*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2024.12.21 ***

Good morning to everyone wherever you are in the world...and a Merry Christmas to all my groupies. Mine is going to be hectic, a continuous stream of people over Christmas then I'm off to Brazil for New Year.

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This apparent catapult is actually a guard rail around a drop to the sea.
Brighton, UK.

Our first snow.

It snowed in the Apennines for the first time this year. It was still crispy, when my wife and I took a walk in the mid Apennines. It was an incredibly clear day. Just some snaps.

PS I have started a Best of 2024 Thread, look forward to seeing your greatest hits of 2024

The same place exactly one year on

Starting with Dec 2023 at Stegmoosalm

This is the bench at the bottom of the "Christmas pudding" rock. The swirling wind curves out a deep "trench" in the snow around the perimeter of the rock

The fence here seems to be asking for a simplified almost B&W treatment.
The only little splashes of colour are from the bokeh of the bright snow cystals.

The Stegmoosalm mountain hut at 1450m above sea level

One year later in December 2024
it's looking very similar, but it's those little changes that make it interesting to go back and visit again ,... and again :-)

On the way up

My sister appearing over the ridge as the sun drives the mist away

That fence again, this time a bit softer

The "Christmas pudding" (again) this time from the side, in 16x9 format, enjoying the sunshine with the misty mounatins in the background

and to finish off, the distant rumblings of a little avalanche

All photos I've posted before, but perhaps interesting to compare

Please do not edit these images

That's an impressive catapult!
After Brexit, the coastal defences needed to be reconsidered ;-)

Christmas story, illustrated

Once upon time lived bad Santa: he did not pay workers for overtime and gave them cookies only if they agreed to his terms and conditions.

This made workers sad

They had meeting where they decided what to do

FInally they decided to ask Santa to become good Santa

And Santa promised to become good

Everybody was happy ever after and they had big party

The end!

I added in some photos to your new thread :-)

Nice set !!
The snow is doing it's usual transformational job :-)
That's a really pretty area.
My favourite is number 4 with the line of orange autumn coloured trees in the foreground and the sunlit group of buildings nestled into the middle of the picture

Ho, Ho, Ho
Looks like Santa and the workers are having some fun here.
Lots of energy in these shots !

For the love of red

Like your contraption and colours.

Fascinating.

You've found some striking colours for these shots and red does seem to be popular at Xmas time, so good timing :-)

Xmas spirit lives on. Some fab shots.

Very crisp images.

Solstice

Sunset yesterday before the longest night. Happy Solstice everyone!

Excellent colours and composition. Well spotted. Have a great time in Brazil - we expect great things 😉

Nice bit of colour in the foreground here.

Yes, interesting to compare. The snow always falls differently with just the slightest change in weather conditions.