I woke up one morning about two weeks ago and through our bedroom window saw a layer of delicate frost covering all the plants, flowers and branches on our terrace. It looked so beautiful and I knew that this beauty was ephemeral, so I put on my winter coat and hat, took the camera and rushed to catch it while it was still there. The photos turned out just like I imagined them- dreamy, wintery, with gentle pops of colour in the almost monochromatic morning. This little project made my day then, and reminded me how beauty can be found anywhere, even on a foggy day in the city. It reminded me how simple little things are sometimes enough to make one's day, and that's something I'd like to embrace more in the year to come. I'm wishing you all a year full of beautiful moments, finding joy in simple, everyday things, lots of friendly gatherings, travels and discovering new places. Hope to see you here next year as well.
Last month we went on a five-day skiing trip to Val di Fassa in the Northern Italian region of Trentino. The last few years we shifted from skiing in Austria to skiing in Italy, and that's mostly because we became real enthusiasts about all things Italian, but also because we find Italian slopes to be really well maintained, often wide and sunny, and then, there is this atmosphere of wildness, roughness and the sense of freedom that you get surrounded by bare rocky peaks of the Dolomites.