latecomer

Danube sunset

froschgoscherl

vienna by night

wasp spider

I know, I haven't been active here for some days, don't you worry - I haven't abandoned my blog. Just have been occupied with other things, like with this lovely spider here.

botanical garden

lobau

saint ruprecht of vienna

wattebauschbilder

The title translates as 'cotton ball photos', and that's what those are.

parasites astray

Cuscuta europaea isn't supposed to use a grass like Bromus sterilis as a host, but still it does. Serves it right, it'll get punished through self-punishment: the parasite will kill the grass long before it could open flower, let alone produce fruit; and a parasite killing its host is nothing but a silly parasite.

mohn

My beloved poppy flower is flowering again, for some days already - but this is the best photo I took for a while, so I've got to show it here on my blog.

horse chestnut

Plain and ordinary, horse chestnut flowers.

flax and roses

back in lobau again

This year's inflorescence and last year's fruit!

a very weird spring

This year's spring really is strange: some of the earliest flowering plants are late in flowering because it was too dry; other ones, those which are latecomers in spring, came earlier because it was warm enough and later some rain arrived.
It is still too dry for the season, but the rainy weather of the last days caused many plants to grow even more quicker.

who says that a photo needs to be sharp?

cold cold spring

There has been some rain recently (finally! a hundred thousands plant dearly were waiting for it), but still not enough by any means - it is still very dry for season and climate, here in Austria, and in spring. But at least rain now lets grow everything, flowers will explode in the days to come. Which is a pity, as I've got some social events on my plate, which will reduce my time out there, with my beloved flowers, considerably.

just so photo

Well, it's just nice, isn't it? Nothing special whatsoever, just nice to look at.

last year's bushfire

Those who haven't seen the place last year wouldn't notice that there has been a bushfire - if it weren't for the scorched tree trunks and burnt bushes.
Here's how the place looks now, in the spring after the fire. Much has been destroyed, but fortunately still plenty of plants survived, orchids too of course - even though not on this place.

lobau spring