Rhododendron Pink Pink feels like softness, gentle, luminous and quietly bold. Delicately striking at the same time tender and playful. 🎀🌸🩷 #nature #flowers #spring #photography

Happy Monday! Painted from my friend’s photo @bavarianbelle.bsky.social of the Karwendel Alps in Bavaria #BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #ECK #painting

Bird Watching🕊️ The topic of Sunday’s episode of 60 minutes with Anderson Cooper. I enjoy watching people discovering nature, and Anderson giggles and wows so nicely with each flutter of a feather. I do not recommend CBS or 60 minutes as a news source. But this was nicely produced. #clip #60minutes

The Road Home When the day ends with a clear path home and drenched in color. The moment of recognition, I am loved. It’s more coherent and spacious at this level, nevertheless full of complexity. Love answers it’s presence rather than by argument. #photography #landscape #sunset #travel

The Red Kite on Blue Canvas Hoping for a drop of freedom from the wings of a raptor. One of the most graceful birds of prey, almost hypnotizing how the Red Kite negotiate the skies as she is watches the earth for her next meal. #photography #birds #wildlife #birdsinflight #nature

The Flight of the Buzzard The hunter paints in silence across his blue canvas. Focused and effortlessly every movement a profound thought. A constructed situation for a fast ending or a continual beginning. #birds🪶 #wildlife #photography #birdwatching

A Canvas of Blue A Kestrel caught in graceful motion, wings spread wide against a clear blue sky. Calm and powerful at once, like nature reminding us that freedom can be both silent and majestic. Caught between earth and sky — pure freedom. #birds🪶 #wildlife #photography

Nature’s Company A butterfly landed on my camera today, as of nature had paused, just for a moment. I stood with the stillness, the light and the butterfly. Realizing the small miracles my lens could never capture. #photography

If Boys were Spring He is the thaw and biting frost A map of paths both lost and found. Unpredictably wild and beautiful. The softest storm that’s ever been.

The April Heart He holds a bloom in a steady hand, while the wind moves across the land. April’s breath, he is not one thing but all moods that wake the Spring. A moment’s warmth, a sun drenched grace gleams bright in his chiseled face.Then chills in sudden shade of thoughts like clouds in a light.

Last Round The seasons are going toe to toe. Winter tries to make a come back, by sugaring coating the pine trees. Spring just upped the temperature in the last round. #photography #landscape

Town Bully JR, Duke’s father saw a KittyKat on our evening walk. With all the excitement of a labrador he runs over to meet this mysterious creature, for his curiosity he got a whack on the nose.I had to pick him up and carry him home with him whining all the way. #caturday #storytelling

At the Ready The Great Tit and Sparrow are at the ready for Spring. #birds🪶 #spring #photography

Beyond Faith #photography #landscape #nature #mountains #weather

Closing Winter Down There were just a few of us putting on our skis for the last time this season. Saying farewell with one more go around the slopes. #blackandwhite #photography #winter

Behind the Scenes The Magpie saw the Buzzard first as he flew over, he quickly turned around and sat next to the intruder. And then called for his cousin, the Crow. The Buzzard knew his time in tranquility would soon end upon the arrival of the Crow. #birds🪶#nature #wildlife #birds #photography

European Starling The beat box of all the song birds, these guys can mimic different species. Their playlist contains up to 20 calls. Today, an estimated 93 million European Starling live and sing in North America. #photography #birds #nature

Point of Retreat Winter tried to slip away into spring, I chased the season into its last retreat. High into the mountains where the hold was still welcomed. #photography #landscape #nature

Goodbye Jesse I was working for a talk radio station in Nashville when the morning show landed an interview with Rev. Jesse Jackson. Although, not my best work but memory was. He talked with such an eloquent tone, everything sounded meaningful. And no one dare to interrupt. #revjessejackson #film

Breaking the Ice Winter is loosening it’s grip. Soon I’ll have to share the world again. #photography #landscape #nature #austria

Ghost A landscape photographer tends to blend into their surroundings, becoming almost invisible. Like a ghost. Every once in a while, someone sees you and offers you a return to humanity. She stopped and smiled, we laughed and spoke for a fleeting moment. A brief encounter that’s a lasting memory.

My Black American History They all came home to bring in the harvest,my Uncle Henry and his wife (L) and my Aunt Lucille my mother,Uncle Oliver,Uncle Joe.My dearest grandparents with their first grandsons.My father took the picture.Shortly after the farm was burned to the ground.Generational trauma

Fire in the Sky The last blaze of a winter’s day. #photography #landscape #winter #sunset

Somewhere I was driving home from somewhere or driving to somewhere from home. Either way in my parallel universe there was this point of recollection. #photography #landscape #nightscape

Great Egret I was surprised to see the Great Egret still here. In recent decades,partial migration has become common. Some populations now remain in Germany throughout winter, especially in areas with ice-free wetlands or mild climates (e.g., Lower Rhine, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern #birds🪶

Black billed Magpie One for sorrow, two for joy. This is a popular rhyme associated with the magpie. A bird of myth and legend. They are famous for collecting all kinds of objects, particularly anything shiny to decorate their nest. They can be seen anytime of year, anywhere on the planet. #birds🪶

