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Teacher, Philosopher, Local Patch Birder (private acc) Founded #LocalPatchClub: Students habitually visit nature on their doorstep. Stay where you are and marvel at the small wonders of nature and the soul.(Peter) #lowcarbonbirding #jazz #poetry #astronomy

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Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· 26d

#BirdOfTheDay #SingersAndWingers Hello nuthatch!

A nuthatch has just pushed off from a bare hazel branch; it appears determined and seems to have spotted something to the right—outside the frame. Its wings are curved downward and are illuminated by the sun from the left rear.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Jul 11

'Objekte die mit "O" beginnen oder so aussehen ... ' #FotoVorschlag Zur letzten Ethik-Stunde vor dem Abitur brachte eine Schülerin diesen Kuchen mit. Was für eine Überraschung! #Kuchen #Philosophie #Aristoteles #BlueLZ

Ein kreisrunder Kuchen (o) auf einem runden Teller (o) von o-ben photographiert. Hellgelber Creme-Aufstrich dient als Hintergrund für einen Text, der mit schlumpffarbener Lebensmittelfarbe in schönen Druckbuchstaben aufgetragen wurde: zoon plolitikon (Viermal O!). Von dieser Bezeichnung des Menschen als politisches Lebewesen (nach Aristoteles) gehen schlumpfgrüne Strahlen aus. Kleine Dekoperlen für Kuchen vollenden das Bild des Kuchens, der sich als ebenso lecker erwies wie er aussieht!

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Jun 18

Als Bayerischer Lehrer werde ich in der kommenden Woche mit meinen Schüler*innen Art 131 der Bayer. Verfassung besprechen und anschließend ein Video einspielen, das "Send them back!"-skandierende Abgeordnete im Europaparlament zeigt. Anschließend reden wir über #Anstand #Würde #Humanität #BlueLZ

Bayerische Verfassung:
Art. 131
(1) Die Schulen sollen nicht nur Wissen und Können vermitteln, sondern auch Herz und Charakter bilden.
(2) Oberste Bildungsziele sind Ehrfurcht vor Gott, Achtung vor religiöser Überzeugung und vor der Würde des Menschen, Selbstbeherrschung, Verantwortungsgefühl und Verantwortungsfreudigkeit, Hilfsbereitschaft, Aufgeschlossenheit für alles Wahre, Gute und Schöne und Verantwortungsbewußtsein für Natur und Umwelt.
(3) Die Schüler sind im Geiste der Demokratie, in der Liebe zur bayerischen Heimat und zum deutschen Volk und im Sinne der Völkerversöhnung zu erziehen.
(4) Die Mädchen und Buben sind außerdem in der Säuglingspflege, Kindererziehung und Hauswirtschaft besonders zu unterweisen.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Jun 11

One at a time; you’ll both get a turn, and there’s still plenty of food scuttling about in the rose bush... Best regards to Lilith and the GangsOfBerlin TinyBeaksBigCity 🕊𓅪🦇 bsky.app/profile/lili... #birds #garden #housesparrow #Haussperling #localpatch #sparrow

Three house sparrows sit huddled together on a branch of a rose bush, with their backs to the viewer. On the far left is the mother house sparrow and on the right are two chicks. The young birds open their beaks greedily and both pester the house sparrow mother to be fed first. They are surrounded by numerous small rosebuds and the first white-yellowish blossoms.
The house sparrow family replaces any pesticide ...

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Jun 5

During my evening walk, I found myself thinking of the #BirdOfTheDay theme #LookingAtYou Oh, nature, when you really think about it, you, too, are full of horrors! Moments later, the red-backed shrike disappears into the hedge, where its young are waiting for their evening snack. #birds #localpatch

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· May 28

Abendspaziergang. Meine Frau meint: "Schau mal: Viel zu woke für Bayern!" Ist das ein Großer Puppenräuber? Was sagen die Expert*innen? #Käfer #beetle #Entomologie #Koleopterologie #nature #GregorS #woke #localpatch

Ein großer Laufkäfer abgewandt, nach halbrechts blickend, auf sandigem Boden mit welkem Blatt und ein paar grün sprießenden Grashalmen (Weg am Waldrand). Das Tier zeigt irisierende Flügeldecken (rote und grüne Farbtöne dominieren) und einen schwarz glänzenden und wohl auch etwas indigofarben schillernden Halsschild. Das deutet darauf hin, dass es sich um einen Großen Puppenräuber handelt.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· May 12

Goodbye ... See you next spring! #spring #tulips

In a meadow: three white tulips with their blooms wide, wide open. The petals seem to be stretching and unfurling in the sun.
Branches from a rosebush extend into the picture.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Apr 28

Abendrunde. Der Kuckuck ruft, die Mönchsgrasmücke singt ... #localpatch

Streuobstbäume im Abend-Gegenlicht der untergehenden Sonne. Hohes Gras und unzählige kleine weiße Sternblüten-Sprenkel umgeben die alten Baumstämme.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Apr 7

"Wow, so amazing!!! ..." #moon #Mond #Artemis Okay, ich geb's zu: vor Jahren mit der Digiknipse aufgenommen (freihand ans Okular+Gelbfilter gehalten) ... Die anderen Bilder waren unscharf, verwackelt. (Raumschiff: Erde; Ausguck: Terrasse, irgendwo in Franken) #WozuindenVorgartenfliegen?

