Frosty Morning 2010-12-5 Our Viburnum Dawn, still trying to flower from November to March. After three days of heavy snowfall, this morning was -10C with freezing fog. Still, this bush is the only spot of color in the garden. We get such (for us) extreme weather once every 15 years or so. P.S. The background is just the sky, with a touch of blue added by me. Thanks for the comments on my pick from the archives!

Christmas Cactus 2010-11-26 Purchased a week ago, it is doing well on the dining room table. Perhaps it should be renamed to "advent cactus". Enjoy the day!

Curves 2010-11-25 Another shot from the National Park - the seed head of a weed, waiting to be frozen and blown away. Brown is the standard color now. Thank you for the comments on my landscape shot from the park. I'm busy getting ready to exhibit (and hopefully sell) my prints and greeting cards at various small advent markets around Vienna. Matted and packaged forty prints yesterday. Today my wife and I fetch the cards from storage and package them.