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Hi, I'm Annie from Berlin.
I used to be a teacher at elementary school. Now I teach migrants and illiterate people.
#HumanRights #Inclusive #AltText
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Also: Daydreamer, can get lost in a landscape, a painting, a book, in history.
#Walking #Cycling #Woods #Wildflowers #Photography #Art #Painting #Poetry #Reading
Posts in English & German.
Header: A white winter landscape at the wadden sea.
Avatar: The head of a dachshund looking towards the sea, from behind.

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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Same salt marsh some days ago in winter and last summer, during rehab...

Derselbe Priel in der hier sommerlich saftig grünen Salzwiese, mit dem Blick bis zum Horizont in der Ferne, wo die untergegangene Sonne einen warmen orange-roséfarbenen Schimmer am Himmel hinterlassen hat. The same tidal creek in the lush green salt marsh in summer, with a view stretching to the distant horizon, where the setting sun has left a warm orange-pink glow in the sky.

Derselbe Priel in der hier sommerlich saftig grünen Salzwiese, mit dem Blick bis zum Horizont in der Ferne, wo die untergegangene Sonne einen warmen orange-roséfarbenen Schimmer am Himmel hinterlassen hat. The same tidal creek in the lush green salt marsh in summer, with a view stretching to the distant horizon, where the setting sun has left a warm orange-pink glow in the sky.
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@TishaPaints @TimKStanton Thank you Tisha!🫶🏼👋🏼 And same here with winter...

@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Good Monday everyone out there!

A green plastic watering can stands on stones and has a ring of ice around it, as it was forgotten in the rain barrel in summer and then froze inside it. Eine grüne Plastikgießkanne steht auf Steinen und hat einen Ring aus Eis um sich herum, da sie im Sommer in der Regentonne vergessen wurde und dann darin einfror.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Roots

On the white chalk cliffs on the coast of the island of Rügen in north-eastern Germany, a bare tree with many branches and small trunks protruding over the cliff towards the sea has formed many intertwined above-ground roots. But perhaps they are also tree trunks lying on the cliff, intertwined with each other. In the background, the turquoise Baltic Sea shines through the tangle and stretches to the bright sky on the horizon. Auf den weißen Kreidefelsen an der Küste der Insel Rügen im Nordosten Deutschlands hat ein kahler Baum mit vielen Ästen und kleinen Stämmen, die über das Kliff hinaus in Richtung Meer ragen viele verschlungene, oberirdische Wurzeln gebildet. Vielleicht sind es aber auch auf dem Kliff liegende, ineinander verschlungene Baumstämme. Im Hintergrund scheint die türkisfarbene Ostsee durch das Gewirr und erstreckt sich bis zum hellen Himmel am Horizont.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Seht mal, was mir die Welt heute früh auf der Rückreise von Meer geschenkt hat... Kraniche im Sonnenaufgang! 😍
Wie schön das war, erst noch ganz müde morgens um 6 und dann das...
Ich wünsche euch auch allen einen wunderschönen Start ins Wochenende!
Have a good start to the weekend everyone!🧡💜

Ein tief orangefarbener Sonnenaufgang über einem Kranichrastplatz an der Küste im Norden Deutschlands. A deep orange sunrise over a crane resting place on the coast in northern Germany.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to Unofficial Haiku Community German

Äpfel im Garten
bunte Flecken, verloren
im Herbstwind

- Apple

Einige rotgelbe pralle Äpfel liegen im Vordergrund auf einer Wiese zwischen bunten Herbstblättern. Im Hintergrund sind unter einem blauen Herbsthimmel eine Holzbank und ein kleiner runder Tisch sowie einige Büsche und Bäume zu sehen. Several plump red and yellow apples lie in the foreground on a meadow among colourful autumn leaves. In the background, under a blue autumn sky, a wooden bench and a small round table can be seen, as well as several bushes and trees.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to Unofficial Haiku Community German

Autumn colours
red, orange, yellow and gold
wherever I look

Kommt alle gut in die neue Woche!
Have a good start to the new week everyone!