Juvenile Blackbird The next generation of songbirds wait in the wings of winter. #birds🪶 #photography #wildlife

Winter Robin Always a welcome guest in my little garden. The European Robin. #birds🪶 #photography #wildlife

Juvenile Male Sparrow Against the hush, there’s a song. Against the harshness, there’s a gentle persistence. Against the odds and the weight of winter, the sparrow emerges with songs of a not so faraway spring. #birds🪶 #photography

Picky Songbird A house sparrow not impressed with the house assortments of seeds and nuts. #songbirds #birds🪶#clip

Riegsee, Germany Lake Riegsee lies in the Alpine foothills, about an hour’s drive from Munich. It is situated northeast of Murnau, surround by gently sloping meadows. #photography #landscape #bavaria

Humanities Relic Snow gathers without opinion,softening the sharp claim of the walls of time.Winter accepts it as it is. Covers without erasing. A relic, not a belief,but of time when humans were kind. The church will stand there, asking nothing, remembering everything. #landscape #winter #thoughts

After Shock My mother and her best friend came for a visit one summer. Of course English Garden in Munich. After their initial shock of seeing naked people, they relaxed. I realize this was the first time I’ve ever seen my mother worry free. It was a joyful experience to see my mother in this light

Talking to the Moon I’ve been talking to the moon, not because it answers. The moon listens. Somewhere between my words and it’s light, something softens. The ache doesn’t vanish, but eases a little. I’m not put in the spotlight, but in the glow of the moon.

The Lookout My photography assistant, Duke. Holding it down for me as I try to take pictures of a wintery landscape. #photography #landscape #winter #labby

Winter Wonderland The world lies quiet beneath a blanket of snow, every sound softened every edge blurred. The air crisp, but gentle, caring, faint scent of pine, and the quiet promise of stillness.The sky’s low wandering cloud that drifts like a unconscious thought. #photography #landscape #winter

Let’s not Forget I also do this, wildlife photography. #photography #wildlife #nature

A fierce orange dawn breaks across the horizon,softening into a pale yellow. A cold surrender. The rising warmth and the remnants of winter captures the fragile balance,a quiet emblem of endurance, where the promise of morning meets yesterday’s memories. #photography #sunrise

Through the hush of winter’s breath. Stitching silence. Mountains rise, snow falls and trains travel. A silent hymn, unseen dreams and endless journey leads softly towards winter. #photography #landscape #travel #bavaria

Congratulations‼️🎉📸 Rotlicht, is an international festival for analog photography,🎞️ in Vienna, Austria. This year my photography was chosen to be displayed. I couldn’t have achieved this without your encouraging words and support. This was our opening night. #photography #exhibit #rotlicht #analog

Paper Birch The bark is quite flexible and waterproof, making it a popular raw material. Paper birch bark is used in canoe construction, as well as clothing and waterproof coverings. Also, the inner bark can be boiled and eaten. And it’s used medicinally. #photography #nature

Sieglinde It was her 2nd cancer diagnosis, she was familiar with what was going to be expected from her physically. But wanted to still walk two little dogs herself. With a soft tremble in her voice she ask me would I walk with her. I said, yes. Never miss a chance to be a friend. #black&white

Seneca-Letters to Lucilius Seneca uses Autumn imagery more subtly. In letter 24, he compares human life to the changing season. Emphasizing that aging and death are as natural as the turning of the year. Detach from what must pass. Release without distress. Shedding of externals. #photography

The Cycle of Change Nothing stays static,why should we? Just as a tree shed their leaves to prepare for new growth, we too can release what no longer benefits us. Fall’s beauty lies in its impermanence, the fleeting colors, the cooling air, the promise of change. #photography #nature #fall #seasons

Somewhere Else I didn’t get a name, but I got a picture of the day the heavens open above you and I, that day the rain stopped and the sun shined on a Fall afternoon. I’m sorry I didn’t get sour name. #photography #landscape

Sweet Germany Just a few miles from home, Duke pops up, he knows we are home. Although subdued Germany greets me. It’s in stillness Germany unfolds it’s heart. Not in grand gestures, but with a steady presence. A change in the air, or a rainbow. I stop to appreciate the quiet things. #photography

The Slender-Billed Curlew The International Union 4 Consecutive of Nature has officially declared the Curlew extinct, making the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe. Irrsee, host a pair of these rare beauties. #birds🪶

Mondsee I thought, I would end this series with my favorite lakes in the Salzkammergut. Lake Mondsee is nestled between the striking peaks of the Drachenwand Massif and rolling hills of the surrounding area. Kreisten, is there to remember those who drowned in an accident in the 18th hundreds. #photo

Harpoint Observatory Perched above Zell am Moos, the Harpoint site has low light pollution and clear alpine skies making it one of best stargazing spots in the region. The small dome structure blends in with rural landscape, offing panoramic views of Irrsee and Mondsee lakes by day, stars by night.

Wolfgangsee Lake Wolfgang lies in Austria’s Salzkammergut region, framed by forested peaks and charming lakeside villages like St. Wolfgang and St. Gilgen. Know for crystal clear waters, sailing and alpine hikes it’s a timeless retreat that blends nature and culture in one package. #photography