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d="de1e">However, I love this small pond. It’s always so vibrant. Dragonflies are buzzing above the water. It’s a bit cooler here too. The water gives off some cooling, fresh air.</p><p id="d01e">And then there are these lovely water lilies. Simply stunning.</p><figure id="249d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*JRYJdLpCoKDNorC6-f6k7Q.jpeg"><figcaption>© <a href="https://medium.com/@anne.bonfert">Bonfert </a>— 20/09/2020 — <b>FIGHTER</b></figcaption></figure><blockquote id="7c59"><p>“I’m a survivor!”</p></blockquote><p id="7d8d">That’s what I think when I see a plant like this one. Growing in a surrounding where nothing else comes through the ground. Simply with the willpower to thrive in life this plant makes it through the barren soil and even blooms to spread its genes.</p><p id="8a78">Breathtaking.</p><p id="b096">Impressive.</p><p id="8f1a">I want to be such a being. Someone who lives despite all the obstacles given in life. Someone who thrives where others don’t even bother trying.</p><p id="3936" type="7">“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” — Charles Darwin</p><figure id="0c3b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ISk7rA9UDuNI2A8HzzoUFA.jpeg"><figcaption>© <a href="https://medium.com/@anne.bonfert">Bonfert </a>— 21/09/2020 — <b>COLOURFUL</b></figcaption></figure><p id="fb1c">When I moved to this area in Germany I definitely didn’t think of a season of stunning sunsets. But I got taught differently. My colleagues told me already the first evening at work that I will get to witness the most beautiful sunsets in the world. Right here.</p><p id="089e">I won’t say it’s the best one in the world, because there are so many different places in the world. But these sunsets here are definitely very unique.</p><p id="a3e9">Before leaving Germany six years ago I never really gave a sunset any attention if it wasn’t on the beach. Sunsets are only worth watching when you’re on the beach.</p><p id="e0f8">And then I flew to Africa. And I learned the true magic of a sunset. An African sunset. In the savanna. In the desert. In the forest. In the wetlands. On the coast. And in the mountains.</p><p id="543e">I got to witness countless stunning sunsets within the past six years. And I learned to look at sunsets differently now. They don’t always have to happen on the beach to be spectacular.</p><p id="749b">They can be just as spectacular. Seen from my very own terrace. Right in front of my door.</p><figure id="4c36"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*Wn7pK

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RxZRjDP9Tvr1qRw3g.jpeg"><figcaption>© <a href="https://medium.com/@anne.bonfert">Bonfert </a>— 22/09/2020 — <b>NUTRITION</b></figcaption></figure><p id="1962">And then there was this tiny little butterfly. On a late afternoon walk. The sun was standing low above the horizon. With my camera in my hand, I was looking for something worth capturing. When I saw him.</p><p id="ce4c">The butterfly left me speechless.</p><p id="7c7b">Nothing left to say.</p><p id="826d">Thank you <a href="">Dennett</a> for bringing me into the world of daily photographs. Through this challenge you started, I got to experiment with connecting my writing with photography. Two passions of mine that flow into each other.</p><p id="ee00">Anyone else who is keen to join the challenge just take a walk and capture one photograph every day for one week. Add a one-word-description and share it with us. It’s so interesting to get these daily insights into other writers’ lives.</p><div id="3a46" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/in-the-air-3d6da45e4c75"> <div> <div> <h2>In the Air</h2> <div><h3>Week five of the photographic documentary of my daily life</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*shqACBH18HxDK3_cK6BdYg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="9d8e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/reunion-5fb363103dbf"> <div> <div> <h2>Reunion</h2> <div><h3>Week six of the photography challenge</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*wfRzaYy3fC4G4FNrK3toUg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="edd4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-final-week-of-summer-755d1bca7e2e"> <div> <div> <h2>The Final Week of Summer</h2> <div><h3>Week seven of the photographic documentary of my daily life</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*LiLXc4HAd4-Rn8pEJIZvJw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

PHOTO-A-DAY CHALLENGE

Eternal Beauty

Week eight of the photographic documentary of my daily life

It’s been a pretty week. Pretty because of the captures I took of nature. Photographs of pretty flowers. But it also has been a pretty relaxing week. I finally got a few days off to recharge.

Starting work only later in the day I had enough time for a long walk through the forest. I need nothing else but a bottle of water and my camera. Whenever I carry my camera with me I see the world with different eyes.

Through the lens of my camera, I see the world with open eyes. Open eyes who are searching for the beauty in nature. And there’s plenty of it. Beauty. Just look around you.

If I’m not taking walks in the forest, I drive through the forest on my way to work or fly above it while teaching students how to skydive. The forest here in the heart of Germany is deep. Deep and full of life.

There isn’t one day passing by where I don’t stop on my terrace for a minute and enjoy the view. I tell myself how lucky I am to live in such a pretty place. Remind myself to be grateful for the life I live.

On another walk through the forest, I came out on a small pond. The only sign of water in the entire area. I do not understand how life can be so fulfilled without a single river flowing by. No droplet to be seen. Yet the forest is greener than ever.

However, I love this small pond. It’s always so vibrant. Dragonflies are buzzing above the water. It’s a bit cooler here too. The water gives off some cooling, fresh air.

And then there are these lovely water lilies. Simply stunning.

“I’m a survivor!”

That’s what I think when I see a plant like this one. Growing in a surrounding where nothing else comes through the ground. Simply with the willpower to thrive in life this plant makes it through the barren soil and even blooms to spread its genes.

Breathtaking.

Impressive.

I want to be such a being. Someone who lives despite all the obstacles given in life. Someone who thrives where others don’t even bother trying.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” — Charles Darwin

When I moved to this area in Germany I definitely didn’t think of a season of stunning sunsets. But I got taught differently. My colleagues told me already the first evening at work that I will get to witness the most beautiful sunsets in the world. Right here.

I won’t say it’s the best one in the world, because there are so many different places in the world. But these sunsets here are definitely very unique.

Before leaving Germany six years ago I never really gave a sunset any attention if it wasn’t on the beach. Sunsets are only worth watching when you’re on the beach.

And then I flew to Africa. And I learned the true magic of a sunset. An African sunset. In the savanna. In the desert. In the forest. In the wetlands. On the coast. And in the mountains.

I got to witness countless stunning sunsets within the past six years. And I learned to look at sunsets differently now. They don’t always have to happen on the beach to be spectacular.

They can be just as spectacular. Seen from my very own terrace. Right in front of my door.

And then there was this tiny little butterfly. On a late afternoon walk. The sun was standing low above the horizon. With my camera in my hand, I was looking for something worth capturing. When I saw him.

The butterfly left me speechless.

Nothing left to say.

Thank you Dennett for bringing me into the world of daily photographs. Through this challenge you started, I got to experiment with connecting my writing with photography. Two passions of mine that flow into each other.

Anyone else who is keen to join the challenge just take a walk and capture one photograph every day for one week. Add a one-word-description and share it with us. It’s so interesting to get these daily insights into other writers’ lives.