Birkensee 2013-10-30

Birkensee (birch lake) in autumn, a transition bog on the Bromberg (hill) in the Schönbuch forest.

birches - eponymous tree for the place (birch lake)

birch foliage in backlight

Warm light of the evening sun creates a beautiful atmosphere.

midges in backlight

miniature landscape of lichen, moss and needles

autumn colours 2013-10-27

autumn in Schönbuch forest

tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

It wasn't sunny all day, rain showers were brought by storm as well as thick clouds for the evening:

evening twilight

Schaichtal 2013-10-25

Sulzeiche, an old oak at the edge of Schönbuch forest

mushrooms are sprouting in the forest:

old and new
fresh and rotten Mushrooms on a tree trunk

Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystea)

way to Schaichtal

common beech

Hummelsklingensee (lake) in Schaich valley

track in Schaich valley

sit down and have a rest...

field maple

Schaich creek

Impatiens glandulifera

Häfnerbrunnen well in the valley (the red dot is backlight from a bike)

autumn forest 2013-10-23

view of Schönbuch forest, the water tower of Kirchentellinsfurt and the hills of the Schwäbische Alb

autumn forest

forest track covered with fallen leaves

Schaichtal 2013-10-17

Schlüsselsee

forest with evening light reflects in a lake

forest track

last evening light in the distance reflects in a lake