I went a bit “meta” this week with this self-portrait by reflection in a framed photograph of my wife taken by Tanyth Berkeley which hangs in my office. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

In the woods, near Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

A box containing an assortment of Pakistani sweets given to me by the owner of a shop in Brixen, South Tyrol, in celebration of the birth of his first grandchild. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

The sun seen through wispy clouds, from my window. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

My (almost) daily walk in my neighborhood becomes quite colorful this time of year. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

A surprisingly strong cube I made out of staples after seeing this video. Yes, I am a nerd! Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Road near Meransen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Rain on the Autobahn from Innsbruck to Munich. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Clothespins in Spiluck, South Tyrol, with the Dolomites and Brixen in the background. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Interior wall in the very high-ceilinged lobby of the Munich airport Hilton, showing some of the rooms. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Ripening elderberries outside my house. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Wall with trees painted on it with a window showing real trees in Klausen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Some friends gave me a “sauce dispenser gun” and I am dispensing sauce. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Paraglider over the center of Brixen, South Tyrol. Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Vineyard in Neustift, South Tyrol. Apparently they put these rose bushes at the ends of the rows of grape vines because they are more susceptible to certain diseases and insects and act a bit like canaries in coal mines.

Looking pretty sitting on my office wall: Distoleon tetragrammicus Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now.

Saw this creature outside my house. I am told it is called Podarcis muralis, or the European wall lizard.



 Voices Choir concert in Bozen, South Tyrol.