🌞🍂🌻


Eine Landschaft mit einem schmalen Graben, der sich von vorne nach hinten durchs Bild zieht. Entlang des Grabens stehen Bäume, deren Laub sich herbstlich verfärbt hat. Ein Teil der bunten Blätter liegt auf dem Boden und in dem Graben rings um die Bäume verstreut. Von vorne rechts ragen lange dunkle schmale Äste eines weiteren Baumes ins Bild. Im Hintergrund scheint die Sonne auf eine leuchtend grüne Wiese, dahinter ist der Waldrand mit dunklen Bäumen zu sehen. A landscape with a narrow ditch running from front to back through the picture. Trees stand along the ditch, their leaves turning autumnal colours. Some of the colourful leaves lie scattered on the ground and in the ditch around the trees. From the front right, long, dark, narrow branches of another tree protrude into the picture. In the background, the sun shines on a bright green meadow, behind which the edge of the forest with dark trees can be seen.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Am See 🍂

Ich wünsche euch einen guten Start in die neue Woche, have a good start to the new week everyone!

Ein spiegelglatter See liegt in der Abendsonne unter einem noch blauen Himmel, umgeben von herbstlich goldenen Büschen und Bäumen entlang des Ufers. A mirror-smooth lake lies in the evening sun under a still blue sky, surrounded by autumnal golden bushes and trees along the shore.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Spätsommertag am See...

Lake Tegel in Berlin lies in the autumn sun. The water is slightly rippled, and in the distance there is a group of small sailing boats in front of an island. Next to them is a small excursion boat. In the foreground, trees still covered in leaves frame the scene on the shore, and just behind them, three branches of roughly equal thickness and length protrude from the water in a row. The sky is light blue with white clouds. Der Tegeler See liegt in der Herbstsonne. Das Wasser ist leicht gewellt, und in der Ferne befindet sich eine Gruppe von kleinen Segelbooten vor einer Insel. Daneben fährt ein kleines Ausflugsschiff. Im Vordergrund Rahmen noch belaubten Bäume am Ufer die Szene ein, kurz dahinter ragen drei etwa gleich dünne und gleich lange Äste hintereinander aus dem Wasser. Der Himmel ist spätsommerlich blau mit weißen Wolken.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to Unofficial Haiku Community German

Sitting in the park
on a mild autumn day,
geese honk above us

- geese

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Sharing a peaceful autumn landscape from a few years ago. Feeling inspired by the fall foliage, and might have to paint a few of these this month 🍁🍂

Tisha Mark ©2021, Autumn Dawn, oil on gessobord, 6"x6" (Sold)

An autumn landscape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Autumn Dawn" 6"x6" oil on Ampersand Gessobord (2021). A sunrise with yellow light over a woodsy landscape with a river or a creek running through it. The foliage is turning fall colors. Light reflects in the water.
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@TishaPaints Love it!💛🍂

@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

October full moon
Bird silhouettes in the sky –
I shiver

- hunter's moon

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Give it two more weeks and Trump will have claimed to have ended the war between Denmark and Australia, because Vikings against Australian soldiers on big kangaroos, strong kangaroos, was a bloody mess, and Denmark took so many loses at Sydney harbour, they do not have a workforce in Denmark anymore, and the world is now running out of LEGO bricks — big beautiful bricks — strong bricks — because they just can't make them after the battle at Melbourne, where Denmark lost 7 million soldiers.

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@randahl 😂🤣

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I'm so incredibly honoured and proud that Japanese newspaper The Mainichi has published one of my most powerful and loving haiku ever. Especially in this day and age where transpeople do not feel safe any more and are even losing their jobs and/or fleeing their country.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250725/p2g/00m/0su/040000c

+ 🌈 :lgbt: :rainbow_heart:

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@MarjoleinRotsteeg @poetry haiku@a.gup.pe icon haiku group Very powerful Marjolein!

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Rainy day
On the grey north sea beach
two yellow raincoats

@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Incoming tide and trawler


"Schifffahrt"

The view goes from the sandy beach at the German north western coast , onto which the grey-green sea runs with a long, stormy surf of waves and foam, to the horizon under a dark grey, cloudy, moody sky. A fishing trawler can be seen in the distance to the right. Der Blick geht vom Sandstrand an der Küste Schleswig Holsteins, auf den das grau-grüne Meer mit einer langgezogenen stürmischen Brandung aus Wellen und Schaum aufläuft, zum Horizont unter einem dunkelgrauen, bewölkten, stimmungsvollen Himmel. Rechts hinten ist in der Ferne ein Fischtrawler zu erkennen.
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I do love a moody, rainy day ☔

Tisha Mark ©2024, Storm's End, oil on linen, 20"x16"

Original is available in a maple frame:

https://tishamark.com/product/storms-end-20x16

Original oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Storm's End" 20"x16" oil on linen, 2024. An atmospheric cloudscape over a coastal marsh with rich, earthy tones underneath a sky filled with layered gray and white storm clouds with light starting to shine through.
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@TishaPaints Wow Tisha, that's gorgeous!😍

