he road from my place to Bregenz becomes a stunning winter wonderland when temperatures get freezing. Per usual there are lots of tiny wells running down he rocky walls of those mountains and if it gets cold the dripping waters start freezing to icicles forming bizarre walls several hundred meters along the road.

ommuting is most often done by bus here. There's an hourly bus from Bregenz but once it gets dark, no bus will come. Pity if you happen to be late, as it is often the case in this season with all the carnival nights going on.

regenz is the capital of the state of Vorarlberg in the far West of Austria. It's located at the Lake Constance and just in case, it's the place where they shot some of the latest James Bond movie at the huge open air stage…

ow it got cold. Skies are cleared, and it's almost full moon already. Which makes me hope to get some nice shots, but tonight all the star images got too blurry, so I went for the shot I took after sunset.

ventually the forecast kicks in and while it's getting colder, the sun shines nicely into the forest. As today was the first working day after the holiday season, there was little time to get the right shot but I think I got what I was striving for.

hen fog kicked in yesterday I trusted the weather forecast and hoped for a partly sunny day today. Well, sun was seen only for about half an hour, but instead the snowing machine of the skiing area covered the whole village with a nice frosted surface. Maybe with the help of the fog last night, but in the other villages here there's no frost.

hile it was cold all day, it got foggy in the evening. A true 'blue hour' feeling and tomorrow being a holiday here, I'm just happy to be at home. I'm still looking forward to shooting a night sky, but so far clouds were against me.

iven, Isabella's entry burning those matches yesterday inspired me to stay at home today. Well, that's only half of the truth as there's plenty I have to care for, but shooting fire is always a nice idea.

hen I read all the nice comments on yesterday's photo, I decided to do at least one more. Got my kids dressed warm to hike our village in search of interesting pictures. After having a nice cup of hot chocolate at the coffee shop in the village, the sky was dark enough to allow for another round of evening shots.

ay 2 of the 30 days challenge of January 2009 (which keeps me wonder why January is one day shorter this year) and it seems my "visual diary" became a "visual noctery" already. Again shot with my (still working, thanks for the good wishes) D70 and the beloved Nikkor 20mm/2.8, I got a nice snowplow running up the hill where I live.