Sometimes it seems just too easy, a particular twirl of mist, the first rays of sun and the taste of the day's first cup of coffee. Bittersweet like life itself.
I still have a long wait until Spring, but here in the foothills of the central Italian Apennines, the very first flowers are appearing and the new season is slowly getting...
When temperatures plummet and the snow piles up, then I'm thankful for whatever I can glimpse (and photograph) through my window. And what's not to like about a pigeon a day!
January can be a pretty bleak time of year and finding the enthusiasm to get out takes a lot of effort. But then the sun comes fleetingly out to play and it all seems worth...
That's just how some days are, when the rain steals away the colours. The reddish brown in the background is an oak tree which still has most of its autumn leaves.
There are long months of cold ahead, but nature never really stops. On the woodland floor, new leaves are already appearing, taking shape, growing. Their time will come.
The view from my Italian hilltop village. The storms come and go, rites of passage as the sun slowly begins its journey back to our (northern) hemisphere.
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