Rose-ringed parakeets at a children’s zoo in Brixen, South Tyrol.

Walking above the village of Schalders in the South Tyrol on Saturday morning.

In the woods above the village of Aicha in the South Tyrol over the weekend.

Roadway with snow, water, salt, and a manhole in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

People, and a pigeon, are always walking around in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.  

I accidentally stuck my foot into this picture of the ground in the woods near Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

A painting at the Löwenhof Hotel in Vahrn, South Tyrol.

The raging waters of the Eisack river flowing through Franzensfeste at twilight.

Karachi.

At the Abu Dhabi airport.

Karachi sunset: A sea of houses between me and the ocean and the sun.

A majestic Black Kite outside the 5th floor window of a hotel in Karachi.

At my brother Javed’s house in Karachi last night.

Frederica Krüger, 2005 – 2023 Take her and cut her out in little stars, And she will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.

The P44 long-term parking lot at Munich airport where I sometimes leave my car when flying out from there.

Layers of mountains above Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. It was snowing on the higher parts on this day last week. Rain in the valley.

Just after twilight in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

Mountain huts next to a stream running through a meadow near Meransen, South Tyrol, yesterday.

I just liked the various textures and colors and surfaces (rocks, bricks, cement, etc.) of this exterior wall of the fortress in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

One of these rocks is different from the others because it is a piece of bread. Can you tell which one? With haute cuisine it is often hard to tell the food from non-food which is part of the presentation!