Belvedere 2011-02-09 The view from the Lower Belveder to the Upper Belveder palais in Vienna at sunset. It *is* still February, so nothing is growing and the gardeners have protected the flower beds for the winter. The Upper palace contains the Klimt/Schiele/etc collection. The Lower palace (which is also behind me) has rotating exhibitions - the Rodin exhibition just closed.

Hubertus 2011-01-20 Continuing my series from the Hohe Wand, this stag was resting when he saw me. [behind the fence of the nature park]. The hart is the mascot and symbol of the hunters - but once (late 8th century?) a duke Hubertus was hunting and (according to legend) saw a hart with a glowing cross between its antlers and heard a voice telling him to give up his worldly goods and become a priest, which he did. [n.b. some pp in this shot] And many thanks for the encouraging comments on my two landscape shots - the 'layers' shot was pure serendipity. The wide landscape shot is especially appealing since I've hiked many of those hills and mountains (back when I could).