DeZember

Quiteness

Chaise longue

My little Stelvio

Landmarks

Riverside Freeze

Sleeping Countryside

Sleeping Countryside

Fractals

First Snow

Now we can finally and definitely declare last Summer as ... gone.

Call it Spring

You wouldn't say it's 21st of March, right?

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Breaking the ice

In my original plans, I wanted to take a ride on the very first day of the year. Alas, in the moment of picking my bike out of the cellar, I discovered having a flat tyre, punched by one of those minuscule stones which are spread over the roads in this season of the year, to prevent dangerous slips. I have my reasons to doubt about the usefulness of such initiative on bicycle lanes, but I just can't complain. So I spent the sunny morning of the first day of this year down in the cellar, doing maintenance to my gears.

This morning, albeit the sky was not promising anything good, I decided to go. I put on my scuba-like cycling suit, enough reflective clothing, double thermal socks and went off to get frozen.

It is a pleasant suffering. Climbing along a country road that goes up between two fields of snow, in total silence and the very smell of the snow repay any pain inflicted by the cold.

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Sunday Ride

In a matter of few weeks, the "Apfel Land" has turned into something different. A new country to explore.

(All photos made with my mobile)