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

mushrooms in autumn forest 2013-10-13

oak foliage

young Amanita muscaria (fly amanita)

fungi on a stump

landscape made of fungi, moss and lichen on a stump

horn of plenty (Craterellus cornucopioides)

horn of plenty in beech forest
some of the mushrooms were collected and eaten - not for the first time, as the following drawing from 1999 shows:

autumn on the Schwäbische Alb 2013-10-12

impressions from a trip to the hills of the Schwäbische Alb (mountain range approx. 20 km south of my hometown)

view of Hohenzollern castle

orange lichen on a tree trunk

Gentianella germanica (Chiltern gentian)

cranesbill leaves

aspen foliage (Populus tremula)

autumn forest

Irrenberg

edge of the forest

Märchensee 2013-09-21

reflections on the lake

Märchensee ("fairy-tale lake", near Wendelsheim) is almost fully covered with duckweeds.

duckweeds in detail

Schaichtal 2013-09-02

Impressions of a bike tour through Schaichtal (Schaich creek valley) in Schönbuch forest, just to the North of my hometown.

reflections in a lake - upside down

reflections

Impatiens glandulifera

Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam) on a glade

Schlüsselsee

Schlüsselsee