Ein Ausschnitt der Mondoberfläche im Bereich des Terminators (Lichtgrenze), wo sich Oberflächenstrukturen (Krater, Gebirgszüge) besonders kontrastreich abzeichnen und damit plastisch erscheinen. Der Mond erscheint aufgrund des Filtereinsatzes in gelbgrünlicher Farbe. (Optik: 12"-Newton-Teleskop Dobson + kleine Digitalkamera)

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Apr 2

... and on the other hand, some of his philosophical concepts and thoughts should also be outlined to such an extent that it becomes clear what potential they hold for giving #meaning to our view of human #existence and questions concerning how we should treat our #environment. (3/4)

photo: A blue tit perched on a thin winter branch: with its back to the viewer, it looks to the right.

Peter Wust grew up in a rural area in modest circumstances. His first teacher of philosophy was a shepherd, whom he helped with his work outdoors when he was young.
In later years, Wust’s weekly walks from Münster to a suburb became legendary. Students joined in, and as they walked under the open sky, they pondered everything under the sun.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Apr 2

Whether or not one shares Wust’s Catholicism, he is well worth rediscovering. For he provided valuable insights that offer new perspectives in the face of today’s crises. With this post, I am launching a series of 🧵s on Peter Wust, which, on the one hand, serve to commemorate the man, (2/4)

A page from Wust’s notebook on which he wrote down a prayer for one of his visitors, noting that it was the essential prayer befitting us humans, and that the visitor should never forget it. The visitor carried this note with him throughout the entire war.

The note, written in Wust’s clearly legible handwriting, reads roughly as follows:
"Eternal, all-loving, almighty Father, may Your most holy will be done, not mine!
Münster, March 14, 1940.
Peter Wust."

(The page comes from his conversation notebook, which is about the size of a postcard. Wust tore it out and gave it to the visitor to take with him on his journey through life.
Document: private collection, P. Reus)

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Apr 2

Peter Wust – 🧵No.I Today we remember Peter Wust (+3 April 1940). By the time Wust succumbed to a severe form of cancer, he had made a name for himself as the ‘Philosopher of Münster’. His lectures were packed – Gestapo also took notes, as Wust was an opponent of the Nazis. (1/4) #philosophy

Wust reading in his sickbed, shortly before his death. He is lying half-upright in bed, having pushed his glasses up onto his clean-shaven head.
As he was suffering from cancer of the upper jaw, he could no longer speak and therefore used a notebook to communicate with his visitors. Many of his students and colleagues visited him, as did the Bishop of Münster, Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen, with whom he felt a bond due to his opposition to the Nazi regime.
Before undergoing general anesthesia for a difficult and risky cancer surgery, Wust made a point of saying once more: "I have never bowed my knees before Baal."
(photo: private collection, P. Reus)

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Mar 21

Now that's what I call focused, dear dunnock! #birds #localpatch #Heckenbraunelle

The dunnock in the sun, facing the viewer, stands on a moss-covered terrace and appears to be hunting for tiny creatures. Fully focused—much like a lizard—it stares at the ground, poised to peck up a tiny prey. In the background, the edge of the terrace is lined with a miniature forest of winter aconite leaves, their many green fingers spreading out like a fan.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Mar 16

Zählen Gärtner, ältere, nach Blumen Stunden, Tage, die vergangenen Dekaden, Oder Momente, unermessliche, wenn Überraschung, Wie bei Kindern, ihren Blick grundierte? (Michael Hamburger: Anhang zu den Akten [Anfg.]; in: Ders: Unterhaltung mit der Muse des Alters. Gedichte; München 2004, S. 76f.)

Großaufnahme von Schneeglöckchen auf einer vermoosten Wiese. Im Hintergrund unscharf gelbe Winterling-Blüten. Schrumpelige ledrig-braune Hainbuchenblätter des vergangenenen Herbstes liegen zu Füßen der Schneeglöckchengruppe.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Mar 13

The blue tit is fanning out its tail this spring. Bird fashion trends ... #birds #bluetit #garden #localpatch

A blue tit facing the photographer looks elegantly to the side as it flares its tail feathers. The bird has perched on a small, still-bare winter branch of a beech tree.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Mar 13

Since he’s only visited our garden a few times this winter, it seems the middle spotted woodpecker is making up for it now. With its long, pointed beak, the bird can easily get to the tasty scraps of food. #birds #garden #localpatch

The middle spotted woodpecker has clung to a large conifer cone hanging from a string and is using its sharp beak to peck out the remaining fat and seeds from the crevices, which had been filled with them for the birds.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Mar 7

