Ciels de décembre

December winter skies, above on Avenue de l'Indépendance Américaine and below on place d'Armes...

Ci-dessus, avenue de l'indépendance américaine et ci-dessous, place d'Armes avec un bout de la petite écurie du roi à gauche.

Happy New Year

All the best for 2016

Fly me away

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For today's City Daily Photo Theme Day I chose as my favorite blog photo of 2015 this shot of mountain- and highrise-flanked Hong Kong airport.
It is a happy reminder of much flying.
From August to November I was lucky to be either running through, or sitting and waiting in, the airports of Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Sydney, Bangkok, Athens, Vienna, and Berlin.

It was wonderful spending a month in Australia and a month in Austria, first with my dear little grandchildren near Sydney and then with a nice farming community in rural Austria.
And the whipped cream dessert at the end was a visit (my first!) to friendly lovely Vienna!
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Now go see what other bloggers around the world chose as their favorite shot:
http://bit.ly/1RUHGVF

A happy and blessed new year to you all!
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Photo(s) Of The Year

On New Year's Day City Daily Photo members show off their best picture of the year. I'm a prolific snapper and don't seem to be able to limit myself to one image. As Oscar Wilde said, nothing succeeds like excess. And so:

Favorite picture of the year, and maybe best travel photo - Denali National Park in Alaska on a bleak day.

                             

Best Arch picture. There were not many this year because of the mess from the renovations of the grounds.

Best architecture. 120 Wall Street in New York, where my father worked for most of his career, followed by a club on the edge of downtown STL.

 

 

Best portrait - my friend, the artist Henryk Ptasiewicz.

Best urban landscape - snow in front of the St. Louis Art Museum.

Best flora, at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Best fauna. Sorry, three way tie. A millipede in a Costa Rican rain forest, rolled up in a defensive position; the koi pond in the Botanical Garden; and a puffin in Seward, Alaska.

 

 

Best travel photo, besides the other ones. Dinner on the beach in Tamarindo, Costa Rica.

Best local shots - the Great Forest Park Balloon Race, followed by dusk on Gravois Avenue.

Best picture of Madeleine. Not so much cute as deep. There is a lot going on behind those eyes.

So happy 2016 to one and all. Oh, and you may have heard that it's been raining a bit here. Pix of the Mississippi tomorrow.

And check the best images of CDP members from around the world here.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: best of the year

Happy New Year! May 2016 bring you joy and be full of good surprises! First of the month, Theme Day in the City Daily Photo blogging community. VDP's fave photo of 2015 is this one. To view the original post and all the explanations, click here! To see all takes on the theme, click there.

Bonne année ! Que 2016 vous soit douce et heureuse ! C'est le premier du mois et donc jour de thème dans la communauté des blogueurs City Daily Photo. Traditionnellement, le 1er janvier, le thème est le "best of" de l'année précédente et voici la photo préférée de 2015 de VDP. Pour voir le billet d'origine avec toutes les explications, cliquez ici. Pour voir toutes les interprétations du thème, cliquez là.