This is a very short video...as a follow up of Peek at Beeke"s Place...to prove that the rumours about my "orderliness"...are just that... rumours...

An old railroad bridge in a deserted area of the beach

The light and colours on this November 20th evening were unforgettable...intensifying with each passing minute.

A bit of footage from a walk a few days ago.

Photos I took last weekend on a walk through the alleys of my town...Close-ups of flowers...and a few other creatures...

Response to Blinkazoid's .."Send Me Your...Pictures"...Beeke from new born in her mother's arms in front of the bombed out city...over childhood in Post-WW2-Germany...to age 50...

spring ...and new life

In the last rays of the setting crimson winter sun...beautiful reflections in a frozen pond...

A stroll around the Seawall of Stanley Park in Vancouver...on one of the last days to enjoy swimming in the Pacific for this season...
Stanley Park is a large peninsula, surrounded by inlets of the ocean   more...and adjacent to the downtown area. It is coverd in the interior with Pacific Rainforest...and surrounded by a lovely seawall to walk and enjoy the vistas..and the smell of the forest...and several nice sandy beaches...  less

A few moments from a lovely visit with Elie (cartoonage.de ) this August. I did not end up with much usable footage...so here is just this little video.
We are on the Museum Island...a quite enchanted   more...place of wooded areas, ponds, little running waters...The forest hides sculptures and buildings which hold a splendid collection of modern and eastern art...But as you will see...I am not showing much of the art, just a bit of the atmosphere and glimpses of my charming host...  less

My son and his girlfriend playing the stick game in the Botanical Garden in Bremen

Just a few "reflective" moments at my beach...

Just to say a big thank you

...as the title says...It's spring! Photos taken Yesterday, a lovely Sunday , after many,many weeks of rain and storms.

Summer has returned to my beach...the tide is coming in...a Seal is playing in thr water...and people are happy to enjoy the first full day of summer

..just using some footage from the fall...
I live in the region of the Pacific Temperate Rainforest...with most of the precipitation in fall and winter...hence all the moss...and sadness in the air during   more...that season...  less

A moment of total Peace...
Just one more video about...the perfection and quiet splendor of nature...

A walk along my beach ...well, what else...in November...
I am sure you all are getting tired of "my beach"...but I am time and again captivated by the ever changing moods at the ocean...

Just a peaceful evening at "my" pier...watching a Harbour Seal...seabirds...and happy people enjoying a Saturday evening by the water...

Just one minute of total peace ...evening mood at the water...

a response to Sprichbeeke's German tonguetwister

The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. Dedicated to the Assyrian goddess   more...Ishtar, the Gate was constructed of blue glazed tiles. Through the gate ran the Processional Way which was lined with walls covered in lions on glazed bricks (about 120 of them). Statues of the gods were paraded through the gate and down the Processional Way each year during the New Year's celebration.

It was originally considered one of the Seven Wonders of the world until, in the 6th century AD, it was replaced with the Lighthouse of Alexandria.  less

Warning...not well shot..but some of you may find it interesting anyway..
The Pergamon Altar... is a magnificently opulent structure originally built in the 2nd century BC in the Ancient Greek city of   more...Pergamon (modern day Bergama in Turkey) in north-western Anatolia, 25.74 kilometers (16 miles) from the Aegean Sea. It has long been assumed that the temple was dedicated to Zeus. This museum in Berlin was originally mainly built to display it.  less

Sorry...but the approach to Vancouver was so beautiful...I could not help to bore you with it ..
Flight over Coastal Range of the Rockies...toward Vancouver. On the way glaciers, steep, unpopulated vallys...ariel   more...views of the Vancouver area..including deep Fjord-like Pacific Ocean inlets.. North Vancouver, English Bay, SFU, and the Fraser River ...the low lands of the delta..with the geometric grid of the roads ..  less