This is a very special photo from our archives, which has been used as a Christmas card lots of times in our family: it was originally taken by my mother Angela in 1962 on Mülheim’s Kirchenhügel, the church district in the inner city. She won a photography contest with it and today it is of real historical significance because this photo cannot be taken from this perspective anymore, although most of the houses still exist. There are many copies and prints of this photo, but a couple of years ago I found the original transparency again and carefully scanned and restored it – this is only the second time we’ve posted it on the web and now it’s also a tribute to my mother, who sadly passed away this year.

This photo is from exactly one month ago, but even now there are still blossoms on the big Cactus.

Happy Holidays, everyone! I shot this photo only a couple of days ago and I think it’s one of the best yet of this year’s Christmas tree. It’s not as warm as last year and not even raining, but we’re still far away from a white Christmas at 8°C! I hope everyone has a nice holiday – here in Germany, presents are actually given on the evening of the 24th, so Christmas actually begins today for us and December 25 and 26 are both holidays. The usual round of photos will follow later this evening!