The river Eisack flowing fast through Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in October of 2020.

Just some flowers on our dining table. In memory of Franz Oberrauch (1938 – 2020).

This photo reminded me of Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” (see image in first comment) and appropriately, it was taken yesterday (Sunday) afternoon at the Lido in Brixen, South Tyrol.

Observation deck over the Stausee (the reservoir of a dam on the Eisack river) in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in September of 2020.

Somewhere over the South Tyrol near the Swiss border, twelve minutes after taking off from Verona in October of 2017.

The two photos show rows of the same apple orchard in the hills above Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. The top photo showing the apple blossoms was taken in late April, 2020, while the bottom one is from late September. The apples will be picked any day now.

This is a mountain called Gaisjoch seen from Brixen, South Tyrol, through a mild haze of smoke particles in the air which have arrived in Europe from the California wildfires. Photo taken on September 15, 2020.

Video of unidentified blue spider on the tennis court in Vahrn, South Tyrol, made in September of 2020.

Roses and Dolomites, as seen from a walk above the village of Latzfons in the mountains of the South Tyrol in September of 2020.

The Eisack river is like this in Franzensfeste today. It is roaring down with a stupendous amount of water at incredible speed and with a kind of violent force which is frightening to behold. And to top it off, it is rolling large stones along which crash into each other under water and sound like…

I took this photo of a car passing by at night with a slow shutter speed (for the streaks of light) and with a quick flash at the end to freeze the darker parts of the car (that’s why the wheels, for example, are not blurred), and I liked the resulting effect. Photo taken on…

Fly on my menu at a restaurant in Brixen, South Tyrol, in August of 2013.

Wild martagon lilies growing in a forest near Fane Alm in the South Tyrol in July of 2020.

A view of the Dolomites in the distance during a thunderstorm in Brixen, South Tyrol, in August of 2020.

Water lilies on a trout pond in Vahrn, South Tyrol, in July of 2020.

A walk through these woods preceded the climb up to Fane Alm in the South Tyrol in July 2020.

Cat in the Domplatz in Brixen, South Tyrol, in June of 2015.

This alpine meadow near my house went through yellow, purple, and white phases before finally blooming with all three colors simultaneously in a “second wave” now. It probably does this every year but I had not noticed until the coronavirus lockdown got me into the habit of walking by this area daily for some exercise…

Shadow self-portrait on aster amellus, the European Michaelmas daisies, in Vinschgau, South Tyrol, in June, 2020.

Pond at Rodenecker Alm in the South Tyrol, with floating red pollen from surrounding trees pushed to one edge by the wind, in May of 2020.