My friend Ruchira Paul showed me a little trick to cook blue rice using tea made from the dried flowers of Blue Butterfly Pea plants. Shown here: a small appetizer plate with some greens, the blue rice (which smells and tastes like normal basmati rice), masoor daal (lentils), and some cheese and tomatoes.

Clay tennis courts in Neustift in South Tyrol.

Rowan berries on a tree in late-afternoon sunlight in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

Autumn colors in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

A reflective street sign iridescing in the sunlight as I walked by it. What looks like a plain white background from a distance (see photo in first comment) is revealed to have much complexity when seen close up.

Curious cow at the Fane Alm in the South Tyrol last week.

Flowers outside the Music School in Brixen, South Tyrol.

Just a cranberry-based hot sauce I made last week. I thought it was a pleasing color.

Cloud at sunset seen from my window a few days ago.

Moonrise from my office window some days ago.

City of Salo on the southwest shore of Lake Garda in Italy. Photo taken last week.

The waters of Lake Garda substitute well for sky in this photo, I think, taken looking down from a high vantage point on the western shore last week.

Sunrise in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

Photo and slow motion video (slowed down by a factor of ten) made last week. There was not enough light to use a high shutter speed to freeze the huge, hummingbird-like hawk moth and this was the best I could do. Notice the very long proboscis it uses to feed. 

Trout seen through the surface of a pond in Vahrn, South Tyrol, last week.

Mountain of plastic crates ready for the coming apple harvest in Brixen, South Tyrol.

Snail sitting on a chair in my backyard in June, 2022.

Lawn sprinkler operating in front of the south wall of the Sachsenklemme Hotel restaurant in South Tyrol last week.

Frederica Krüger feeling lazy and lying on the floor in my office a couple of days ago.

Self-portrait at a wedding last week.