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.

Photo taken from a bridge over the river Eisack in the village of Mittewald, in the South Tyrol, in May of 2020.

The Sanctuary of Madonna della Corona near the village of Spiazzi in Veneto, Italy, in June of 2020.

Dianthus in a pot on a table on my balcony in May of 2020. A friend commented that it looks like a PR firm’s attempt at a rebranding of coronavirus but, I assure you, it is just flowers. 🙂

Alpine meadow in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in May of 2020. See photo of how it looked three weeks ago in comments.

Flowering trees in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in April of 2020.

Dandelions in our backyard in April, 2020.

After rain, a puddle on the road with a film of fine pollen from nearby trees, one of which is also reflected in it. In Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, at the end of April, 2020.

Apple orchard, path, and dandelion field in the hills above Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in April of 2020.

Frederica Krüger during a rare outing now that the strict lockdown has been relaxed just a bit in northern Italy.

The empty A22 Autobahn snakes past the town of Franzensfeste in the South Tyrol on its way to Austria during lockdown in April of 2020.

Self-portrait with my wife in a reflection from a car window during a brief walk in the sun just outside our house three days ago.

I thought people will not believe me when I tell them that this tree is actually just a reflection of a tree on the very still surface of a lake, so I had my wife throw a small stone into the water as I took this photo on the last day before the countrywide lockdown…

Empty main street of Brixen, South Tyrol, at midday in mid-March, 2020, because of the lockdown.

Self-portrait in lockdown in northern Italy in early March, 2020.

Fruit, wires, mountain, rain in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in March of 2020.