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Spring in the City

Mike April 23, 2020 Uncategorized

Seasons in the city can come and go, and sometimes it’s only the change of temperature that we really notice.
In these times of ecological crisis, and corona-induced lockdown, what nature there is, in and around the city,  has taken on an increased significance for me. These photos mark my attempts to document the natural in the unnatural.

Flaming poplars
Love Island, plus power station
First spring blossom
Willow rain i
Star magnolia with tenement
Tree and big sky, old Tempelhof airport, Berlin
Tree on the tracks
Monochrome marsh
Pines by the river
Apple blossom and bees i
Apple blossom and bees ii
Apple blossom and bees iii
Apple blossom no bees
Water, rushes, pines
Keep away, 20 metres
Banks of the River Dahme
Cherry splash i
Willow rain ii
War graves and shadows
Eye tree with graves
Fencepost garden i
Fencepost garden ii
Fencepost garden iii
Fencepost garden iv
Berlin beavers at work
Trees on Landwehrkanal
Springtime at the cement works
Willow, wind
Butterfly on purple honesty
Wild garlic, ostrich fern, dwarf saskatoon
Fern, furled
Scots pine, aka European Redwood
The woods around Berlin consist of the tall pines, typical of the whole of north-eastern Germany.
Among the pines
Cherry splash ii
Swamp view i
Swamp view ii
Willow rain iii
Cherry blossom, monochrome i
Cherry blossom, monochrome ii
Cherry blossom, monochrome iii
Cherry blossom, monochrome iv
Cherry blossom, monochrome v
Split personality
Wild garlic
Wild garlic wood
Allotment brocolli sprouting
Allotment brocolli leaves
Allotment brocolli
Cherry splash iii
Star magnolia
Star magnolia

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