The view from the office window, not exactly breathtaking scenery but somehow fascinating on a cold winters morning.
Winter Morning
Appenzellerland
Pleasant Saturday weather and a short excursion to some higher ground.The dog enjoyed himself enormously as indeed did his people.
Twelfth Day of Christmas
According to my calculations today is indeed the twelfth day of Christmas. But we won’t be putting our Christmas decorations away until tomorrow, January 6th. Tomorrow is Three Kings Day when traditionally we tuck into sweet bread (Three Kings Cake) and hope for the piece with the little plastic king in it enabling the lucky finder to live like a king for the day. I’m sure all this 12 Days and 3 Kings business is explained in depth on the web, so I’ll say no more about it. The project motivated me sufficiently to use my camera a lot during the festive season but I’m not sure whether the resulting images really met my original ideas. I wasn’t after ‘Christmasy’ photos, but upon reflection they could perhaps have been just a little more seasonal. Today’s works simply satisfy this afternoons urge to look at something old….. without gazing at the mirror 😉
Eleventh Day of Christmas
Today I decided to continue the B&W theme which seems to be running through this ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ project. Nothing typically Zurich, in fact the scenes could be anywhere I suppose. I’m beginning to grow quite fond of not only Black & White images, but also night shots… I’m sure there will be more to come.
Tenth Day of Christmas
Back to work today. The canteen, or restaurant as it likes to be called, will stay closed until next Monday so I decided to go for a brisk walk and a tram ride. It was in the tram that I hit upon the idea for today’s blog entry.
Ninth Day of Christmas
Today may well be the ninth day of Christmas, but for many of us tomorrow is work again as usual. We decided to round the Christmas holiday off with a coffee and piece of cake somewhere different. The weather was fine but quite cloudy which provided me with some nice skies. Unfortunately the really fantastic golden sunshine saved itself for the ride home on roads where it was impossible to stop and take photos.
Eighth Day of Christmas
New Year’s Day, and a new chapter in life’s fascinating book begins. Apart from the usual New Year’s resolutions, early to bed, healthy eating etc. etc. we do have a few trips planned during the coming 12 months. Nothing earth shattering! No climbing Mount Everest or exploring the Arctic on a bicycle, but nevertheless we do have one or two short excursions in mind that will hopefully motivate and enable my photo efforts to attain new heights 😉 – So to get off on the right foot, we decided to leave our village behind us this morning and visit a nearby pond…. well it’s a start isn’t it!.
Seventh Day of Christmas
With 2012 easing to a close, and it’s most unlikely I will be blogging this eveing, I thought I would take this opportunity to wish everybody a very Happy New Year! I have nothing particularly special planned for the coming year, photography speaking…. although a DSLR would certainly be welcome. I’m sure I’ll be writing a few words about that as and when appropriate… we’ll see. Today’s image was, in all honesty, a bit of a compromise. I had to do a bit of shopping this morning and Lumix stayed at home. As usual the camera did come along for a walk with the dog, the sky was blue, the sun was shining and the scenery was the same as yesterday. Admittedly not exactly a synonym for New Year parties and Yuletide cheer, but… here’s a tree. – Happy New Year!!
Sixth Day of Christmas
Today is Sunday; a lengthy breakfast, a stroll with the dog, coffee and cake in the afternoon. Not many photo opportunities there really, and so I went outside and took a picture of a towel rail.
Fifth Day of Christmas
On the fifth day of Christmas, according to the song, my true love gave to me; five gold rings etc, etc.etc – Well I didn’t actually get any rings, but as evening came the light was indeed very golden.
