If you look closely, you can see some chestnuts in between the leaves – it’s always the first tree to shed.

The Black-eyed Susan at least produced one blossom at the beginning of October.

This is the view of Mülheim’s Kaiserplatz from the top of the tunnel exit which is under the pedestrian zone at the Kurt Schumacher Platz. The Eppinghofer Strasse, coming from the North, ends here and becomes the Kaiserstrasse if you don’t turn left into the Dickswall. There is no right turn here, only buses are allowed into the Leineweberstrasse because it’s one-way for cars. In the background you can again see the tower of the catholic church, the smaller tower left to it belongs to the church’s community center right beneath it. This photo was taken in May 2004 – I’m sure it still looks the same today!

Blackbird checking out the neighbour’s flowerboxes :-).

More cranes on a journey – traveling from roughly North-East to South-West.

Okay, these colours are really exaggerated, but sometimes I just like to crank up everything up to eleven.

At the beginning of October, the Zinnias were making their last stand.

Looking at Mülheim’s Kaiserplatz right from in front of the shopping center entrance. If you walk across the streetlights to the top right, you end up in the pedestrian zone of the Leineweberstrasse, leading all the way to the Berliner Platz and the Schloßbrücke. Going to the top left is the Kaiserstrasse, yesterday’s photo was actually taken from the traffic island in the middle. In the background you can see the top of the catholic church’s tower – the protestant Petrikirche is hidden behind the houses.

The classic Schlumbergera blossom view :-).

Cut along the dotted line :-). These are actually cranes and not geese as in the previous two photos.