Lights – weekly pictures

Especially the time right before Christmas is enlightened by many little lights and sparkling decoration to bring the Christmas spirit. Walking around the city becomes really interesting, mostly when it has gotten dark outside, as all the lights have been switched on, turning the rather colourless streets into colourful adventures. It’s almost like a liveContinue reading “Lights – weekly pictures”

‘Trick Or Treat’ – Happy Halloween

Halloween origins from the Celtic holiday Samhain which over centuries turned from a pagan ritual to a week of costumed parties, trick-or-treating and jack-o-lanterns. Whereas adults tend to celebrate Halloween with costumes and parties, children often walk from door to door in their neighbourhood, dressed as witches, ghosts or vampires, to ask homeowners for treats,Continue reading “‘Trick Or Treat’ – Happy Halloween”

Something a little different…

‘I guess after so long she’s learning to realise more often than not when I’m silent it means that I’m already sorry For not speaking up, for not using my voice To talk about what I’ve been going through ‘– Casey    As today is the #worldmentalhealthday I thought it is important to share someContinue reading “Something a little different…”

Place in the world – photo challenge

This week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post is a very nice one to think about – it id sharing ones favourite ‘place in the world‘. In my case, there is not such thing as one favourite place. It all depends on the point of view. However, I always loved the seaside and a roughContinue reading “Place in the world – photo challenge”

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!   Even though I know that Easter is a religious Christian tradition, I always wondered how colourful eggs rabbits and sweets became the main Easter symbols and traditions nowadays of the holiday, as well as what’s the story behind them. Easter is traditionally the celebration of Christ’s resurrection. The exact origins of theContinue reading “Happy Easter”

A Face In The Crowd – photo challenge

Last week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post was about ‘a face in the crowd’ but with a slight twist. Instead of exposing the person on the picture, anonymity is the key – meaning capturing a person’s shadow, picturing them from behind, or when they hide their faces. I really liked this idea, especially asContinue reading “A Face In The Crowd – photo challenge”

Tour Guide – photo challenge

This week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post has the topic ‘Tour Guide’. It is about showing the most interesting or significant places of the places someone grew up. As I was looking through my pictures thinking of places around the area I grew up that mean something to me, I quickly had to realiseContinue reading “Tour Guide – photo challenge”

Beloved – photo challenge

This week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post has a very lovely topic – ‘beloved’. There are uncountable possibilities to actually fulfil the challenge. It could be the picture of a very beloved person, a physical thing or maybe also something rather untouchable. Every child has that one fury best friend that goes through thickContinue reading “Beloved – photo challenge”

Asking Alexandria

Last weekend I went to another really great concert – this time it was Asking Alexandria who are currently touring together with Black Veil Brides. Asking Alexandria is a British metalcore band from York, who originally formed in 2006 in Dubai as Amongst US but re-formed with the current members in England in 2008, changingContinue reading “Asking Alexandria”

Best of 2017 – photo challenge

The last days of 2017 are counting down! Hence, this week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post are a throwback to the favourite moments in 2017 – ‘Best of 2017’. It was an amazing year with many great moments, that gave me a special time! Especially all the concerts I was able to go to,Continue reading “Best of 2017 – photo challenge”