Gfrill

Gfrill (1320 m asl) near Salurn
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Little church near Gfrill

Bolzano/Bozen, all 24 windows now open

All windows (24) are now open. In this building the renowned rocketry pioneer Max Valier was born - see this reference in Wikipedia.
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Bolzano/Bozen, only a few days ...

Only a few days left before Xmas

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Bolzano/Bozen, Snow

Heavy snowfalls last week in Bolzano.
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Bolzano/Bozen, Calvary

This is the Calvary of Bolzano with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (for some reference see here and here). In the lower part of the picture the tunnel of autostrada A22.
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Bolzano/Bozen, Messner Mountain Museum

Castel Firmian

For more info about the museum go here and here.
What you see on the upper left side are not bats - there were midges nearby, I didn't notice them when I took the photograph.
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Bolzano/Bozen, Museion

The new Museum (of modern art) in Bolzano. More...
In the foreground the two new bridges over the Talfer torrent, one for pedestrians, the other for cyclists.
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Eppan/Appiano - afternoon walk

Afternoon stroll near Eppan

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The same afternoon I happened to come near this remarkable rural building, "Kreithof", a major wine producer (see some reference here and here). Above you see an aerial picture (I scanned it from a calendar); the pictures below are mine.

Linux on my PC

Desktop of Linux Distros on my PC: Ubuntu 8 (above) and Puppy 4 (below); the installation CD of this latter distro weighs only 95 MB, but it works like a charm.
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Bolzano/Bozen, views from my window

A look at the courtyard

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Cock on neighbours roof

Walnut tree

Garage door

Early morning

Update 081116: sunny morning after rainy days

Bolzano/Bozen, fall colours

Fall colours 2008 near Bolzano/Bozen.
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Zürich - at the zoo

Here (picture above and following pictures) we are in the tropical rainforest (with reference to Masoala, Madagascar; see more here)
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Zürich

Fall colours
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Flower (at the zoo)