No more sailing lessons until early Spring

Although we have already wished each other all the best for the coming new year, with this photo I just want to wish you a lot of sunshine into every aspect of your daily life.

Winter light

18th Century farmhouse with its own chapel

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas but, above all, a Happy and Prosperous New Year in good health and in serenity.

Diederick

My square in Arona

Spinning wheel....

...'s gotta go around

Busto Arsizio

When Nature took out it's palette this early morning...

...I just stared and bowed in front of all this beauty. Even the pilot of the military airplane which had just past "scratching" the sky, must have remained stunned by the view from high above.

(Lake front - Arona)

Spring weather today...

Angera

Finally...

...there was light.

Sunrise in Arona

Awards...

I was honoured again with the two awards I received from my Spanish blogger friend Tr3nta whom I will have the pleasure to meet in Madrid the next time my wife and I will visit Spain. (It is a promise, Tr3nta!)

What I received will be given on to 8 of my many blogging friends for their great efforts to share their daily impressions of their surroundings with both photos as well as comments.

The first one is for:

- Abraham: http://brookvilledailyphoto.blogspot.com/

- Babooshka: http://dailyphotoisleofman.blogspot.com/

- Benjamin: http://victoriadailyphoto.blogspot.com/

- Dusty Lens: http://northmetro.blogspot.com/

- Your Eg Tour Guide: http://eastgwillimburywow.blogspot.com/

- Ivar Ivrig: http://ivarivrig.blogspot.com/

- Ken: http://greenwichvillagenydailyphoto.blogspot.com/

- Selim: http://izmirdailyphoto.blogspot.com/

The second one is for:

- all others!!

The weather is improving...

...after seven days and seven nights of heavy rainfall.
(the second of the Trilogy of Trees)

Mist in Arona

First of the Trilogy of Trees
(with the help of Photoshop to bring out the colours)

Last wednesday's bride...

... my daughter-in-law (or simply my daughter as I consider her)

Even cement is not hard enough...

... to prevent a plant from starting its life

(photo to be enlarged)

Last of the Transformation Trilogy

Reflections

Reflections of a metallic surface - Transformation trilogy

Transformation trilogy

This is part of a tree which I transformed with the help of Photoshop

Laguna

Arona

She's got rhythm

Arona

Lines

Pre-winter landscape

Val Vigezzo - about one hour from Arona with heights of 1.700m

Frozen bench

Lake front Arona

The loner

Lake Maggiore - Arona

A handfull of houses...

Orta San Giulio
...thrown around the lake

Theme day: circles and spheres

Sculptures of Italian sculpturer Arnaldo Pomodoro in the streets of Orta San Giulio
...where spheres are also a circle
Click here to view thumbnails for all participants