Nothing is as constant as eternal change. Perfection is a state that cannot be attained, but must be striven for. Form follows function.

Short-haired sloth 👽

My furry friend, so grumpy and cute! 😄

Dakota enjoying the ☀️ after having two mice the night before. 😋

I always enjoy the beautiful Taunus 😊

My great-grandfather
Dr. phil. Werner Hilpert
(17. January 1897 in Leipzig - 24. February 1957 in Oberursel)

Today is the 65th anniversary of his dead and I want to remember him.

1916:
Student of Economics, Legal Science and Philosophy

1916 -1918:
Fought in Romania and France (World War I)

1918 - 1920:
Continued studies and received doctorate in philosophy

1920:
Department secretary to the Statebank of Saxony

1920 - 1932:
Assistant/Syndicus to the Union of Leipzig Retailers

1922 - 1932:
CEO of the Linoleum Merchants Union

1927:
Member of the Leipzig city council

1932 - 1933:
President of the Centre Party in Saxony

1933:
Forced by the Nazis to give up all positions in politics and economy

1932 - 1937:
President of the Catholic Action in Saxony and open resistance against the Nazis

1932 - 1938:
Self-employed business consultant and syndicus, trying to provide Jewish business owners best working conditions

Authorized representative for Jewish citizens in "Aryanizations" in collaboration with Carl Goerdeler

1934:
Risk of being arrested in connection with the Röhm-Putsch

1938:
Office burnt down in Kristallnacht

1939:
Arrested by the Gestapo

1939 - 1945:
Political prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp and member of the Buchenwald Resistance

1945:
Liberation by the Americans

One of five Germans on the Buchenwald International Camp Committee

Entrusted with certain tasks of the American military government

1945:
Taking part in founding the CDU party in Frankfurt am Main

1945 - 1952:
President of the CDU Hesse

1945 - 1951:
Deputy Prime Minister of Hesse

1946 - 1947:
Economics and Transport Minister of Hesse

1947 - 1951:
Minister of Finances of Hesse

1952 - death:
President and Finance Director of the Deutsche Bundesbahn

European hornet (Vespa crabro)

It's covered in dust.

Mind and world order

Thursday evening after the first of two windstorms calmed down. The weather was really nice for a moment. Evening after evening the sunset approaches the Taunus Mountains. Its glow is already touching the Altkönig ("Old King"). Shortly after taking this photo, hailstones started penetrating the sensitive tip of my sloth nose. Can't await summer!

People have forgotten how to talk about feelings. If you do, they immediately try to fix you without understanding first. There is nothing to fix, only to listen. Feelings are normal, even negative ones. The world will not end because of them. But not being noticed and instead being fed fortune cookie sayings is great to do alone.