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Looking out the window

In the garden

I asked for comfort in cold times, and look what weather greeted me. Can you believe this photo was taken yesterday, in late November, in Berlin, while we lunched al fresco? I suppose you can believe me if you're here too. What a lot of strength this sunshine affords!

Saint Martin's Day Parade & Darkness

Last week's Saint Martin's Day parade already feels so far away. What have you been doing to keep the early dark cozy?

On the Bornholmer Brücke

A day later and it's just another bridge under the silver-gray November sky.

Looking up (Schonholzer Heide)

Astonishing to find a forest so close to home! I'll tell you more about the Schönholzer Heide tomorrow.

On the steps to the Buddhist House

One could do far worse than spend a drizzly afternoon visiting the temple and strolling through the forest behind the Buddhist House in Frohnau. What were those monks having for lunch? It might be worth doing a retreat just to get a taste of the Sri Lankan home cooking.

Das Buddhistische Haus, Edelhofdamm 54, Berlin-Frohnau (map)
Open daily 9am-6pm (the library is shut on Mondays)

I keep looking down

I find the street intoxicatingly pretty in the autumn.

First quince of the season

Happy Diwali!

This shot in the acid light of the makeshift Hasenheide Hindu temple. Happy Diwali!

Look up...

... and you might still feel it was spring.