The Hunt
Die Jagd
This is a story of a waterlily pond, a frog and a snake. It is full of action, menace and suspense. Luckily, there is a happy ending although one party does look foolish.
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April 11, 2016
The Hills are Alive
Die Berge sind Lebendig
Was it the princess in the lake that drew me? The Müggelberge's mysterious lake and moors transfixed me when I explored the area.
November 22, 2015
For those not allergic to pollen, Poppelnflaum (poplar fluff) is a magical sight. - by SL Wong
Summer Snow
Sommerschnee
Ah! Spring. Season of .. allergenic early-flowerers a.k.a. hay fever-inducing plants. One culprit is the Pappeln or poplar (Populus), which produces 'summer snow'.
April 14, 2015
Rana esculenta - by SL Wong
Why Did the Frog Cross the Road?
Warum Überquert der Frosch die Straße?
A white bucket in hand, Christine Zorn walks along the knee-high tarpaulin fencing a road in Buch, in north Berlin. The air is thick with the sound of noisy seagulls…
March 24, 2015
Spizahorn in Autumn - by SL Wong
Dawn II
Die Morgendämmerung II
Jetlag gets me up at dawn. It is autumn and the bedroom is suffused with a light yellow. The yellow is from the maple leaves shading my bedroom window. Which…
January 5, 2015
Dawn in Berlin - by SL Wong
Dawn I
Die Morgendämmerung I
A plus point about jetlag whenever I returned to Berlin from Malaysia was the quiet joy of seeing dawn break among scudding clouds. The only thing was that these clouds…
December 2, 2014
Treptower - gorgeous in Autumn - by SLWong
Treptower Park by the River
Treptower Park am Fluss
November 4, 2014
The forest takes its name from Grünewald, meaning greenwood, a forest that is green, which it decidedly was not in March. - by SL Wong
A Wander in Grunewald
Wandern in den Grunewald
When I visited my first 'real' forest in Berlin, I could not help feeling how sparse it was compared to Malaysia's rainforests. I had long heard tell of Grunewald, Berlin's…
June 19, 2014
Autumn in Neukoelln
Blue Sky
Blaue Himmel
When the weather behaves, the intense blue of cloudless Berlin skies inspires a favourite indulgence: lying on my back and making shapes with leaf fringes.
May 12, 2014