Prepare others with colorful owlsGrävenwiesbach

Frieda and Remo from Grävenwiesbach paint stones and prefer to distribute them in the Steinkertzbach valley.

Grävenwiesbach -AM Afternoon, a family of four goes for a walk in the Steinkertzbach valley.The children Frieda and Remo run ahead and return a short time later with a sly smile."Did you suspend them?"- "Yes."When you walk on, the seeking view of the parents is concentrated to tree stumps, wooden stacks, rocky slices and earth hills.There it is: an owl shines with white clicker eyes on a blue-red pebble stone, which exhausts from a mossy gap of a tree stump.The Koch family paints stones and exposes them through nature while walking.They should be found by other walkers and give them a joy.

Take a look into nature

They are the little ones, at first glance inconspicuous stories that show a path for a positive way of dealing with corona pandemic.Detlef Koch and his wife Meike had this creative idea two years ago, in which the children turn a look at domestic nature: "We wanted them to get into the fresh air in the lockdown and go for a walk with us."

When stones painted with snakes and fire brigade motifs, the mother of the seven-year-old Frieda and five-year-old Remo remembered that her daycare teacher gave her a Marienkäfer-Kieselstein, which was painted with snakes and fire brigade motifs in the Grävenwiesbach kindergarten in kindergarten.."I still have it today."

The painting and passing on of Kieselstein motifs first within the family started.So the first painted stone came to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The family then found a community on the Internet, in which people enjoy sending stones and making the world travel with appropriate photo posts.The public Facebook group "Taunusstein" already has 2646 members who paint, hide and enjoy stones when they are found and their transfer is posted.

With the Koch family, the stones remain in the municipality of Grävenwiesbach.Because they are exposed on long walks, primarily in the Steinkertzbach valley.But before the hiding game begins, you paint with living room color and clear lacquer at home.Owls with striking, big eyes, mignons and skulls are among the children among the children in the paint workshop.So her fine motor skills were also trained extra.

Great enthusiasm always arises in the hiding game in nature.The number of new experiences grows from day to day.A wet trousers after landing in the stream, dirty shoes while wading through the meadow sump or a hole in the jacket after climbing in the tree are part of it.The family has already held a little scavenger hunt and is well networked with the idea in kindergarten and primary school.

"Here in Grävenwiesbach there are a lot of nice people who are happy about the stones found while hiking."No sense of broadcast, but great fun in the joy of the others drives the four and does not give any thoughts of abuse or mischief.The silent joy when a stone is no longer in the hiding place and gives the finder joy is enough for Frieda, Remo, Meike and Detlef.

Positive message

The project became even more valuable with the idea of turning slate letter stones.ABC shooter Frieda learned to spell this way.The joy was particularly great when unknown people from the letter stones had formed new words."There were nice nonsense words."To be happy, for other Kochs, also count the sending of the colorful stones to a palliative station, for example."We want to pass on a positive message."

Most recently, Remo and Frieda have laid out six stones, of which the parents only found one.Walkers in the Steinkertzbach valley therefore have a good chance of finding a pebble owl with a waxed eye.And maybe someone will also come up with the idea of interpreting their own stones: "We are happy to find new stones ourselves."By Andreas Romahn