And I am still on leave which is good. Did not have the time to write or put photos online but will do so soon. I went a little bit of 'the Grid' sort to say, and I did enjoy that. Gadget and applications have taken over our world, becoming overwhelming at times. In this respect it was good to get some distance from all this stuff for some time, even TV, and go back to some family values like spending time together and just sitting there and talk to each other. Today I witnessed the new generation in a restaurant, father, mother and four kids, all at the same time either on FB, email, the iPad or the smartphone, very little conversation. What to say, I think eventually we will become enslaved to all this gadgets, apps and other things. I disjointed FB in summer, nobody noticed and I absolutely don't miss it at all!

so, lets see what the year of the Water snake will bring. More on my recent photos soon on an extra page that once created, I will announce individually. The only other thing I found out is that retirement is the way forward for me. So far I have taken 16 GB of photos in three weeks, with three cameras and still ongoing.

Bye for now and all the best wishes for 2013!