@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Im Sandmeer

Ein riesiger, im Licht der untergehenden Sonne fast wüstenartig wirkender Sandstrand mit kleinen Wellen vom Wind. Am noch immer blauen Himmel treiben Wolken, ganz links hinten in Richtung Meer ist bei näherem Hinsehen ein Holzpodest mit Strandkörben zu erkennen. A huge sandy beach, almost desert-like in the light of the setting sun, with small waves from the wind. Clouds are still drifting in the blue sky and, on closer inspection, a wooden platform with beach chairs can be seen at the far left towards the sea.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

I have painted again... 🖌️🎨

Salt marsh with tideway

Watercolour and wax crayon on paper, 28 x 15 cm

A painting with pasty, intensely coloured watercolour, especially in the area of the meadow, in yellow-orange and green tones. In a curve in the right-hand half of the picture, a tideway runs through the meadow, through which the tides can flow. Above it shines a cloudy sky in shades of blue, grey and purple, which is reflected in the tidal waters. Ein Bild mit pastös aufgetragener farbintensiver Wasserfarbe, v a. im Bereich der Wiese, in gelbirange- und Grüntönen. Durch die Wiese zieht sich in einer Kurve in der rechten Bildhälfte ein Priel, durch den die Gezeiten strömen können. Darüber scheint ein wolkiger Himmel in Blau-, Grau- und Lilatönen, der sich im Prielwasser spiegelt.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

A stilt house at high tide on the North Sea coast in the Wadden Sea of Schleswig-Holstein. Ein Stelzenhaus bei Flut an der Nordseeküste im Wattenmeer Schleswig-Holsteins.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Yellow Strand

"Zäune"

The view is towards a bay in the background, into which the dark grey-green Atlantic is crashing from the right. The beach and dunes of the bay shine unusually bright and yellow in the sun and give a stunning contrast to the impressive sky, which is covered with heavy dark grey clouds. Even further back, a few isolated mountains can be vaguely glimpsed on the grey cloudy horizon. In front, the dune grass above the bay also glows in some light. In the bottom left-hand corner of the picture is a section of a pasture fence made of wood and barbed wire.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

A sunny scene in the countryside in the north of Berlin. Two brown horses are standing in a paddock in front, one grazing and the other looking towards the camera. In the background are many lush green leafy trees under a wide summer sky with a few white clouds. Eine sonnige Szene auf dem Land im Norden Berlins. Vorne stehen auf einer Koppel zwei braune Pferde, eines grast und das andere blickt in Richtung der Kamera. Im Hintergrund stehen viele saftig grün belaubte Bäume unter einem weiten Sommerhimmel mit einigen weißen Wolken.
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@MarjoleinRotsteeg @dailyhaikuprompt @poetry haiku@a.gup.pe icon haiku group Hello Marjolein, nice to see you again!

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A dark blue lake with white water lilies, reeds rising from the water and some reddish flat stones in the background. Lough Lummon, Co. Sligo, Ireland
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Die ICIC 2025 in Berlin ist erfolgreich zuende gegangen. Während der Konferenz haben die europäischen Partner das European Network for Transparency and Right to Information (ENTRI) gegründet. Die BfDI hat den Vorsitz des neuen Netzwerks für die kommenden drei Jahre übernommen.

Mehr Informationen: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2025/09_BfDI-Vorsitz-ENTRI.html

/ÖA

Gruppenfoto der Konferenzteilnehmenden der ICIC 2025
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@bfdi Toll, danke für die Info!

@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Kommunikation

A scene in a dune landscape on the Irish Atlantic coast. On the crest of a partially sunlit, windswept dune, two people stand a short distance apart, facing each other under a blue sky, backlit by the evening sun. The person on the right has their arm outstretched and seems to be touching the other person's face. The windswept, surging waves of the sea can be seen in the background on the right. Eine Szene in einer Dünenlandschaft an der irischen Atlantikküste. Auf dem Kamm einer teilweise von der Sonne erleuchteten, vom Winde verwehten Düne stehen zwei Menschen in geringem Abstand als Silhouetten einander zugewandt unter einem blauen Himmel im abendlichen Gegenlicht der Sonne. Die Person rechts hat den Arm ausgestreckt und scheint die andere Person am Kopf zu berühren. Im Hintergrund rechts ist die Brandung des Meeres zu sehen.
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@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Fluffy little chick
A handful of life, fragile -
the tiny heart beats

