Tony Dyson

This photograph captures a beautiful and culturally significant event in Switzerland known as the Désalpe (or Alpabzug in Swiss-German). The Désalpe is the festive, traditional event marking the return of the cattle from their high-altitude summer pastures (alpages or Alpen) down to the valley farms, typically occurring in late September or early October. Decorated Cattle: The cows are the stars of the show! As you can see, the animals are elaborately decorated with large, ornate bells (often very heavy and made of bronze) and headdresses or crowns of flowers, greenery, and sometimes ribbons. The most productive or dominant cow, often called the reine (queen), usually wears the most magnificent decorations. The Route: The cattle are being led down a paved road, likely one that leads from the alpine grazing areas into the village below. The surrounding landscape, with the steep grassy hillsides, dense forests, and traditional wooden buildings in the distance, is typical of the Swiss Alps. Herdsmen and Farmers: The people in the photo, including the men leading the animals, are the herdsmen and farmers who have cared for the livestock all summer. They are often dressed in traditional or rustic clothing for the occasion. The young boy on the right and the man in the center appear to be guiding the herd with sticks or staffs. The Désalpe is more than just moving livestock; it's a celebration of a successful summer of grazing, good health for the animals, and the richness of alpine farming. It's a major community festival that draws crowds of locals and tourists to witness the spectacle and enjoy the festive atmosp

This photograph captures a beautiful and culturally significant event in Switzerland known as the Désalpe (or Alpabzug in Swiss-German). The Désalpe is the festive, traditional event marking the return of the cattle from their high-altitude summer pastures (alpages or Alpen) down to the valley farms, typically occurring in late September or early October. Decorated Cattle: The cows are the stars of the show! As you can see, the animals are elaborately decorated with large, ornate bells (often very heavy and made of bronze) and headdresses or crowns of flowers, greenery, and sometimes ribbons. The most productive or dominant cow, often called the reine (queen), usually wears the most magnificent decorations. The Route: The cattle are being led down a paved road, likely one that leads from the alpine grazing areas into the village below. The surrounding landscape, with the steep grassy hillsides, dense forests, and traditional wooden buildings in the distance, is typical of the Swiss Alps. Herdsmen and Farmers: The people in the photo, including the men leading the animals, are the herdsmen and farmers who have cared for the livestock all summer. They are often dressed in traditional or rustic clothing for the occasion. The young boy on the right and the man in the center appear to be guiding the herd with sticks or staffs. The Désalpe is more than just moving livestock; it's a celebration of a successful summer of grazing, good health for the animals, and the richness of alpine farming. It's a major community festival that draws crowds of locals and tourists to witness the spectacle and enjoy the festive atmosp

This photograph captures a beautiful and culturally significant event in Switzerland known as the Désalpe (or Alpabzug in Swiss-German). The Désalpe is the festive, traditional event marking the return of the cattle from their high-altitude summer pastures (alpages or Alpen) down to the valley farms, typically occurring in late September or early October. Decorated Cattle: The cows are the stars of the show! As you can see, the animals are elaborately decorated with large, ornate bells (often very heavy and made of bronze) and headdresses or crowns of flowers, greenery, and sometimes ribbons. The most productive or dominant cow, often called the reine (queen), usually wears the most magnificent decorations. The Route: The cattle are being led down a paved road, likely one that leads from the alpine grazing areas into the village below. The surrounding landscape, with the steep grassy hillsides, dense forests, and traditional wooden buildings in the distance, is typical of the Swiss Alps. Herdsmen and Farmers: The people in the photo, including the men leading the animals, are the herdsmen and farmers who have cared for the livestock all summer. They are often dressed in traditional or rustic clothing for the occasion. The young boy on the right and the man in the center appear to be guiding the herd with sticks or staffs. The Désalpe is more than just moving livestock; it's a celebration of a successful summer of grazing, good health for the animals, and the richness of alpine farming. It's a major community festival that draws crowds of locals and tourists to witness the spectacle and enjoy the festive atmosp

This photograph captures a beautiful and culturally significant event in Switzerland known as the Désalpe (or Alpabzug in Swiss-German). #photography #blackandwhite #streetphotography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #zwitzerland

Allowing an opt-out was ridiculous. That's not how insurance works.

Lovely photo.

Council housing was a good thing. It needs saying louder & more often.

They appear in a row; generally counted an achievement.

#providence #rhodeisland #fall #landscapephotography #phonecam

Has been called "the jewel of Rhode Island"; Roger Williams Park yesterday afternoon.

Shouldn't need explaining, but obviously does. Louder & more often.

Are the more adventurous colour choices for buildings a relatively new thing in the UK? FWIW I recall noticing them first in photos of Canadian & Scandinavian ports and harbours. I like them.

AKA "The ubiquitous T-post" :-)

Reservoir looks low :-(

#providence #rhodeisland #rogerwilliamspark #fall #trees #landscapephotography #phonecam

A colorful cycle ride around Roger Williams Park this afternoon.

We lived on the Front Range for 25 years. Mostly in Thornton, @ 25 miles SE of Boulder. Boulder used to be very distinctive & characterful. Now there's a lot of new development that looks the same as everywhere else. It's still more fun than Thornton though 🙂

It saw that view many times over 30 years. It always delighted.

I recently asked AI to produce an instruction for a complex application that can accept hundreds of possible options. In seconds it produced essentially the same instruction-string that had taken me hours of research & testing to achieve. Resistance, sadly, is futile.

@motortrend.bsky.social Re the "2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance": it may be fast, but the front view is ruined by the huge "mouth". A sop to Chinese-market tastes (like the over-sized & equally ugly BMW "nostrils")?

Hopefully more of ignorance, which is curable, rather than stupidity, which is not.

@aintright.bsky.social I liked the photo of your mill home. Whereabouts is it? My first home was in Elland, which had some splendid mill buildings. Being generally against bulldozing history, I've always been pleased to see them re-used.

@davidbright1.bsky.social I was smitten with the Bavarian Alps when I first saw them 50+ years ago. It probably kindled my enduring love of mountain scenery. Your photos are lovely.

Take a *really* boring book? Tech manuals would work for me in any circumstance.

How many of "the 400" agree that it is a problem? How many think that it is evidence the Divine Plan is working?

Lovely photo of an unusual subject.

As a retired "Techie", I feel for whoever has to fix this. And to explain to their boss how it happened.

Nooo!!!! "You WILL use the helpful features."

It's a small thing, but since I first learned what he'd done, my principal PC is always named "flowers", in Tommy's memory & honour. Being remembered is a kind of immortality.

Margaret Thatcher's reign of terror cured me of any lingering sympathy I might have had for right-wing politics. She wanted the UK to be a "safe space" for spivs, chancers & con-men of all kinds. Millions suffered financially so a few could mightily prosper. The toxic legacy continues to this day.

Flowers lack of recognition post WW2 was shameful. It is fitting that is now being redressed, even belatedly.

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of comput...

@wired.com The real "father" of modern computing? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

The culture wars, the race wars, the gender wars...all smoke screens for the war they don't want you to fight.

The class wars.

CO sunsets are often lovely, but NM's can be stunning.