Spring time is here! (some photos)

[Kirsten]

Nothing special, but as my doctor told me to try to relax and do some things I like, I thought I'd try to take some photos. Within the couple of days, the entire world turned into green here, and it is this beautiful fresh lightgreen that I really like.

Look:

http://www.catmom.de/pix/spring1.jpg

http://www.catmom.de/pix/spring2.jpg

http://www.catmom.de/pix/spring3.jpg

http://www.catmom.de/pix/spring4.jpg


These two were taken last weekend, the roofs of my hometown:

http://www.catmom.de/pix/altstadt_1b.jpg

http://www.catmom.de/pix/altstadt_2b.jpg


This, however, is also a part of the sunny season:

http://www.catmom.de/pix/wespe.jpg

Kirsten

[joycenalex]

wow! how blue is that sky? can you take photos a few weeks then months from now of the same locations, so we can see the difference? thanks for sharing, you've got a talent

[Kirsten]

Thanks! :)


wow! how blue is that sky? can you take photos a few weeks then months from now of the same locations, so we can see the difference?

Oh yes, the sky is extremely blue these days, there's nothing photoshopped in these pictures!

And yes, I can take photos of the same spots, it's the forest behind my parents restaurant, which is here (http://www.tillyschanze.de/index2.html). I also took the photos of the roofs from there.

Kirsten

[dukedogsmom]

I just love it when the sky is that deep blue with no clouds. That's my favorite sky. And the town shots are charming. They're my favorite.

[lvpets2002]

:eek: Oh WoW these photos are Great.. I just love the town roof top photos.. Great photos & thanks..

[BCollie_Kelly]

Wonderful pictures! I Love that second shot!

[Pam]

Kristen these are awesome. It was fun seeing your home town. I love the unusual architecture in Germany. It is different than anything here in the US. Your lilacs are ahead of mine. :) Of course with the warm weather come the bees :eek: but they are beautiful aren't they? Thank you for treating us to your photos. Your photography is excellent. ;)

[lizbud]

Beautiful pictures. :) You don't see any buildings that look like these over
here. Thanks for sharing with us.

[Taz_Zoee]

Great pictures!! The one of the bee gave me chills though. :eek:
I also like how you captured a bee in flight in the second picture. :)
I love other countries architecture. It fascinates me! Thanks for sharing these lovely photos. I hope it is helping you feel better.

[Karen]

Your spring is far, far ahead of mine - my lilacs are just showing the very beginning of leaves - leaf buds less than half an inch along!

Great pictures, hope they made you smile like they did the rest of us!

[Lori Jordan]

Wow nice pictures.

My lilac tree is just starting too bud,I love lilacs the smell is soothing,I wish they lasted longer than two weeks.

[caseysmom]

I was going to say exactly what Pam said, we have nothing like that here, I just love the architecture. I went to Germany in 1982 and it is so pretty.

[wombat2u2004]

Groan !!!! Everything is turning yellow and red here down under.
Winter is upon us. :(
Wom

[cassiesmom]

Kirsten, this could be a picture postcard! I love it! Especially the turret of the building just to the left of center, and the trim along the roof on the building just to the right of center. May I show this to co-workers?
http://www.catmom.de/pix/altstadt_1b.jpg

[Daisy and Delilah]

Excellent pictures!! I'm so glad you're getting some time to do something you like. You're so good at it!! :)

[krazyaboutkatz]

Beautiful pictures. You're so talented Kirsten.:) I hope you start feeling better soon.:)

[Rachel]

I too enjoyed your pictures so much and even though I liked them all the rooftop picture is perhaps my favorite. Just beautiful. I feel fortunate to be an armchair travelor today.

[chocolatepuppy]

Nice pictures! The houses are beautiful. :)

[Kirsten]

Thank you very much!!

Yes, I too like the architecture of these old builings! Not all houses here in Germany look like that, but the ones in the photos are very old, some of them maybe 700 or 800 years, that's how old our town is, and these half-timberted houses were built in the Middle Ages!

It's very strange about the lilac! They're far ahead of their time! But we literally had no winter, and we already had several heat records this year, so nature is totally messed up. Geez, Germany will turn into a tropical country when it's going on like this!

@cassiesmom: Yes, of course you can show it to your co-workers! :)

Kirsten

[Barbara]

I think we have the most wonderful spring for years and years now :)

Here the lilacs are also in flowers- and that normally happens 3 weeks later.

Kirsten, thank you for the pics. If only you could photograph the fragrance as well ;)

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Wow Kirsten, those pictures are terrific!! My favorite is the honeybee :)

I love Spring colours too, that is why Spring has always been my favorite season. We didn't have a winter here either, and right now we have summer temperatures and NO RAIN since March :eek: . My hubby has to water the garden every evening, normally a summer-job!!

[Randi]

Great photos, Kirsten! I also love the houses in the town - which one is it?

Trees here are also turning green now, about a month before they usually do! And we have a clear blue sky too. :)

I swear, this was taken almost two weeks ago!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Fister/Hjemme/Spring-in-April.jpg

[finn's mom]

That makes me miss Germany so much. They're beautiful photos!

[Sonia59]

It's lovely. Here also everything turned green within one week and it's abnormally hot. I love the lilac picture with the little fly you "caught" on the left ;)

[Kirsten]

LOL@Barbara: I love the smell of lilac, too! :)

Randi, our trees looked almost the same two weeks ago, and now they're all green!

Lut, I read tonight this April was way too dry, not as half as much rain as it should be.

Though I agree that this is pretty unnatural, I cannot say that I do not enjoy this warm and sunny weather, but disliking heat, I already start worrying about the summer... :( Seems like every new month here is breaking another heat record... :confused:

Kirsten