A grey heron sitting on a rock in the Eisack in Vahrn, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Cloud behind a mountain in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Flowers on a balcony in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Okay, fine, it’s actually my balcony. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Apple fallen from some wild riverside tree bobs along in the river Eisack through Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Apple orchards in Vahrn, South Tyrol, with apples ready for harvest. Those are undeployed hail nets (hail can destroy the crop) and the tractor in the background is one of the ones that will tow these apples (once they are picked and put into crates) to a central location from where they are shipped all…

Just something I saw while taking a walk near the train tracks in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Not sure what these tiles are for. Do you know? Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Evidence of a bus stop party the previous night in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Tiny (about 1 mm diameter) stink bug eggs and newly hatched nymphs on a plant on my balcony. More specifically, they are very probably Asian brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys). Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Shaft of sunlight over the mountains west of Brixen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

The Ridnauner Bach flowing down its steep and rocky path below the Aglsbodenalm in South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

The inset photo shows a mountain hut (a big one) which you can just barely see at the center of the bigger photo. This is at the Aglsbodenalm in South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Seen on a wall in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

A young rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) tree, catching some sun in the woods near Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

The Stausee (lake formed by a dam on the river Eisack) with the A22 Autobahn going across it, in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, seen through a pane of shattered safety glass on an observation deck on the north bank. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Larger shadow of me on the grate which is the floor of the new bridge across the river Eisack in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Smaller shadow is on a metal plate a couple of feet under the grate. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

This sculpture is Powodzianka—roughly, “The Flood Woman”—by the Wrocław sculptor Stanisław Wysocki. It stands on the University Bridge over the Oder and was unveiled in 1998, on the first anniversary of Wrocław’s catastrophic July 1997 flood, commonly called Poland’s “Flood of the Millennium.” The woman represents the many ordinary residents, particularly students and volunteers, who worked…

Train track in Bruneck, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

A vehicle drove by while dripping something just before I happened to be crossing the road. That is all. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Elderflower tree growing out of a small drainage hole in a massive concrete wall in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

An early morning view looking east from the train station in Bruneck, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.