Thistles grow on the grandstand of the Boellenfalltor soccer stadium in Darmstadt, south of Frankfurt, July 10. Despite the stadium’s run-down state the local soccer club Darmstadt 98 made it into Germany’s second league, or 2. Bundesliga. Renovation of the old arena is now mandatory for obtaining a licence from the German soccer federation.
Two competitors in the Ironman European Championship triathlon event speed along a road in the north of Frankfurt, July 6.
A skateboarder practices in front of a fountain at Frankfurt’s financial district, July 3.
A pidgeon stretches to pick one of the red fruits from an amelanchier or shadbush in my neighborhood in Frankfurt, May 26.
(This is one of the photos that required the least effort ever – I was working on my computer when I saw the bird through the window. I just picked up my camera, still seated, and took a few shots…)
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