- chick

@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Browse through snapshots
happy, sad, melancholy
all these stories

- snapshot

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Ein leerer Tagungsraum

An empty room with an old wooden floor and chairs standing to the right and left of the wall. The timber construction of the old building's ceiling can be seen at the top. The photo is taken through the window pane from the outside to the inside, so that the slightly cloudy blue sky is reflected in the upper area. Other areas of light and shadow can be seen on the pane. At the same time, another window and a glass door can be seen on the opposite side of the room, and behind them a view of a green spring landscape with a meadow and a tree. On the left are two more floor-to-ceiling windows, through which sunlight casts two bright stripes onto the floor. Ein leerer Raum mit einem alten Holzfußboden und Stühlen, die rechts und links an der Wand stehen, in einem alten Gehöft in der Nähe von Berlin. Oben ist die gezimmerte Holzkonstruktion der Decke zu sehen. Das Foto ist durch die Fensterscheibe von außen nach innen fotografiert, sodass sich der leicht bewölkte blaue Himmel im oberen Bereich spiegelt. Weitere Licht- und Schattenbereiche sind auf der Scheibe zu sehen . Gleichzeitig sind auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite des Raumes ein weiteres Fenster und eine Glastür zu sehen, und dahinter dann die Aussicht auf eine grüne Frühlingslandschaft mit Wiese und Baum. Auf der linken Seite sind zwei weitere bodentiefe Fenster, durch die Sonnenlicht zwei helle Streifen auf den Fußboden wirft.
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@MarjoleinRotsteeg @dailyhaikuprompt @poetry haiku@a.gup.pe icon haiku group Another beautiful philosophical Haiku, Marjolein. I have one of those hanging on the wall in my yoga corner.

Looking with fresh eyes
a tourist in my own life
what a journey

That was about two years ago?🤔 I still like it so much!🧡

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@MarjoleinRotsteeg @dailyhaikuprompt @poetry haiku@a.gup.pe icon haiku group Yes. We had just returned from Sabbatical, and I had started to change some things in life, like, quit the job, the wish to paint again etc. Your Haiku expressed (and, since the journey isn't over yet) still expresses the wonders of change in one's life. Thank you so much for it! Your today's Haiku beautifully shows another aspect of that unknown road. Sometimes you just have to bear with what's (not) coming along.

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@MarjoleinRotsteeg @dailyhaikuprompt @poetry haiku@a.gup.pe icon haiku group Oh, don't blush! Your Haikus resonate with me from time to time, which is wonderful and how poetry works, doesn't it? That's why I love the Poetry community here so much, there are wonderful thoughts and words every day. 🧡

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patio dinner
the neighbours' cat
flirts with me

Yesterday I didn't manage to write a 'flirt' haiku, but, out of the blue, it came to me in combination with today's prompt 'patio'...

- flirt, patio






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This much river left.

Very low!
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@GetCarter 😳 Where is it?

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@GetCarter Interesting, thank you!

@theappletree@ruhr.social avatar theappletree , to random German

Before I came to Ireland, I had never seen moss grow before my eyes. But here you go...

☘️💚🩶🌱

A small area of moss spreads out on the porous, uneven grey-brown stone of a wall. In the centre of the moss, the surface is earthy brown with individual green areas, while the newly grown moss forms a broad, beautiful lush green frame with tips growing outwards. At the top right of the picture, a small yellow lychen formation can also be seen on the stone.
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@MarjoleinRotsteeg @dailyhaikuprompt @poetry haiku@a.gup.pe icon haiku group Do you grow your own food Marjolein?

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@MarjoleinRotsteeg @dailyhaikuprompt @poetry haiku@a.gup.pe icon haiku group Sounds great! I've only just started after Ireland with some very small things like herbs and berries. I don't have time, but I hope that in future I will do better.

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Eeek my book is in print! So beyond thrilled with how beautiful it looks. Asked for gold letters as it's a book by people and Au is periodic symbol for gold.



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Photo of the Book Wired Our Own Way. The title is in embosses gold. Background a teal sort of green. Squiggley wires of different colours beneath title. Also says An Anthologu of Irish Autistic Voices
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@niamhgarvey actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group Looks absolutely great, congratulations! I didn't know about the gold symbol (or probably did but forgot...), so thank you, those little things really make a difference!

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grandchild makes tea
for starters, main and pudding
mud pies

- mud





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I'm struggling to find
in this turbulent world
some peace of mind

- tranquil





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'Huit! Huit! Huit!'
the blackbird's knowledge of French
stays limited

- blackbird






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