Autumn is coming…

Japanese maple

 

I like very much Japanese maples and we have just transferred ours from a pot to the ground. And, its leaves have just changed their color…

 

Unusual light (rising sun)

 

And yesterday morning, a very unusual light and sky!

In Strasbourg on last Saturday

Strasbourg, about 1h by car from my home, is a very nice city. I had the chance to study there during two years at Le Lycée Kléber. My wife was studying there during more than 8 years (…) at the Louis Pasteur University (doctor of medicine).

We are always going there with pleasure, specially to visit the “Petite France”, part of the “Grande Ile”, one of the most beautiful area of Strasbourg, and registered at the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1988.

Surrounded by two arms of the River Ill, the Grande Ile (Big Island) is the historic centre of the Alsatian capital. It has an outstanding complex of monuments within a fairly small area. The cathedral, the four ancient churches and the Palais Rohan – former residence of the prince-bishops – far from appearing as isolated monuments, form a district that is characteristic of a medieval town and illustrates Strasbourg's evolution from the 15th to the 18th century.

The Strasbourg Cathedral

Access to the whole pictures-set here.

Yesterday evening…

Wheat field

 

And corn field

Flickr video

I have started to play a bit with the new flickr video extension. An example below from my travel to St Barth (with my htc touch cruise):

Some information about the new service:

• only the pro accounts can upload videos
• each video file must be smaller than 150MB or 90s
• formats supported: AVI, WMV, MOV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, 3gp
• video player based on Flash

Not bad ;-)