The sun is rising and casting a slight tinge of red on clouds over silhoutted mountains at Lake Zurich, Switzerland.

"Auf der Donau" is a poem written by Johann Mayrhofer, which was set to music by Franz Schubert in 1817. The poem talks about a boat on the Danube, going through the area where old castles on the bank are soaring toward heavens and ghost-like pine forests are making noises. The poet asks where is the tower, the gate and the walls, and particularly the warriors who used to be there. Waves, like the time, threaten to drown us in our small boat. This song is part of a program titled, "Water Songs and Water Landscape: Multimedia Show" by Tomoko Yamamoto.

Duernstein is located on the northern bank of the Danube in the Wachau region. It is south of Krems (an der Donau) and north of Melk. The caslte ruins are those of Kuenringer Castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in 1192-93. Tomoko Yamamoto took this photo to include in her multimedia show, titled "Water Songs and Water Landscape," to be performed on Sunday, June 3, 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

At the eastern end of Lake Zurich, Switzerland, a view from a commuter ferry includes mountains in low-lying mist and layers of clouds over them against a blue sky. This photo is part of Tomoko Yamamoto's multimedia show of songs on the theme of water and illustrates the Goethe text of "Auf dem See," (On the Lake), set to music by Franz Schubert. In his rendition, Schubert emphasizes two pictures, white mist surrounding the towering mountains and thousands of star-like twinkles in water due to the morning sunlight on the water.

Verona, Italy is a city known for its arena and for Romeo and Juliet, but its central square, Piazza dei Signori boasts a number of interesting buildings. One of them is this Renaissance building called Loggia del Consiglio. The arcaded building is characterized by frescoes on the upper floor and five ancient celebrities of Verona on the rooftop. You can also see a little girl in a yellow jacket walking toward a pigeon. You will also note a number of people sitting at the edge of the building and talking with other. The photo of the building was taken on a warm March day in the early evening and my sister and I saw a crowd who was practicing late afternoon passagiata.

Impressionistic photo of the reflection of still mostly bare trees and light green shrubs in the water of the Patapsco River, Baltimore County, Maryland

San Giorgio Maggiore's church and its Campanile are seen beyond the San Marco Basin from the pier with wood mooring posts on the San Marco Molo.

Two tree trunks lit by the afternoon sun reflected in the water of Herring Run in Baltimore, Maryland