What are you grateful for today?

Take a headstand and think about something small you are very grateful for today

Rear view mirror in Utah

One of the beautiful moments in the Mid West

Driving into the sunset

12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0 adventures

Despite certain circumstances I had a beautiful summer and enjoyed every single Nano second of it.
High lights were
a conference in Oslo
a work trip to Cape Cod
lots of hiking in the SF Bay area,
A ten day backpacking trip in the Sierra's,
Burning Man
more hiking and a backing trip to Point Reyes,
backpacking to Elfin Lake British Columbia
and a Zombie Party in Kenosha

Now I am counting down the days until the end of my workdays at NIU and looking forward to exciting times ahead.

I will update these pages on a regular basis as I will start my travels and upcoming adventures.
Start of this trip of a lifetime is Nov 1

To entice you I will say this much

three continents, lots of activities and lots of scenery

See you soon

Faith and Feast

Goat Medieval - a yummy yummy feast.



Not a feast but saved from being flattened by cars.

San Francisco - Bodega Bay part IV

What I was looking forward to for the past 15 miles of the ride.
The Freestone or Wild Flower Bakery
http://www.wildflourbread.com/

San Francisco - Bodega Bay part III

Riding along HWY 1 and Tomales Bay -super dooper Oysters

something about the Bay

There is just something about living in the Bay Area - one of these moments.

San Francisco - Bodega Bay part II

What a picturesque landscape we are living in !!!
Some explore it by foot, bike or car, some explore it with their eyes, reproducing it in their paintings, some explore it with their nose, smelling all the different scents - fresh air, flowers, the grass and the blue sky or misty fogginess

San Francisco - Bodega Bay part I

Certainly one of the must do things in the Bay area - a ferry ride from San Francisco to Marin County. A great way to get out of the city.

early morning impressions

Wood floating down the rive, drifting on the water and finally deposited at the beach
laid down in chaotic order - after a long journey - ready to be picked up by the next flood and move until it finds its final resting place, buried or decaying returned to the cycle of life

Roasted Caterpillars - or how to get rid of pests

Its springtime and as much as we are looking forward to the next harvest its already feasting time for others.



Except if they get roasted on the fire. The same branch a few minutes later.

Early Morning Shoreline Stroll

There is something about getting up early and going for a walk along the ocean, sitting and watching the waves crash onto the rocky shore

Big Sur Century Ride - Part 1

Century bike ride from Carmel along HWY1 to Cambria

Today I did my first century bike ride. With a nice northly wind these 100 miles were a very pleasurely ride.
Unfortunately uploading pictures is not possible from the I-phone.
So stay tuned for some awesome pictures of lush green hills ocean blue water spiked with white caps and turqouse near shore water.

Peak out of my office window

After five years my office window on the 4th floor is completely overgrown with ivy.
Nice and idyllic, but no light comes in anymore

Peak out onto the frozen Ross Sea and Ross Island

Whale Watching of the California Coast

Joshua Tree

Häschen in der Grube

Playing in a Tide Pool

One of these days when you are not focused.
But lucky us that we have Digital Cameras

Ski Tips and Chair Lift View

one of these moments when I try to take a pic and press the button too early.
It was a wonderful snowy day with many good runs

One of these moments making you want to travel

UpSide Down

Quiz - What's this? or Where is it?

Randomlesspics

Do you remember when you take a picture and it just misshapen.

Here they are a classic shoot

the goal is to take one extraordinary picture a day