Right now, the weather is dreary and grey, with rain and wind - no longer winter, but not yet spring. So I looked for some nice summer photos to cheer myself and my readers up.
The German Central Uplands (Mittelgebirge) are a beautiful place to live, as the above vista shows. We got plenty of such views, a mix of mountains and valleys, forests and fields.
Sometimes those mountains show interesting geological features, like the gypsum cliffs in the Harz.
Rivers are especially lovely on a sunny summer morning. Above is the Weser near Bursfelde.
The old forest near the Sababurg at the Weser is a former wood pasture that has been allowed to regrow naturally. One can almost see Hobbits walking there.
Another water photo, the Bruchteiche near Bad Sooden-Allendorf, a fomer reservoir for drinking water.
The last one is not a summer photo but a recent one, but I wanted to share that wonderful, dramatic sunset.