On the Way to Mt. Vogel

Ranunculus traunfellneri.

Gentiana clusii.

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole. (Hal Borland)

On the Way to Mt. Vogel

You have to go

through those mountains and valleys -

because that's what life is: soul growth. (Wayne Newton)

Butterfly and Flowers

The butterfly is (probably) Pyeris bryoniae.

Butterfly on a flower.

Alpine meadow with flowers.

My Heart Sings in the Mountains

There are two kinds of climbers ,

those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains,

and all the rest. (Alex Lowe)

Walking towards Mt. Vogel

Climb

the mountains

and get their good tidings. (John Muir)

Alpine Flowers

Androsace villosa.

Geranium sylvaticum.

Clematis alpina.

Mt. Vogel

Julian Alps.

Mt. Vogel. Ascending.

Mt. Vogel. Descending.

Mt. Vogel, 1920 m

He who climbes upon the highest mountains

laughs at all tragedies,

real or imaginary. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Lilium

Lilium martagon.

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly,

our whole life would change. (Buddha)

Alpine Meadow Razor

Towards the Alpine meadow Razor.

Shepherd huts.

Who would think Magda can milk a cow!

Summer Flowers

Helianthemum alpestre.

Rhododendron hirsutum.

Rosa canina.

Alpine Streams

The confluence of the Tolminka and the Zadlascica rivers.

The confluence.

The place is a natural monument.

The Zadlascica Stream

Water is H2O,

hydrogen two parts, oxygen one,

but there is also a third thing, that makes water water and nobody knows what it is. (D. H. Lawrence)