The Colours of Rust

photography ©Petra Voegtle
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A Field of Tulips...

I don't know whether you have this opportunity anywhere else than in Germany: the owner of a field grows all kinds of flowers, implements a stand with some sort of cash point which then means you can cut your flowers yourself and then you are expected to pay for the flowers you have cut. There is no-one who really surveys this and sadly enough I doubt that everyone is so honest to really pay for what s/he has taken. But this is another theme.

I love these fields of flowers because you are given the opportunity to walk (carefully) through all these glories, to look at them at short distance and to snap a photo or hundreds of them if you like. No-one will stop you. This is simply heaven. You can indulge in all these colours and forms. After some time your knees and your back begins to hurt - I would say this is regularly the end of the endeavour.

Here only a few of those lovelinesses...

"Tulipa"

daily photos from around Munich, photography by Petra Voegtle

A Reflection on the Colour Red...

What does the colour red mean to you? Do you realize that the pure colour red does not appear very often in nature? I mean the colour code of #FF0000. This is the purest red, kind of tomato red, china red or vermilion, although the latter again have a slight touch of yellow, rather towards orange but without the slightest addition of blue.

Chaenomeles (Rosaceae)
Japanese quince, Zierquitte

daily photos from Munich, photography by Petra Voegtle

Tulip Blooms in red, yellow, purple...

Tulips on the fields are always a spectacular view - all those colours which please the eyes and compensate for the long dull months of winter...

"Tulipa" (Liliaceae)
tulips, Tulpen

all photos are from Munich - photographed by Petra Voegtle

Colours are back - Tulip Blooms in Abundance...

All photos from Munich - photography by Petra Voegtle

Colours of a Cabbage...

I know these are no spring photos but I came across these pictures these days adn I thought they fit into the scheme of collecting colours - LOL. Amazing cabbage - isn't it?

All photos are from Munich - photography by Petra Voegtle

Those bloody Barberries again...

It's meant literally - don't you think?? I just cannot get enough of this colour...

"Berberis" (Berberidaceae)
barberry, Berberitze

On the last day of this year...

On the last day of the year I'll show you what I promised a while ago - the cycle of the cherry trees at a certain place...

A very Happy New Year to everyone!

Mind-boggling Colours of the Barberry...

This is a plant with about 500 species - can you imagine that?
I only know that this is a plant with the most incredible autumn colours I can think of - even more intense and differentiated than those of the maple.
Now click on the images and your eyes will be dazzled...

"Berberis" (Berberidaceae)
barberry, Berberitze

Maples in their Festival Costume....

Ready for Christmas - what else....

Vines on coloured Glass...

The leaves of these vines were huge. And they wore beautiful colours... and - as usual - don't forget to click on the images - they are really big!

An Apple Tree in Autumn...

In our region you seldom have the opportunity to see so many different trees in their autumn colours because normally it is very windy at this time of the year and the leaves are falling very quickly. But this year I was lucky to find many different colours and forms...

The "Batik" Plant...

This is the most spectacular plant I have ever seen - at least regarding the leaves - and again I have no idea what it is. When backlit you will see what I mean: the leaves looked as if an artist has batiked them - simply amazing...
Does anyone know the name of this plant?