Six against One, you call that fair? :-)

One of the last Rhododendron photos. From April 30th, when it was comparatively freezing – yesterday it was 30°C, today it’s a humid 29°C. When this photo series finally reaches June, I’ll continue it as Summer Flowers, but that’s still about two or more weeks away!

The Lily that looks like an orange Starfish… :-).

Another Panorama of Mülheim’s main railway station, seen from the other side of the Eppinghofer Strasse. On the left is the embankment with the active railway line and the station platforms, in the middle is the old station building – which used to have a big sign with HAUPTBAHNHOF on the front before it was removed during the recent renovation and on the right is the second, disused railway viaduct with the office buildings behind it. You can even see one of the inner city highrise buildings on the far right. This panorama is only spoiled a little by the police van parking in front of the station building – shortly after I took this photo, a couple of policemen came out and put on something which almost looked like riot gear! Then they went into the station – I have no idea if this was a raid or they just wanted to get something to eat, but we didn’t risk going through the station and instead walked a short detour ;-).

A wall of Rhododendrons.

We have liftoff! The Lilies look a little like they’re launching rockets when they’re opening :-).

This Ladybug larvae looks like it’s turning into an orange colour!

One of the big Rhododendron bushes in the neighbourhood.

Can’t stop the Geraniums.

I was lucky last night with the ISS, this is the third of the three visible passes taken at about 01:50 CEST. Some clouds were coming in, but it was still so clear that I didn’t need to do much post-processing to bring out the trail. But this one is again a little wobbly and I have no idea why, since the camera tripod was definitively steady – maybe it has to do with atmospheric turbulences? This is actually a 161-second exposure, but I started it a little too late so the space station didn’t fly into the top of the frame. Maybe this night I’ll finally get a complete flythrough! [Edit: probably not, clouds are coming in and it’s very hazy.]