Dandelions in an alpine field at Spiluck, South Tyrol.

Wooden sculpture of eagle fairly well-camouflaged against a rock wall background in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

Field of dandelions in full bloom outside the village of Mittewald in the South Tyrol.

Photo of a lamp in Vahrn, South Tyrol, taken from a friend’s balcony.

My wife looking at the Dolomites from the Villanderer Alm in South Tyrol the day before yesterday.

Fish in a pond in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

At the train station in Freienfeld, South Tyrol.

The day after the parade in Brixen, South Tyrol.

Part of the train station in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

A view of the river Eisack flowing through Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

Apartment building in Brixen, South Tyrol.

At the train station in Bruneck, South Tyrol, looking east.

Bus stop in front of the Hotel Jarolim in Brixen, South Tyrol.

This looks like it could be an aerial photograph of the river Eisack as it runs through Franzensfeste, South Tyrol (see a real photo of that in the comments), but is actually just a tire-track in the snow in Franzensfeste with melting water in it.

Top of a mountain at the border of Brixen and Vahrn in the South Tyrol.

Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, at night.

The morning sun melting snow and ice on the branches into drops of glittering water, bejeweling this tree outside my window.

Just something I like to eat once in a while: thick slices of lime with salt, cayenne pepper, and a slice of green chili. It is intense.

Hilton Hotel at the Munich Airport.

Went to the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan on New Year’s Day for the first time and found my friend Ehtesham Raja’s name among the many who died that day. The phone placed above his name shows a photo of him and me in my Manhattan apartment earlier in 2001.