Bye, and thank you for all the lovely, though not always pleasant-sounding, winter visits! See you next autumn. (I take this look as a friendly farewell—after all your squawking of the past few months.) #birds #Eichelhäher #Jay

A jay, photographed from behind, looking to the right, seemingly in a friendly mood. You can see the upper half of its back with its beautiful blue iridescent wing feathers.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Mar 7

Tschüss und vielen Dank für all die Winterbesuche! Bis zum nächsten Herbst ... Bye, and thank you for all the lovely winter visits! See you next autumn ... #birds #hawfinch #Kernbeißer

Portrait of a hawfinch in bright sunlight; only the bird's head, turned to the right, and the upper part of its back are visible, contrasting beautifully with the blurred dark green background. The striking beak reinforces the determined look in the animal's eyes.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Mar 6

Ja, ich bin sehr müde. Symbolbild. Abbildung ähnlich. #birds #Blaumeise #bluetit

A blue tit in the morning sun high up in the hazelnut bush, which apart from numerous catkins is still bare from winter. When fluffed up like this, the blue tit also looks a little like a Christmas tree bauble. The bird seems to be extending its night's sleep with a nap. Sometimes you're just very sleepy...

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 28

Every year, I wait for the moment, look up from my desk, and think that soon the first #dunnock of the year will be hopping around here among the winter aconites, acting as if it were no big deal. And every year, it does just that when I'm not thinking about it. Welcome back! #localpacth #birds

A dunnock in the foreground on the right with a fallen brown beech leaf on a meadow. Top left of the picture: yellow winter aconite flowers. The bird's head is illuminated by the sun; its characteristic light brown eyes with black pupils are clearly visible.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 28

Und heute zu Punkt 6 in Edward Abbeys Anleitung zur Errichtung einer Diktatur in den USA: "Divert attention from deep conflicts within the society by engaging in foreign wars. [...]" ABBEY (1968): Desert Solitaire (Quelle: FANE) #Krieg #USA #Iran

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 26

Und hier noch eine Haselnuss-Aufnahme, weil's so schön war ...

Male inflorescence of the common hazel in the cold evening backlight.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 26

Haselnuss. Das war heute eine schöne Abendstimmung. #Frühling

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 20

There you are, a nice blackbird, meeting up with an old house sparrow friend for lunch, just starting to peck at the first grains together, when this show-off young blackbird comes along and chases you away. Spring is annoying... #birds #blackbird #sparrow #garden

On the left are a blackbird and—almost hidden by it—a house sparrow taking flight from a feeding place. From the right, a young, aggressive-looking blackbird approaches with spread wings and tail feathers, chasing the two away.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 19

Peace, my dear friends! (I suppose spring is coming...) #birds #blackbird #garden #localpatch #spring

Two male blackbirds squabbling in the air above a half-snowed-in feeding spot: with their feathers spread and fixed on each other aggressively, they look like angry pterosaurs fighting to the death. It is snowing lightly; the wintery tranquillity of the surroundings contrasts with this cockfight.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 14

Cees Nooteboom, what a kind person! (31.7.1933 - 11.2.2026) Cees Nooteboom's signature on the title page of his novel "In den niederländischen Bergen" (German suhrkamp edition). First, he drew a Dutch mountain landscape with fine black lines; then he signed his name underneath ... [... ALT text]

Cees Nooteboom's signature on the title page of his novel "In den niederländischen Bergen" (German suhrkamp edition). First, he drew a Dutch mountain landscape with fine black lines; then he signed his name underneath. He took his time drawing the three hills, slowly, as if he were a Japanese Zen master of writing. The three hills would not stand out without the slight elevation hinted at on the right. I watched him spellbound as he calmly drew the lines. He looked up briefly, had to smile and probably thought to himself: "Ha, tricked you. First we take our time for the mountains, and then comes the signature."

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 1

Bird feeder with snow caps. #birds #feeders #snow

Bird feeders with snow caps. All feeding devices hanging from the rowan tree branches have high snow caps; the hanging birdhouse, complete with snow cap, is leaning at a slight angle. Visitors: house sparrow and blue tit.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 1

Wintereinbruch mit Blaumeise. #birds #bluetit #snow #winter

It is snowing finely and densely, and a blue tit seems to be rushing through the inhospitable air against the thickly snow-covered, blurred background.

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Feb 1

Just a little atmospheric disturbance. It will be alright. Be brave! #birds #housesparrow #Haussperling #Spatz #couple

A pair of house sparrows on a concrete slab with grain feed. Remnants of snow in the background.
Both facing the viewer halfway, the lady on the left, the gentleman on the right. While she turns away to her right, he turns away to his left. Scenes from a marriage?

Local Patch Club@localpatchclub· Jan 19

Polarlichter mit Plejaden und Hyaden ... Aurora borealis, northern lights with Pleiades and Hyades ... #Polarlichter #auroraborealis #hyades #pleiades #M45 #Caldwell41