The Temple of Jupiter Anxur (built between the 2nd and 1st Century BCE), overlooking #Terracina, #lazio. 7th & 8th February 2026.

#asphodelus ramosus among the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Anxur, up above #Terracina and the Tyrrhenian Sea, #italy. 7th February 2026.

#anemone hortensis (broad-leaved anemone), Terracina, #lazio. 7th February 2026.

The 12th Century #fossanova Abbey, #lazio, an early example of Burgundian #gothic in #italy. 7th February 2026.

Monti Simbruini, Central #apennines, #lazio. Today (5th February 2026). #parchilazio

Takeoff from #oulu Airport, landing in #helsinki, #finland. 1st February 2026.

Embassy of Russia, #tallinn, #estonia. 26th January 2026.

On the ferry from #helsinki to #tallinn, across the #baltic Sea. 27th January 2026.

#crocus suaveolens, Monti Prenestini, #apennines, Central #italy. 15th January 2026.

Make shopping, not war. The #palestinian dates & #israeli grapefruits I bought today 🙂

#crocus imperati, Central #apennines, #lazio. 1st January 2026 (it was starting to snow when I took these photos). Except for photo #1, all are taken with a #sigma SD15 and the #foveon sensor.

San Pietro a Grado, #pisa (11th Century - the church,14th Century - the frescoes). 29th December 2025.

The Italian side of the Cottian #alps in the early morning. 28th December 2025.

#winter in the Cottian #alps, 23rd December 2025.

#sibillini Mountains (& National Park), Central #apennines, 23rd November 2025.

In the Gran Sasso massif, Central #apennines, #Abruzzo. Mid November 2025.

Late Autumn in the Cottian #alps (not much snow yet), #Piemonte. 12th December 2025

Pinus nigra in the snow, Gran Sasso massif, Central #apennines, #Abruzzo. 28th November 2025.

The 12th Century Basilica of St. Benedict, Norcia,#Umbria. Partially destroyed in October 2016 by a devastating earthquake, restored and opened to the public earlier this month.

Late afternoon along the road to Forca Canapine, a pass in the #sibillini mountains, Central #Apennines. November 2025

The late baroque (18th Century) Palazzo Corsini, #roma. Yesterday night.

Bufo bufo (Common toad), Botanical Garden of Rome. 12th November 2025

#cyclamen hederifolium, Zompo lo Schioppo NR, #abruzzo, Central #apennines, 6th November 2025.

Dawn in Lunigiana, North #tuscany, 29th October 2025.

Lutherstadt Wittenberg, #germany. October 2025

#berlin #tempelhof today. #novafestival

Winter is definitely coming in the #trentino #dolomites, but a few flowers still hold on... 5th-6th October 2025.

#cyclamen hederifolium, Lucretili Mountains, #apennines, today.

Emberiza sahari (House bunting), #marrakech, #morocco. 14th September 2025

We all need more #metal... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hurWzo01FpM&list=RDhurWzo01FpM&start_radio=1

Liraz - Zan Bezan (Women, Sing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKFJuqspdbw

MEMO4345 memo4345.it is a newish (opened in 2021) Shoah research centre & small museum in Borgo San Dalmazzo, #piemonte, Italy. It's dedicated mainly to the memory of the Jews who in the Autumn 1943 flew (mostly in vain) the advancing Nazis across the Alps, from France to Italy...

The start of the "Autumn" Cyclamen hederifolium season in Central #italy. First picture taken the 9th August, the next 3 yesterday (20th August)... in both sites & days only 1 plant already in flower! #lazio

More #orchids from a mixed beech & Abies alba wood in the Cottian #alps, 25th June 2025. Platanthera chlorantha...

Neottia nidus-avis (Bird's-nest orchid) in a beech wood of the Cottian #alps, June 2025. #orchids

Orte, a small town in #lazio, about 60 km north from Rome. Overground...

Giglio Island, #tuscany, seen from the mainland. January 2025

Walking along the ridge toward Monte Orsello, Sirente-Velino Regional Park, Central #apennines, #abruzzo, today.

The required high summer in the Central #apennines toot with Eryngium amethystinum. #abruzzo. 1st August 2025

The view from Monte San Franco to the highest peaks of the Gran Sasso massif, 1st August 2025. #apennines #abruzzo

It's high summer but... "winter is coming" in the Central #apennines, #abruzzo. Many Colchicum alpinum in flower at >1800 m asl in the Gran Sasso massif, 1st August 2025.

Riga airport, #latvia, late July 2025. #tolkien #lotr

#soomaa National Park, #estonia. July 2025.

At the Viljandi Folk Music Festival #viljandifolk day #1, #estonia. 24th July 2025

The ruins of #tartu cathedral, #estonia. Highly appreciated the "no mow" signs next to the ruins in the Toomemägi (the Cathedral hill).

the outstanding Eesti Rahva Muuseum (the Estonian National Museum), #tartu, #estonia. 23rd July 2025.

"In memory of the terror of communism 1940 - 1991", #Cēsis (formerly Wenden), #latvia. July 2025

Jasione montana, #saaremaa, #estonia. July 2025.

On the ferry from #helsinki to #tallinn, now 😃

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKWCOLh4r_8 Ayaratni Bi Shaib (Baba Musa) - Shiran & Bakal