Happy May to all my friends and readers
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Frank Koebsch
"Raps- und Obstblüte an der Ostsee"
"Rape and fruit blossom at the Baltic Sea"
beautiful watercolour painting by Frank Koebsch
"Raps- und Obstblüte an der Ostsee"
"Rape and fruit blossom at the Baltic Sea"
When it comes to colour highlights, I can only recommend a trip to the Baltic Sea in spring. The beginning of May is the time of the rapeseed blossom for us.
(Wenn es um farbliche Highlights geht, dann kann ich im Frühling immer wieder nur eine Reise an die Ostsee empfehlen. Anfang Mai ist bei uns die Zeit der Rapsblüte.)
Read more here.
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Pictures like this always bring a smile to my face. I love rape season. And we also have a lot of fields that are full of this beautiful yellow.
I live in Lower Saxony and many Northern Germans think we are not part of Northern Germany anymore. But if they see our area, they recognize that we don't just politically belong to the North of Germany but also in every other respect. Our landscape looks very much the same, we speak Low German, we are the same kind of people. And if you're honest, Germany is not separated into a Northern and Southern part in Bremen. 😉
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Today is Labour Day. So, I want to thank all nurses and doctors, police and firefighters, petrol station workers, railway and bus employees and everyone else who work while others have some time off to meet famila and friends.
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April was a lot better than March. Remember, we had Covid in March, so things could only get better. We were lucky enough to visit three bigger cities, Brussels (and with that our son, of course), Bremen and Münster which are only about an hour away.
Here you can see a little of our excursions:
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April was a lot better than March. Remember, we had Covid in March, so things could only get better. We were lucky enough to visit three bigger cities, Brussels (and with that our son, of course), Bremen and Münster which are only about an hour away.
Here you can see a little of our excursions:
You see on the top left the Berlaymont building on the Robert Schuman roundabout in Brussels, on the bottom left some historic buildings on the Prinzipalmarkt in Münster, and on the right the Pundsacksche Haus on the Market Square in Bremen.
Have a great month with this beautiful watercolour painting by Frank Koebsch.
You can find many more wonderful pictures on their website here.
You can also have a look under my labels Artist: Frank Koebsch and Artist: Hanka Koebsch where you can find all my posts about them.
Have a great month with this beautiful watercolour painting by Frank Koebsch.
You can find many more wonderful pictures on their website here.
You can also have a look under my labels Artist: Frank Koebsch and Artist: Hanka Koebsch where you can find all my posts about them.
Beautiful picture! We don't have rapeseed here, but to me that brings back memories of Denmark. And thanks for the pictures of your travels. My sister lives in Münster.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Eva. True, there is a lot of rapeseed in Denmark but also in other parts of Northern Germany, it's always a great sign of spring.
DeleteI know your family lives all over Germany. Münster is lovely.
That Frank Koebsch watercolor is beautiful! And I'm glad April was a better month for you. Happy May! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. Well, anything is better than a month with Covid, even a mild version.
DeleteAnd yes, Frank and his wife paint the most beautiful pictures.
Just back from the other side of the Baltic from where I live. The rapeseed fields are so beautiful. We have a lot of them here in Sweden as well. Love the houses, I saw similar ones in Stralsund. I guess Berlaymont is beautiful in its own way. When you see it up close and the whole building seems to rest on a few pillars, you wonder how it can hold it all.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisbeth. Yes, the fields can look the same all around the Baltic, I guess. We still have many rapeseed ones over here.
DeleteAnd yes, Stralsund belonged to the Hanse, just as Bremen and Münster. A lot of the towns from that pre-European Union have similiar buildings. They are all lovely.
I didn't want to show a picture of Brussels that everyone always sees, Grand Place, Atomium ... you know. And since Philip lives just around the corner, this seemed to be a good choice. It is an interesting building, shall we agree to that? LOL And to me, it has always been very much Brussels!