I’ve been buying and trying out some new hot sauces recently, in this case with my lunch of khichri (red lentils and rice cooked together) and a chicken seekh kabab. Here are my brief ratings of these fiery condiments (from the left) on a scale of 1 to 5 stars: El Yucateco Habanero Black Reserve:…

Photo from a few days ago of the moonrise above Plose in Brixen, South Tyrol, and a streetlamp near me which looks like a sunrise.

Reflections in a shop window in Bozen, South Tyrol, this past Saturday.

We drove through this long and very brightly lit tunnel just north of Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, the night before last.

Mountains are very large. Look at the also-large, in its own way, three-story building in the lower-right of this photo taken in Brixen, South Tyrol, in June of this year.

Weathering of sign at the Brixen train station in the South Tyrol inadvertently shows the mountain skyline views surrounding the city. A fast train passes by in the background. Photo taken in May of this year.

Hydrangea flower bed in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in late July of this year.

Railroad siding leading to the main Munich-Rome line in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. With a puddle with a reflection of a very tall cellphone antenna and a mountain. Photo taken last week while on one of my daily walks.

Some kind of water lily-type plants growing on the surface of a pond in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Photo taken last week. Do you know what exactly these flowers are?

The Novotel Hotel at the Franz Josef Strauss International Airport in Munich, where I stayed overnight in late June.

Shadow self-portrait of my wife and me on the red clay tennis courts in Vahrn, South Tyrol, in mid-June of this year.

Helicopter and mountain in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Photo taken in May of 2021.

Elderflower tree in bloom in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, in June of 2021.

A solitary field scabious wildflower in an alpine meadow. Photo taken in early June in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol.

Self-portrait in a reflection in a passing train window at Ostbahnhof in Munich last evening.

 This was one of the earliest videos I made after I learned to fly drones some years ago, in the Milland neighborhood of Brixen, South Tyrol. I was mainly just testing out the capabilities of my DJI Phantom drone, which flew quite beautifully, even with some wind.

Part of the platform at the train station in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol. Photo taken in May, 2021.

The supermoon of 25 May rises above Plose in the South Tyrol.

Just the shadow of a plant on the sidewalk in Franzensfeste, South Tyrol, which I liked. Photo taken in early May of 2021.

One can judge the depth of this otherwise very clear pond only by looking at the shadow of this bit of floating green algae. The upper part of the photo is also under water, there is just a reflection of a mountain there (rather than the reflection of bluish sky in the rest of the…