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Greyscale – Meadowland No. 2

29. Juni 2019 6 Comments

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Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

No. 12 of my Finish Along List for Q2 is finished!

I have been pondering for a while now how to photograph meadowland. Finding a real meadow inside the city… not so easy. I decided that a park would have to suffice :)

Originally I planned to go to the Stadtpark (city park) but then a friend of mine recommended I try the botanical garden in Klein Flottbek, Hamburg. And how fitting to use a suggestion from my real live community to photograph this quilt from a community sew along!

It felt like I was not really 10 meters into the garden and there were already lovely and beautiful sites all around. The first picture of this post was from the very beginning of my walk through.

Anyone who knows me, will notice that I am not a nature buff, not by a long shot. But I really enjoyed this small city adventure – at least when I was not worrying about spiders, wasp nest in the ground or the busy bees :)

Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

Of course I was looking for something meadow-like. But there were also sooo many other beautiful photo opportunities.

I think this is a very old harvester…

Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

And this was in the Japanese section. There were animals throughout the park, can you spot the ducks?

Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

There were ducks and small ducklings, geese and child sized ones – are they called gooselings? – and coots and their babies and then I saw a squirrel…

Details from the Botanical Garden Klein Flottbek, Hamburg during the Photoshoot of Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

Also no city noise once you were fully inside. Just the call of pigeons and other songbirds, the chirping of cicadas* and lots of buzzing from bees.

*As I said I have no true idea, but that was what it reminded me of, the sound of a vacation at the Mediterranean.

I was really relaxing. Slow walking, the sun shining but not that hot yet and those nature sounds: Lots of flowing water and leaves rustling. It is totally normal to do your walking with a quilt in your arms, right?

Here are my favorite plant pictures.

Details from the Botanical Garden Klein Flottbek, Hamburg during the Photoshoot of Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de
Details from the Botanical Garden Klein Flottbek, Hamburg during the Photoshoot of Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

And two of the different buildings they had inside. All fitting the regional theme you were walking through of course!

Details from the Botanical Garden Klein Flottbek, Hamburg during the Photoshoot of Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de
Details from the Botanical Garden Klein Flottbek, Hamburg during the Photoshoot of Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

But back to quilt pictures: Close-Up.

Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

And the backside:

I was a bit miffed that I didn’t think of this angle when I photographed the front. All quilt front pictures had such bad lighting that I couldn’t use any…

Details from the Botanical Garden Klein Flottbek, Hamburg during the Photoshoot of Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

This was the backside of the pavilion where I took the backing picture. This is a wooden cut (stem disc) of a 1,250 year old sequoia!

Details from the Botanical Garden Klein Flottbek, Hamburg during the Photoshoot of Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

And in contrast some very modern architecture.

But you cannot really be sad when you have also taken these beauties :)

Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

Meadowland No. 2 "Greyscale" | mell-meyer.de

I hope you enjoyed my – not so knowledgeable tour – though the botanical garden!

It was a great end to my two weeks of vacation. Of course I didn’t finish half of what I planned, but this is finish no. four! Not bad either :)

On another note I have been really busy behind the scenes prepping for the Leafy Quilt Sew Along. It will happen! Mark your calendars: Aug-Sep. I hope I can share all the details next week!

Best wishes
xo Melanie

So far this quarter …

 On the FAL list (14)

 Finished Projects (3)
 Wallet “Grete” No. 2
 Gemstone Tumbler
 #plussquared
 Greyscale

 Inbetween Finishes (2)
 Hamburg Pouches
 Fish Drawstring Bag

 New WIPs (0)

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Comments

  1. Robby H.

    29. Juni 2019

    A beautiful quilt in a beautiful setting. This seems perfect. And how nice that you got a controlled visit with nature without those unpleasant things.

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  2. Debbie

    30. Juni 2019

    Love the setting, yes! And your quilt of course. A really lovely finish!

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  3. Ariadna

    30. Juni 2019

    I really like this quilt – I prefer this over the colourful version, but that’s personal preference ;-) – , and enjoyed reading the post – also enjoyed the last one around Hamburg ;-). I think you were very clever with the quilting design, it fits the piecing really well and I’m sure it was a breeze to quilt. And of course, congratulations on another finish!
    Best regards,
    Ariadna.

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  4. Allison

    2. Juli 2019

    You not being a nature buff might be a little bit of an understatement… but you sure were going on as if you were one – wink, wink. Really nice pics again… lots of fun spots in HH.

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  5. Susan

    3. Juli 2019

    Another lovely quilt with beautiful “glamour” shots. Well done on the quilts & photography. Take care.

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  6. Preeti Harris

    17. Juli 2019

    You are not a big fan of green and I am not a big fan of grey (it has its uses as a neutral or for binding etc.) but a grey quilt against a green background is absolutely fabulous!!!. The striped binding is a favorite of mine. The garden reminds me of the fun day we had at the Planten un Blomen eating ice creams sitting in lounge chairs overlooking the pool

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