Day 4063: Austria and Nature.

"Challenge": collage, ink, digital

 

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    Click here: Jack Johnson, Banana Pancakes

 

2GN2S ... 

Again we are lucky to receive photos from Austria, and Elenor wrote: "I wanted to send you some pictures from a visit to a bakery, a place with a history of more than 100 years. It already existed when Austria was an empire. You also can find pics on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/258462047/kuk-hofbackerei/ where you get an impression what it looks like there and what you can get there. I only can say, everything is delicious.The pics come from my IPhone.

 

 

 

 

Kaiser Franz Joseph was the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. All that ended in a huge disaster, WW1 with millions of deaths. My grandmother lost her husband before their son was born. In one pic you see a map of Austria before the war. Not much was left of it. Austria now is tiny. I love this place, although one might feel as in a museum. Maybe because my grandparents had to survive these tragic times when they were young.  It's not about right or wrong, it's their and my history.

Wishing you the very best.

 

 

Thank you, Elenor for our visit to Austria!!

 

 

 

The 2023 competition saw over 8,000 images competing for the title of Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2023, with photographers submitting images from all around the world. I have picked a few of my favorites, but you can use the link above to see more.

    

Lucy Monckton, United Kingdom

Julie Grohs

Amish Chhagan

Paul Lennart Schmid

Tibor Litauszki

 

   

"Jelly Blubber" Rowan Dear, U.K.

    

Andy Schmid, Switzerland

   

Josselin Cornou

 

 

 

A 2+minute video, Paraglide, here.

 

Just because ...

 

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Friday's Smiles ...