Christmas Market.

A carousel moving with motion blur. A reflection of the carousel visible on the wet stones in front of it. A person with an umbrella standing before the carousel.

A Christmas themed carousel. A person with a cap sitting in front of Santa clause on the ride.

A stand on the Christmas market. Two person standing in front of it. A woman is filming with her phone.

A fireplace visible through a gap between two panels of wood. One leg and boots of a sitting person can be seen.

Finished reading: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin ๐Ÿ“š

Picked up the audio book and liked it way more than I expected. Great read / listen.

Baloon.

A photo taken up showing the inside of a ballon against the sky. A flame is burning.

Close up of a baboon scratching its ears with its food, framed by green leaves in the foreground.

A baboon running over a gravel road, looking at the camera. A baby baboon is hanging under its belly.

Baboons. Arusha National Park, Tanzania.

#wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Tanzania #Africa

Baloon.

Silhouette of a balloon in front of an orange sunrise.

A cormorant on a tree in the morning sun.

A swan on a still lake between some trees. The water behind it is glowing orange.

Some trees in the morning sun. In the distant a kingfisher can be seen.

A sign marking a nature protected area. To the left, the morning son is shining through some trees. To the right a slider web.

Panorama of Hamburg Binnenalster. A fountain in the center of a mostly still water and buildings all around it, reflecting in the water.

Hamburg Panorama

I could find neither a well nor a photo I took of one, so here is something for our well-being instead.

Two cakes and two cappuccino on a table.

I guess PizzaMonday is a thing now.

A pizza is baking under orange flames.

Pizza under orange flames.

Van Gaughs Sunflower painting on a blue wall. A person is standing before it.

Todays prompt made me think of some precious paintings we have seen in Amsterdam earlier this year.

An empty construction site. In the background a new building and a crane.

An image of the buildup of our new research building. Incredible, how far they have come in the last year since taking this picture.

Zoo Wuppertal

A blue Ara parrot cleaning its feathers

A standing meerkat looking into the camera

A brown bear sitting in a pool of water, looking at the camera

A baby elephant playing with his trunk and a rock

A sleeping slow leopard photographed through a fence

A lion walking through green gras

A black and yellow frog

Finished listening to: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune ๐Ÿ“š

The last two hours of the audio book felt a little superfluous but looking back I liked the pacing, overall.

Flowers.

a bumblebee on an orange cornflower. More flowers blurred in the front and back in front of a gray sky

I might move my e-mail domain to iCloud+. Any experiences here?

Sun and Water.

Black and white picture. A single rain drop below a thin leaf. The sun is bright in the background.

There is never a bad time to show your stripes.

Created by Ed Hawkins, Licensed by University of Reading, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

A series of blue and red stripes, getting more and more red towards the right.