
Snowdrops in the evening light in a garden in my neighborhood, Feb.9. These are about the first signs of spring – although there hasn’t been any real winter here yet.

Snowdrops in the evening light in a garden in my neighborhood, Feb.9. These are about the first signs of spring – although there hasn’t been any real winter here yet.

A bare tree full of mistletoes at Frankfurt’s northern Seckbach district with its rather village-like atmosphere, Jan.12.

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

Mellow Riesling grapes wait for harvest at the Lohrberg vineyard in the northeast of the city, Oct.6. Frankfurt is one of the few major German cities to have a vineyard within its city limits. Up to 10.000 bottles of white wine are produced here every year. (The grapes in this picture are back-lit by a flashlight)

A little blue flower on a meadow in the north of Frankfurt, Sep.25.

A tree in a garden near Friedrichsdorf, north of Frankfurt, Sep. 17.

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