daughters outside. It is super light weight, and while I much prefer the Leica's focus patch (probably because I am so used to it), the Olympus OM-1's microprism focusing screen works quite well. At least I hope so. It will take some time until I have the results.

Heavy rain flooded the backyard. We obviously had to check it out.

Took out a longer lens than usual for this latest A41 shot.

Playing inside a cardboard box. Still a favorite, for all ages.

Cutting down the Christmas tree. We actually found this little tree, pot and all, after Christmas, brought it home. But then it died on our balcony, unfortunately. Image from a couple of days ago.