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Queen of the Weeds

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Doesn't "she" look regal in her very own tiny, cosy, safe and totally social distancing compliant fence realm? It's "she" because in German "Blume" (flower) is female. I took this on my very first "Corona walk" back in March when it was still unclear if we were allowed to go for walks at all. Until then I had only ever left the house for necessary errands (it's not that much different now), but the authorities had not only reassured us that it's OK to go for walks, but had actually encouraged us to do so as long as we kept a safe distance to everyone and also didn't meet or go out with anyone else but members of the same household. Much has changed since then. Most people in my city don't care about the virus any more, and, as a result, the numbers of infections are rising again. I think the current situation is like a walk on a tightrope. It might go well, it might not... 

This late March walk was just one around the corner, and this Queen of Weeds' realm lies right across the house I live in, on the other side of my street. My neighbourhood isn't spectacular in any way, but there are many nice old (from around 1900) apartment houses with just as nice old fences protecting their front gardens, and it was great fun and felt like real freedom to just walk around there and look for the little beauties along the wayside. 

HFF, Everyone, and stay safe and healthy!

Sieht sie nicht zauberhaft und auch richtig majestätisch aus inmitten ihres kleinen, gemütlichen und auch sehr Sicherheitsabstand-konformen Königinnenreichs? Diese Königin des Unkrauts habe ich direkt bei mir gegenüber bei meinem ersten "Corona-Spaziergang" Ende März aufgenommen. Zu der Zeit, als es mit der Pandemie auch bei uns gerade richtig losging, war ja noch völlig unklar, ob wir nun auch "einfach so", sprich für einen kleinen Spaziergang, das Haus verlassen durften. Bis dahin war ich immer nur zum Einkaufen etc. rausgegangen (so sehr viel anders ist es jetzt immer noch nicht); aber nachdem uns von offizieller (Senats-)Seite versichert worden war, dass Spaziergänge ausdrücklich erlaubt sind, hatte ich mir die Kamera geschnappt für eine Runde um den Block, um mal ein wenig den Kopf freizubekommen bei der Suche nach den kleinen Schönheiten am Wegesrand :-)

Mittlerweile verhalten sich ja in Berlin (und auch anderswo) viele Leute schon wieder so, als hätte es das Virus nie gegeben und infolge dessen steigen nun auch die Fallzahlen wieder. Momentan ist das ein regelrechter Drahtseilakt, finde ich, es kann ebenso gut- wie komplett schiefgehen...

Ich wünsche Euch ein schönes WE, liebe Flickr-Freunde, passt gut auf Euch auf!

Taken on: March 22, 2020

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Camera: Olympus E-M5MarkII, f/4.0, 1/200 sec, 32mm (=64mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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