
A flower shop, a typical example of 1950s architecture in Germany, that has been closed for years “Due to Illness”, in Offenbach, Aug.1.
(Sony Alpha 6000, Sigma 19mm 2.8 DN, 1/160 sec, f 5.6, ISO 100)
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 3-months-old French Bulldogs get drowsy as they are being held for a photo at an animal shelter in Oberursel, north of Frankfurt, July 2.

Thistles (and a bee) on a meadow near Friedrichsdorf, just outside Frankfurt, July 1.
(Sony Alpha6000, SEL50f18, ISO200, 1/1600 sec, f 3.2)