When in Germany for a late fall visit, I vacillated between simple admiration of the floral abundance, and concern about the effects of climate change. Having lived away from Europe for decades, I am ignorant of blooming cycles of most plants, but the quantity and variety of still-blossoming flowers at the end of November seemed unusual. Next to the expected or absent fall foliage, multiple blossoms I associate with summer continued to shimmer. Despite the problematic implications I could not help but smile at the poly-petaled plethora, and revel in its inherent beauty.
While I struggle with humankind’s destructive effects on our exceptional and exquisite Earth, I marvel at its vitality and wonderful resilience – in spite of us. May we fail in our best attempts to destroy the only known planet that affords us life.
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Beautiful colors! And yeah, the weather in northern Europe these past few years has been quite a trip… climate change sure isn’t messing around.
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Thank you for your comment, Arielle. We live in scary times.
Best wishes,
Tanja
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Gorgeous colors and photos, Tanja. Love the beautiful rose close-up!
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Thank you, Donna. Despite the concern, the flowers really cheered me.
I hope you are well.
Tanja
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I like very much the first photo.
Beautiful colours in all photos.
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Thank you for your comment and interest.
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I absolutely love the rose. I find these blossoms at the end of autumn unusual too.. I never seemed to have noticed that.
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Thank you, Pooja. We are surrounded by so much beauty, yet don’t seem to care enough about it to help preserve our world.
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Beautiful
Is that 6th image Love-in-the-Mist (or Nigella)?
If so, I’ve never seen it in white.
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You are right, Vicki, it is love-in-a-mist. I have mainly seen it in white, but at times with a bluish hue. I love how the beautiful blossom is surrounded by feathery leaves.
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Beautifully compliments the splendor of German folklores!
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Thank you very much!
Best,
Tanja
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December roses are the most love, but don’t worry they don’t survive the snow!
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Super schöner Blog mit guten Bildern und interessanten Beiträgen – zudem freue ich mich, dass Du den Blog zweisprachig führst (da bin ich leider zu faul).
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Vielen Dank für die nette Zusprache, Rudolf. Manchmal wird mir das Übersetzen auch etwas anstrengend, aber es ist gute Übung für meine grauen Zellen.
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