Photograph of the Day

I love this, partly because it is so beautiful, but also because it looks just like Scotland. It is, in fact, somewhere in the middle of Germany. I also like it because it is shared under the generous Creative Commons. This means that I can post it here, for my dear readers to see, as long as I attribute it. I completely understand why some people are protective of their photographs, as they may wish to use them for commercial purposes; as a writer, I know all about the importance of copyright. But there is something very lovely about those people who are happy for their pictures to be put up on other people's blogs. So thank you to the excellent Daniel Zadda, who took this wonderful shot:

You can find his Flickr stream here.

Slideshow of the day

I am starting to think this should become a regular feature. One of the joys of the newspapers and magazines going online is that they have space to feature a wonderful variety of photographs that otherwise would hardly be seen. The Guardian does a particularly good series called 24 Hours in Pictures. Click here to see a marvellous set.

This one is my favourite:

Photograph by Paula Bronstein.