Moving a bit away from the window theme I was pursuing in my posts lately, this image was a gift of today’s snowfall. Later in the afternoon we had rain again, providing us with abundant grey slush. Not my kind of weather now, but I was prudent enough to sample some snow images when occasion…
Update: I once again had the LX3 automatic white balance allowed to fool me. Manually corrected in this version.
No, the kings were not fleeing. They headed through inclement weather to the cathedral for the final mass after their mission – singing, frankincensing and inscribing C + M + B on the browpieces – collecting donations for people in need.
Epiphany marks the end of Christmas decoration here in Bavaria. As we will have winds up to 10 beaufort this night, it could be that a lot of un-decoration will be done by the storm.
As usual available for download here. Enjoy!
For a moment I had considered “Golden Globe” for the title.
The pig as mount is rather unique, probably a Bavarian specialty, given our love affair with roast pork.