
Some of the last poppy flowers blooming on a field in the north of Frankfurt, June 22.

Some of the last poppy flowers blooming on a field in the north of Frankfurt, June 22.

An old cherry tree and a deerstand behind the yellow of a canola field in bloom at Okarben, just north of Frankfurt, April 7.

The keep of Friedberg castle, built in the 14th century, is visible in the hazy background behind blooming cherry trees near the village of Ockstadt, some 20 kms (12 mls) north of Frankfurt, April 6.

A bee flies past blossoms of an ornamental cherry and the sun, downtown Frankfurt, March 4.
(Canon 5dIII, EF 2.0 135mm (one of my favourite lenses, by the way), 1/8000 sec, f 5.0, ISO100)

A late rose bloom is covered with frost in the morning hours of Nov.27 in Frankfurt.

Flowers in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank with the huge Euro sculpture in front, downtown Frankfurt, Oct.7.

A foxglove (digitalis purpurea) in the early morning light at the Taunus mountains, just north of Frankfurt, Sep.6.

A plant sprouts out of an old milk container at an urban gardening project in the city’s east end, Aug.24.