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City Views.256

I was in Locarno, on the shores of Lago Maggiore, nearly five months ago already. These are all from a lovely walk around the city on my first morning there. Below you’ll see some of the old “Castello Visconteo,” or viscount’s castle I guess, which is one of the older buildings in this city which dates to the 12th century but does have some Roman history as well, I believe. I mostly just walked around and enjoyed the views – didn’t go into the museum housed in the Castello, sorry…

Urban Garden.226

So I think I’m entering new territory today, having yesterday hit 365 days in a row of daily (at least) posts again. I’m fairly sure I’ve never managed to go more than 365 days in a row, so welcome to a new chapter. Since spring has very much sprung here in Amsterdam, I find myself taking more and more images of all the lovely spring blossoms that grace the city at this time of year – examples above and below from various recent walks and rides. Sharing these photos with you is such a good excuse, reason and motivator for me to get out and enjoy the various bits of beauty and joy I inevitably find when I’m paying the right kind of attention to the world around me. Enjoy :-).

Coasting.126

Coastal Norway images from our first morning waking up on the boat in January. These were all about two hours before we docked at Ålesund.

Bridges.26

Village Views.106

Signs of the City.116

A selection of “signs” – type images from the lovely lakeside city of Locarno.
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Windows.16

Skylights.6

An early – January late-afternoon moon rise from the roof of our office.

Urban Canals.196

This river’s walking areas have seen a lovely upgrade since last I lived in Beijing – used to run and walk along this river but it was on the roadway, not these nice riverside paths :-).
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From the Air.75